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 558 FORTY—SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 231. 1873. For envelopes for returning deadletters, six thousand one hundred and sixty dollars. Fees to United For fees to marshals, attorneys, and clerks of courts, seven thousand five 3*:rf€a?;'·°;:sY% hundred dollars. c,,,,k,_ ’ For engraving, printing, and binding drafts and warrants, three thou. Engraving, &c- sand five hundred dollars. M*S°°ll**¤°°¤S· For miscellaneous items, two thousand five hundred dollars. Increase ofpay For increase of compensation for the transportation of mails on railfégfgsiggggd road routes upon the condition and at the rates hereinafter mentioned, five routes, Src., hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary : Provided, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to readjust the compensation hereafter to be paid for the transportation of mails on railroad routes upon the conditions and at the rates conditions of hereinafter mentioned, to wit : That the mails shall be conveyed with due ’“‘l.l““m‘*¤i· frequency and speed; that sufficient and suitable room, fixtures and {limiture, in a car or apartment properly lighted and warmed, shall be provided for route—agents to accompany and distribute the mails; and that the pay Pay per mile per mile per annum shall not exceed the following rates, namely: On P" ““““‘· routes carrying their whole length an average weight of mails per day of two hundred pounds, fifty dollars; five hundred pounds, seventy-five dollars; one thousand pounds, one hundred dollars; one thousand five hundred pounds, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; two thousand pounds, one hundred and fifty dollars ; three thousand five hundred pounds, one hundred and seventy-five dollars ; five thousand pounds, two hundred dollars, and twenty-five dollars additional for every additional two thousand pounds, the average weight to be ascertained, in every case, by the actual weighing · of the mails for such a number of successive working-days, not less than thirty, at such times, after June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy- three, and not less frequently than once in every four years, and the result 2 be stated and verippd in such form and manner,a,s.thel;’1ostmaster- Com anies eneral ma direct: rovidcd also, That in case any railroa compan ¤°W fugnhhlng now furnishing railway post·oiTice cars shall refuse to provide such car; $,?,{;,`¥iQ2,fnt;0, such company shall not be entitled to any increase of compensation under to have any in- any provision of this act: Providedfurther, That additional pay may be cmgggxgogzféay agpwed for pverybleine pompriaing in daily fpripdeaph way of I {ailway postmco,-4;,, q,,, office cars, a a ra no excee uw wen - ve dollars er mi e er annum Meet?-1 0§¤¤r¤· for cars forty feet in length; arid thirt; dollars per hiile perldnnum for forty-five feet cars; and forty dollars per mile 'per annum for fifty-feet cars; and fifty dollars per mile per annum for fifty-five to sixty feet cars; h Leragth Orcaés, And provided also, That the length of cars required for such post-otiice °W °*°ml¤° · railway-car service shall be determined b the Post-oflice De rtment,and all such cars shall be properly fitted ug, furnished, warmedm and lighted for the accommodation of clerks to accompany and distribute the mails: fltepeal of part And provofdedfurther, That so much of section two hundred and sixty-five i’872’ch_335’§265_ of the act approved dune eighth, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, Am, P, gw, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate, and amend the statutes relating to the Postroffice Department," as provides that " the Postmaster-General may allow any railroad company with whom he may contract for the carrying of the United States mail, and who furnish railway post-office cars for the transportation of the mail, such additional compensation beyond that now allowed by law as he may think fit, not exceeding, however, lfigty per centum of the said rates," be, and the same is hereby, repea e. Appropriations Sec. 2. That the following sums, or so much thereof as may be neces- www between thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, out of any money in the S F ‘_ treasury not otherwme appropriated, namely: JQ;:, a:"{“·”°°· h Ftpr gteanliship servgze l;ptweendS(:;.nl1Francisoo, Japan, and China, eight Ching, uu re an seven y- ve xousan dollars.
 * °' $F°°mSl“P sary, be, and the same are hereby, appropriated for the year ending June