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 IHIRTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 89. 1865. 505 unpaid, shall be sent by the postmaster to the dead-letter office in Washiugton; and all letters deposited for mailing, paid only in part, shall be p,.,t.p,,;d1stforwarded to destination, charged with the unpaid rate, to be collected on Exiggdbe fordeliver. ‘ Sn0.y2. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the act enti- Provisions of pled “An act for the relief of postmasters who have been robbed by con- **°i18g"=&°h· 785 federare forces or rebel guerrillas," approved April twenty-nine, eighteen °xj;e°62 hundred and sixty-four, be, and the same are hereby, extended to cases ’p' ' of loyal postmasters where, by reason of the presence of armed forces, a post-office is destroyed and the postmaster loses the fixtures and furniture or postage stamps, and stamped envelopes; and also to cases where such losses are occasioned by armed forces other than those of the so-called Confederate States. Sec. 3. And be itfurt/wr enacted, That, in addition to the items of rent, Allowance at fuel, light, and clerks enumerated in the fifth section of the act approved tE"*`“%l“ °*H°*S.‘"9' . . urniture, station- July first, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, the Postmaster-General be, ,,,y,&c_ and he is hereby, authorized to allow, at his discretion, out of" the revenues 18647 ch, 197, of the office at New York, and of offices of the first, second, third, and §5· fourth classes, a just and reasonable sum for the necessary cost, in A"”’ p' 33E' whole or in part, as well of the foregoing items, as of furniture, stationery, printing, and other items of expenditure required at offices of those classes, to be adjusted upon a satisfactory exhibit of the facts; and Certain exthat he be authorized to pay, out of the proceeds of the money-order busi- g§g;:sb3§i:“€;:°Y' ness, the cost of stationery and such other incidental expenses as are to be ,,,,,,,;,,0,,, necessary for the transaction of that business. proceeds. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the seventh section of the act Pay for adverentitled "An act to amend the laws relating to the Post-Office Depart- :;S;‘;§;;g¤‘;$;‘¤°i ment," approved March three, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, be, and cams Each_ the same is hereby, amended so as to authorize the Postmaster-General 1863, cli. 71, to allow for the publication, in newspapers, of the list of non-delivered § 7- .. ,, letters at any post-oflice, compensation at a. rate not to exceed two cents V°l'X“'P'70"' for each letter so advertised. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That the seventeenth section of the _Sa1ary of speact entitled "An act to establish salaries for postmasters, and for other ;f;g;‘;§;gS"l,;"*‘ purposes/’ approved July one, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, be, and 1864 ch? ,9, the same is hereby, amended so as to restore, from the date of its passage, § 17. ’ ’ to the special_agent of the Post—OB‘ice Department in the Pacific states A’”¤»P·339- and territories, his regular salary of two thousand Eve hundred dollars per annum, under the act of March two, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, 1861, cb- 73, with an allowance, in addition thereto, of a sum not exceeding Eve dollars § 230, XH_p_ 205 per diem, to provide for his actual travelling and incidental expenses while actively employed in the service. °And the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to appoint an additional special agent for ·the Pacific states Additional speand territories, and two additional special agents to superintend postal ¤i=¤l¤s¤¤*¤· matters connected with the railway mail service of the United States, who shall receive the same salary and per diem allowance for travelling and incidental expenses, to be paid out of the appropriation for mail transptrtation. Sec. 6. And be it further enacted, That hereafter special agents of the inte}? asgltgls Post-Office Department, other than those appointed for the Pacific states f:,,,,;l*Qn°é:v§,c_?' and territories, or those appointed under the authority of the preceding expenses. section of this act to superintend postal matters connected with the railway service of the United States, shall be allowed for their necessary travelling and incidental expenses, while actively employed in the service, a sum not exceeding five dollars per diem. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That the_Postmaster-General be, Post—route and he is hereby, authorized to pay, out of the approprianon for miscel- glzggrfgxss laneous expenses, the sum of ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as published_ may be required, for defraying the necessary expense of preparing and VOL. xm. Pun.-43