Private Law 36–XV

That the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post-Office Department be authorized and directed to readjust

Account of Robert H. Morris to be readjusted, and an allowance made.

and audit the account of Robert H. Morris, late postmaster of the city of New York, from May twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and forty-five, to June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and forty-six, and to allow in said account all sums of money paid out by said Morris for defraying the expenses of said office within said period, including the amount paid on account of the city despatch office: Provided, That, in the opinion of the Postmaster-General, such expenses were properly incurred and were necessary for the business of said office. And, in addition thereto, the said Auditor shall also allow, for the same period, such sum as would make the compensation of said Morris equal to the sum of two thousand dollars per annum, as provided for by the act of eighteen hundred and twenty-five. And that said several sums, so found to be due, shall be paid to the executrix or other legal representative of said Morris, out of any money appropriated for the Post-Office Department.