Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

Thirtieth Congress,
thiFirst Session,
BE IT ENACTED
By the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in
Congress Assembled.

That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post Office Department, for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-nine, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of the second of July eighteen hundred and thirty-six, namely:

For the transportation of the mails within the United States, two million (five hundred and forty) ^four hundred & ninety five^ thousand seven hundred dollars; ^For transportation &c^

For transportation by steam-ships between New York and Bremen, according to the contract with Edward Mills, authorized by the “Act to provide for the transportation of the mail between the United States and foreign countries” approved March third, eighteen hundred and forty-five, four hundred thousand dollars;

For compensation to postmasters, one million seventy-five thousand dollars;

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For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty-five thousand dollars;

For wrapping paper, eighteen thousand dollars;

For office furniture (in the offices of postmasters,) three thousand dollars;

For advertizing, thirty-five thousand dollars;

For mail bags, twenty-five thousand dollars;

For blanks, eighteen thousand dollars;

For mail locks, keys and stamps, five thousand dollars;

For the detection and prevention of mail ^depredations; and for^ special agents, twelve thousand dollars;

For clerks for offices, (in the offices of postmasters,) two hundred and thirty thousand dollars;

For miscellaneous, fifty-five thousand dollars.

Sec. 2. And be it further Enacted, That in case the revenues of the department, referred to in the first section of this act, shall prove insufficient to meet the foregoing appropriations, then any deficiency that may thus arise shall be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.

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05/30/1848
Passed the House of Representatives.
May 30^th 1848.
Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Way & Means

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H R 39[?]
An Act
Making appropriation for the service of [?] Post Office Department for the year ending thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and forty-[?]

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06/27/1848
In Senate of the United Stat[?]
June 27, 1848
Resolved, That this Bill pass, with amendments.
Attest
Asbury Dickins.
Secretary

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July 7^th Hampton

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Amendments to Ways & Means