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48th Congress > Senate > Vote 361

Date: February 20, 1885

Result: 18-33

Vote Subject Matter: Government Management / Budget Special Interest

Sponsor: ALLISON, William Boyd (R-IA)

Bill number: HR8138

Description: TO AMEND H. R. 8138, (APP. MARCH 3, 1885), (23 STAT. L. 385) MAKING APPROPRIATION FOR THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT FOR FISCAL 1886, WHICH AMENDMENT REDUCES FIRST CLASS POSTAGE, AFTER JULY 1, 1885, FROM 6 CENTS AN OZ. TO 2 CENTS PER OZ. OR FRACTION THEREOF, THIS ENCOURAGING USE OF FIRST CLASS RATES FOR MAIL, NOW SENT UNDER SECOND CLASS RATE.

Original source documents: Congressional Record vol. 16-2, p. 1953; Senate Journal vol. 48-2, p. 342;

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