The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1873-05-16

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For official envelopes for post-mas-
tiers. twenty-nine Thousand five hun
dred and twenty-five dollars.
For envelopes for returning dead
letters. six Thousand one hundred and
sixty dollars.
For fees to marshals. attorneys. and
clerks Of courts, seven Thousand five
hundred dollars.
For engraving, printing. and bind
Ing drafts and warrants. three thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For misCellaneou. items. two thou
sand five hundred dollars.
For increase of compensation for
the transportation of mails on railroad
routes upon the condition and ut the
rates hereinafter mentioned. five hun
tired thousand dollars. or so much
thereof as may be necessary: Pro-
uided, That the Postmasler-General
be, and he l. hereby. authorized and
directed to readjust the compensation
hereafter to be pai, for the transporta-
tion of mails on railroad routes upon
the conditions and ut the rates herein
after mentioned. tO-wit: That the
mails shall be conveyed with due fire.
quency and speed; that sufficient and
suitable room. fixtures, and furniture,
III car properly lighted and warmed.
| shall be provided for ronte-agents to
accompany and distribute the mails !,
and that the pay per mile per annum
shall not exceed the following rates.
namely: On routes carrying their
whole length an average rate
of mails per day of two hundred
pounds, fifty dollars; five hundred
pounds, seventy-five dollars; one
thousand pounds. one hundred dollars;
one thousand five hundred pounds.
Gne hundred and TWENTY-FIVE dollars; ;
two Thousand pounds. one hundred
and fifty dollars; three thousand five
hundred pounds one hundred and sew
enty-tive dollars; five thousand
pounds, two hundred dollars, and
twenty-five dollars additional for every
additional two thousand pounds. the
average weight to be asccrtained. in
every case. BY the actual weighing of
the mails for such a number of sue
tpsSive wOrking-iayS, not less than
thirty, at such times. after June thir-
tieth. eighteen hundred and seventy
three, aud not less frequently than
once In every four years. and the re-
suit to he stated aud verified in such
form and manner as the Postmaster
General may direct: Prorided alSo,
That in case anv railroad company
now furnishing railway po>t-office
cars shall refuse to provide such cars,
such company shall not be entitled TO
any increase OF compensation under
any provision Of this act. Prorided
further. That additional pay may be
allowed for every line comprising a
daily trip each way of railway post
Office cars, at rate not exceeding
twenty-five dollars per mile per an
mum for cars forty feet in length; and
thirty dollars per mile per annum for
forty-five feet cars; and fimty dollars
per mile per annum for tifty-feet cars;
and fifty dollars per mile per annum
for fiity-five to sixty feet cars. And
prorided 1ls0, That the length of cars
required tor such post-office railway
tar service shall be determined by the
Post-Office Department, and all such
cars shall be properly fitted up. fur
nished, warmed, and lighted for the
accommodation Of clerks to accom-
pany and distribute the mails: And
prorided further. That so much of sec
tion two hundred and sixty-five of the
act approved June eighth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two, entitled
IAN act to revise, consolidate, and
amend the statutes relating to the
POst-Oifice Department" !" as provides
that ''the P0stlnaster-Gener may al
low any railroad company with whom
he may contract for the carrying of
the United States mail. and who fur
nish railway post-Ofice cars for the
transportation of the mail. such addi-
tiOnal compensation beyond that now
allowed by law as he may think fit,
not exceeding, however. fifty per
centum Of the said rates, " be, and the
same is hereby, repealed.
Sec. 2. That the following sums,
or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be, and the same are hereby. ap-
prOpriated for the year ending june
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sew
enty-four, out of any money in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated,
namely:
For steamship service between San
Francisco. Japan, and China. eight
hundred and seventy-fve thousand
dollars.
For steamship service between the
United States and Brazil, one hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For steamship service between San
Francisco and the Sandwich Islands,
seyenty-hve thousand dollars.
| Sec. 3. That If the revenues of the
Post-0fIice Department shall be insult
| ficient to meet the appropriations
made by this act, then the sum of five
million three hundred and ninety-six