New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-09-11
OF FL G. I A L.
1.awe of the United States. Passed NJ the
First weston of the Forty-Third Con


GENERAL NATURE-No. 90.Y
An act making appropriations for the SER
vice of the Postotfice Department for the |
fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and seventy-fve, and for other
purposes.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of 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 Post
Office Department for the year ending June |
thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy.
FIVE, out of any money in the Treasury arls-
ing from the revenues of said department. |
in conformity to the act Of July second. I
eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: |
For inland mail transportation. sixteen /
million four hundred thousand dollars. I
For pay of mail messengers, six hundred t
and forty three thousand tive hundred and !
thirty three dollars. 4
For pay of routs agents, nine hundred |
and twenty nine thousand and thirty.tve !
dollars.
For pay Of mail route messengers. one |
hundred and sixty thousand dollars.
For pay of local agents, one hundred and |
ten thousand three hundred and eighty !
three dollars.
For pay Of railway postofiiee clerks. one
million three hundred and twenty Thousand
and fourteen dollars. L
For pay Of baggage masters. one thousand
dollars.
For foreign mali transportation. three
hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For ship, steamboat and way letters.
seven thousand five hundred dollars.
For pay OF postmasters, SIX mlii.on I'VE
hundred thousand dollars.
For nav of clerks OF postofices. three
million two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. 80.
For paw of letter carriers, one million
and nine hundred thousand dollars; pro.
| yided that hereafter letter carriers shall
not be employed for the tree delivery OF
mail matter in towns and cities whose oopu'
lation within their corporate limits. as
! shown by the last report of the national
census or by any subsequent census 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 thou.
| sand: but this prOviso shall not affect the
| free delivery in towns and cities where 1t Is
| now established. And Tor the more e'hclent
| management of the free delivery system.
| the Postmaster General may designate a
| fourth class clerk to act as superin tendent
| of free delivery in the Postotlice Depart.
ment 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 treas
! ury not otherwise appropriated.
For wrapping papes' swenty'se'eh 'hoa'
sand dollars.
For twine, forty eight thousand dollars.
For letter balances, three thousand dol
lars.
For office furniture. six thousand five
hundred dollars. 49,,
For advertising. eighty thousand dollars:
provided, that hereafter no payment shaii
he made to any newspaper published IN the
District of Columbia for advertising any
other routes than those in Virginia aad
Maryland.
| stamps, one hundred and eighteen thousand
six hundred and sixty seven dollars.
For stamped envelopes and wrappers.
five hundred and thirty five thousand four
hundred and twenty-tOur dollars: pro-
| vided. that hereafter no envelope. as
furnished by the government. snail contain
anv lithographing and engraving, nor any
printing except printed request to return
| the letter to the writer.
| For paw of distributing agents and as.
sistants. ten Thousand two hundred dollars.
For manufacture OF postal cards. one
| hundred and s;Xty-eighc Thousand two
hundred and seventy dollars.
For pay Of agents and assistants to dis
tribute postal cards. Ave thousand SIX
| hundred dollars.
For payments on account Of mail depre.
| dations and for special agents, one hundred
! and sixty thousand dollars.
For mail bags and mail bag cafche-s, one
| hundred and eighty thousand dollars.
For mail locks and keys, fifty thousand
dollars.
Fer postmarking and cancsl!ng stamps,
| ripe thousand 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 postotfices. three hundred
| and fifty thousand dollars.
For fuel tor postOffices. one hundred and
| fifty thousand dollars.
For Iich: for postoffices. one hundred and
sixty thousand dollars. ..
For stationery ard 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 envelopes for returning dead letters.
four thousand five hundred and eighty tive
dollars.
For fees TO marshals. attorneys, and clerks
Of courts. seven thousand tive hundred dol
| lars. .
| drafts and warrants, three thousand dol
| lars.
For miscellaneous items. two thousand
FIVE hundred dollars.
SEC. 2. That the following sums. or SO
! much thereof as my be necessary. be and
the same are hereby appropriated for the
| YEAR ending June thirtieth, eighteen hum
. bred and seventy-fte. out OF aay money III
the treasury not otherwise appropriated
namely:
For steamship service between San Fran
pcisco, Japan and China. five hundred thou
sand dollars.
States ami Brazil, one hundred and MT!
. thousand dollars.
For steamship service between San Fran
| cisco and the Sandwich Islands, seventy
. five thousand dollars.
For official postage stamps. nine hundred
and fifty thousand dollars.
For the purchase OF law books for The ust
| o: the Postotfice Department. two thousand
dollars.
SEcf3. That If .he revenues. Of The
! Postotfica Department shall! be IN
sufficient 70 meet the appropriation
made by this act. then tho sun
of five million four hundred and ninety
seven thousand eight hundred and forty
! two dollars. or so much thereof as may bt
necessary, be. and the same ;s hereby ap
t proDriated, to be paid out of any money il
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated Il
, supply deficiencies in the revenue of Thu
| Postotiice Department Cor the year endin:
&. June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seven
+ | ty-tve.
; SEC. 4. That tie Revised Statutes OF ths
J United States shall not be published by thu
E | United States in any newspaper. anything
? in existing laws to the contrary notw!th
: | standing.