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THIRTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 57, 58. 1862. 381 dollars be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise I’°¤·°l°·d1 appropriated, to enable the Secretary of the Navy to construct iron-clad “"m'V°°°° °' steam-vessels of war. Sec. 4. And be it farther enacted, That the Secretary of the Navy Navyration of be authorized to commute the navy ration of coffee and sugar for the extract f;’g€‘ie“2:m5“g“' of coffee combined with milk and sugar, to be procured in the same man- muzed for ax. ner and under like restrictions and guarantees as are preserved meats, ¤¤¤*¤*` ¤¤*`¤¤» pickles, butter, and desiccated vegetables, if he shall believe it will be &°' conducive to the health and comfort of the navy, and not more expensive to the Government than the present ration, and if it shall be acceptable to the men. Approved, April 17, 1862. ns1>.LVIII.-An Actmakin A ro riations crt/oe erviceo the -2. C ment during the fiscal Year ergiingghepmirtwh `q/;"June,Seighteenflzund11?e·:I8tag¥l¢iFn‘?-ez1i,wa;’;i. Be it enacted by the Senate and Ihuss of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be Post Omoo apand the same are hereby appropriated for the service of the Post Office P’°P'l““°°· Department for the year ending the thirtieth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, 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: For transportation of the mails, (inland,) six million nine hundred and T*‘=*¤¤P9¢‘*¤*l<>¤ sixty-one thousand dollars. °f the '""1°' For compensation to postmasters, two million two hundred and thirty- Pay of postfour thousand dollars. ‘“"“°°"“• For clerks in the offices of postmasters, eight hundred and forty-six Clerks. thousand dollars. _ For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twelve thousand dollars. m§}"P· &°‘· M' For office furniture in the post offices, two thousand dollars. 01-iles furniture. For advertising, thirty-six thousand dollars. AdY"*lSi¤8· For mail bags, seventy-Eve thousand dollars. M*‘}1b?g*’· For wrapping paper, forty-five thousand dollars. _ pswmpping P“' For mail locks, keys, and stamps, fifty-six thousand dollars. Mail locks, &c. For mail depredations and special agents, seventy-five thousand dollars. tix:‘kz‘;°P'°d“‘ For miscellaneous payments, one hundred and eighty-seven thousand M;Qce;j,_,,,,,,,,,,_ dollars. , For postage stamps and stamped envelopes, ninety thousand dollars. oiidiihvgioggsms For payments of balances due to foreign countries, two hundred and Foreign balthirty thousand dollars. ““°“· For payments to letter carriers, one hundred and fifty-two thousand L°“°¤‘ ¤¤¤’i¢¤*· dollars. For transportation of foreign mails, four hundred and sixty-five thou- Foreign mails. sand dollars. For compensation of twenty-five additional clerks in the Post Office Tyenty-five Department, authorized by the “Act to promote the efficiency of the °dd'*'°““1°1°’k“· Dead Letter Office," approved January twenty-first, eighteen hundred 1862, ch. s. and sixty-two, from the dale of their appointment to the thirtieth of -*1***% P- 332- June, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, eight thousand eight hundred dollars. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That if the revenues of the Post Deficiency ap- Otlice Department shall be insumcient to meet the appropriations of this l‘;%Q[‘g£°“ M act, then the sum of two million one hundred and twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and the same is hereby appropriated, to be paid 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 June, eighteen hundred and sixty-three.