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THIRTY~FOURTH CONGRESS; Sess. I. Ch. 160. 1856. 95 making appropriations for the scrvicc of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending the thirtieth of June eighteen hundred and fifty- 1865, cu. 201, six," in conformity with the directions of said act, notwithstanding the 9 9- 85 acceptance by Wi1lia.m L. Blanchard of one month’s extra. compensation V°l' x` P` 6 ' under his contract, the said payment being deducted from any further allowance, if any, made under said act. Sec. 6. And be itfurtbzr enacted, That the First Comptroller of the Adjustment of Treasury be and he is hereby required to adjust the damages due to °‘?i:' of Egg; Edward H. Carmick and Albert C. Ramsey, on account of the abr0ga· 2;; an tion, by the Postmaster-General, of their contract to carry the mail on Vera Cruz, Acapulco, and San Francisco route, dated the iifiecnth February eighteen hundred and fifty-three; to adjudge and award to them, according to the principles of law, equity, and justice, the amount so found due; and the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby required to pay the same to the said Cammick and Ramsey, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. Sec. 7. And be it further enacted, That there be allowed and paid Pavm»¤nt¤Jato Jacob Hall, for carrying the mail 011 route number eight thousand °°b*H“H‘ nine hundred and twelve, from Independence to Santa Fe, tw¢mty-two thousand dollars per annum, instead of the sum for which he contracted, commencing August, eighteen hundred and fifty-ive, and ending with his contract; and the same shall be in full for all the losses by him sustained in said service by Indian deprcdatious or otherwise. This grant is made on the condition that the Postmaster-Gcneml may at any time, on giving three m0¤ths’ notice, aunul the contract of said Hall. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General is Payment m hereby authorized to pay to George H. Giddiugs, contractor for carrying g‘;°·s H· Gm' the mail on route number twelve thousand nine hundred, from Santa. Fc, Iggy, 6h_ gg, New Mexico, to San Antonio, Texas, monthly each way, according to 9 9- the contract under which said service is now being performed, the sum PM P' 19°‘ of thirty-three thousand ive hundred dollars, for each yC&1‘,S service, commencing with the eighteenth day of August, eighteen hundred and fifty- five, and continue during his contract: Pravided, That the Postmaster- General be, and he is hereby authorized to auuul said contract, on giving three m0¤ths’ notice to said contractor. Sec. 9. Ami be it fwrtiwr enacted, That the proper accounting oficers Reherof s. M. of the Post-Oiiice Department be and they are hereby authorized and I·°“°¤W°**h· required to execute the “ joint resolution for the relief of Seth M. Leavenworth, now deceased, approved the sixth day of August, eighteen hun- V°]- ix- P- 681* dread and forny-six," and that the amount found due shall be paid to his legal representatives out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. _ Sm. 10. And be it further enacted, That the proviso, at the end of the pm .,5 wt .,5 third section of the act of March third, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, 1861, c!}- ZL W. entitled “An act making appropriations for the service of the Post·OiHce ;f.’§,°f;$§; Department during the fiscal year ending the thirticth of Juno, eighteen &¤.,rqpe»,1¤d. hundred and fifty-two, and for other purposes," is hereby repealed. V°]· lx- P· 5*** APPROVED, August 18, 1856. r. CLX.—An Act makin Approprzh tions ur.Li int-houses, L` hl-bouts, Bun s, c. An , 3, 5, Clgzind providing jbr the Erecgon and Establish;-nent Q5" the $G77|»6,Z`ZJ1d jbr othery Pi- poses. Bq it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following appropria- Appmpdatiom tions be, and the same are hereby made, and directed to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated, (:0 enable the Sccretary of the Treasury to carry the provisions of this act into cifcct: Provided, however, If 2. good title to any land, which it may be necessary proviso N to