FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 373, 374. 1889. 841 eighty-seven, and to compare, edit, and publish such of the results of the experiments made under section two of said act by said experimental stations as he may deem necessary , and for these purposes the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to employ such assistants, clerks, and other persons as he may deem necessary: Provided, That, mma. as. far as practicable, all such stations shall devote a portion of their work to the examination and classification of the soils of their respect- E¤¤mi¤¤¤i¤¤ <>f mm. ive States and Territories, with a view to securing more extended knowledge and better development of their agricultural capabilities. Approved, March 2, 1889. CHAP. 374.-An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Oilice De- March 2, 1809. partment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and n nety. Fw; Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Re esentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following roam serviceapprosums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the p"'““°““· Post-Oilice Department, in conformity with the act of July Second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Postmaster-Genera.:. For mail depredations, and post-oflice inspectors, and fees to United _ Mau depmdazim States marshals, attorneys, and the necessa incidental expenses "'”’°°°°“'“ connected therewith, two hundred thousand ldydllars. For advertising, eighteen thousand dollars. saver-usmg. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster—General, msoeummus. one thousand five hundred dollars. OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER·GENERAL. Y`i1*¥¢ ¤P0st· For compensation to postmasters, thirteen million Six hundred rosemamm. thousand dollars. For com¥pensation to clerks in plost~oil‘ices, six million five hundred C1erksi¤p¤¤t—<>mce¤. and fifty t iousand dollars; and t at the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to classify and fix the salaries of the clerks and employees attached to the first-class post-oliices, from and after mnsanmaeriiunra. July first, eighteen hundred and eightymine. as hereinafter provided; °l“*" °”‘°`”“· Provided, however, That the aggregate salaries as fixed by such classi- Rrvrwr. tication shall not exceed the sum hereby appropriated, namely; L"""` Assistant postmaster, salary not exceeding ii ty per ccntum of the Msmnunt pesemas salary of the postmaster, as provided by act of March third eighteen t°€%1.e».>, p. c 0. hundred and eighty-three, graded in even hundreds of dollars, from one thousand five hundred dollars to not exceeding three thousand dollars per annum, except New York, New York. where the salary new Ya-k. of the assistant postmaster shall be fixed at three thousand five hundred dollars per annum, and that of the second assistant postmaster at two thousand dollars per annum. Secretary and stenographer to postmaster. five classes, salary. secretary, em., m aded in even hundreds o dollars. from one thousand two hundred P°*°m”°°°‘» dhllars to not exceeding one thousand six hundred d0llH.]'S per annum. Cashier, five classes, salary, graded in even hundreds of dollars, enum, at one thousand eight hundred dollars, two thousand dollars. two thousand two hundred dollars, two thousand four hundred dollars, and not exceeding two thousand six hundred dollars per annum. Assistant cashier, three Classes. Salary. wraded in even hundreds Asisumts. of dollars, at one thousand two hundred dollars, one thousand three hundred dollars, and not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars per annum.
