Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-05-13
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THE DAILY CHRONICLE.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES
Passed at the Third Session Of the Forty
btsa Second Congress.
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GENERAL NATURE--No. 59.I


dred and seventy four.
it enacted by the Senate and House of Represent
iv es of the United States OF America In CONGRESS
Sc mbled That the following sums be, and the same
hereby appropriated for the service OF the PQSt
Oic Department for the year ending june thirtetn.
eighteen hundred and seventy four out OF any moneys
in the treasury arising from the revenues OF sald De-
partment in conformity to the act Of July second,
eighteen hundred and thirty six, as follows:
For inland mail transportation, fourteen million
eight hundred and forty thousand and twenty dollars
aor pay o0 Oe bandred and dollars
For pay of route agents. eight hundred ana eignty
four thousand seven hundred and ninety six dollars:
For nay of local agents, ninety hVe thousand one
hundred and fifty eight dollars. .uo
For pay of railway post Office clerks. one million two
hundred and fifty seven Thousand one hundred ana
fifty seven dollars.
For pay of baggage masters two thousand TOUR nun
For foreign mail transportation, three hundred thou
sand dollars ,o.,.x, 49,, ,bous,,d
For pay of clerks for post Offices two million nine
hundred and seventy five thousand dollars.
For pay of letter carriers. one million six hundred
thousand dollars and that commencing with the first
day of July. eighteen hundred and seventy three let
mail matter. frequently as the public convenience
may require at every place containing not less than
and that for the purpose of employing carriers where
not already employed at such places the sum Of one
hundred thousand dollars hereby appropriated out
of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropr
ated And for the more efficient organization OF the
free delivery system the POSTMASTER General may aes
Superintendent of free delivery in the Post Office de-
partment. at an annual salary OF two thousand hEe
fixed shall terminate at the end of the fiscal end
ing june thrtieth eighteen hundred and seventy four
For twine, thirty eight thousand dollars.
For letter balances, three thousand dollars. ..H
For office furniture six thousand dollars.
For advertising, seventy thousand dollars Provid-
ed, That hereafter no payment shall be made shall be
made t? DuO ths in the Dis
those in Virginia and Maryland. Jar.- ...E M
For manufacture OF adhesive postage stamps, one
hundred and thirty thousand five hundred and fifty
For stamped envelopes and wrappers; four hundred
no envelope as furnished by the Government shall
tain any thographing and engraving and no print
except printed request to return the letter to the
For the manufacture of postal cards. one hundred
Fer pay Of distributing agents and assistants, four
For payments on account of mail deprcdations and
for special agents hundred and sixty thousand dol
For mail bags and mail bag catchcrs. one hundred
and eighty thousand dollars. -f..r r-....
For m Ill locks and keys forty thousand dollars
For post marking and cancelng stamps. twelve thou
sand dollars.
For preparing and publishing post route MAPS TWEEN
ty seven thousand dollars.
For balances due foreign countries two hundred and
For rent of post offices three hundred thousand dol
For fuel for post Offices one hundred and thirty thou
For light for post offices, one hundred and sixty thou
For stationery and miscellaneous items, sixty thou
sand dollars 4a n tr- D.. -. r.-F ,
For registered package envelopes, fifty six thousand
For official envelopes for postmastcrs, twenty nine
thousand five hundred and twenty five dollars:
For fees to marsha attorneys, and clerks of courts
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For engraving. printing and binding drafts and war
rants three thousand five hundred dollars.
For miscellaneous items, two thousand five hundred
dollars.
For increase of compensation for the transportation
of mails on railroad routes upon the condition and at
rates hereinafter mentioned, FIVE hundred thousand
yided That the Postmaster General be- and he here
by authorized and directed to readiust the compensa
ton hereafter to be paid tor the dInas Of
the rates hereinafter ito wits That the mails
shall be conveyed with due frequency and speed that
sufficient and suitable rooms, fixtures and furniture
in a car or apartment properly lighted and warmed
shall be provided for route agents to accompany and
mum shall not exceed the following rates. namely; On
routes carrying their whole length average weight
of mails per day of two hundred pounds fifty dollars
five hundred pounds. seventy five dollars thou
sand pounds, hundred dollars; one thousand five
tWo tbousand pcUnds one hundred and fifty dollars
three thousand five hundred pounds. one hundred and
seventy five dollars; five thousand pounds two hun
bred dollars and twenty five dollars additional for
cry additional two thousand pounds the average
weight to be ascertaned in every case by the actual
weighing of the mails for such number of successive
working days. not less than thirty at such rates. af
ter June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty three and not less frequently than once in
every four years, and the result to be stated
and verified in such form and manner as the
the Postmaster General may direct: Provided,
also, That in case any railroad company now
furnishing railway post office cars, such com
pany shall not be entitled to any increase of
Provided further, That additional pay may be
allowed for every line comprising daily trip
each way of railway post Office cars, at a rate
not exceeding twenty five dollars per mile per
annum for cars forty feet in length and thirty
dollars per mile per annum for forty five feet
cars and forty dollars per mile per annum for
fifty feet cars and fifty dollars per mile per an
mum for fifty five to sixty feet cars And pro-
vided also, That the length of cars required for
such post office railway service shall be de-
| termined by the Post Office Department, and
| all such cars shall be properly fitted up, fur
nished, warmed and lighted for the accommo-
dation of the clerks to accompany and distrib~
| ute the mails: And provided further, That so
much dissection two hundred and sixty five of
the act approved June eighth, eighteen hum
| consolidate and amend the statutes relating to
| to the Post Office Department" as provides
| that 'the Postmaster General may allow any
railroad company with whom he may contract
| for the carrying of the United States mail, and
| who furnish railway post Office cars for the
transportation of the mail, such additional COM
pensation beyond that now allowed by law as
/ he may think fit, not exceeding, however, fifty
per centum of the said rates." be and the some
is hereby repealed.
| Sec 2, That the following sums, or so much
| thereof as may be necessary, be-, and the same
are hereby, appropriated for tho year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
| four, out OF any money In the treasury not 9TH
erwise appropriated, namely:
For steamship service between san Francisco,
Japan and China eight hundred and seventy
| five thousand dollars.
For steamship service between tho listed
States and Brazil, one hundred anu fifty thou
| sand dollars.
For steamship service between San Francisco
and the Sandwich Islands, seventy FIVE thou
sand dollars.
Sec. g. That if the revenues of the Post Office
Department shall be insufficient to meet the ap-
preparations made by this act, then the sum of
five million three hundred and ninety six thou
| sand six hundred and two dollars, or so much
thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same
is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any
money in the treasury not otherwise appropri-
ated, to supply deficiencies in the revenue of