Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the proper accounting officers of the Post-Office Department be authorized and directed, in settling the accounts of William De Buys, late postmaster at New Orleans, to allow the said William De Buys such sum, in addition to the regular commissions on postages collected at the post-office in New Orleans, as shall make up to him a compensation, from all sources, at the rate of five thousand dollars per year, from the first of January, one thousand eight hundred and forty-two, to the seventh of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-three: Provided, That there is a sufficient surplus of the box rents collected at said office, and accounted for by said postmaster, to cover said allowance.

Approved, February 19, 1849.