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 THIRTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 200, 201. 1855. 683 Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That all indigent insane persons _F¤§id¤¤t¤ ¤i' residing in the District of Columbia at the time they became insane, shall  géiggi be entitled to the benefits of the institution, and shall be admitted on the to priviileges of authority of the Secretary of the Interior, which he may grant after due the h°$Pll°*l· process of law showing the person to be insane and unable to support himself (or herself) and family, (or themselves, if they have no family) under the visitation of insanity. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That whenever there are vacancies, Private patients private patients from the District may be received at a rate of board to Hwy b*°’l`“°°"""l· be determined by the visitors, but to be in no case less than the actual cost of their support. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That all appropriations of money Approprimgons by Congress for the support of the institution, shall be drawn from the to b5>_<1r=v~v¤ on treasury on the requisition of the Secretary of the Interior, and shall be §&‘;f;:;‘;,“O?fth8 disbursed and accounted for in all respects according to the laws regulat- Interior, ing ordinary disbursements of public money. Sec. 8. And be 2'tfurther enacted, That this act shall take edeet from Act *¤ mlw gf and after the first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-tive. fw July 1* 18** Approved, March 3, 1855. C1—rA1>. CC.-An Act extending the Pmvisiems of the Act of August _/burth, eighteen hum March 3, 1855. dred and ffty-two, entitled "An Act to grant the Rig/zt of lVay to all Rail and Plank- -—————··—·· roads and Illacadczmizcd Turnpikes passing i/trough the Public Lands belonging 10 the 1852, ch- 80- Unitecl States," to the Public Lands in the Territories <y”t/ie United States. B0 it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Act extended States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the to an Pubiic act entitled "An act to grant the right of way to all rail and plank roads 19¤d§ m fh¤ M- and macadamized turnpikes passing through the public lands belonging Nl0mg' to the United States," approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and fifty-two, be and the same is hereby extended to all of the public lands of the United States in the Territories of the United States. Approved, March 3, 1855. CHAP. CCI. ——An Act making Appropriations fir the Service of the Post-Office D art- March 3, 1855. ment during thejiscal year, ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundredpand —‘"‘—""“` fffy-six. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post-Office Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the 1836* °h' 2m' revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-six :-— For transportation of the mails, five million nine hundred and eighty- Transportation one thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight dollars. of ““"1S· For the transportation of the United States mail over the Michigan Central Railroad, (five hundred and eighteen miles,) from the ninth June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, to the twenty-eighth November, of the same year, five thousand one hundred and seventy-seven dollars and sixty cents. For compensation to postmasters, two million one hundred and fifty P¤Stm¤Sf¢rS· thousand dollars ; For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars ; tegllllh &°‘ M For wrapping paper, forty-eight thousand dollars ; Miscellaneous_ For office furniture in the post-ofiices, six thousand five hundred dollars; For advertising, one hundred thousand dollars ; For mail-bags, fifty-four thousand dollars ;