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 FOBTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 96. 1881. 375 apply to any other than general mail-lettings. And whenever it shall Temporary mail become necessary to employ temporary service on any mail route, it shall “°"€!°°é h°“' ***1* be the duty of the Postmaster-General to advertise for bids, or propo- vw ’°° ‘ sals, for such service by posting notices in the post offices at the termini of such route and upon a bulletin-board in a public-place in the Post- Oflice Department building at Washington in the District of Columbia for at least ten days prior to such letting. For preparation and publication of post-route maps, including revision Post-mute maP¤· of former editions, and maps, diagrams, and other information fifty thousand dollars; and the Postmaster-General may authorize the publi— cation and sale of said maps to individuals at the cost thereof, the proceeds of said sales to be applied as a further appropriation for said purpose. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, two Miscellaneous thousand dollars; and the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to i*°*¤¤· take the necessary steps to rent a suitable building or buildings for the Rent of building use of the money-order office of the Post-Oiiice Department and of the f<¤¤¤<>¤¤3’-¤¤i¤r M- money-order division of the Auditor of the Treasury for the Post—Oflico ff,fm,""&,v,$;;"’f;} Department: Provided, That the rent of such building or buildings, Auditor of th., and the cost of necessary furniture for the same, to be procured under frreasiiry authorthe supervision of the superintendent of the money-order system, shall 1Z°d· _ be paid out of the proceeds of the money-order business: And provided P'°"""°“‘ further, That the annual rental of such building or buildings shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, and the cost of the furniture for the same shall not exceed ten thousand dollars. Onmcn on mum Fmsr Assisrnum Posrmsrnn-GENERAL.-For restniasters. gompensation to postmasters, seven million eight hundred thousand o ars. For compensation to clerks in post-ofnces, three million eight hundred Clerks. and fifty thousand dollars. d lior payment to letter-carriers, two million six hundred thousand Letter-carriers. 0 ars. F 0I' wrapping-paper, twenty thousand dollars. P6lNF¤I>P¤¤8·P¤· For wrapping-twine, nftyfive thousand dollars. Twine. For marking and rating stamps, nfteen thousand dollars. Markingstamps. For letterbalances, test-weights, and scales, ten thousand dollars. £__’g*;’;;?;;l'°*Hh”· For rent, light, and fuel, four hundred and twenty-flve thousand Rent, iighx, and dollars. '"“°‘· _ For office furniture, twenty thousand dollars. Furniture. FOP SlG3»l3l0I1ery, fifty thousand dollars. . Stationery. For miscellaneous and incidental items, ninety thousand dollars. Miscellaneous. OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER·GENERAL.—FOf fTramsportation ihlémd mail transportation, namely : For transportation on railroad routes, ° '““‘ “· - nine million four hundred and eighty-eight thousand two hundred an I _ eighty-two dollars; and the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to Special uieii Gxpoud not to exceed thirty thousand dollars thereof for special rzulroad “°'“°°· service between the Union Depot in East Saint Louis, Illinois, and the Union Depot in Saint Louis, Missouri; and such sum shall include depot room and transfer service at each terminal. _ _ FOP railway post-office ear service, one million four hundred and 0¤§€cz1;;’£°r£§’;‘*‘ lJWeHty-six thousand dollars, And hereafter when any railroad com- Pmmlty M not DMU fail or refuse to provide railway post-office cars when roqmred by pmvi.u,,g railway the Post~Office Department, or shall tail or refuse to provide smtable pest-unice cars. safety-heaters and safety-lamps therefor with such number of saws and axes to each car for use in case of accident as may be required by the Post—Oflice Department, said company shall have its pay reduced ten per centum on the rates iixed in section four thousandand two of the R. S. 4002. Revised Statutes, as amended by act of July twelfth, eighteen hundred iere, eh. 179, Mid Seventy-six, entitled ¢¤’¤·. 19. 78- of the Post-Oiiice Department for the nscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventyseven, and for other purposcs," and as