United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/28th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 62
[Obsolete.]
Chap. LXII.—An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department, for the fiscal year ending thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,Appropriations. That the following sums of money be, and the same are hereby appropriated for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending on the thirtieth June, eighteen hundred and forty-five, out of any moneys in the treasury arising from the revenues of the said department, in conformity to the act of second July, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, viz:July 2, 1836, ch. 270.
Transportation of mail.For transportation of the mail, three millions one hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
Compensation to postmasters.For compensation to postmasters, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars;
Letters.For ship, steamboat, and way letters, twenty-two thousand dollars;
Wrapping paper.For wrapping paper, eighteen thousand dollars;
Office furniture.For office furniture, (for the offices of postmasters,) seven thousand dollars;
Advertising.For advertising, thirty-two thousand dollars;
Mail-bags, &c.For mail-bags, eighteen thousand dollars;
Blanks.For blanks, twenty-five thousand dollars;
Mail-locks, &c.For mail-locks, keys and stamps, ten thousand dollars;
Mail depredations, &c.For mail depredations and special agents, twenty-eight thousand dollars;
Clerks for offices.For clerks for offices (for the offices of postmasters,) two hundred and fifteen thousand dollars;
Miscellaneous.For miscellaneous, fifty-five thousand dollars.
Approved, June 15, 1844.