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 94 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 130. 1856. until said Secretary shall have contracted, upon such security as he may approve, for the completion of said building, so enlarged, at a. sum equal to or less than the amount heretofore and hereby appropriated. Sec. 21. And be it further enacted, That the President of the United Court.-house at States cause to be constructed at Key_ West, Florida, a suitable building KGY WW- for the accommodation of the district <>0ul‘B of the United States for the southern district of Florida; and that the sum of eight thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for this purpose out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, August 18, 1856. Cust. CXQ.-An Act making Adppropriations jbr the Service of the Post-Ojfce De. A o 18 1856. partmenz during the fiscal Year en mg the thwtteth J June, eighteen hundred and jijty. ug ¤ ___ seven. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be Ap,,,.0p,.,,,m,,,,_ and the same are hereby appropriated for the service of the Post-Otlice . Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the 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, (inland,) six million one hundred and forty thousand dollars. For compensation to postmasters, two million one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars. For wrapping paper, forty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. For office furniture in the post—offices, six thousand five hundred dollars. For advertising, eighty-five thousand dollars. For mail-bags, fifty-eight thousand five hundred dollars. d $8; blanks and paper for the same, ninety-one thousand five hundred o. d Eor mail-locks, keys, and stamps, eighteen thousand five hundred o ars. For mail depredations and special agents, sixty-fivethousand dollars. hFor cgegkp in the offices of postmasters, seven hundred and fifteen thousand dollars. d $:1* postage stamps and stamped envelopes, seventy-Eve thousand o rs. For miscellaneous items, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. D°g(,;,,m,{°,_ Sec. 2. And be it ji1.·rthe·r enacted, That the sum of two million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue of the Post-Oiiice Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven. App,0p,.i,,,_,0, Sec. 3. And be tt further enacted, That the sum of five hundred turd postjomce thousand dollars be and the same is hereby appropriated for purchasing '{};r,f}°° “‘ N"' a site, and the erection or preparation of the necessary building for the post·office in the city of New York. 2£¤**<>f1854.¤h- Sec. 4. And be it further enacted That the fourth section of the act I, 54, ¢0l1- f C0 , . ,,,,u,,d_ o ngress approved fifth of August eighteen hundred and fifty-four, PVol.fxl; pk 588. entitled “An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Oiiico QV; W;;,?:; Department,-during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one ttm_ p_ C_ &,,_ thousand eight hundred and fifty-tive," be and the same is hereby con- _ tinued for one year from August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-six. c,£gl“:;,m€£*<{ Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the First Comptroller of the 3;,,,,ch,,,.d_ Treasury shall proceed to execute the provisions of the ninth section of the act of March third eighteen hundred and fifty-Eve, entitled “An act