Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1842-06-09

that no uliowance shaII De Whue Tor any extra
services whatever, which any clerk or other
officer may he required TO perform find pro-
oided, also, That no person shall be paid for
carrying the Office mails or doing any other du-
ties which ought to be done by the messengers
OF particular departments.
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
For the service Of the General Post Office
for the year eighteen hundred and forty two,
IN conformity to the act of second Of July,
eighteen hundred and thirty-slx, four millions
four hundred and cighty-fv thousand and
nine hundred dollars, viz.
No. POI. For transportation Of the mail
three millions one hundred aud fifty thousand
dollars.
| No. 202. For compensation Of postmasters
nine hundred aud fifteen thousand dollars :
Propiied ho,o,rer, That in addition to returns
now required to be rendered by postmasters,
!, shall be the duty Of posiniasters at New
York, Boston. Philadelphia, Baltimore, and
New Orleans, and The other several cities Of
the Union, each and every year hereafter. to
render quarter.yearly account 10 the Post
master General, under oath, IN such form as
the Inter shall prescribe, for the purpose of
giving full effect 10 this provlso, OF ell emolu
lnents or sums by them respectively received
tor boxes, or pigeon holes, or other recepta
cles for letters or papers, aud by them charg
ed for TO individuals or for the delivery Of
letters or papers ator from any place ~ either
Of SAID cities, other than the actual post Office
Of such city and of all emolumcnts, receipts,
ana profits that have come to their hands by
reason ofkeepng branch post Offices in either
of said cities and II, from such accounting,
it shall appear that the nett amount received
,l.n q a.,
cities, for such boxes ard pigeon holes, and
other reccpiacleS for letters and papers, and
for delivering letters or papers at or from any
place IN either OF said cities, other than sad
post Office, and by reason ofkeeping branch
post Office in either Of said cities, shall, IN
the aggregate, exceed the sum Of three
thousand dollars in any one year. such excess
shall be paid to the Postmaster Genera, for
the use and purposes of the Pos, Office DE.
partment, and no postmaster shall, hereafter,
under any pretcnce whatsoever, have, or re.
ceive, or retain for himself, in the aggre gate,
more than five thousand dollars per year
including salary, commissions, boxes, aud all
other fees perqulsites, and emolumen,s, of
any name or character whatsoever, and for
any service whatsoever.
No. 203 For ship, steamboat, and way
letters, twenty thousand dollars.
No. 2Ol For wrapping paper, sixteen
thousand eight hundred dollars.
No. 205. For office furniture, tfor Offices Of
iposlmaslers,) four thousand six hundred dol.
lars.
No. 206 For advertising, thirty three
thousand five hundred dollars.
No.2O7. For mail bags, twenty thousand
dollars.
No. 20S. For blanks, thirty thousand dol.
lars.
No. 209 For mail locks, keys, and stamps,
ten thousand dollars.
No. 2l0. For mail depredaiions and spe.
cial agents, twentyeight thousand dollars.
No. 2ll. For clerks for Offices, q. e. 10
deputy postmasters,} two hundred thousand
dollars.
No. 2l2. Nor miscellaneous, fifty. eight
thousand dollars: Prorided. That the Presl.
dent aud the Postmaster General shall have
the same power to transfer funds from one to
another head Of appropriation, between the
foregoing appropriation, made for the service
of the General Post Office, as the President
and any Other head Of an Executive Drpar,
mcnt now have to transfer funds appropriated
und,r~oss head To the service of another, ~
any other branch of the public service
JOHN WHITE.
Speaker ofhe House Of Representatives..
SAML l.. SOUrllARD,
President Of The Senate pro iempore.
Approved, Mny 10, 1912.
JOHN TYLER.