The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1874-08-06
VS.
OF THE UNITED STA IES.
PASSED At THE FIRST SESSION
of the
FORTY-THIRn CONGRESS.
GENERAL NATURE-No. 90.

AN ACT making appropriations for the SER
| vice OF the Post-Office Department for the fis-
cal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen humid
red and seventy five, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the United, States Of Ameri-
| ca in Congress assembled, That the following
sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated
| for the service Of the Post-Qfice Department
| for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
! hundred and seventy five, out Of any money in
| the Treasury arising from the revenues of said
| Department, in conformity to the act ct july
second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, a. toll
! lows:
For inland-fnail transportation, sixteen mill
| ion four hundred thousand dollars.
For pay Of mail messengers, six hundred and
| forty-tllree thousand five hundred and thirty
three dollars.
| For pay ot.route- agents, nine hundred and
| twenty-nine thousand and thirty-ive dollars.
| For pay of mail-route messengers, one humid
red and sixty thousand dollars.
| For pay OF local agents, one hundred and
| ten thousand three hundred and eighty-three
| dollars.
| For pay Of railway post-office clerks, one mil
| fourteen dollars.
For pay of baggage master, one thousand
| dollars,
For foreign-mail transportation, three hum
! dred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
| ssFor ship, steamboat, and way letters, seven
| thousand five hundred dollars.
| For pay of postmasters six millions tive nun
| dred thousand dollars.
| For pay of clerks for post~ottices, three mil
lion, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
| For pay Of letter carriers, one million and
nine hundred thousand dollars: Provided,
| That hereafter lette1eearrlers shall not be en-
ployed for the free delivery OF mail matter in
| towns and cities whose population within their
corporate 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 thousand;
| but this proviso shall notaffect the free deiv-
| cry in towns and cities where it is now estab-
! lished. And for the more efficient MANAGE
ment Of the free delivery system, the Postmas-
| te-General may designate 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 paper, twenty-seven thousand
| dollars.
| For Irvine. forty-eight thousand dollars.
| For letter balances, three thousand dollars
| For office furniture, six thous; nd five humid
| red dollars.
| For advertising, eighty thouss nd 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 for those in Virginia and Mary
| land.
| For manufacture Of adhesive postage stamps,
! one hundred and eighteen thousand six humid
red and sixty-seven dollars.
| For stamped envelopes aud wrappers, We
hundred and thir-five thousand four hundred
So, doll ProvidaI THAT here
after no envelope, as furnished by the Govern
ment, shall contain any lithographing or engra-
wing nor any printing, except printed request
to return the letter to the writer.
For pay of distributing agents and assistants,
ten thousand two hundred dollars.
! For manufacture of postal cards, one hundred
| and sixty eight thousand two hundred and sew
enty dollars. =
! For pay of agents and assistants to distfib-
ute postal-cards, five thousand, six hundred
| dollars.
For payments on account OF mail depreda-
lions and for special agents, one hudred and
sixty thousand dollars.
For mail-bags and mailbag catchers, one
hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
| For mail-locks and keys, fifty thousand dol
| lars.
For post marking and canceling stamps nine
thousand dollars.
! For preparing and puDllshing post route maps
thirty thousand dollars
For balances due foreign countries, Two nun
! dred and sixty thousand dollars.
| For rent of post offices, three hundred and
1 fifty thousand dollars.
| For fuel for post offices one hundred and h1ty
thousand dollars.
For light for post-ofices, one hundred ana
! sixty thousand dollars.
For stationery and other 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
thousand dollars.
For envelones for returning dead letters,
four thousand, five hundred and eighty-tive
dollars.
For fees to marshalls, attorneys, and clerks
of the courts, seven thousand, five hundred
dallars.
For engraving, printing, and binding drafts
and warrants, three thousand dollars. g..
| For miscellaneous items, two thousand five
hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. That the following sums, or so 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 9th
erwise appropriated, namely:
For steam ship service. between San Fran
cisco, Japan, and China, five hundred thousand
dollars.
For steamship service between the United
States and Brazil, one hundred and nifty thous-
and dollars.
For steamship service between San Francisco
and the Sandwich Islands, seventy-five thous-
and dollars.
For official postage stamps, nine hundred and
fifty thousand dollars.
For the purchase Of law books for the use
of the Post Office Department, two thousand
dollars. y.
SEC. g. That if the revenues OF the Post-Of-
flee Department shall be insufficient to meet
the appropriations made by this act, then the
! sum Of FIVE million four hundred aud and nlnes
ty-seyen thousand eight hundred and forty-tWo
dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessa-
ry, he, and the same is hereby, appropriated, TO
, be paid out Of any money in the Treasury, NOT
otherwise appropriated, to supply dehclencles
in the revenue OF the Post-Ofice Department
/, for the year ending June thirtieth, elgnteen
hundred hundred and seventy five.
/ SEC. 4. That the Revised Statutes OF tne
United States shall not be published Dy tne =
nited States in any newspaper, anytnlns ~
existing laws to the contrary, notwlthstano-
ing.
!. SEC. 5. That on and after the first day OF
. January, eighteen hundred and seventy-flye,
: all newspaper and periodical publ mail
Y. ed from a known office Of publication Or news
j, agency, and addressed to regular subscribers OF
news agents, postage shall be charged at the
following rates: On newspaper anu perodlcal
! publications, issued weekly and more Ieqoenf;
lily than once a.week, twocents for each pouno
or fraction thereof, and on those issued less