FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. 11. UH. 128, 129. 1875. 343 For officis.1 postage-stamps for the Post;-Office Department, uiuc hun- Omcial wwwdred and oighuy-six thousand dollars. °“'·”“P”· Sec. 3. Thats if the revenues of the Post-Oiiicc Department shall be D0i@cioucy approinsufficient to meet the appropriations made by this act, then the sum P"‘*“°“· of six million eight hundred and iifbytwo thousand seven hundred and five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, bc, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deiciencies in the revenue of the Posts-01500 Department for the year ending J uno bhirbieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six. _ That: the provisions of section thirteen of the act of Juno twenty- Prqvisious of ¤. third, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, entitled ‘$A.l1 act; making £§°·°* of JQ; 2% appropriations for the service of the Post-Ohico Department for the fiscal appg ‘};t°gx_m;,£ year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-tive, and for bers or Congress, other purposes/’ shall apply to cx—m<>mbcrs of Congress and cx·do1ega.tes &c. for the period of nine mouths after the expiration of their terms as mombers and delegates, and postagson public documents mailed by such persons shall be as provided in said section. SEO. 4. That: hereafter the Sixth Auditor shall keep the accounts in Awou¤m¤fPo¤t- his office so as to show che expenditures of the Post-Office Department Qm°° D°P°£°m°“V: under each item of appropriation provided by law. °" t" b° T!"' SEO. 5. That fiom and after the passage of this act, the Congressional C°¤§*°¤¤ 1°¤ M Record, or any part thereof, or speeches or reports therein contained, §§'2;£kg{‘1°gL(;“aY shall, under tho frank of n. memberof Congress, or delegate, to be writ- " ` tem by himself be carried in the mail frcc of postage under such regu- Iutions as the bostmastcr-General may prescribe- and that public documents already printed, or ordered be be printed), for the use of either House of Congress may pass free through the mails upon the frank of any member. or delegate of the present Congress, written by himself, until the first day of December anno Domini eighteen hundred and seventy-tivo. Sx:0. 6. That the Postma.stcr—Geuara1 shall cause zi full inquiry and I¤v¤¤¢iz¤*>i¤¤ #0 investigation to be made into all branches of the expenditure of pho Posts- {§;‘;f’g£j§‘};‘;°:ftf 0E0c Department, with a View to reduce such expenditures as nearly meuh P as practicable to the postal receipts; and with that purpose he shall report to the first session of the next Congress such a. rata of compcnsa- 1>¤¤tmmer-Ge¤- tion for postmasters and other employees of that Department as will M9! W ¤¤¤k¤ M- reduce such compensation to sa rats not exceeding that paid for equal QQ ”e‘;§° ’“ “ ‘° service in private cmploymeuts, and to limit the number of clerks and gt ' employees, and to reduce the number of free-delivery cities, and the compensation of postal transportation companies; and that he also xeportm mm of postage on printed matter and packages approaching the actual cost of their transportation and delivery, together with such practical measures that will, in his opinion, bond to make tho Post;-0Hcc Department selbsustaining. SEO. 7. That seeds ismusmittcd by the Commissioner of Agriculture, S¤¤<i¤ and agrior by any member of Congress cr delegate receiving seeds for discribu- $:***3* '°P°“¤ tion from said Department, together with agricultural reports cmanac- ‘ ing from that Department, and so transmitted, shall, under such rcgula.; tions as the Postmaster-General shall prescribe, pass through the mails free of charge. And the provisions of this section shall apply to 13(mgt Gxmuqgd exmambers of Congress and cx-delegates for the period of nine months t<><=x—m¤mb¤r¤,&c· after the expiration of their terms as members and delegates. Approved, March 3, 1875. CHAP. 129.-Au act making appropriations for the legislative, oxacubivafud {mi- March 3, 1815. cial expenses of the Government for the year ending June thirbistb, sig teen uu- -—————— wired and seventy-six, and fur other purposes. Bc it enacted by the JSenazc and House Y Representatives of the United Statvs of America in Congress assembled, ‘hai1 the ibllowiug sums ba,m1d Lggiglative, sex. U18 Szmmo are hereby, appreptmtcd, out; of any moucy in cha C|.‘raa.sm~y ccutive, und fjiidi-·
