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THIRTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 22. 1851. 593 the place of delivery from the post-office for which such carriers are appointed; but the rate of compensation of any such letter carrier shall not be changed after his appointment, except by the order of the Postmaster-General; and such letter carriers shall be subject to the M,,,,, ,,,,,,0,,, provisions of the forty-first section of the act entitled "An Act to tvprcvisicns of change the organization of the post-oflice department, and to provide 1836· °l" more eifectually for the settlement of 'the accounts thereof," approved July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six; except in cases otherwise provided for in this act. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That in all cases of fine, penalty, Fines and for- {orfeiture, or disability, or alleged liability for any sum or sums of *`°i*¤¤”¤¤4 their money, by way of damages, or otherwise, under any provision of law and r°` relating to the post-office department, or the officers, operations, or business thereof, the Postmaster—General shall be, and he is hereby authorized to prescribe such general rules and mode of proceeding, as shall to him appear expedient for the government of the auditor of the post-office department, in ascertaining the facts in each case in which it shall be certified to him by such auditor, that the interests of the department probably require the exercise of the power conferred by this act; and upon the facts being ascertained as aforesaid, the said auditor shall have power, with the written consent of the Postmaster~ General, to mitigate or remit such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, remove such disability, and to compromise, release, and discharge such claims for such sum or sums of money and damages, on such terms as the said auditor shall deem just and expedient; and that in all cases where a compromise judgment shall have been obtained for a debt or damages due the °f·l“d$m°“*“· post-oflice department, and it shall satisfactorily appear by the return of execution or otherwise, that such judgment, or so much thereof as remains unpaid, cannot be collected by due process of law, the said auditor shall be, and he is hereby authorized, with the written consent of the Postrnaster—General, to compromise such judgment and accept in satisfaction thereof, less than the amount of such judgment: Provided, Proviso. That the power conferred by this section shall not extend to any case of fine, penalty, forfeiture, disability, alleged liability or claim which shall be incurred, accrue, or arise subsequent to the passage of this act, or to any judgment obtained after the passage thereof Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Postmaster-General is Compensation hereby authorized to allow hereafter to the special agents of the post- °l‘P°°l¤l *8°“*’· ofiice department the annual salary of sixteen hundred dollars: Provided, Proviso. That no more shall be expended for this purpose, during the present year, than is already appropriated in this act. Approved, March 3, 1351. CHAP. XXII. -.8n Act making Appropriations for the Support of the Military March 3, 1851. Academy for the Year ending the thirticzlt June, one thousand eight hundred ———·—····· and _/ij2y-two. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following Appropriation Sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, out of any money in g’;‘°‘l‘*“"Y°°°d‘ the treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the support of the Miliiafy Y` Academy, for the year ending the thirtieth June, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two. For pay of officers, instructors, cadets, and musicians, eighty-seven 9 Pay or omoers. thousand four hundred and thirty-six dollars. `°w’ For commutation of subsistence, two thousand two hundred and Comrnutation sixty-three dollars. °f °°b°"m°“°°‘ For forage of officers’ horses, eight hundred and sixty-four dollars: Forage. VOL. IX. —- Pun. 75