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FORTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 116. 1882. 53 nues of said department in conformity to the act of July second, eightecn hundred and thirty-six, as follows: Ormon or rim Posrmzxsrnn GnNnnA1.,—For mail deprcdations and Items. Post-otiicc inspectors, including amounts necessary for tees to United States marshals and attorneys two hundred thousand dollars, and of this sum three thousand dollars shml be paid to the chief post-office inspector. and not exceeding five 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- Oflice Department, subject to approval by the Attorney General. For advertising, forty thousand dollars. Advertising. For wrapping paper, twenty-two thousand dollars. Wrapping pa- • BI'. ‘ For cotton, jute and hemp twine fifty-five thousand dollars. y Twine. . For marking and rating stamps fifteen thousand dollars. Egisrliin g and 1'3 ID B BID B. • For letter balances, test weights, and scales fifteen thousand dollars. B: ll: npc e sd W 8 1 g S , 8 Il For supplying fourth-class postmasters, in the discretion of the Post- zzcsiiiocziing stamps, master General, with the necessary implements for canceling stamps sw-. in cilicss of and weighing and postmarking mail matter, not to exceed in value five f°‘“':b"’1'*““ P°“‘ dollars to any one onice, to be accounted for like other public property m" °"' V of the governmentg and to be turned over to the successor in office, thirty-tive thousan dollars. For miscellaneous items in the office of the Postmaster General, one Miscellaneous thousand five hundred dollars. Ormcn or run Fmsr Assrsrsur Posrnnszrnn Gnunnsr.-For P<>¤l=¤¤¤¤*¤¤~ gpensationto poutmasters, eight million eight hundred thousand dol- For compensation to clerks in post-offices, four million three hundred Clerks- _ and eighty-five thousand dollars. For payment to letter carriers and the incidental expenses of the free- Lslwf ¢=¤¤'l¤¤¤- delivery system, three million dollars; one hundred thousand dollars of which may be used, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, for the establishment under existing law of the free-delivery system in cities Fr¤sls¤=¤1‘<l¤llvwhere it is not now established. ‘ °"Y· For rent, light, and fuel, four hundred and ilfty thousand dollars. Rent. light. f¤¤l· For odlce furniture, twenty thousand dollars. ” For stationery, fifty-five thousand dollars. . - > Stationery. For miscellaneous and incidental items, ninety thousand dollars. Mis¤¤lls¤¤>¤¤· Orman or run Sncozm Assrsunr Posmusrnn Gmnnn.-For in- Inlssd tr •¤s~ land mail transportation, namely : For transportation on railroad routes, P°"“f‘”°" °f '“““‘· eleven million one hundred andfifty-five thousand dollars; andif any rail- uE°“t;° road company shall fail or refuse to transport the mails for which this ap- ,,,,,,1,, P,,,,,;,! propriation is made, when required by the Post-Oflice Department, upon the fastest train or trains run upon said road, said company shall have its pay reduced tlfty per centum of the amount now provided by law; _ and' the Postmaster General is authorized to pay, out of the appropriation fortrauspozbion on railroad routes, for special railroad service Siyssisl ¤¤•il between the Union depot in East St. Louis, Illinois, and the union "°’Y‘°°· depot in St. Louis, Missouri, a sum not exceeding the lowest rate which private individuals express companies, or others may pay for transportation between said points, but not to exceed for theiiscal year twenty tive thousand dollars, including allowance for depot room and transfer service at each terminal; and the act passed June ninth, eighteen hundred and eighty, entitled “An act providing for the transportation of 2}_;§:¤*-»¤l¤¤l£7°» the mails between East St. Louis, in the State of Illinois, and St. Lotus, P' * ‘ in the State of Missouri," be, and the same is hereby, repealed. For inland transfortation by steamboat routes, eight hundred thou- Stsambut. sand dollars. . For inland transportation by star routes, seven million two hundred 8*** l'°°*°*· and my thousand dollars: Provided. however, That whenever any con-