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THlRTY—SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 131, 132, 134. 1860. 39 Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That if the revenues of the Post- D°*?°l?¤°Xf°·P· Office Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations of this ,?;$§;;?;l¥;l};S“f_ act, then the sum of five million seven thousand four hundred and twenty- ucient. four dollars and seventy-five cents, 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-Oiiice Department for the year ending the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and sixty-one. Sec. 4. And be ttfurther enacted, That the Postmaster-General be, and F<>1‘eiz¤ mailehe is hereby, authorized to cause the mails to be transported between the United States and any foreign port or ports, or between any port of the United States to any other port of the United States, touching at a foreign port, by steamship, allowing and paying therefor, if by an American vessel, the sea and United States inland postage, and if by a foreign vessel, Preference to the sea postage only, on the mails so conveyed: Provided, That the pref- jgggeeee S°°°m` erence shall always be given to an American over a foreign steamship, [Repealed, gvheu departing from the same port for the same destination within three E2, chégg,]§ 4. ays o each other. ° ·P· · SHO. 5. And be ltfurther enacted, That so much of the appropriation OIM¤ll_S°"g°°l>° for inland mail service as is provided for transportation of mails from g0gf°Pm’ m` San Francisco to Puget’s Sound, via Astoria, in Oregon, shall be applied to the transportation of said mails by land to Olympia, whenever by law such service shall be provided in lieu of ocean service. APPROVED, June 15, 1860. CHAP. CXXXII.—An Act authorizing the Sale of the Western Military Asylum in June 15, 1860. Harrodsburg, Kentucky. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the board of commis- Western Mi1i· sioners of the Soldiers’ Home be, and they are hereby, authorized and re- gfgoitisylum t° quired, to sell and dispose of the Western Military Asylum, at Harrods- ` burg, Kentucky, at such time and manner,and upon such terms and conditions as they may deem best, and that the proceeds of such sale be restored to the fund of the said Soldiers’ Home: Provided, That no sale Notice. shall be made until at least sixty days’ public notice thereof shall be given: Provided further, That said sale be made within twelve months from and Timeafter the passage of this act. But said sale is not to take place unless the Minimum price. property shall bring at least twenty-tive thousand dollars. ° Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners of the Deed in case Soldiers’ Home, or such person as they may duly and legally appoint, °f$”·l°· shall, upon the full payment of the purchase-money for said Western Military Asylum, agreeably to the terms of sale, and upon the approval of such sale by the Secretary of War, make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers, on behalf of the United States, a deed in fee simple for said roperty. P Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the tenth section of the act 1857V°{*- 19*% of March three, eighteen hundred and fifty-seven, which directs the sale gong3i6s3Q_12Q_P' of the Western Military Asylum at Harrodsburg, Kentucky, be and the same is hereby repealed. Approved, June 15, 1860. CHAP. CXX.XIV.—An Act to change the Location of the Custom-House for the District JUU9 16, 1860- qf Brazos de Santiago, jiom Point Isabel to Brownsville, in the State of Texas. W Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the custom-house of said Cusmmmouse district be, and the same is hereby, changed from Point Isabel to Browns- to be at Browns-· ville; that the port of entry heretofore existing at Point Isabel aforesaid, Vi“° we Pm of be, and the same is hereby, abolished, and that Brownsville aforesaid be, °mry' and the same is hereby, created a port of entry for said district.