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 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 546, 547. 1891. 1079 _ Sec. 4. That the rate of interest to be collected of any person ow- mmm: on sneaing arrearages of general taxes prior to July first, eighteen hundred {',,E°,?,§’,f,'g“,§§*,;u‘§Y°··“° and eighty-nine, or assessments for special im rovements, including the laying of water mains, now due to, and the liens for which are held l>y,_the District of Columbia., shall be six per centum per annum in lieu of the_rate and penalties now Gxed by law and all accrued costs : Provided, That this provision shall apply only to taxes umm. and assessments paid on or before the thirtieth da of June, eight- IfpaidJuue30,189i. een hundred and ninety-one : Provided, That as to alltaxes, costs, and charges unpaid on said date there shall be added a penalty of ten new penalty, lf per cent to e calculated on all sums due. '"“""’· Approved, March 3, 1891. CHAP. 547.-A.n act makin a ro ’ tions for service mm], Dwepartment for the fiscal year e§di1i)gJ1lnr¢;athntieth, Eighteen huhwahdshiggityg 0. ` Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States oi America in Congress assembled, That the following resin service sp sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the "°P“*‘“°“‘· Post-Office Department, in conformity with the act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows : OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL. rmmmemsm For mail depredations, and post-office inspectors, and fees to United mu aepmeauous, States marshals, attorneys, and the necessary incidental expenses *”‘P°°°°"·°'*=· connected therewith, two hundred and seventy thousand dollars, and the number of post—office inspectors is hereby increased to twelve, to be appointed by the Postmaster General. For advertising, eighteen thousand dollars. ~ Am-emsmg. To enable the Postmaster General, if in his judglment, after a careful investigation it shall be deemed advisable, an they shall by him _ be deemed valuable as aids in facilitating and protecting the Government in the settlement of accounts now pending in the office of the Sixth Auditor of the Treasury Department, and in protecting the Government against over payments and frauds, to urchase certain P,,,,,,,,,,, O, com books and records of the Post-Oflice Department of die late so-called §_gg¤¤<> pom! rec- Confederate Government, and referred to in Senate Executive Docu- ` ment Numbered Seven, second session, Fifty-first Congress, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof asmay be necessary. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster-General, muesummus. one thousand five hundred dollars. OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMAS1‘ER—GENERAL. mfst|r:tA·;s!i:tr;gtPm. For com ensation to postmasters, fourteen million nine hundred rosemssim. thousand dbllars. For com nsation to clerks in post offices, eight million and sixty cierusmposmmces. or rent, i 1, an ue 0I' rs an S800n G ass pos -0 ces, seven R,,,,,, · h _" u thhusand Jgilzlrti d f l f H t d d l t Hi hundred and lhirty-one thousand five hundred dollars. hg t df d' For rent, light, and fuel to post offices of the third class, five hundred and ninety-two thousand eight hundred dollars: Provided, That mr-ssa. there shall not be allowed for the use of any third-class st-office for rent a sum in excess of four hundred dollars, nor more th;.11 sixty umn thirdclass dollars for fuel and lights in any one year. °m°°’· For miscellaneous and incidental items for first and second class nnsceumeeus. post offices, including furniture, one hundred and thirty-two thousand dollars. _ _ _ For free-delivery service, ten million mnety-two thousand five hun- Free aeuvs-y. dred and forty-two dollars, of which a sum not exceeding ten thou-