New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-06-01

Representatives of the United States OF
| America in Congress assembled That the
| following sums be and the same are hereby
appropriated for the service of the PostOtfice
Department for the year ending June thir.
tieth, eighteen hundred and seventy four.
out of any moneys in the treasury arising
from the revenues Of said department. in
conformity 20 the act Of July second.
eighteen hundred and thirtysix. as sOlowsa
For inland mail transportation. fourteen
million eight hundred and forty thousand
and twenty dollars.
For pay of mail messengers. six hundred
and seven thousand one hundred and seven
dollars.
For pay Of route agents, eigh. hundred
and eighty four thousand seven hundred
and ninety-six dollars.
For pay of mail route messengers. one
hundred and seventy-one thousand two
hundred and sixty-fve dollars.
For pay of local agents. ninety.fve thou.
sand one hundred and fifty eight dollars.
For pay of railway postotfice clerks. one
million two hundred and fifty-seven thou
sand one hundred and iftyseven dollars.
For pay of baggage masters, two thou
sand four hundred and twenty-nlne dollars.
For foreign mail transportation. three
hundred thousand dollars.
For ship. steamboat. and way letters. ten
Thousand dollars.
For pay of psstmasters, five million
seven hundred and twenty tive thousand
dollars.
For pay Of clerks for postof;css. two
million nine hundred and seventy five thou
sand dollars.
For pay of letter carriers, one million
six hundred thousand dollars; and that
commencing with the first day OF July.
eighteen hundred and seventythree. letter
carriers may be employed for the free de-
livery of mail matter. as frequently as the
public convenience may require. at every
place containing population OF not less
than twenty thousand within the delivery
of its postoffice; and that for the purpose of
employing carriers where no, already en-
ployed at such places, the sum of one hun.
bred thousand dollars is hereby apprOpri.
ated, out of any money IN the treasury not
otherwise appropriated. And for the more
efficient organization of the free delivery
system, the Postmaster General may
designate one of the present fourth.
class clerks to act as superintendent. of free
delivery in the Post office Department. at an
annual salary of two thousand five hundred
dollars; provided that the salary hereby
fixed shall terminate at the end OF the fiscal
year ending June thirtieth. eighteen hun.
dred and seventy-fOur.
For wrappiugpaper. :hirty-ssres thou
sand dollars.
For Irvine, thirty -eigh. thousand dollars.
For letter balances. three thousand
dollars.
For office furniture. six thousand five
hundred dollars.
For advertising. seventy THOUSAND
dollars; provided. that hereafter no
payment shall be made 20 any news.
paper published in the District of
! of Columbia, for advertising and other mail
routes than those in Virginia and Maryland.
For manufacture of adhesive postage
stamps, one hundred and thirty thousand
| five hundred and fifty dollars.
For stamped envelopes and wrappers.
! four hundred and seventy-hve thousand
| dollars; provided, that hereafter no en-.
velope as furnished by the government shall
contain any lithographing and engraving.
| and no printing except printed request TO
return the letter to the writer.
For manufacture OF postal cards. one
hundred and sixty-seven thousand dollars.
| For pay of distributing agents and assist
| ants fourteen thousand dollars.
| For payments on account o! ma. depre.
| dations and for special agents, one hundred
| and sixty thousand dollars.
! For mail bags and mail bag catchers. one
| hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
! For mail locks and keys. forty thousand
dollars.
For post marking and caDee.ins stamps.
! twelve thousand dollars.
For preparing and publishing posaroute
|
| For balances due foreign countries. two
! hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For rent of postott!ces, three hundred
| thousand dollars.
For fuel for postotfices. one hundred and
! thirty thousand dollars.
For light for postotfiees, one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars.
| For stationery and miscellaneous items.
| sixty thousand dollars.
! For registered package envelopes. fifty.
| six thousand dollars.
For official envelopes for postmasters.
| twenty nine thousand i've hundred anu
twenty five dollars.
For envelopes for returning dead letters.
| six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars.
For fees to marshals. attorneys. anu
clerks of courts. seven thousand tive hun
| dred dollars.
! For engraving. printing. and binding
! drafts and warrants. three thousand tive
| 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 the rates herein.
| after mentioned. five hundred thousand
dollars, or so much thereof as may be nee.
essary: provided, that ithe Postmaster
General be, and he is hereby authorized
| and directed to readiust the compensation
hereafter to be paid for the transportation
of mails on railroad routes upon the cOndl.
tons and at the rates hereinafter men
toned, to wit: That the mails shall be con-
veyed with due frequency and speed: that
sufficient and suitable room. fixtures. and
furniture, in a car or apartment prop
erly lighted and warmed. shall be
provided tor route agents 70 ac,
company and distribute the mails: and
that the pay per mile per annnm snai1 not not
exceed the following rates, namely: On