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 380 THIR'1`Y—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 56, 57. 1862. Bmueh post eral be authorized and directed, when in his judgment the public interest °m°““.'““X P° or convenience may require it, to establish one or- more branch post m oinces, to facilitate the operation of the post office m any city or place l which, in the opinion of the Postmaster General, may require such adpostmme,. ditional accommodations for the convenience of the inhabitants; and it General to estab- shall be the duty of the Postmaster General to prescribe the rules and mh "“l?‘ mi revulations for the branch post office which may be established by virtue mgulmou d ofpthis act. And the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to charge aigglieaimdsiaés one cent, in addition to the regular postage, for every letter deposited in °¤ 9***11 11;***** d°· any branch post office to be forwarded by mail from the principal oiHce,_ §$,2:§g_{°gg,°Qy_ and which shall be prepaid by stamp, and one cent for every letter dement required. livered at such branch office, to be paid on delivery: Provided, That no Previso. letter shall be sent from the principal office to such branch office for de— livery contrary to the request of the party to whom the same may be Branch service addressed: And provided, The expense of such branch service shall not W WY *`°’ ****1* exceed the receipts on account thereoil _ 1;,,,,,,10; act Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the tenth section of an act of 1847, ch- 63. 6 entitled "An act to establish certain post-routes, and for other purposes," Q] ix P 201 approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-seven, be and hereby ‘' ’ is repealed. Approved, April 16, 1862. April 17, 1862. CHAP. LVII.—An Act making additional Appropriations for the Naval Service for the ""_‘*"-"‘ Year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and si::ty·¢wo. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Additional uu- States of America in Uongress assemoled, That the following sums be ` Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the service of the year eighteen hundred and sixty-two: P¤¤;l¤¤¤° ¤¤d For the purchase of vessels and necessary alterations incurred in Ht-
 * ';L:PP"°P““‘ and they are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the
 * g§f°‘t'°° °f v°S` ting them for service, two million five hundred and thirty thousand

dollars. For the purchase of additional vessels, two millions of dollars. Nauticalin- For the purchase of nautical instruments, books, maps, and charts, °“'“'“°“*·"·&°• twenty thousand dollars. Observatory. For repairs at Observatory, freight, and transportation, three thousand dollars. folgld-mxppnwash d §‘0r the ordnance foundery at the Washington navy yard, fifty thousand .dollars. mhiiiiimes. For ordnance, one million dollars. Stevens' but- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of seven hundred and M.}'- eighty-three thousand two hundred and ninety-four dollars, being the amount necessary to be provided, as estimated by a board appointed for that purpose, to pay for and finish the Stevens' battery now partially constructed at Hoboken, New Jersey, be and the same is hereby appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated for Pwvi¤<>- the immediate completion of said battery: Provided, That in the contract for the completion of said vessel it shall be stipulated that no part of the money claimed by Edwin A. Stevens to have been heretofore expended by him upon said vessel shall be refunded until the amount of said claim shall be established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy, and the payment of said sum shall be contingent upon the success of said vessel as an iron—clad, sea-going, war steamer, to be determined by the President, and such contract shall stipulate the time within which Pmviso. the vessel shall be completed: Provided nevertheless, That said money shall not be expended unless the Secretary of the Navy is of opinion that the same will secure to the public service an eiiicient steam battery Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the sum of thirteen millions of