Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1845-04-16
OFFICIAL.
/. THE MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH

Post Office Department. March 29r l645.
The appropriations of ss,0OOs,o meet.
expenses Of the Magnetic Telegraph be-
tween Washington and Baltimore being
placed under the charge aud direction of
ihe Post Master General; and il appear
ing that, under previous appropriations
embracing tie same objert, which was
made for The purpose OF testing the prac
ticabiily aud utility of said Telegraph.
the Secretary of the Treasury, under The
authority conferred by acl Of Congress,
had appointed >. F. b. Morse superinten.
dent, al salary Of $4,000 year. and
two assistants, Messrs. Alfred Vail and
Henry j. Rogers together with keepers o:
laboratory and inspectors of wires, al
further allowance Of at least $4,000 a year
Ordered That said amounts be disbursed
out of said appropriations to wit
To said S. +. B. Morse. superintendent
a, the rate of S2,0U0 year.
To said Alfred Vail, assistant l,4OO do.
d.. ii. J. Rogers, do. 1000 do.
Do. Two keepers Of abora-
tory and inspectors of wires, at
$500 each 600 do.
And that th salaries be paid the olli.
GERS monthly. from the lime of their quail
! iication, by the ChirfClerk of The Depart.
meat AS the clerks are NOW paid, and that
said superintendent aud assistants take
The oath required by The aci of 1928 sec
iion2.
Ii is further directed that the offices Of
{. the said superintendent and assistants be
kept in The post offices at Washington and
Baltimore, and that ihe magnetic Iine be
extended from the depot in Baltimore 10
The pos, Office as early as practicable, and
lhatit he used at its present location until
that is effected; that the offices in Balli.
moro aud Washington be kept open for
The reception aud transmission Of des;
patches from eight o'clock A. NJ; from
one P. M. until three o'clock p. NJ. and
from five ill seven O'Clock P. w., Sundays
excepted.
! For the transmission ofeach despatch
there shall be paid, in advance, at The of
fee from which it is sent, by The apPll
cant. one quaIter Of a cent Tor each tee
graphic character. Upon the reception 0I
a despatch at either office, il shall be he
duty of the officers 10 have he same trans
lated in fair Handwriting, carefully enve-
oped and sealed, and The magnetic char
acters Immediately destroyed, and to lace
The despatch in The hands of,he penny post
for delivery, who shall be entitled To re
ceive the same compensation therefor Il,
for The delivery of letters transmitted now
by mail.
| Its further ordered that the said super
intendeul anl assistants in no case COM
municate 10, or permit 10 be seen by, any
person, the contents Of any despatcli, ex-
cept the individual or individuals 10 whom
it may be addressed.
Ii is further ordered that The expenses
attending The extension of the telegraph
line 10 the post ufiice in B iltmore as well
as all olher contingent aud incidental ex.
penses. be paid,upon statement Of The ex-
peuses, and a certificate of the currectness
thereof, by The superintendent. upon the
order of The Postmaster General.
1t is further ordered that the superinten
dent keep an accurate account of The in
come, as well as the expenditures, aud re-
port The same, at the "end ofeach fiscal
quarter, TO the Postmaster General. to be
applied TO the payment oethr expenses of
the establishment, or so much az may be
necessary; and that The superintendent pay
the same, underIhe rules aud regulations
now applicable TO paymentby postmas'ers.
LII consideration of the facilities allowed
by The railroad company To the superin
trndent and his assistants in attending TO
the business Of The telegraph, it is further
ordered that the free use If the telegraph
be conceded 10 said company for The trans.
mission of communications relating TO the
business o! their road
C. JOHNSON, Postmaster General.