The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-10-04
rGEsrnA1 xArrnr.-No. 11s.l

AN ACT t. revise, consolidate, and amend
The statu g relating to the Post-Ofice De-
partment.
Belt eaacted by the Senote "nd House Of
RepresemeuticeS Of the Enite,i States Of
America in Congress assrmbied,
That there shall be established, as the seat
of government of the United States of Amert-
ca a Department to be known tho Post
Office Department.
SEC 2. That the principal officers of the
Post-Office Department shall be Post
master General and three Assistant Postmas-
ters General, who shall be appointed by the
President, by and with the advice and consent
ofthe Senate, and who may be removed in the
same manner; and the term OF Office OF the
Postmaster General shall be for and during
the term of the President by whom he is ap-
pointed, and tor one month thereafter, unless
sooner removed.
SEC. 3. That the Postmaster General may
appoint the following employees in the Post
rOffice Department One chief clerk for the
Postmaster General and one for each of the
Assistant Postmasters General, one supcrin-
tendent of Post-Ofticc building and disburs-
ing clerk, one superintcndent and
system. one superintendent and one chief
| clerk of foreign mails, one topograpler for
neSeon, GoI ,b p,,e ong
one chief of division for the office OF mail dep
relations, one chief of division Of dead-lette
one superintendent of the Dlank-agency, one
assistant superintendent and four assistants,
| fourteen clerks of class four, eiXty-one clerks
| ofclass three, fifty clerks of class two, seven
| ty-one clerks of class one, 1fty-seven female
| clerks, one messenger Tor The Postmaster
| General and one for each of the Assistant
| Postmasters General, four assistant messen-
| gers, ten watchmen, twenty-five laborers, one
| engineer, one assistant engineer, one car
penter. one assistant carpenter, one fireman
and blacksmith, two hremen, three fema le Ia
| borers~ and such Il number OF temporary clerks
female clerks, folders, watchmen, and labor.
crS 3 may be required.
SIC. 4. That the annual salaries of officers
eierks and others employed in the Post-Oflice
| Department shall be as follows:
| dollars;
OF the Assistant Postnasters General three
thousand live hundred dollars each;
| OF the superintendent of the moncv-orcier
system, three thousand dollars;
| Oftle superintendent of foreign mails, three
OF the topographer of the Post Office De-
| partment. two thousand five hundred dol
| lars
OF the assistant attorney general of the
Post-OLiicc Department, four thousand dol
lars;
| depretlations, twenty-five hundred dollars:
OF rhe chief of division OF dead-letters, two
thousand five hundred dollars
OF the Superintendent of Post-Office build
ing and disbursing officer, two thousand three
hundred dollars;
Ofthe chiefcierk to the Postmaster Gener-
al, two Thousand two hundred dollars;
Or the chief clerks to the Assistant Post
masters General, the chief clerk ofthe super
intencant of the noney-ortier ollie, and the
chiefcler to tho superintendent of foreign
mails, two thousand dol liars each:
OF the superintendent of the blank-aGeney,
one thousand eight hundred dollars Of the
assistant superintendent. one thousand six
hundred dollars; of the four ASST istants, one
thousand two hundred dollars each:
OF the clerks OF class four, one thousand
eight hundred dollars each
OF heclerks of class three, one thousand
six hundred dollars each I;
OF the clerks of class two, one thousand
four hundred dollars each;
OF the clerks otclass one, one thousand two
hundred dollars each;
Ofthe female clerks, nine hundred dollars
each;
OF the messenger to the Postmaster Gencr-
al, nine hundred dollars;
OF the messengers to the Assistant Postma s.
tiers General, eight hundred and forty dollars
each;
Oh the assistant messengers, watchmen, and
labort RS, eight hundred dollars each
Ofthe engineer, one thousand six hundred