New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-03
Approved June 4, 1872.
LGRNERAL NArrRE-Nn. g. ]

GENERAL NATURE-NO. 81.
An act making appropriations for the ser
vice of the Postotfice Department for the
year ending June thirty, eighteen hun
dred 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 hun
| dred and sixty-three dollars.
For pay of mail-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 mailrUute messengers, seventy
| thousand eight hundred and forty-ene dol
| lars.
For pay of local agents. fifty-eight thou
sand four hundred and eighty six dollars.
For pay of railway postotice clerks, nine
hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay OF baggage-masters in charge of
through mails, six thousand two hundred
dollars.
For foreign mail transportation, three
hundred thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, ten
thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars
For compensation to postmasters, five
million five hundred and twenty-five thou
sand dollars.
For pay of clerks for postofices, two mil
lion eight hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of letter-carriers, one million four
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For wrapping paper, thirty thousand dol
lars.
For Irvine, thirty 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 to doors in court
yard, eight hundred and fifty dollars.
For altering skylights and ventilation,
one thousand two hundred and seventy-fye
dollars.
For doors on bookcases, and other repairs
thereon, in library and dead-letter Office,
three thousand one hundred and eighty
seven dollars and eighty cents.
For advertising, seventy thousand dol
lars; provided, that no part of this sum
shall be paid to any newspaper published
in the District of Columbia for advertising
any other mail routes than those in Virginia
and Maryland.
For manufacture of adhesive postage
stamps, one hundred and sixty thousand
dollars.
For manufacture of stamped envelopes
and newspaper wrappers, four hundred and
ftty-three thousand dollars; provided, that
no envelope, as furnished by the govern
ment, shall contain any lithographing or en-
craving, and no printing except a 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 depredati0ns and special agents, |
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
For ten additional special agents, at raUes |
OF compensation now provided by law, |
twenty-six 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 mail bag catchers, one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For mail-loeks and keys, forty thousand
dollars.
For post-marking and cancelipg stamps
Tor offices, twelve thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, twenty-five thousand dollars
For balances due foreign countries two |
hundred ano fifty thousand dollars.
For rent of postoffces, two hundred and :
fifty thousand dollars.
For fuel for fpostoffices, one hundred and
ten thousand dollars.
For lights for postofices, one hundred
and twenty thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items
for postoffices, 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
sbals, clerks Of courts. and counsel neces-
,arily employed by special agents of the
Postotiee Department, subject to the APP
prevail of the Attorney General, ten thous-
md dollars.
For engraving, printing, and binding
Traits and warrants, three thousand dol
ars.
For miscellaneous items, one thousand =
i've hundred dollars.
To pay Augustine Bacon, Of Geogia. for
ervicGs as post-route agent, four hundred ;
md thirty-seyen dollars and sixty-nine !
ents.
The bond Of any married woman who
nay be appointed postmaster shall be
inding upon her and her sureties, and she
hall be liable for misconduct in Office as if
he were sole.
SEC. 2 That the postmaster of every
ity where branch postofices or ntations are
and in operation, subject to his
supervision, is hereby authorized, under the
ERECTION Of the Postmaster General, to is
ue, or cause to be issued, by-an of his as
lstants or clerks in charge of branch post
thces or stations, postal money orders pay :
BILE at any other money order office, as !
he remitters thereof may direct and that
ne postmaster, and his sureties, shall in d
very case be held accountable upon his =
tlclal bond for all moneys received by I
I'm or his designated assistants or clerks
charge of stations from the issue ?
I money orders under the provisions :
I this act, and for all moneys which
lay come into his or their hands, or be I !
laced in his or their custody by reason of =
re transaction by them of money order
And all the provisions of law
oW IN force respecting the issue and the
aayment OF money orders, and the disposal
money order funds, in the custody of a
ostmasters, shall apply to al money orders
SUED under the authority given by this
~ anu to all moneys received from the +
sue thereof a
SEC. 3. That the following sums, or 80 .
ugh thereof as may be necessary, be, and p