80 FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 179. 1876. Postal-cards. For manufacture of postal cards, two hundred and sixteen thousand seven hundred and sixty dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and expenses of agency, six thousan d one hundred dollars. ,R°g,sm6d_pmk_ For registeredpackage envelopes, locks, and seals, forty thousand 1 ,,,,_,,,,,,_ dollars. agggilhbeehlvelopes. For office—envelopes, forty thousand dollars. · D¤¤d-l¤*·*¢¤P ¤¤· For dead-letter envelopes, two thousand one-hundred and fifty dollars. _ "°,m;‘·s,euuIb0at’ For ship, steamboat, and way letters, seven thousand nve hundred and way letters. dOUaYS· _ _ _ _ _ Engraving, etc. For engraving, pfmtlllg, and bllldlng dI‘3ftS 8.lId WBITEDIDS, 0110 (3h0u· sand five hundred dollars. Miscellaneous. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one thousand five hundred dollars. i OFFICE OF SUPEBINTENDENT OF FOREIGN MAILS. hFcrcigtn mail For transportation of foreign mails, two hundred and twenty thou- °*¤°P°*` °· ‘°“· sand dollars. _ Balaucesduefor- ‘ For balances due foreign countries, fifty thousand dollars, including ¤ig¤ s><>¤¤¤"i¤¤· the United States’ portion of the expense of the international office p,,,,,_,,_5g4_ organized under the provisions of article fifteen of the general postal union trgaty concluded at Berne October ninth, eighteen hundred and seventy our. Oillcial postage- For official postage-stamps, for the use of the Post-Oilice Department, °“““P°· eight hundred, and fifty thousand dollars. D · Appropriaticniu Sec. 2. hat if the revenue of the Post-Office epartment shall be ¤<l<ll*l°¤ *° "°V°· insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this act, then the sum ”“°“' of five million six hundred and sixty seven thousand four hundred and ninety-eight dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply deficiencies in revenue of hthe Pgst yihice Department for the year ending June thirtieth,_ eig teen un re and seventy-seven. Steamshinserv- SEO. 3. That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropri- _ igeqnlxgssga 8;: ated, out of any money in the Treasuryé not otherwise appropriated, ash cmu; P · namely: For steamship-service between an Francisco, China, and Japan, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Si£t¤i]¤X$1l]{€£FPt of S110. That the annual reports of the Auditor of the Treasury for the ‘ Post-Ofhce Department to the Postmaster General shall show the ilnancial condition of the Post-Otlice Department at the close of each iiscal yéear, and pe inladcga part of the Postmaster—General’s annual report to ongress or t a sca year. 1874,_e1».4so, t 11, That section eleven of the act_ approved June twenty-third, eighteen £G§f=1¤·,233» ¤¤· hundred and seventy-tour, be, and is hereby, repealed, and that the fol— l’° · _ lowing be enacted in lieu thereotl _ _P¤¤’¢}¤¤¤t¤r¤ d¤- Sec. 5. That the postmasters shall be divided into four classes, as fol- “d°d ‘”'*° °]“"°“· lows: The first class shall embrace all those whose annual salaries are three thousand dollars or more than three thousand dollars; the second class shall embrace all those whose annual salaries are less than three thousand dollars, but not less than two thousand dollars; the third class shall embrace all those whose annual salaries are less than two thousand dollars, but not less than one thousand dollars; the fourth class shall embrace all postmasters whose annual compensation, exclusive of their commissions on the money-order business of their offices, amountsto _ less than one thousand dollars. 0!;l£;>;¤€;;)*°¤* °*` SEQ. 6. Postmasters of the first, second, and third classes shall be P ‘ appointed and may be removed by the President by and with the advice 'l`<=¤¤ <>f<>m<=¤· and consent of the Senate, and shall hold their offices for four years unless sooner removed or suspended according to law; and postmasters of the fourth class shall be appointed and may be removed by the Post-
