Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-12-07
OFFICIAL.
LAWS or THk UNIrFD STATES
,asssd al lhe Seoon sesoioa Of the F0rty-secor
N'30- CofdIaaa

Lsu enacted bV the ssndta AND HOUSE Of ReprsseH-
aims oJ tha fafed states Of AnsYloa ong
asm5ie Tnat III following SIMS be- and lhe same
AZ he eby Appropriated or the service Of he Post
once Department for the year ending June thr-
tleth, eighteen hundred ana seventy three out OF
any moneys In the treasury Arising fiom the roVe-
nues Of said Department IN CONFORMITY 70 the act
follows;
twent -four thOu-and seven hundrsd and sixty
Fr paw Fl mail-messengers pix hundred and
three Thousand hix hundred and BeVenty-fOur dol
aFor pay Of ro~te agents, nine hundred and tarty-
eight thousand and dve collars.
For paw OF mHll.Toute messengers seventy thouk-
and eight hundred and forty ne do lara
For of local sgehts. nffy elk ht thousand fonr
hundr d and elghty-slx dol ars.
For pay of railway pOst-ofiice clerks, nine hun
dred and nifty thousand dolilrs
For lay Of baggap masters n charge Of through
mails, six th1usiud +" . hu dr. d dollars.
For foreign mail transportation three hundred
For hip, ste mboat and way letters ten thousand
seven huddrfd and ftty dollars.
ave hundred and twenty ive Thousand dol rs
For pay OF clerks, for post-onces, Two million
eight hundred Thousand dol avs.
For pay OF e 'ter-ca1iers million four hundred
and tweDi y-1vs thousand dollars.
For wrapplne-paper, thilt tn usand dollars.
For twine, thirty tight thou, and llare
For letter balances, three thousand i've hundred
dollars
For once furniture, three thousand i've hundred
dollars
For construction Of cOaLVauls, six thousand
four hundred and twenty-five Liars and thirty
i've cents
hundred and nfty dollars
For altering sky ights and ventilation, one ihous-
and two hundred and seventy .hvs dol ars.
For doors on boOL ases aud ther repairs there
on in libra and dead eiJer ONCE, three tn usand
one hundred and eighty-seven dollars and eighty
For advertising seventy thousand dolla q: Pro
pqed, That part OF this shall oa paid 10 any
newspaper pub shtd ia the District OF Columbia for
advertising any other mail routes Than those In viz
gina and Maryland.
For manufacture Of adhesive postage stamps, one
hundred and sixty tn 'usand dollars
For manu- acture OF stamped envelopes and news
paper-wrappeTs four hunnled and nfty-tbree thous-
and dollar Toptded, That eny jpe, as furnish
I'd by the g'vernment, shall contain any llthogr pm
request 10 tu'n tha letter to the writer,
For pay OF dlstriDuln agent aud ssistants, and
Incidental expenses oil agency seven thousand dol
For mail depredations and special agents, one
hundred and thirty dOilarB.
For ten additional sntclal agents at rates OF COM
pen'ation now provid by Ia =, twenly-slx thOns-
and nine hundred ana 1tty dollars.
For chief of division for the ONCE OF mail de-
prGdatl Ms, two Thousand nVe hundred dollars.
For mait-uags and u bag catchers,one hundred
and eighty thousand dOllaTA
For mall-lOcks and keys, ferty thousand dollars,
For post marking and cancelllng stamps for ON
Cea, twelve thousand dOlldls
For preparing and publishing post-r0ute maps
twenty two Thousand dollars.
For balances due foreign countries two hundred
and 1fty Thousand liars,
For rent Of posi- offices, TWO hundred and nifty
thous4nd dollars.
For fuel for post onices, one hundred and ten
thousand dollars
For lights Tor post ofiices one hundred and TWEEN.
For stationary amt mlsce laneous items for post
ofilc. 3, forty thousand u0llara
For registered pacAhge-enVel0pes, torty Two tnou-
sand dollars.
For Oficiai envelopes for the of poAtmastels,
forty-hne thousand IIlaTs.
For envsIOI es for retu u Of dead tiers 10 the
wriers, five thousand nye hundred dollars.
For fees to Unit ates attorneys. marst ais,
clerks OF cou IT, aud unset necessarily tmp d
by special egenl6 OF the Ost once Department,
subject TO The approval VI the Atom eeaeral, ten
For engraving, printing, an binding drafts and
warrants, thres thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous items, enc thousand i've hun
dred dol ars.
TO pay Augustine Bacon. OF Georgia, for services
as post-rou Hg nts, four hundred and thr9 seven
doll rs anu sixty-nine cents.
The bond of any married woman who may be ap-
pointeJ pos master shall be Uindng upon her AID
er surelies, aud she shall be aDle for IniscOnd1c ct
office as II she were 8 .le
SkO. q 1ha, the pJstm ster OF every city where
branch post-Ufi or stations are established aud
In OPERATION subj Ct his supelvisiun Is hereby
thOIized, under the direction OF the ostmaster
eneTal, 70 issue, or To cause be issued, uy any
his Assistants or cit rks al charge OF branch post
ce or station postal money Urders paJ able ut any
U.her mCnt yOrder ONCE Ms tue 7, mtters tn IeOf
may direct: AID that the postmaster, and his sure
tioH, shall in every ease Do he'd accountable upon
di oical bond tUr all mon ys rec, ived BY him or
MS d sgnated as tau or erss in charge oI sta
iOns ir IN the issue II money orders unh.r Tie pro-
come into his or their hands, or be placed In
~ or their custody by sJn Of the transaction by
tI,m Of mOney-Orler business. And ali tue provl.
siOns OF law now in force respecting the issue anu
he payment of mOAe -Orders and The disposal OF
,,Ouey-order unds IN the CUSTODY VI pusIlnas era,
1a apply 10 all money ders iss ued und,T the au-
lorty given BY this act, and to all moneys received
Iruln the issue thereof.
So .. That he fl!owing sums, or 80 much
hereof as may be necessary, be, and the same are
rreby, appropriated for tine year ending Juue thir
eth, eighteen hundred and seventy-ih ee, Uui
II any money In the teasury not otherwise ap'
ffcprated, namely:
For steamship service between San Francisco ia.
rln and China, five hundred thousand dollars. AID
'' postmaster General is.hereby authorized to con
act with the lowest bidde., within three months
fg tue passage of this act alter sixty days pubht
i1tlce, for term et ten years from aud after the
ttree for the conveyance Of an additional monthly
Ill on the said route, a. compensation not " ex
d the rate per voyage now paid under the ex
u < ofnlrects, and upon the same G. moi ions ant
ilsatlons as pes ribed by existing 1acts OF Co
'i,ss in reference thereto and the respective con
tets made In pursuance lhol eOf: aud the CohtrHc
is unde the PROVISIONS OF this section snail be re-
Hlred TO carry the United STATES mails durlng the
's ence OF their Contracts, without additional
"a nge, en- all the steamers they may Iun upol
al line, or any part Of H. or am orahch or exten
N hereof; fTOUid'd, that ali steamships hereaf
accepted for said service shall be Of not less thai
IT Thousand tons register each, and shall be puil
e IT. n, aud with their engines and machinery shal
le wholly of American construction; and shall u
cuLsu ucted as to be readiy.HdaPted 10 the aTlne'
a. ssrvlce Of the United States in OF war
before acceptance the officers by whom they ar
1ected shall report to the ecretary Of lhe Nnv
II th3 Postmaster Genela whether IN cJndill u
% been complied with: fTouide i hat IN all case
The officers OF the shlps tmplUyed Ia the seIvic
lin PROV ed for hnal be cit zens or the Unlte
tes and that peFsous OF foreign birth, wnO hav
riding 10 law declared th ir Intention to becom
c't.Eens OF the Unite states may be employed
though they were cillzeLs wtnn the meaning o
vi ctiun, or OF any act or acts specified In the at
Inr twenty-elghIh, eighteen hundred and sixty
r. And the government Of the Uaited 81. u
tl II have the right in case of war to lake for n
US u ne United States any OF the steamers uf sal
line and In such case pay a reasonable oOmpensa
IN erefOr: fTOpidtd, The price shall ia CAS-
tNueed the original cost Of the vessel TAKEN an
u Is provision shall extend 10 and be applicable
III h.eanleIs of the Brazilian line hereinafter prov
Il Il .Or.
Fur steamship service between the United State
Bad BnZ, one hundred and fifty thousand do
lfTi.
rGr steamship service between San FrancisC
AT Ihe Sandwich Islands, seyenty.hve thousan
u Lars.
Eu 4. That II the revenues OF the Pos once d
pa ment shall be insufficient to meet the appropf
'us made Dy this act, then the sum Of five mi
htn seven hundred thousand hins hunared AL
bty.lty dollars, tr 80 much thereof my be II
sshry be, and the Same is hereby appr pirate
To 10 paid out OF an money in thA treasury NJ
o neTWlss appropriated, to supply deficiencies
tIt venue or the Post Urnce Del mt for Oh
year endtng June thirtieth, eighteen hundred al
tr.e ly-. hree And section twelve, OF the act u
pr vat March third, eighteen hundred and tort
ttp, eEtltled - n act 10 establish cert lin DO
rul ys, and for other pu poses;" aud section eiR
uI Ihe act approved March third. eighteen hund I
and iit, jne, entitled IAN act to retuce and mod
Ia FaNa AZ In hal ITNHE. GNaN