The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-08-30


laborers eight hundred daliars each
OF the engineer, one thousand six hundred dol
| lars; Ea,J II ,st.' -E#
| OF the assistant engineer, one thousand dol
! lars;
/ and fifty-two dollars;
OF the assistant carpenter, one thousand dol
| OF the fireman and blacksmith, nme hundred
| dollars; Eg1.t& HfE~'
OF the flremen, seven hundred and twenty
! OF the female laborers, four hundred and
| eighty dollars each.
| SEC. 5. That the Postmaster General shall
| procure and cause to be kept, seal for his De-
| fartment, which shall be affixed to all commits
sions OF postmasters and others, and used to au-
| thenticate all transcripts and copies which may
be required from his Department.. .f
SEC. 6. That the Postmaster General shall
Establish and discontinue post-oiices instruct
all persons in the postal service withreference to
their duties decide on the forms of all official
papers prescribe the manner Of keeping and
stating accounts enforce the prompt rendition
of returns relative to said accounts; control ac
| cordng to law, and subject to the settlement of
the Auditor all expenses incident to the service
of the Department; superintend the disposition
| of the moneys of the Department; direct the
manner in which balances shall be paid over
issue warrants to cover money into the treasury,
and to pay out the same ! and generally super
| intend the business of the Department and exc.
cute all laws relative to the postal service
| SEQ. THAT in easeof the death, resignation,
or absence of the Postmaster General, all his
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being, on the First Assistant Postmaster Gen
eral
SEC. s. That tho Postmaster General shall
make the following reports TO Congress at each
annual session. 'f''''
report of all contracts for carrying the mail
made within the preceding year. giving in each
| case the name of the contractor; the date and
| duration of the contract; the routes en-
| braced therein, with the length OF EACH
the time of arrival and departure at the
lends of each route; the mode. of trans
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| with copy of the recorded abstracts of all pro-
posals for carrying the mail, as provided bys sec
| ton two hundred and forty eight az ,F rF..
A report of all land and water mails establish
| ed or ordered within the preceding year, other
than those let to contract at the annual letting
| giving in each case the route or water-course on
1 Which the mail is established; 1.-THE name of the
| person employed to transport it:sthe mode of
transportation; the price to be paid; and the du-
| raj ion Of he order or contract.
| report of all allowances made TO contract
| ors within the preceding year above the sums
originally stipulated in their respective contracts
| and the reasons for the saine and of all orders
1 made whereby additional expense is incurred on
| any route beyond the original contract price,
/ giving in each case the! route; the name of the
| contractor; the original service provided for by
the contract the original price; the additional
| service required and the additional allowance
| therefor. 20.
| report Of all curtai1nents of expenses effect.
ed within the preceding year, giving in each case
the same particulars as in the preceding report.
| report of the finances of the Department. for
| ance due the department at the beginningof the
| year; the amount of postage which accrued
| within the year the amount of engagement and
| liabilities; and the amount actually paid during
| the year for carrying the mail, showing how much
| of said amount was for carrying the mail in pre-
/ coding years. -+ p #EtA .LstL- 30
| auctions from the pay of contractors, made dur.
] ing the preceding year, stating the name of the
! contractor; the nature of the delinquency the
| route on which it occurred when the fine was
| imposed; and whether the fine or reduction has
| been remitted and for what reason. ado
A copy of each contract for carrying the mail
| between the United States and foreign countries,
| with u statement of the amount of postage de-
rived under the same, SO far as the returns of the
Department will enableit TO be done.
report showing all contracts which have
| been made by the Department, other than for
| carrying the mall giving the name of the con-
| tractor; the article or thing contracted for; the
place where the article was to be delivered or
| the thing performed the amount paid therefor
| and the date and duration Of the contract.
report of the clerks and other persons en-
| pioyed in the department during the year, or
| any part thereof, giving the names of the per-
1 sons the time they were actually employed,
and the sum paid each; whether they have been
| usefully employed whether the services of any
can be dispensed with without detriment to the
| public service; and whether the removal of any,
and the appointment OF others in their stead, is
1 required for the better dispatch of business
| report on the postal business and agencies in
| foreign countries,
| And the Postmaster General shall cause all of
such reports 10 be printed at the Public Printing
Office, either together or separately. and in such
! numbers as may be required by the exigencies of
! the service or by law
| SEC. 8. That the Postmaster General shall
| submit to Congress at each annual session
| statement of the. amount expended during the
preceding fiscal ain year. ca and an estimate ma Of TIE
! fiscal year, under each Of the following heads:
| TRANSPORTATION Of the nails com
p IF clerks ii eempensaon
| of letter-carriers y compensation of
| blank agents and assstants;'' mail depredatons
| and special agents." 'po.tage stamps and envel
opes;' ship, steamboat, and way letters" dead
| letters;'' Email. bags;' .mail-!ocks, keys and
stamps wrapping paper,pg office furniture;',
| 'advertisng;" balances to foreign countrles;''
''ren tgh and fuel for post offices stationery
| and miscellaneous showing the sums paid I'M
der each head, and the names of the persons TO
! whom payInents are made out of the miseella-
neous fund; but the names of persons employed
| IN detecting depfedAtions ON the mail, and of
other confidential agents. need not be disclosed.
| SEC 10. That the Postmaster General shall
! lay before Congress, during the first week in
| each annual session, detailed statements of the
i expenditures made from the contingent fund of
| his Department He shall also make out and
| keep, in proper books, full amp complete inyento-
| lies and accounts of all the property belonging
to the, United States in the buildings rooms off,
! oes and grounds occupied by him and under
lis charge, and to add thereto from time to time
| an account of such property may be pro-
| cured subsequently to the taking of the same
and also account of the sale or disposal oil any
| such property, and to report the same to Con-
| gress Us aforesaid; Propided, That this section
| shall not apply to the supplies of stationery
| and fuel which shall be accounted for us now
| provided by law.
s SEC IL. That all persons employed in any
branch of the postal service shall be exempt from
militia duty, and from serving on jures, or frona
| any penalty for neglect theI eof. ~ p
SEQ. IL That no person employed in the Post
Office Department shall become interestedt to any
! contract for carrying the mail, or act as agent
| with or without compensation, for any coiltrac-
| tor or person Offering TO become contractor in
any business before the Department. and any
person offending shall be immediately dismiss
ed from office and shall be liable to pay so much
| money would have been realized from said
| contract to be recovered in action of debt, for
| the use of the Pcst-OfIice Department.
SEC. l3 That all bonds taken and contracts
entered intoiby the Post-Ofice department shall
be made to and with the United States of
America. yts.. - vrg-E IT. l,al f.rE.7 "A. .g.. f.
SEC. IA. That no person employed in the postal
service shall receive any fees or perquisites on
account of the duties to be performed by virtue
OF his appointment. aa-s
SEC. 10. That before entering upon the duties,
and before they shall receive any salary, the
Postmaster General and all persons employed in
the postal service, shall respectfully take and
subscribe, before some magistrate or other COM
petent officer, the following oath or affirmation
81, A. b. do solomnly swear Tor affirm as The case
may be- that will faithfully perform all the du-
ties required of me, and abstain from everything
forbidden by the laws in relation to the estab-
is of nd mos RI cHn,itl