New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-10-01
OF FICIAL.
Laws Of the United states Passed at the
second Session of the Forfy-First
Congress.
IGENERAL NATURE-N0. Isl

Gtlc STATUTES ECldGlDSS w IhC l. DotOlAitC ~
DaItment
BE it enacted by the Senate and House O
Representatives of the United States d
America in Congress assembled, That there
shall be established, at the seat OF govern
ment Of the United States OF America, q
Department to be known as the Postothet
Department.
postoffce Department shall be one Post
master General and three Assistant Post
masters General, who shall be appointed by
the President, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, and who may be re-
moved In the same manner; and the term
of Office of the Postmaster General shall be
for and during the term OF the President
nv whom he is appointed, and for one
yriontb thereafter unless sooner removed.
SBH 3. That the Postmaster General
NAV appoint the following employees liz the
Postofffce Department: One chief clerk
for the Postmaster General and one for
each of the Assistant Postmasters General,
ane superintendent of postofice building
and disbursing clerk, one superintendent
and one chief clerk of the money order
system. one superintendent and one chief
clerk Of foreign mails, one topographer for
Postofice Department, one assistant attor.
nev general for the Postotiice Department,
one chief Of division for the Office of mail
depredations, one chief of division OF dead
letters one superintendent of the blank
agency, one assistant superintendent and
four assistants, fourteen clerks OF class
four, sixty-one clerks of class three, fifty
clerks of class two, seventy-one clerks OF
class one, fifty-seFen female clerks, one
messenger for the Postmaster General and
one for each Of the Assistant POstmasters
General four assistant messengers, ten
watchmen twenty-five laborers, one engI-
neer, one assistant engineer, one carpenter,
one assistant carpenter, one fireman and
blacksmith two fremen, three female la
borers, and such a number of temporary
clerks, female clerks, folders, watchmen.
and laborers as may be required.
SEC. A. That the annual salaries of the
officers clerks and others employed in the
postotfice Department shall be as follows:
of tile Postmaster General eight thou
sand dollars;
OF the Assistant Postmasters General
three thousand five hundred dollars each,
Ofthe superintendent of the .moneY-order
system, three thousand dollars;
OF the superintendent Of foreign mails,
three thousand dollars;
OF the topographer Of the Postofice De-
partment, two thousand five hundred dol
lars;
OF the assistant attorney general of the
Postofice Department, four thousand dol
lars;
Of the chief Of division fer the Office of
mail depredations, twenty-five hundred dol
lars;
.Of the chief Of division of dead letters,
two thousand five hundred dollars;
Of the superintendent OF Postotfce build
ing and disbursing officer, two thousand
three hundred dollars;
of the chief clerk to the Postmaster
General, two thousand two hundred dol
lars.
Of the chief clerks to the Assistant Post
masters General, the chief clerk OF the SUI /
perintendent Of the mOney-order office, and
Che chief clerk of the superintendent OF
foreign mails, two thousand dollars each:
OF the superintendent OF the blank
agency, one thousand eight hundred dol
lars: of the assistant superintendent, one
Thousand six hundred dollars; of the four
assistants, one thousand two hundred dol
lars each;
Of the clerks of class four, one thousand
eight hundred dollars each;
OF the clerks Of class three, one thousand
six hundred dollars each;
Of the clerks of class two, one thousand
four hundred dollars each;
Of the clerks of class one, one thousand
two hundred dollars each;
OF the female clerks, nine. hundred dol
lars each;
OF the messenger to the Postmaster Gen
eral, nine hundred dollars;
OF the messengers to the Assistant Post
masters General, eight hundred and forty
dollars each;
of the assistant messengers, watchmen,
aud laborers, eight hundred dollars each;
OF the engineer, one thousand six hun
dred dollars;
OF the assistant engineer, one thousand
dollars;
OF the carpenter, one thousand two hun
bred and fftytwO dollars;
OF the assistant carpenter, one thousand
dollars;
of the fireman and blacksmith, nine hun
dred dollars;
OF the firemen, seven hundred and twenty
dollars each;
OF the female laborers, four hundred and
eighty dollars each
SEC. 5. That the Postmaster General shall
procure and cause to be kept a seal for his |
department, which shall be affixed to all |
commissions Of postmasters and others, |
and used to authenticate all transcripts and |
copies which may be required from his de- |
partment.
SEC. 6. That the Postmaster General shall |
establish and discontinue postotfices; in
struct all persons in the postal service with
reference 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 re-
lative to said accounts; control, according
80 law, and subject to the settlement of the
Auditor, all expenses incident to the service
OF the Department.; superintend the dis
position of the moneys of the Department.;
direct the manner in which balances shall
ice paid over; issue warrants to cover money
into the treasury, and to pay out the same;
and generally superintend the business Of
the Department, and execute all laws rela
tive to the postal service.
SEC. Z. That in case of the DEATH resigna-
tion. or absence of the Postmaster General,
all his powers aud duties shall dey0iYe, for
tbs time being, on the First Assistant Post
master General.
SEC. s. That the Postmaster General shall
make the following reports to Congress at
each annual sessions
A report of all contracts for carrying
She mail made within the preceding
year, giving in each case the name Of
the contractor; the date and duration
of the contract; the routes embraced there
in, with the length of each; the time
of arrival and departure at the ends
of each route; the mode of transporta-
ton; and the price to be paid, together
with a copy of the recorded abstracts of all
Droposals for carrying the mail, as provided
by section two hundred and forty-efght.
"A report of all land and water mails es
tablisbed or ordered within the preceding
wear. other than those let to contract at the
annual letting, giving in each case the route
or water course ON which the mail is estab-
lished, the name of the person employed to
transport il, the mode of transportation, the
price to be paid and the duration OF the or
der or contract.
A report of all allowances made to con-
tractors within the preceding year above
tho sums originally stipulated in their re-
spective contracts, and the reasons for the
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