Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-07

[GDNERAL NATURE. No. 49,
AN ACT to revise, consolidate, and amend the
statutes relating to the Post Office Depart
ment.
Be it enacted by the Senatc and House oi
Representatives of the United States of Ameri.
ca in Congress assembled, That there shall be
established, at the seat of government of the
United State, of America, Department to be
known as the Post Office Department.
Sec. 2. That the principal officers OF the Post
Office Department shall be one Postmaster
General and three Assistant Postmasters Gen
eral, who shall be appointed by the President,
by and with the advice and consent of the Sen
ate, and who may be removed in the same man
ner; and the term of office of the Postmaster
General shall be for and during the term OF the
President by whom he is appointed. and for
one month thereafter unless sooner removed.
Sec 3. That the Postmaster General may ap-
point the following employees In the Post
Office Department: One chief clerk for the
PostmasterG eneral and one for each OF the
Assistant Postnasters General, one superln-
tendent of Post Office building and disbursing
clerk. one superintendent and one chief clerk
of tho money order system, one superintendent
and one chief clerk of foreign mails, one to-
pographer for Post Office Department, one as
sistant attorney general for the Fost Once De-
partment 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 seven female clerks;
one messenger for the Postmaster General and
one for each of the Assistant Postmasters Gen-
eral, four assistant messengers, ten watchmen,
twenty five labOrers, one engineer, one assistant
engineer, one carpenter, one assistant carpeh-
ter. one fireman and blacksmith, two fremen,.
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temporary clerks, female clerks, folders, watch
men. and laborers as may be required:
Sec 4. That the annual salaries of officers,
clerks and others employed in the Post Office
Department shall be as follows:
or the Postmaster General, eight thousand
dollars; s-,
of the Assistant Postmaster General, three
thousand fve hundred dollars each;
OF the superintendent of the money order
system, three thousand dollars;
OF thu superintendent of foreign mails three
thousand dollars;
or the topographer of the Post Office De
partment two thousand five hundred dollars,
OF the assistant attorney general of the Post
Office Department. four thousand dollars; =,
OF the chief of division for the office of mail
depredations, twenty five hundred dollars; .
Of the chief of division of dead letters, two
thousand FIVE hundred dollars;
Of the superintendent of Post Office build
ing and disbursing officer, two thousand three
hundred dollars;
OF the chief clerk tn the Postmaster General,
two thousand two hundred dellars;
OF chief clerks to the Assistant PoStmasters
General, the chief clerk Of the super intendent
Of the money order Office, and the chief clerk
of the superintendent of foreign mails, two
thousand dollars eachi
OF the superintendent of the blank agency,
one thousand eight hundred dollars; OF the as
sistant superintendent, one thousand SIX hum
dred dollars; of the fonr assistants, one thou
sand two hundred dollars each;
OF the clerks of class four, one thousand eight
hundred dollars each;
OF clerks of class three, one thousand SIX
hundred dollars each;
Of the clerks Of class two, one thousand 1our
hundred dollars each
| Of clerks of class one, one thousand TWO nun
dred dollars each; :,
OF the female clerks, nine hundred dollars
| each;
Ofthe messenger of the Postmaster General
| nine hundred dollars;
| OF the messengers to the Assistand Postmas
tiers General, eight hundred and forty dollar
| each;
OF the assistant messengers, watchmen, anC
laborers, eight hundred dollars eacb
Of the engineer, enc thousant six hundred
dollars;
Of the assistant engineer, one thousand dol
lars;
Of the carpenter, one thousand two hundred
| and nifty two dollars;