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 178 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 206. 1880. may purchase such machines as in their judgment may best answer the purpose. But no patented machine shall be so purchased until the proper omcers shall have fully secured and protected the government and its officers against the payment of royalty thereon otherwise than in the contract for its use, and against all suits for infringement of any alleged patent for similar machines. _ W 3 °',},?,,“ °,,°;({ For letter-balances, test weights, and scales, eight thousand dollars. mpg ’ For rent, light, and fuel, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dol- Rent. lars. Omco furniture. For office furniture, twenty thousand dollars. Stationery. For stationery, fifty thousand dollars. ` Miscellaneous. For miscellaneous and incidental items, eighty-ive thousand dollars. Second Assistant OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.?-Fo)' P·,M- G°¤°1`”·l-, inland mail transportation, namely: For transportation on railroad 0,-£u;'§jQ“p°'°“’J"°“ routes, nine million six hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars, of which ` sum three hundred and fifty thousand dollars may be used by the Postmaster-General to maintain and secure from railroads necessary and special facilities for the postal service for the fiscal year ending June Pvoviao. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-one: Provided, That in case any railroad company fail or refuse to provide railway post-oi·ce cars when required by the Post Office Department said company shall have its pay ILS., 4002. reduced ten per ccntum on the rates iixed in section four thousand and two of the Revised Statutes as amended by act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred and seventy-six, entitled "An act making appropriations tor the service of the Post-Ofiice Department for the fiscal year ending June 1876, ch. 179, thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes", §$§·· _L9»2'{% and as further amended by the act of June seventeenth, eighteen hun- $,,,,,.,*20; lj0f drcd and seventy-eight, entitled "An act making appropriations for the 1879, en. 4t, service of the Post-Oilice Department for the ilscal year ending June 1st sess. ms, 40. thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy~nine, and for other purposes "; and section five of the act entitled “Au act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Otlice Department for the fiscal year ending June é*279»°é*6  thirtieth eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes", ap- Suiffg r0{,6,,1éd_ proved lllarch third, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, be, and the same ns hereby, repealed, _ A Items. d For inland transportation by steamboat routes, nine hundred thousand o ars. For inland transportation by star routes, seven million three hundred and seventy-ive thousand dollars. For transportation by postal cars, one million three hundred and sixty-six thousand dollars. · For compensation to railway post-office clerks, one million four hundred and fifty thousand dollars. d For route-agents, one million two hundred and twenty-five thousand 0 ars. For mail—route messengers, two hundred thousand dollars. For local agents, one hundred and thirtydive thousand dollars. For mailmessen gers, seven hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Promise. For mail locks and keys, one hundred thousand dollars: Provided, Proposals for That the proposals for contracts for furnishing said mail-locks and keys gil °°k° md shall be re-advertised for. °’“‘ thllor inlag-begs and mail-bag catchers, one hundred and eighty-five ousan dollars. Third Assistant Omirom or THE THIRD Assrsrlmm POSTMASTEB·G‘ENERAL.—FOI Pig- G<>¤‘¢¤*»l- manufacture of adhesive postage-stamps, of official stamps, and of news- '““‘ paper and periodical stamps, ninety-seven thousand dollars. For payiof agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses of the agency, eight thousand one hundred dollars. For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper-wrappers, four hundred and forty-four thousand and twenty dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and newspaper-wrappers, and expenses of agency, sixteen thousand dollars,