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No. 199. In full for the balance of expenses of running and marking the boundary line between the United States and Texas, four hundred dollars; and for salaries of the commissioner, surveyor, and clerk, eleven hundred and twenty-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be found due, on the accounts being audited by the appropriate officer.

No. 200. For the benefit of the legal representatives of Edward Lee, (being a re-appropriation of the amount specified in the, for the relief of Edward Lee,) three hundred and fifty dollars: Provided, That no allowance shall be made, out of any moneys appropriated by this bill, to any clerk or other officer for the discharge of duties, the performance of which belongs to any other clerk or other officer in the same or any other department; and that no allowance shall be made for any extra services whatever, which any clerk or other officer may be required to perform: And provided, also, That no person shall be paid for carrying the office mails or doing any other duties which ought to be done by the messengers of particular departments.

Post Office Department.―For the service of the General Post Office for the year eighteen hundred and forty-two, in conformity to the, four millions four hundred and eighty-five thousand and nine hundred dollars, viz:

No. 201. For transportation of the mail, three millions one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

No. 202. For compensation of postmasters, nine hundred and fifteen thousand dollars: Provided, however, That in addition to returns now required to be rendered by postmasters, it shall be the duty of Postmasters at New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore and New Orleans, and the other several cities of the Union, each and every year hereafter, to render a quarter-yearly account to the Postmaster General, under oath, in such form as the latter shall prescribe, for the purpose of giving full effect to this proviso, of all emoluments or sums by them respectively received for boxes, or pigeon-holes, or other receptacles for letters or papers, and by them charged for to individuals; or for the delivery of letters or papers at or from any place in either of said cities, other than the actual post office of such city; and of all emoluments, receipts, and profits, that have come to their hands by reason of keeping branch post offices in either of said cities; and if, from such accounting, it shall appear that the nett amount received by either of the postmasters at either of such cities, for such boxes, and pigeon-holes, and other receptacles for letters and papers, and for delivering letters or papers at or from any place in either of said cities, other than said post office, and by reason of keeping a branch post office in either of said cities, shall, in the aggregate, exceed the sum of three thousand dollars in any one year, such excess shall be paid to the Postmaster General, for the use and purposes of the Post Office Department; and no postmaster shall, hereafter, under any pretence whatsoever, have, or receive, or retain for himself, in the aggregate, more than five thousand dollars per year, including salary, commissions, boxes, and all other fees, perquisites, and emoluments, of any name or character whatsoever, and for any service whatsoever.

No. 203. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty thousand dollars.

No. 204. For wrapping paper, sixteen thousand eight hundred dollars.

No. 205. For office furniture, (for offices of postmasters,) four thousand six hundred dollars.

No. 206. For advertising, thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars.

No. 207. For mail bags, twenty thousand dollars.

No. 208. For blanks, thirty thousand dollars.

No. 209. For mail locks, keys and stamps, ten thousand dollars.