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 THIRTY-—NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 85. 1866. 49 For transportation of the mails, (inland,) nine million five hundred and ti0'£.¤¤°P°¥l*•· fifty thousand dollars. For transportation of the mails, (foreign,) six hundred thousand dollars. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, eight thousand dollars. bogglgcsff For compensation to postmasters, four million two hundred and fifty ters., " thousand dollars. Compensation For clerks for post offices, one million nine hundred and twenty thou- “m, sand dollars. omces. For payment to letter-carriers, six hundred and forty thousand dollars. Lstter-carri¤¤· For wrapping paper, one hundred thousand dollars. P"w$’:,l’¥;;:i€1.!{* For twine, thirty thousand dollars. For letter balances, six thousand dollars. L°¥*°f bd- For compensation to blank agents and assistants, eight thousand dol-  Emu lars. For office furniture, six thousand dollars. 'ud For advertising, eighty thousand dollars. g` For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, two hundred and fifty thou- tP¤¤¤¤g¤d sand dollars. zdidggdmelnve- For mail depredations and special agents, one hundred thousand dol- loplgs. d ti lars. epre_a ons For mail bags, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. gggnlifcml For mail locks, keys, and stamps, thirty thousand dollars. Mau bags, For payment of balances due to foreign countries, three hundred and 1°°1¥:;°lfg§£° fifty thousand dollars. ences. For miscellaneous payments, three hundred and twenty thousand dol- P l;U¤g;;¤¤°°¤¤ lars. 8 m ` To enable the superintendent of the Naval Observatory to carry out I¤*h¤1¤S¤j<>¤i°¤ the object of Senate resolution of March nineteenth, eighteen hundred and m nm Pa°m°' sixty-six, for report bf Isthmus routes to the Pacific ocean, fifteen hundred dollars. Srzc. 2. And be it further enacted, That the following sums, or so much Ad<}i*i°¤’-I °P· thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated Pr°Pmm°u' for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. _ For the mail steamship service between the United States and Brazil, sb?It‘;r:h°‘;‘€;im one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That this appropria- B,-5,;;, tion shall take eH`ect only when Brazil shall have performed the condition P¤>yi¤0· on her part provided in the law authorizing said service. For the mail steamship service between San Francisco, Japan, and between San China, for six months ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty- §m'—‘°iS°°& seven, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. cig;;; an For the overland mail transportation between Atchison and Folsom, Overland mail and for marine mail transportation between New York and California, ?:'},;’;;}.g_‘;‘i;“*‘l nine hundred thousand dollars. ° Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General be, sailingvessela and he is hereby, authorized to employ sailing vessels for the transporta- may *’°¤¤P°'* tion of the mails between the ports of the United States and any foreign mms Wh°r°’&°' ports where the service may be facilitated thereby, allowing and paying therefor a compensation not exceeding the sea postages accruing on the C°mP°¤¤°¤°¤• mails so conveyed. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster—General be, P<>Sf¤¤¤*¤¤¤"· and is hereby, required to report to the Secretary of the Treasury annu- gzyggiggxwd ally, prior to the first day of November of each year, his estimate of the service of me money required for the service of the Post Office Department for the en- g°P’*“m°¤*,§° suing fiscal year; which estimate shall be reported to Congress with the T;;;;.?£,nu_ printed estimates of appropriations required by the joint resolution of the ally. seventh of January, eighteen hundred and forty-six. V°l· i‘· P- 1°”· Sec. 5. And be tt further enacted, That the balance of the appropriavor. xiv. 4