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 Postal Service-—Continued. Page detailed estimates for free delivery to be submitted.||618 money order statements to be destroyed after seven years.||648 appropriation for deficiencies in revenues.||316, 648 for superintendent, free delivery, etc.||174, 573 for superintendent money-order system, etc.||174,573 for superintendent Dead-Letter Office, etc.|174,573 for superintendent foreign mails, etc.||174, 573 for chief inspector, clerks, etc.||174,573 deficiency appropriation for transportation, railroad routes.||294, 310, 313 for foreign mails||294, 310 for postmasters.||294, 310, 313 for canceling machines||294 for credit to John W. Ross||294 for William M. Masi||295 for advertising||310, 313 for mail depredations||310, 313 for post-office cars||310 for transportation, star routes||310, 313 for stationery||310 for special delivery fees||310 for free delivery||310 for railway postal clerks||310, 313 for clerk hire||310, 313 for rent, light, and fuel||310, 313 for Mary M. Force||313 fees in suits on postmasters' bonds to be paid from expenses United States courts||25 limit of postmasters' claims for losses to be settled by Department raised to $10,000||458 limit of weight for fourth-class matter||262 exception applicable to printed or written official matter, etc.||262 registered first-class matter lost indemnified; limit||599 Postal Supplies, appropriation for freight||315, 646 Postmarking, etc., Stamps, Postal Service. appropriation for||314, 645 Postmaster-General, appropriation for, clerks, etc||173, 572 for postal service, office of||313, 644 annual reports to be made by||647 may adjust postmasters' claims for losses by casualty, not exceeding $10,000||458 to submit annually detailed estimate of money-order system expenses||316 of free-delivery service||648

Postmaster, House of Representatves, appropriation for, assistant, etc.||145, 543 for horses and mail wagons.||145, 543 Postmasters,

Postmaster, Senate, appropriation for, assistant, etc||142, 540

appropriation for pay|| 313, 614

deficiency appropriation for compensation.||294, 310, 313

fees in suits on bonds of, to be paid from expenses United States courts||25

Potatoes, D. C., lawful weight of a bushel||193

Potean River, Ind. T., construction of bridge authorized across||40 Potecasi Creek, N. C., preliminary examination of, to be made||238 Potomac Flats, D. C., appropriation for paying owners of lots ||397

established as Potomac Park||624

Potomac Park, D. C.,

established on Potomac Flats||624

Potomac River, Washington, D. C., appropriation for improvement of; rent of office||218

punishment for depositing ballast, offal, etc., in||126

Pottawatomic and Great Nemaha Agency, Kans.,

appropriation for Indian agent at||322

Pottawatomie Indians, appropriation for fulfilling treaties with||329

Pottawatomie Indians, Ind. and Mich.,

appropriation for fulfilling treaties with||330

Powder and Projectiles, Army, appropriation for reserve supply||642

for issue to service||258, 643

for proof||258, 643

Powers, Ira,

pension||816

Powow River, Mass.,

appropriation for improvement of||215

Pradt, George H.,

deficiency appropriation for||291

Prague,

appropriation for consul at||33, 584

for clerk hire.||37, 588

Pratt, Henry S.,

military record corrected||727

Precious Metals, Production of, appropriation for collecting statistics||154, 554

Preliminary Examinations,

for river and harbor improvements directed||236

Prescott,

appropriation for consul at||35,587

President of the United States,

appropriation for compensation||147, 546

for private secretary, clerks, etc||147,546

for messengers conveying electoral vote for||451

for expenses of locating boundary, Alaska and British North America||464

distribution of messages and papers.||472

may appoint John P. J. Ryan, John R. Morris, and Chester Wells assistant engineers in Navy.||468

commissioners to conference on ratio, etc., of gold and silver||624

special envoys to negotiate for international agreement as to gold and silver||625

proclamation announcing admission of Utah as a State.||876 announcing disturbances in Cuba and en joining observance of neutrality laws 4, 1897||881

calling extraordinary session of the Senate March ||913

declaring in effect laws prohibiting killing of fur-bearing animals in waters of Alaska, Bering Sea, and northern Pacific Ocean.. 878

declaring regulations for preventing collisions at sea in effect July 1, 1897... 885 designating Thursday, November 28, 1895, as Thanksgiving Day ...871 designating Thursday, November 26, 1896, Thanksgiving Day.... 882 extending copyright benefits to citizens of Chile 880 to citizens of Mexico.. 877 to subjects of Spain.. 871 opening to entry lands ceded by Indians on Nez Perce Reservation, Idaho.... 873 on Siletz Reservation, Oreg 866 by Kickapoo Indians, Okla. 868 by Yankton Indians.. 865 reserving lands to Greco-Russian Church, Alaska 883 revoking suspension of tonnage duty on vessels from Germany. 884 setting apart forest reservation, Big Horn, Wyo 909