98% INDEX. Portland, Oregon, (continued.) Post Clmplaim, (continued.) lations to be prescribed by Secretary of over the St. Joseph and Denver City Treasury ... * . . . 461 Railroad . . 211 Port of Entry in fix annually rat »: for sending governfor eastern district of Maryland, Crislield ment telegrams over certain telegraphmade . . 410 lines .. 221 Portraits to select two out of five appraisers of the of living persons not to be engraved on value of certain telegraph—lines ... 222 plates for national bonds, securities, or to fix the ratcs for transportation of the currency of the United States. ... 25 mails over the Kansas and Neosbo Val- Portsmouth, ley Railroad . .. 237 appropriations for navy-yard at 34, 35 over Union Pacific Railway 290 for purchase of Seavey’s Island . 35 to furnish certain post-oliices postal baluse of bridge to be discontinued, if, ances denominated in grams of tho &c .. . .. . .. 35 metric system . . . ... 301 pay of clerk of yard and of naval store- to prescribe mode oi' franking soldiers' kee r at, established. . . . . . . . 36 medals by the adjutant-general of Ohio 356 Ports of Lliictry to pay additional salary to letter-carriers in the collection districts of North Caro- in San Francisco ... 357 lina established ,... . 411 to make regulations for the transmission Port Townsend, through the mails, free of postage, of established as the port of entry and deliv- certificates of thanks awarded by New ery in Puget’s Sound ... 250 Jersey to the soldiers of that State. 371 Portugal, tenure and term of offico of . 430 no money to be paid to present minister to pay route agents in the service of the resident of the United States at, for ’ost-Oince Department . 378 further services in office .. 225, 413 duty of, under the act establishing mail this provision to continue in force steamship service between the United until repealed .. 413 States and Japan, with branch between Postage Stamps, a port in Japan and Shanghae, China. 394 contract for the manufacture oi may be to invite proposals for monthly mail modified . . . . . . . 60 steamship service between San Fran- Postal Laws, cisco and Honolulu . 543 act to amend ... 59, 60 to make contracts for the said service 544 prepaid and free letters to be forwarded may determine the contract if assigned upon request, without additional charge 59, or underlet .,... 544 60 to approve of plans for building for postdead letters to be returned to writers office and courts in New York city 564 free ... . ... 60 to employ, after advertisement lor propoletters indorsed to be returned to writers, sals, ocean mail service between San to be returned without charge 60 Francisco and Portland . . 566 money orders, for not over S 50 . 60 if approving the report of commission to good for one year . ... 60 se act a propcr site for building for postduplicates in case of loss . . 60 omce and sub-treasury in the city of proceedings to obtain .. 60 Boston, to submit it to Congress .. 573 railroads conveying mails, to convey print- Poshnaster- General, ed matter without extra charge ... 60 to receive proposals for carlqying the mail wilfully, &c. injuring or defacing mail on the route between cwcastle and matter in any letter~box or receiving- Mechanicburg, Indiana .. 644 box, how nnished. . 60 when bid is accepted, to discharge the Postmaster-(general may modify contract present contractor. ... . 644 for postage stamps, it; &c 60 Postmastera, may require special collecting or dis- salaries of certain, may be re-adjusted, . . . 60 bursing agents to give bond .. 61 duty ot] in respcct to copyrighted articles may readjust salaries of postmasters 60 delivered to them for transmission in Post Chaplame, the mails .. 395 at oach military post .. 333 Post-Ojiioe, to be commissioned by the President 423 use of weights of the denomination of appropriations for, und for office of. .201, 45E grams authorized in the . 301 may appoint additional clerks in his de- postal balances denominated in grams of partment .. 3 the metric system may be furnished when may employ sailing vessels to post-offices exchanging mails with fortrnnsport the mails . 49 eign countries ... . .. 301 to report annual estimates for the service one half-ounce to be the equivalent of the department . . 49 of fifteen grams. 301 may modify contract for postage stamps, site for building for, in New York city, i, &c. ... . . . . . . 60 commission to select a ..: 356 may readjust salaries of postmasters 60 Past-Ofc: Building, may direct certain railroads to carry print- a propriation for extension of general. . 318 ed matter without extra charge .. 60 Post-gjice Buildings, may require special collecting or disburs- appropriations for, at ing agents to give bond 60, 61 Springfield, Ill. ... .. .. 310 to (ix compensation for carrying the mails Bangor ... . .. 311 over a railroad in Minnesota ... . . 88 Middletown, Ct. .. 311
