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 394 THIRTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 41, 42. 1867. F¤*j*h?¤‘ ap- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums, or so much §`;p§;?f°8m‘; thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated Department. for the year ending June thirtieth, eivhteen hundred and sixty-eirrht, out of any money in the treasury not odjierwise appropriated: c Service be-_ For the mail steamsliip service between the United States and Brazil, Briizil; For the mail steamship service between San Francisco, Japan, and $=\¤ F¤m¢l$¢p. China, five hundred thousand dollars : Provided, That so much of the act g:l”m’ °"d Cl"' of Congress, approved February seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- Stenmslnips five, authorizing said service, as requires the said steamshipfs] to touch at ngijll ml; Tuck Honolulu, in the Sandwich Islands, shall be, and the same is hereby, rea 18g;?3,}lgy_ peeled ; upon the express condition, however, that the contractors for said Vol- xiii. p. 480. steamship service shall enter into contract to the satisfaction of the Postmaster-General arrreein to establish within five months from the as- } D g 7 p Bi-smh line sage of this act, in lieu of said service released, a branch line of steam g,§‘§;"‘ °° ship service, carrying the United States mails, between the port in Japan ' used by the main line of steamships and the port of Shanghae in China, mukinrr continuous re¤ular trips, connectinv with the main line, both on the outward and homgward voyages, undef the direction of the Postmas- Service to be ter-General; which service shall be performed by first-class American by "'l"’* "°”°l*· scagoing steamships, and without additional charge to the United States. gverlqnd mail For the overland mail transportation between the lliissouri River and HH ll'lRl`lllGlTlfLl • · •. · Folsom and f°or marine mail transportation between New York and Caht·· tat. l hmspor L wu forniu, nine hundred thousand dollars. Transfer of Sicc. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Treas- 2},°;lfd€‘gO2ll2’f? ury is hereby authorized to transfer two clerks from the third class to U-msu,-y fcyfhg class {our in the office of the auditor of the treasury for the Post-Oflice P<>¤€·Om¤¤ DG- Department, and a sum suiilcient to pay the increased compensation repmm°“°' quired by said transfer, for the remainder of the current year, and the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, is Appropriation. hereby appropriated out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved, February 18, 1867. F°b· 18· 1867- CHAP. XLII. —-An Act supplementary to an Act to prevent Smuggling and jbr other 1866, ch, zo], Purposes, approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six. "M°’ p' I"' Be it enacted by the Senate and House of .Represcnla!zTves of the Mzitcd lcgxviggogslpf States of America in Congress assembled, That the provisions of the act mluaqlllm not of Congress approved July eighteen, eighteen hundred and Slxly-SIX, engl etree: {ny titled "An act to prevent smuggling and for other purposes," shall be so ¤Ghg_°*' SW construed as not to affect any right of suit or prosecution which may have pen mg_nt the d d. f. C 1 d. . ,,,,,8 of ,,8 pw accrue un er any prior acts o ongress repea c or supphed by szud angst & act, previous to July eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six; and all be alfa v_3h?',;?; such suits or prosecutions as have been, or shall be, commenced under posed Or, such pmor acts, for acts committed previous to July eighteen, eivhteeu hundred and sixty-six, shall be tried and disposed of; and judgmlent or decree executed as if said act of July eighteen, eighteen hundred and sixty-six, had not been passed anything therein contained to the contrary notwithstanding. , Coming ves- S20. 2. And be it further enacted, That section twenty-six of the act "f}:tsl£';'j$; aforesaid be so amended that the Secretary of the Treasury be, and he is Kfighiggn 1,,46,,, hereby, authorized in his discretion to make such regulations as shall eng3km;;!;; able vessels_ engaged in the coasting trade between ports and places upon previous pwmih Lake M1ch1gan exclusively and laden with American productions and sz26S, ch. 201, free merchandise only, to unlade their cargoes without previously obtain- A- tI ISL mg a perm1t to unlatde. · . M:,:,hpsubsH_ Sec. 3. And be zt further enacted, That section twenty-Eve of sand act tutod for July. be hereby amended by inserting the word “March " in the place of “ July," in said section. Approved, February 18, 1867.
 * '°§;g‘s°£3*t‘ one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.