444 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 446. 1398. official or to any person, correspondence, not exceeding two oiinces in weight, upon official or departmental business. ~ Distribution <>f For pay of agents and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses ""‘“*"" of agency, twelve thousand dollars. m§*¤¤*P°*l °¤“*l°P*‘$· For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, ` eight hundred thousand dollars. —<¤¤tri*»¤¤<·¤- For pay of agents and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, seventeen thousand eight hundred dollars. P¤¤*~*l¤=m’¤· For manufacture of postal cards, one hundred and forty-three thousand dollars. —<1i¤¤·ib¤¤ti<>¤- For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and expenses of agency, seven thousand dollars. 0 Ogiciah °*°·· ******1- For registeredpackage, tag, official, and deadletter envelopes, one °° ‘ hundred thousand dollars. $¤ir-¤*¢·J¤*¤=*¤- For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand dollars. fI¤d¤r¤;>§*g, fer émfl For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of iirstclass ° €§€§Z,°;_59gi""` m' registered matter, as provided for in the Act of Congress, approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, entitled “An Act to amend the postal laws providing limited indemnity for loss of registered mail matter," six thousand dollars. mimiimmus. _ For miscellaneous items, five hundred dollars. Fourth Assistant OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL. Postmaster-General. nhiuemdmsous. For mail depredations and post office inspectors, including salaries of inspectors and clerks, and for per diem allowance to inspectors in the iield while actually traveling on business of the Department, four hundred and thirty thousand dollars. nswmis. For payment of rewards for thedetection, arrest, and conviction of postoflice bnrglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers, twentyhve thousand dollars. 1=.S..¤¤c.3948.r.766. Sec. 2. Section thirty-nine hundred and fortyeight of the Revised °'“°"°"d‘ Statutes is hereby amended so as to read as follows: _ nmnnznsn anim. **512:0. 3948. The Postmaster—General shall have recorded, in a book §f,§;m‘;§, g§§‘§§f.§§f,‘QQ to be kept for that purpose, a true and faithful abstract of all proposals rhs mils- made to him for carrying the mail, giving the name of the party otiering, the terms of the otler, the *sum to be paid, and the time the cou tract is to continue; and he shall put on iile and preserve the originals of all such proposals until the end of the contract term to which they relate, after which the proposals that were not accepted may be destroyed or disposed of as waste paper. - ~¢‘ ····r¢=·i¤ ··¤¤<·¤· i·=· ‘·The reports of the arrivals and departures of the mails on mail routes """’ made and sent by postmasters to the Second Assistant Postniasten General, on which no lines or deductions from the pay of contractors for carrying the mails have been based, and the certificates of oaths taken by carriers on mail routes may be disposed of as waste paper after the expiration of one year from the end of the contract term to which they relate." l 1=···•·r*r··¤·¤¤¥ ·>* Sec. 3. That assistant postmasters and cashiers at first, second and mnds from assistant , , 7 ,,...n.mn».-$..4.-. third class postoffices, and when deemed necessary by the Postmaster- General for the better protection of the interests of the Government any other employees in such offices, shall, before entering upon the duties of their office give bond to the United States with good and approved security, and in such penalty as the Postmaster-General shall prescribe, conditioned for the faithful discharge of all duties and trusts imposed upon them either by law or the rules and regulations of the Post-Office Department. i<<·¤·;¤·¤¤tt·a ¤<>¤d<·r of Sec. 4. That second, third, and fourth class mail matter shall not be §A¤1*l!¢. llY'd_ Rnd . . . am:. class matter returned to sender or re-mailed until the postage has been fully prepaid ‘>¤=l{_,j;_};f*l‘“‘P***‘*· on the same: Provided, That in all cases where undelivered matter of -¤x.>.»,.¤..¤. these classes is of obvious value, the sender, if known, shall be notified of the fact of nondelivery, and be given the opportunity of prepaying the return postage.
