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THIRTY—-SDITH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 73. 1861. 205 paid to route agents to the sum of eight hundred dollars per year, be, and Pv °*` ’°“'*°‘ the same is hereby, repealed. ”`g°m°' For miscellaneous payments, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. Miscellaneous. For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, one hundred and ten thou- Postagesand dollars. mmpsg &°· For payment of balances due to foreign countries, three hundred thou- mggign b°l' sand dollars. For payment of letter carriers, two hundred and ten thousand dollars. Letter--emiers. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the third section of the act Ml °f1$54»°h· making provision for the postal service in California, Oregon, and \Vash-  ?’,g;),i].;§, ington, approved July twenty-seven, eighteen hundred and fifty-four, be, dead letters to bri and the same is hereby, repealed; and that all dead letters which may ac- Z§;;_,*°&i“’;§’:5j cumulate in the post offices in said States and Territory, after thirtieth .-,4, ’ “P June next, shall be returned to the General Post Office Department, at Such l¢¤¢¤ *0 Washixngton, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may pre- xgjggf t° W°`°h' scribe. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the revenues of the Post Dehcieney Oiiice Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations of this ;Q§f‘;g'Q?;;"ju2’; act, thense [the] sum of five million three hundred and ninety-one thousand so, 1862, it Sm. three hundred and fifty dollars and sixty-three cents, or so much thereof 1862, ch- 85- as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid P°“’ p' 40S' out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue of the Post Office Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the provisions of the third N¤PP<{¤><>¤ ¤¤- section of an act entitled “An act amendatory of an act regulating the Efgersftqsliftff Post Omce Department," approved March second, eighteen hundred and set up dny foot twenty-seven, be, and the same are hereby, applied to all post routes °" h°’“‘P°“· which have been, or may hereafter be, established in any town or city by i§%7»_°h·61» the Postmaster General, by virtue of the tenth section of an act entitled 18°gi1Zj,_l§O2 ' “An act to reduce and modify the rates of postage in the United States, § 10. ’_ ’ and for other purposes," approved February twenty-seven, eighteen hun- V°r 'x· P· 5°1· dred and fifty-one. Sec. 5. And be it farther enacted, That the compensation of the spe- Bay of special cial mail agent of the Post Office Department for the Pacific coast, shall be two thousand five hundred dollars per annum ; such rate to take effect in virtue of this provision from the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. S20. 6. And be it further enacted, That the sum of three hundred and Main-,0,, New fifty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and Y<>rk¢9_S¤¤Fr¤¤- the same is hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not °‘S°°““ P°“"·‘“‘* otherwise appropriated, for carrying the mail from New York, via Panama, to San Francisco, three times a month, from the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty, to the first day of July, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Sec. 7. And be it fim!her enacted, That the Postmaster General be, Re ayment w and he is hereby, directed to refhnd to Franklin Haven and his associates, Frvmgiin Haven the sum of money deposited by them with the Post Office Department md °u‘°"‘ required as indemnity for the contin[u]ance of the Boston post odioe in the _ former locality, said post office having since begn removed: Provided, P’°“°°· That from the sum of money thus deposited the Postmaster General shall first deduct the expensenses of one removal of said post office each way. Sec. 8. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to extend the existing mail contract on route thirteen M,,;;.c0,,t,,_ct thousand five hundred and sixty-four, in the State of Minnesota, so that on {Gmc 13,564- it will expire June the thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-tive, and that gf} the said service be semiwreekly for the same period: Provided, The in- p,0,f,,,_ crease of pay shall not exceed the pro rata amount now paid. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, That in liew of the daily service on