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 1080 INDEX. Pcstjcjfice Department, (continued.) Post-ojicc Department, (continued.) inland and foreign mails. . . 199, 556, 557 may be taken by the United postmasters, clerks, and letter-carriers. 199, States in case of war. . . 201 657 price not to exceed original mail messengers and mail-route messen~ cost 201 gers .. . . . . 199, 556 officers to be citizens, &c. . . 201 railway post-office clerks .. 556 payments for carrying free matter hereroute agents and local agents. . 199, 656 after to be made out of the annual apship, steamboat, and way letters. 199, 556 propriation .. 202 distributing agents and assistants. 200, 557 laws providing for specific permanent mail depredations and special agents, 200, 557 appropriations for carrying free mailpostagestamps and envelopes. . 200, 557 matter repealed 202 no envelope furnished by govern- if contract for semi-monthly service bement to contain any lithographing tween San Francisco and China, &c., or engraving .. 200, 557 is made with Pacific Mail Steamship nor any printing, except request to Company, the money payable under return letter to writer. . 200, 557 it to be paid only while, &c. 202 envelopes for dead—letter office. . 200, 558 this requirement to apply to any mail-bags and catchers, locks and keys, 200, party contracting for the mail _ 557 service between San Francisco paper and twine ... 200, 557 and China and Japan 202 letter balances and furniture. . 200, 557 persons hereafter appointed officers, Sec., blank agents and assistants. 200 in any executive department not to advertising 200, 557 act as counsel in cases pending in such no part to be paid to any newspaper department, nor aid therein, within published, &c., in District of C0~ two years after, &c. ... 202 lumbia for, &c., except, &c. . 200, 557 all laws permitting the transmission by miscellaneous, foreign balances, &c., 200, 557 mail of any free matter repealed from post-route maps ... 200, 557 June 30, 1873. . ... 559 money-order account ... 200 appropriation for increase of pay for stamps for posvmarking and cancel- transportation of the mails on railroad ling .. 200, 557 routes. .. 558 rent, fuel, and lights. 200, 557 compensation for such transportation fees to United States attorneys, clerks, may be hereafter readjusted by the and marshals ... 200, 558 Postmaster·General. .. 558 engraving, printing, and binding. 200, 558 conditions of readjustment. 558 to pay Augustine Bacon .. 201 pay per mile per annum .. 558 further appropriations 201, 558 companies now furnishing railway poststeamship service between San office cars, and refusing to provide Francisco, Japan, and China, 201, 558 them, to have no increase of pay. . 558 the United States and Brazil, 202, additional pay according to length of 569 cars. . .. 558 San Francisco and the Sandwich length of cars, how determined. . . 558 Islands. . 202, 559 cars to be fitted, &c., for accommodation conditional further appropriations. 202, 559 of the clerks to accompany and dis— deficiency appropriation for, for year tribute the mails ‘. . . . 558 ending June 30, 1873. . . . . . 405 law permitting Postmaster-General to `for postal cards ... 405 allow to railroad company such addiregistry locks .. 405 tional compensation as he may see Ht, appropriations for expenses of the, 505, 506 repealed ... 558 to pay amounts due certain officers act to revise, consolidate, in, .. 542 and amend the statutes relating registered package envelopes. 542 to the post·office department. . 283330 salaries of postmasters. . . 542 department established 283, 284 bond of any married woman, appointed Postmaster-General and three assistants a postmaster, to be binding upon her to be appointed by the President, and and her sureties 201 in like manner removed. 284 married woman, appointed postmaster, employees in the department, appointed liable for misconduct in office as if she by the Postmaster—Ge1iera1. , . . 284 were sole .. 201 chief clerks, and other clerks, superpostal moneybrders may be issued by intendents and assistants, chiets certain clerks in charge of branch of division, &c. . . . 284 post-offices, &c. . . ». . 201 names of certain,not to be disclosed. 286 postmaster and sureties on his orlicial all in any branch of the postal service bond liable for their conduct. . 201 to be exempt from militia and additional monthly mail may be con· jury duty. 286 tractedf for between San Francisco, none to be interested in any mail Japan, and China. .. 201 contract, nor act as agent for conpay therefor. . . . 201 tractor 286, 287 mails to be carried without addi- not to receive fees or perquisites on tional charge ... 201 account of, &c. ... 287 what steamship to be accepted for all to take oath or affirmation. . . 287 such service. ... 201 form of, and before whom to be to be fitted for naval service. 201 taken 287