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 THIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 197, 198. 1864. 339 cause or procure the same to be done, contrary to this act, every such 1325,ch, 64,§2l, 0{feuder shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, a sum not exceeding VOL iv- P- Wl fifty dollars. -— Section twenty-one, Act of March three, eighteen hundred and twenty-five. Sue. 13. And be it further enacted, That dead letters containing valua- _D&¤<‘~ letters ble enclosures shall be registered in the department; and when it appears SSS0g5g2gb3e_ that they can neither be delivered to their address nor to the writers, the i contents thereof, so far as available, shall be used to promote the etheiency of the dead-letter office, according to the provisions of the seventh section of act approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and 1§61,ch.57,§ 7. sixty-one, entitled “An act to establish certain post routes;" and the \'°l‘X"'p‘*68' amount thereof shall be shown in the annual report, and shall be subject to reclamation by either the party addressed or by the sender for four years from registry thereof, careful account being kept of the same. All other letters deemed of value or of importance to the party addressed, or to the writer, and which it appears cannot be returned to either destination, shall be disposed of as the Postmaster-General shall direct. Sec. 14. And be it further enacted, That letter-carriers shall be em- Letter-¢¤¤i¤¤· ployed at such post-offices as the P0stmaster—General shall direct for the delivery of letters in the places respectively where such post-offices are established; and for their services they shall severally receive a _ salary to be prescribed by the Postmaster-General, not exceeding eight S“l“““‘ hundred dollars per year: Provided, That, on satisfactory evidence of their diligence, tidelity, and experience as carriers, the Postmaster-General may increase their respective salaries from time to time, to any sum not exceeding one thousand dollars; and each of the said carriers shall give bond, with surcties, to be approved by the Postmaster-General, for the safe custody and delivery of all letters, packets, and moneys received by him. Sec. 15. And be it further enacted, That all expenses for the letterl EXPWSQS of carriers, branch-offices, and receiving-boxes, or incident thereto, shall be entered and reported in a separate account from the ordinary postal ex- &c., to be entered penses of such post-otiice, and shall be shown in comparison with the ;‘;§;{""'“" “` proceeds of the postages on local mail matter at each office, in order that ` the Postmaster-General may be guided in the expenditures for that branch of the postal service by income derived therefrom. Src, 16. And be it further enacted, That the eighth, eleventh, four-,185;%:} gf teenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth sections of the act entitled "An act Y11, 14, 17, 18. to amend the laws relating to the Post Office-Department," approved V°l·X“·P·7°1· March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the provisions of which See ch;_241· have been modified and incorporated in this act, be, and the same are P°"* p‘°82‘ hereby, repealed. Sec. 17. And be it further enacted,. That the special agent of the Post- Pay or special Office Department in the Pacific states and territories shall receive as gs;;;i*§§¤°1*1° compensation five dollars per diem. POS} p_'505_ Approved, July 1, 1864. ’ cm. cxcvm.-An Ae making tm wrtm amt ar Lands to me site ty My L 1864- Kansas to aid in the Construction of Railroad and Telegraph Lines. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there be, and hereby is, granted to the State of Kansas, to aid in the construction of a railroad tchésé;?;:::;; and telegraph line from Emporia, via Council Grove, to a point near mad, water,. Fort Riley, on the branch Union Pacific Railroad, in said state, every graphsalternate section of land designated by odd numbers for ten sections in width on each side of said road: Provided, That this grant shall be sub- Greg? §¤bJ°°* · ject to all the provisions, restrictions, limitations, and conditions, in regard t° °°° mms' to selection and location of lands and otherwise, of an act of congress 1863,_ch. 98. approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, entitled "An V°LX"‘¥‘"2‘