Sponsor: SAULSBURY, Eli (D-DE)
Description: TO RECEDE FROM AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 4187, (19 STAT. 383), A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1878, BY APPROPRIATING $500,000 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL BETWEEN U.S. AND CHINA AND JAPAN AND ALSO AN AMENDMENT APPROPRIATING $500,000 FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF MAIL BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND BRAZILIAN EMPIRE, SINCE IT IS A SUBSIDY TO MAIL COMPANIES. (P. 2153-2,2154-1,2155-2)
Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 5-3, p. 2155; Senate Journal vol. 44-2, p. 394;