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 THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C1-1. 96. 1857. 189 For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, ninety-five thousand dollars. E Stamps Md For miscellaneous items, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars. l§;g§1i;,m,,,_ Seo. 2. And be itfnrther enacted, That the sum of six hundred and sixty-six thousand eight hundred and eighty-three 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 D¢¤¤i¤}¤¤i¢¤ Y0! Post—Ot'tice Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen §§“§§é§°l”’g Ju" hundred and fifty-seven. _ i Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the revenues of the Post- Otiice Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations of this act, the sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply Defp,;,,m,;€s {0,- deficiencies in the revenue of the Post·Otl’ice Department for the year year ending Juno ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and Fifty-eight. 3°· 1g5S' Seo. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be and he is hereby authorized to establish and put in operation a semi- Mails autgorized monthly mail, by sea, from San Francisco, in the State of California, to 3;§“€,9;,,,,:§g? Olympia, in the Territory of Washington, touching at Humboldt Bay, territories and Trinidad, and Crescent city, in the State of California; Port Orford, C“hf°“"“‘ Gardiner city, or Umpqua, and Astoria, in the Territory of Oregon; Shoal-water Bay, Fort Townsend, in the Territory of Waslnington ; and at such other points as shall be designated by the Postmaster-General: Provided, That the contract for the said service be advertised by the Postmaster-General in pursuance of existing laws, and let to the lowest bidder : And provided farther, That the whole cost of said service shall not exceed the sum of one htmdred and twenty-Eve thousand dollars per annum, which sum is hereby appropriated for that purpose, to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided hm/zer, That the Postmaster-General may, if he shall deem it for the public interest, contract for said service with the lowest bidder, as aforesaid, under the advertised proposals heretofore made for mail service between the points aforesaid. SBC. 5. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be Manservice beauthorized and directed to continue the mail service between Charleston, ?'°f*f?h*;'l°S*é’“• Key \Vest, and Havana, during the months of August and September in H;i,,,,,;s ’ an each year for the residue of the present contract term of the southern section by a competent steamer as it is now being performed during ten months of the year; and that to enable him to do so, a sum not exceeding Annual appru— ten thousand dollars per annum is hereby appropriated out of any money P"“*‘°"· in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That the fourth section of the act Pay of Post, of Congress, approved fifth of August, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, T;·"§:" c‘;;";·th‘S entitled ·· An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Oflice uv,,l;;,;¥,gtOn, Department, during the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June, one 1854.¤!¤-270.54- thousand eight hundred and fifty-five," be and the same is hereby continued V°1- X- P- 588- for one year from August fifth, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be Adjusfmqm of and he is hereby authorized to reexamine and adjust all questions arising  T; ';’,;;l§§; out of fines imposed upon the contractors for carrying the mails upon the sissippi. Mississippi River. Sec. 8. And be it fnrt/ter enacted, That the Postmaster-General be Application of and is hereby authorized and directed to examine the applications of ,:1”§“}mIs‘ Vassal D. Pinkham, contractor for carrying the United States mail on route w, Ludlgiv may sixty-seven, between Bangor and Calais, in the State of Maine, and of bg ¢‘X¤g¤l¤¤d Md Lewis WV. Ludlow, contractor for carrying the United States mails on ° °w° ' route one thousand two hundred and forty-two, from Aubum to South Lansing, in the State of New York, to be released from their respective contracts, and in his discretion to release either or both of them there- From.