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 454 FOB/1'Y SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. H. Ch. 92. 1883. eighty-four, out of any money in the Treasury arising from the revenues of said department, in conformity to the act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: Items. Omucn or rim Posrmsrnu-GnNnnAL.—For mail depredations and post-office inspectors, including amounts necessary for fees to United States marshals and attorneys, two hundred thousand dollars, and of this sum three thousand dollars shall be paid to the chief post-oflice inspector; and not exceeding Eve thousand dollars of this amount may be expended for fees to United States attorneys, marshals, clerks of courts, and counsel necessarily employed by post-office inspectors of the - Post-Otiice Department, subject to approval by the Attorney-General. Advertising. For advertising, forty thousand dollars. · nneeeumeeue. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, one thousand tlve hundred dollars. Poetnueters. Ormcn on 1* =r Fmsr ASSISTANT Posrmasrnn-GENERAL.-For compensation to postmasters, nine million two hundred and iiity thou- · sand dollars. Clerks.For compensation to clerks in post-oliices,four million seven hundred and seventydive thousand dollars. . Letter-carriers. For payment to letter-carriers and the incidental expenses of the free delivery system, three million five hundred thousand dollars, forty- five thousand dollars of which may be used, in the discretion of the Freq aenveq, Postmaster-General, for the establishment, under existing law, of the ·- M-. authorized. freedelivery system in cities where it is not now established Wrapping pe- For wrapping-paper, twenty-five thousand dollars. POI'. Twine. For cotton, jute, and hemp twine, nfty-tive thousand dollars. Marking stamps_ For marking and rating stamps, twenty thousand dollars. otlmtter balances, I For letter-balances, test-weights, and scales, twenty thousand dol- · ars. Rmt,light,fuel. For rent, light, and fuel, fourhundred and forty thousand dollars Furniture. For office fumiture, twenty-five thousand dollars. stntienuy. For stationery, sixty thousand dollars. Miscellaneous. For miscellaneous and incidental items, ninety thousand dollars. Inlsn a re en Omen or rm: Sncoma Assrsrur Posrmesrnn-Gnnnnxn.-For intnrmportntion. land mail transportation, namely: For transportation on railroad routes, eleven million seven hundred thousand dollars; and if any railroad company shall fail or refuse to transport the mails for which this appropriation is made, when required by the Post-Office Department, upon Hail eerviee em the Bistest train or trains run upon said road, said company shall have f*'* **'“'· 1ts pay reduced tidy per eentum of the amount now provided by law; · and the Postmaster·General is authorized to pay, out of the appropria- Special nilmad tron for transportation on railroad rout for special railroad service '°'”°°· between the union depot in East Saintlouis, Illinois, and the union depot in Saint Louis, Missouri, a sum not exceeding the lowest rate which private individuals, express companies, or others may pay tor transportation between said points, but not to exceed for the dscal year twentyfive thousand dollars, including allowance for depot room and transfer service at each terminal:. Railway poet- For railway post-office-car service, one million five hundred and ¤¤¤‘ ¤¢m¤¤· seventy-tive thousand dollars. - °'°‘· For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines, one hundred and eighty-Eve thousand dollars. d Sor inland transportation by steamboat routes, six hundred thousand o ars. For inland transportation by star routes, tlve million two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For railway post-otiice clerks, three million nine hundred and seventy- seven thousand one hundred and twenty dollars. For mail-messengers, eight hundred and tlfty thousand dollars. For mail locks and keys, twenty thousand dollars. For maibbags and mail-bag catchers, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars.