1<`ORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1873. 557 For pay of baggage-masters,two thousand four hundred and twenty-nine Baggage-mssdollars. ters. For foreign mail transportation, three hundred thousand dollars. Foreign mails. For ship, steamboat, and way letters, ton thousand dollars. Ship. &¤·. M- For pay of postmasters, five million seven hundred and twenty-five t°l;,,m,,asm.s, thousand dollars. clerks, and let- For pay of clerks for post-offices, two million nine hundred and seventy- '*°"°“"l°"· five thousand dollars. For pay of letter-carriers, one million six hundred thousand dollars; and that commencing with the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, letter-carriers may be employed for the free delivery of Lem,,_c,,_,.,;m mail-matter, as frequently as the public convenience may require, at every may be employed place containing a population or not less than twenty thousand within the 383 delivery of its post-office; and that for the purpose of employing carriers population, i where not already employed at such places, the sum of one hundred thou- ‘Vl°hl¤» &¤· sand dollars is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. And for the more efficient organization of the free-delivery system, the Postniaster-General may designate one of the present fonrth—c1ass clerks, to act as superintendent of free-delivery in SupE,;m€,,d,,,,t the Post-oflice Department, at an annual salary of two thousand five hun- of free delivery dred dollars: Provided, That the salary hereby fixed shall terminate at w,;*::Q%";;;;l_ the end of the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and mm, seventy-four. For wrapping-paper, thirty-three thousand dollars. papa, and For twine, thirty-eight thousand dollars. fWi¤¤· For lettenbalanccs, three thousand dollars. L°**¢¤“l>¤l· For office-fiirniture, six thousand five hundred dollars. °"8°,°§°(,e_fu,ni,um_ For advertising, seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter Ad,,m,s;,,g, no payment shall be made to any newspaper published in the District of ,,0 ,,,,,,0,, &c_ Columbia for advertising any other mail-routes than those in Virginia and Marylarid. For manufacture of adhesive postage·stamps, one hundred and thirty Postage-stamps thousand five hundred and fifty dollars. md §“““P°d For stamped envelopes and wrappers, four hundred and seventy-five mw °p°s` thousand dollars z Provided, That hereafter no envelope as furnished by the Envelopes not government shall contain any lithographing and engraving, and no print- *0 °°¤¤l¤» &°· ing except a printed request to return theletter to the writer. _ For manufacture of postal cards, one hundred and sixty-seven thousand Postal cards. dollars. For pay of distributing agents and assistants fourteen thousand dol- Distributing 1am_ agents. For payments on account of mail depredations and for special agents, Mail depredaone hundred and sixty thousand dollars. 60**5- For mail-bags and mail-bag catchers, one hundred and eighty thousand Mail-bags, Sec.; dollars. For mail-locks and keys, forty thousand dollars. locks and keys. For post-marking and canceling stamps, twelve thousand dollars. $;¤¤ll¤:j?>¤‘ d For preparing and publishing post-route maps, twenty-seven thousand Q’;;g;l§`;'é_‘“g M dollars. Post-route For balances due foreign countries, two hundred and fifty thousand “‘*;`P;€ign b a1_ dOll3l`S. gnces. For rent of post—offices, three hundred thousand dollars. Rent, mel, and For fuel for post-offices, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars. liable For light for post-offices, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. For stationery and miscellaneous items, sixty thousand dollars. Stationery. For registered package envelopes, fifty-six thousand dollars. Envelopes. For official envelopes for postmasters, twenty-nine thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars.
