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 284 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 335. 1872. Pm·mw¤z estab- at the seat of government of the United States of America, a depart- 1Sh°d' ment to be known as the Post-chica Department. Postmaster- Sec. 2. That the principal 0H10cm of the P0st·0i°Hc0 Department shall €°'!°'“* "“d“"°° be one Poscmasmr-General and three assistant posbmasters-genera1,w11O shall be appointed by the President, by am} with the advice and consent 0f <>fH¢>¤» &<=- of the Se-mam, and who may be removed m the same manner; and the term of 0i·Hca of the Postmaster-General shall be for and during the term of the President by whom he is appointed, and for one month thereafter, unless sooner removed. Employees of Sec. 3. That the Postmaster-General may appoint the following emthe d€P¤'°m°¤'>· ployees in the Post-officc Department: Ona cluef clerk for the Post,. (micrelcrk and master-General and one for each of the assistant postmastcrs-general, 0*}:*  one superintendent of post-office building and disbursing clerk, one super. &c,E)Eg ’ inmndout and one chief clerk of the money-order system, one superintendcut and one chief clerk of foreign mails, one topogmphcr for Postoffice Department, one assistant attorney-general for the Post-office Department, one chief of division for the officc of mail depredatious, one chief of division of dead-letters, one superintendent of the blank agency, one assistant su G1`iXlt»GI1d8D[7 and four assistants, fourteen clerks of class four, sixty-one rgerks of class three, fifty clerks of class two, seventy—0ue clerks of class one, fifby—scvem female clerks, one messenger for the P0stxnustcr-Gexxcml and one for each of the assistant p0stmastcrs—gcncral, four assistant messengers, tem watchman, t.wcnty-five laborers, one engineer, one assistant engineer, one carpenter, one assistant cm·p011te1·, one fireman and blacksmith, two firemen, three female laborers, and such a. number of tcmpomry clerks, female clerks, folders, watchman, aud laborers as nm be re uircd. fA?€‘*¤l¤¤‘*&’*°* Sm:. 4yT1m: gba annual salaries of the officers, clerks, and others cmglegkfem uu plcycd in the P0st·0fHcc Deputxnenxc shall be as follows: Salary or Pm- Of the P0st.mnshc1··Gcncral, eight thousand dollars; “"‘?*°*‘¥?°"?’“{· Of the assistant postmusbcrs-general, three thousand five hundred ummm’m" dollars each ; Of the superintendent of the money-order system, three thousand dollars; Of the supcxintendent of foreign mails, three thousand dollars; Of the topogmphcr of the Post-ofiice Department, two thousand five hrmdred dollsms; Of the assistant a.tt0ruey—gcnera.l of the Post-office Department, four thousand dollars; Of the chief of division for the officc of mail depredations, twenty-fives hllI'|<}1'C<]. dollars; I Of the chief of division of dead-IcLte1*s, two thousand five hundred d01- urs; Of the s{1pcrintendent of post-offica building and disbursiug officcr, two thousand three hundred dollars; chiefclerk and Of the chief clerk to the Pos1:master—GencraI, two thousand two hun- °*~h°*’ °l°*k°· drcd dollars; Of the chief clcrks to the assistant posizmaster-gc11eraI, the chief clerk of the superintendent of the money-order office, and the chief clerk of the SU]')Gl'i1'lD(5I1d0DC of foreign mails, two thousand dollars each; Of the supcrintendcut of the blank-agency, one thousand eight hundred dollars; of the assistant superintendent, one thousand six hundred dollars; of the four assistants, one thousand two hundred dollars each ; Of the clerks of class four, OXIO thousand eight hundred dollars each 5 Of the clerks of class three, one thousand six hundred dollars each; Of the clerks of class two, one thousand four hundred dollars each; Of n11c clerks of class 0110, one thousand two hundred dollars each; Of the flzmalc clerks, nine hundred dollars each; Of the messenger to the Postnxasmr-General, nine hundred dollams ;