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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 198. 1855. 681 Sec. 7. And be z't_/`urthe·r cnactecl That the salary of the assistant Salary of assistagtronomer at the National Observatory, shall hereafter be two thousand mt ¤S**`°¤°“¤°'· five hundred dollars. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and Arpr¤1>riMig>¤¤ the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the  I;;‘,l‘:£°“"‘g treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the year ending the thirtieth of steamboatsy June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six:- For transportation of the mails from New York to Liverpool, and back, eight hundred and nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. For transportation of the mails from New York to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Havana, and Chagres, and back, two hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars. For transportation of the mails from Panama to California, and Oregon, and back, three hundred and twenty-eight thousand three hundred and fifty dollars. For carrying out the contract entered into by the Post-Othee Department, under the provisions of the act approved thirtieth August, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, establishing a tri·monthly mail by steam-vessels, between New Orleans and Vera Cruz, via Tampico, sixty- nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and Transportation the same are hereby appropriated, for the service of the Post·OfHce °f”““l“· Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight ,836 ch 2,.0 hundred and fifty-six, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from` ` the revenues of said department, in conformity to the act of the second July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six : -— For transportation of the mails, in two steamships, from New York, Bremen md by Southampton, to Bremen, and back, at one hundred thousand dollars H‘“"° l“‘°‘ for each ship; and in two steamships, from New York, by Cowes, to Havre, and back, at seventy-five thousand dollars for each ship, under the contract with the Ocean Steam Navigation Company of New York, three hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For transportation of the mails between Charleston and Havana, a From Charlessum not exceeding fifty thousand dollars. *°“ *° H’·"'“““‘ For transportation of the mails across the Isthmus of Panama, one Isthmus <>fI’¤· hundred and fifty thousand dollars. mmm Sec. 10. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and D¢9<=i9¤¢5,§ ¤P· the same are hereby appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the appro- gfélggmgiogrop priations for the service of the fiscal year, ending the thirtieth of June, mails in steamone thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, out of any money in the b°°·*”- treasury, not otherwise appropriated, namely:-— For transportation of the mails from New York to Liverpool, and back, five hundred and fifty-nine thousand two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and sixty-five cents. For transportation of the mails from New York to New Orleans, Charleston, Savannah, Havana, and Chagres, and back, two hundred and two thousand three hundred and seventy-eight dollars and twenty- one cents. For transportation of the mails from Panama to California and Oregon, and back, two hundred and forty-nine thousand two hundred and forty- two dollars and two cents. _ Sec. 11. And be it further enacted, That the following sums be, and Same wb3e0f- the same are hereby appropriated, for the service of the Post-Oflice Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of said department, in conformity to the act of the second 1836 ch- 2,,0. of July, one thousand eight hundred and forty [thirty] six 2 -— ’ For transportation of the mails, in two steamships, from New York, by Southampton, to Bremen, and back, at one hundred thousand dollars von. x, Pun.-86