Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-13
OFFICIAL
LAWS OF TIE UNITED STATES,
Passed at the second Session of the
Forty-Second Congress-.
IGENERAL NA1uRK-No TEL

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~ ACT 70 revise, consolidate, and amend the
statutes relating to the Post Office Department.
',af71rss q ths Unifsd StafsS Of Hygsyirg an On
-t's assembled, That there shail be established az
the seat OF government CT the United states OF
t G ., = department 10 be known the POST
sEc. That the principal officers Of the Post,
Omce department shall be one Postmaster General
sud three Assistant Pos,mAsters General, who shall
wee and consent OF the Senate, and whO nav be re-
the Postmaster General sbsi be for AMI Snr fes Sa
I'm u " flesldent ~ whom he is p21inted anl
Ter one MOI IN thereafter, unless sooner removed ~
SEC 3 That the Postmaster General NAV a.r',fn.
VIC !Cli5s .ns ees ia tue Post Office Depart
AID ere Tor each q the Assistant Postrastsrs So
&c 81 PsIi-ieUdent Of Post ONCE building aud
dtstIIs.hI cierk one superintendent sud one chief
cIeiE q The money order 81 stem, superinfend-
rapher foT POstUIee Department one $4,000
attorney ,seLerel for the POst-Offce DsparIrneut
tons. one chief OF division OF Letter on Ia
lrtendent o. TIE blank-agency, one assstant snn4r
ciass fCCr, sixty clerks Of class three fif,y
q class Two, seventy one clerks OF class one
Postmaster General aSd one Tor eseS The Inc
AL Posirlas'eTs General, four assistant s.engeTs
one assistant engineer, carpenter one sssjsssnt
SsIPs.ter, o-e fireman and blacksmith, two firemsp'
tdfy CLERKS iSnae clerks, folders, watchn,en AMI
'"tUIefs a. mSy De required. ~
,cfC =. ! hat the annual salaries Of the ofHcers
te-,1S eS - 0tneIs employed 10 the Post-0fce De.
=, " The Postmaster General, eight Thousand dol.
t8rH. 'AV1So1u uoA-
ana I've bsns9t PSs,mastsrs General, three thou
,tJee OF the money order stem,
" The superintendent Of foreign mails three thou
Ofthe topographer Of the Post Office pepartm.n,
ave thoussLd nye hundred dollars
peps lS aar sibS5nsy fsas.s POstooe
sy Ihs SLisi Q. eiyi,on for the office OF mail depre
~ ne ehlsf OF division Of dead letters, two thou
81 The superintendent OF Poet Office building and
sSersing tflcer, two thousand three huRdr ed doll
, " the chief clerk 10 the Postmaster General two
u .. sne tive hundred dollars;
General the CHEF cierk Of the sueerntendent Of the
.Lvy orc Office, and the chief CLERK OF the su per-
e. b~'A' Oi foreign mails, two thousand dollars
,sCI. The snIerintendent Of the blank agency, one
Serirta dn dollars Of the assistant su
Sci.rx ~ VI assistants, one Thousand two hundred
vi Tie Jerks Of class four one thousand eight
D.Lcrtd dollars each; eAeA'
lShdi ,Ss SslEk, q class three. one thousand 81,
drSd d. at Of class thousand four hun.
,rSd d. Sisrss Of class one, one thousand two him.
NE NE isnsle clerks niDe hundre dollars each.
hundred dollars? 'he ros'nAstsr General, nine
eGersI sisn, 70 the Assistant Pos.masters
n ss;is,.St sasshmss saG ana l..
lars; cue Thousand six hundred dol
" ne sssstsnt eDsne.r. one thousand dollars.
fty-fwo dailsrsc 'noas>nd two hundred and
~ the assistant carpenter, one thousand aa,ra-..
lars; hundred dol
OF the hrer,en. seven hundred s.d twenty dollar.
Of the female labOrers, four hundred and eighty
exc. 5. That the Postmaster General shall prOcurs