United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/1st Session/Resolution 4
No. 4. A Resolution to change the time of making contracts for the transportation of the mail.
The contract year for carrying the mail to end on the 30th of June.
Act of July 2, 1836, ch. 270.Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster General be authorized, provided the same can be done at the present rates of compensation, to extend the term of the existing contracts for the transportation of the mail, to the thirtieth day of June inclusive, next succeeding the thirty-first day of December, in each year in which said contracts expire, so that the contract year may, after the first day of January next, commence on the first day of July, instead of the first day of January.
Approved, May 9, 1836.