New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-28
GENERAL NATrRE-N0. %. !

GENERAL NATURE-N0. 99,1
An act making appropriations for the ser
vice CT the Postotice Department for the
t year ending June thirty, eighteen hun
bred and seventy-three.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
| Representatives of the United States of
| America in Congress assembled, That the
| following sums be, and the same are here
! by, appropriated for the service Of the Post
| Office Department, for the year ending June
| thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
! three, out OF any moneys in the treasury
arising from the revenues of said depart
! ment, IN conformity to the act of July sec
| ond eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as
| follows
For inland mail transportation, thirteen
| million tWenty-tour thousand seven hum
| -dred and sixty-three dollars.
| For pay OF mall-messengers, six hundred
| and three thousand six hundred and seven
| ty-fOur dollars.
! For pay of route agents, nine hundred
and thirty-eight thousand and five dollars.
! For pay Of mail-route messengers, seventy
| thousand eight hundred and torty-one dol.
| lars.
For pay of local agents, ffty-eight thou
| sand four hundred and eighty six dollars.
| For pay of railway postcthce clerks, nine
| hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
| For pay OF baggag e-mas tiers IN charge of
| through mails, six thousand two hundred
dollars.
For foreign mali transportation. three
| hundred thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, ten
| thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars.
| For compensation TO p0stmasters, five
| million five hundred and twenty-five tA0u'
| sand dollars.
| For pay OF clerks for postoffiees, two mil.
lion eight hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of lettercarriers, one million four
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper. thirty thousand dol
lars.
For twine tnirty eight thousand dollars.
For letter.balances. three thousand five
hundred dollars.
For compensation to blank agents and
assistants, ten thousand dollars.
For office furniture, three thousand FIVE
| hundred dollars.
For construction OF coal vaults, six thou.
sand four hundred and twenty-five dollars
and thirty-fve cents.
For altering windows 20 doors in court
yard. eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For altering skylights and ventilation,
one thousand two hundred and sevepty-fve
dollars
For doors on Bookcases. and other repairs
thereon, in library and dead-Ietter Office.
three thousand one hundred and eighty
seven dollars and eighty cents.
For advertising, seventy thousand dol
lars: provided. tina: no part Of this sum
shall be paid 30 any newspaper published
in the District Of Columbia for advertising
any ether mali routes than those IN Virginia
and Maryland
For Manufacture Of adhesive postage
stamps, one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars.
For manufacture Of stamped envelopes
AMI newspaper wrappers, four hundred and
titty-three thousand dollars: provided that
no envelope. as furnished by the govern.
ment. shall contain any .ithographing or en-
craving, and no printing except q printed
request to return the letter TO the writer.
For pay of distributing agent and assist
ants, and incidental expenses Of agency,
seven thousand dollars.
For mail depredatious and special agents,
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For ten additional special agents. at raues
Of compensation now provided by law,
twenty-siS thousand nine hundred and fifty
dollars.
For chief Of division for the office of mail
depredations, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For mail bags and mali bag satchers, one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For mail-.ocks and keys, forty thousand
dollars.
For pose mar&ing ana canceling stamps
for offices, twelve thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing poss-route
maps, twenty-five thousand dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, Two
hundred ana fifty thousand dollars.
For rent of pOstottiCes, two hundred and
5ifty thousand dollars.
For fuel for 'postoffices. one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For lights for postoftices, one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postotfices. forty thousand dollars.
For registered package envelopes forty
two thousand dollars.
For official envelopes for the use of post |
masters, torty-nine thousand dollars.
For envelopes for return of dead letters
to the writers, five thousand five hundred !
dollars.
For fees to United States attorneys, mar
shals, clerks Of courts, and counsel neces-
sarily employed by special agents of the |
Postofice Department subject to the ap-
prevail of the Attorney General. ten thous-
and dollars.
For engraving, printing, and binding
drafts and warrants, three thousand dol /
lars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand |
FIVE hundred dollars,
To pay Augustine Bacon, of Geogia, for
services as post-route agent, four hundred |
and thirty-seYen dollars and sixty-nine |
cents
The bond of any married woman who
may be appointed postmaster shall be |
binding upon her and her sureties, and she
shall be liable for misconduct in Office as if |
she were sole.
SEC. 2. That the postmaster of every
city where branch postofices or citations are
established and in operation, subject to his
supervision, is hereby authorized, under the |
direction of the Postmaster General, to is
sue, or cause TO be issued, by any of his as
sistants or clerks in charge of branch post
offices or stations. postal money orders pay
able at any other money order office, as
the remitters thereof may direct and that |
the postmaster, and his sureties, shall in
every case be held accountable upon his
official bond for all moneys received by |
him or his designated assistants or clerks
IN charge of stations from the issue
OF money orders under the provisions
of this act, and for all moneys which
may come into his or their hands, or be
placed in his or their custody by reason of
the transaction by them OF money order
business. And all the provisions of law
nov IN force respecting the issue and the |
Of money orders, and the disposal
of money order funds, in the custody Of
postmasters. shall apply to all money orders
issued under the authority given by this
act, and to all moneys received from the
issue thereof
SEC. 3. That the following sums, or so