National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-08-20
rGrrrRIr NATURy-No. 90. 7

An ACT making appropriations for the ser
vice of the Post-Ofice Department for tn
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seVenty-fVe, and for other pur
poses. .-a.--
Be Il enacted by the Senate and House Of Rep
ress71tGtives Of TIE United States Of America q
Congress assembled, That the following sums be
and the same are hereby, appropriated for tn
service of the Post Office Department for tn
year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundreC
and seventy-fve, out of any money in tn
Treasury arising from the revenues of said De
partment, in conformity to the act Of JUL
second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, a
follows:
For inland-mail transportation, sixteen mil
lion four hundred thousand dollars.
For pay of mail messengers, six hundred
and forty-three thousand five hundred ant
thirtyEthree dollars.
For pay of route-agents, nine hundred ant
twenty-nine thousand and thirty-five dollars.
For paw of mail-rOute messengers, one hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars.
For pay of local agents, one hundred and tel
thousand three hundred and eighty-three dol
lars.
For pay of railway post-offlce clerks, one mil
lioI three hundred and twenty thousand anC
fourteen dollars.
For pay Of baggage-nasters, one thousand
dollars.
For foreign mail-trsnsportation, three hun
dred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat, and way letters, sever
thousand five hundred dollars.
For pay Of pOstmasters, six million five hun
dred thousand dollars.
For pay of clerks for post-ofices, three mil
lion two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
For pay of letter-carriers, one million nine
hundred Thousand dollars Provided, That
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for the free delivery of mail matter in towns
and cities whose population within their cor.
poTate limits, as shown by the last report Of
the national census or by any subsequent cen
sus taken in pursuance Of State statute or by
order of the mayor and common council OF
such town or city, shall be less than thirty
but this proViso shall not affect the
free delivery in towns and cities where it Is now
And for the moro efficient man
agement of the free-deltyery system, the Post
master General may designate a fourth-class
clerk to act as superintendent of free delivery
In the Post Office Department at an annual
salary Of two thousand five hundred dollars;
and for this purpose the sum of seven hundred
dollars Is hereby appropriated out Of any money
In the Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
For wrapping-pap twenty-seven thousand
dollars,
For Irvine, forty-eight thousand dollars.
For letter-balances, three thousand dollars.
For office furniture, six thousand five hun
dred dollars.
For advertising, eighty thousand dollars:
Provided, That hereafter no payment shall be
made to any newspaper published In the Dis
trict Of Columbia for advertising any other
routes than those in Virginia and Maryland.
For manufacture Of adhesive postage stamps,
One hundred and eighteen thousand six hun
bred and sixty-seyen dollars.
For stamped envelopes and wrappers, five
hundred and thirty-fve thousand four hundred
and twenty-four dollars: Provided, That hero
after no envelope, as furnished by the Govern
ment, shall contain any lithographing and en-
craving, nor any printing except printed re-
quest to return the letter to the writer.
For pay of distributing agents and assistants,
.en thousand two hundred dollars.
For manufacture of postal cards, ono hun
ired and sixty-eight thousand two hundred
and seventy dollars.
For pay Of agents and assistants to distribute
postal cards, five thousand six hundred dol
lars.
For payments on account of mail-depreda-
tons and for special agents, one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars.
For maE-bags and mailbag cstchers, one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For mail-lOcks and keys, fifty thousand dol
lars.
For postmarking and caneeling stamps, nine
dollars.
For preparing and publishing post-route
maps, thirty thousand dollars.
For balances due foreign countries, two hun
dred and sixty thousand dollars.
For rent Of post-ofices, three hundred and
hfty thousand dollars.
For fuel for post-ofsces, one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For light for post-ofices, one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars.
For stationery and miscellaneous items,
sixty thousand dollars.
For registered-package envelopes and seals
forty-two thousand six hundred and eighty
dollars.
For official envelopes for postmasters, sixty
dollars.
For envelopes for returning dead letters,
four thousand five hundred and eighty-fVe
dollars.
For fees to marshals, attorneys, and clerks
Of courts, seven thousand five hundred dol
lars.
For engraving, printing, and binding drafts
and warrants, three thousand dollars.
For miscellaneous Items, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. That the following sums, or 50 much
thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same
are hereby, appropriated for the year ending
June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy
five, out Of any money in the Treasury not
appropriated, namely:
For steamship service between San Francisco,
Japan, and China, five hundred thousand dol
lars. ...
For steamship service between the United
States and Brazil, one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars
For steamship service between anFrancisco
and the Sandwich Islands, seTenty-fye thou
sand dollars.
For official postage stamps, nine hundred aud
ffty thousand dollars.
For the purchase of law books for the use OF
the Post Office Department, two thousand dol
lars.
Sec. 8. That If the revenues of the Post
Office Department shall be insufficient to meet
the appropriations made by this act, then the
sum Of FIVE million four hundred and ninety
seven thousand eight hundred and forty-two
dollars, or so much thereof as may be neces-
sary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated,
10 be paid out of any money In the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated, to supply defcien-
cies in the revenue Of the Post Office Depart
ment for the year ending June thIrtieth, eigh.
teen hundred and seVenty-1ve.
Sec. 4. That the Revised Statutes of the Uni
ted SIXTIES shall not be published by the United
States in any newspaper, anything in existing
laws to the contrary Notwithstanding.
Sec. 8. That on and after the first day Of Jan.
uary, eighteen hundred and seventy-1ve, all
and periodical publications mailed
from q known office of publication or news
agency, and addressed to regular subscribers
Dr. news agents, postage shall be charged at the
rates: On newspapers and periodical
issued weekly and more frequently
han once a week, two cents for each pound or
fraction thereof, and on those issued less fire.
1uently than once week, three cents for each
pound or fraction thereof Provided, That
nothing in this act shall be held to change or
amend section ninety-nine of the act entitled
San act to revise, consolidate and amend the
statutes relating to the Post Office Depart
nent," approved June eight, eighteen hundred
and seventy-two. 1890
Sec. 6. That on and after the first day OF
January, eighteen hundred and seventy-fve,
upon the receipt Of such newspapers and pc
riodiesl publications at the Office Of mailing,
they shall be weighed in bulk, and postage
paid thereon BY special adhesive stamp, to be
devised and furnished by the Postmaster Gen.
eral, which shall be affixed TO such matter, OF
70 the sack containing the same, or upon q
memorandum Of such mailing, or otherwise,
as the PostmasteT-General may, from time TO
time, provide BY regulation.
Sec: z. That newspapers, one copy to each
actual subscriber residing within the county,
where the same are printed, in whole or IN
part, and published, shall 90 free through the
mails; but the same shah not be delivered Ell
Offices or distributed BY carriers
unless postage Is paid thereon as BY law pro-
Vided.
Sec. s. That all mailable matter Of the third
class, referred to in section one hundred and
thirty-three of the act entitled IAN act 10 re-