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 '1`HIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 172, 173. 1855. 641 For repairs of Fort Niagnm, New York, six thousand dollars; For construction mid repairs of quarters and barracks at Fort Columbus, New York harbor, twenty-six thouszmd fivc hundred dollars; For construction of an additional magazine for batteries Hudson and Morton, Staten Island, New York, five thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort Madison, Annapolis harbor, Maryland, tcm thousand six hundred dollars ; For repairs of Fort Moultrie, Clmrlcston harbor, South Carolina, five thouszind dollars ; For repairs of Fort; Jackson, Savannah River, Georgia, twenty thousand dollars ; For repairs of Fort Macomb, Chef Mcntcur Pass, Louisiana, uiuc thousand five hundred dollars; For the extension of battery at Fort Jackson, Mississippi River, ten thousand dollars; For repairs of Fort St. Philip, Mississippi River, Louisiana, thirty-five thousand dollars; For contingent expenses of the fortifications not herein mentioned, the Contingent. preservation of sites, the protection of titles, and repairs of sudden damages to forts, twenty thousand dollars. APPROVED, March 3, 1855. CuA1>. CLXXII.-An Act far the Construction of certain Dhlitary Roads in the Terri- Mmm 3 1855 tary of Kans¢1s. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of Mc United States of America in Congress assembled, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars bc, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys Appropriations in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of a. road f°*' Wadsfiom Fort Riley to such point on the Arkansas River as may, in the opinion of the Secretary ofWar, be most expedient for military purposes. Sm:. 2. And be itfzmfhcr enacted, That the further sum of fifty thouszmd dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the construction of a road from Fort Riley to B1‘i<]gOf,S Pass, in the Rocky Mountains. The said sums to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of Wz11·, in pursuance of contracts to be made by him. AI‘1’ROVED, March 3, 1855. .CIIA1’. CLXXIII. -—An Act further to amend the Act entitled "An Act to reduce and Mnxch 3, 1855. madgfy the Rates <y" Postages in the United States, and for other Purp0ses," passed March -···—-——~ third, eighteen hundred cmdjijly-one. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United A States ofAmeMca in Congress assembled, That iii lieu of the rates of Rates of postpostage now established by law, there shall be charged the following “g°‘ rates, to wit: —— For every single Icttcr in manuscript, or paper of any kind in which information shall be asked for or communicated in writing, or by marks or signs, conveyed in the mail for any distance between places in the United States not exceeding three thousand miles, three cents; and for any distance exceeding three thousand miles, tau cents. And for a double letter there shall be charged double the rate above specified} and for a. treble letter, treble those rates; and for a quadruple letter, quadruple those rates; and every letter or parcel not exceeding haif an ounce in weight shall be dccmcd 21 single letter; and every additional Weight of half an ounce, or additional weight of less them half am ounce, shall be charged with an additional single postage; and upon all letters fOmig%°§0°§§ptc_ passing through or in the mail of the United Smtcs, excepting such as paid. v0L. X. Pm:. -—8l