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1¤01>.crY.rn1an conennss. ssss. 11. cu. 128. 1876. 341 d Igor pay of clerks for post-omces, three million five hundred thousand 0i¢¤k¤· 0 ars. For pay of letter-carriers, and incidental expenses of the free-delivery Letter-earners. system, two niillion dollars. For wrapping-paper, twenty-five thousand dollars. Wrapping·paper. For twine, fitty-five thousand dollars. · _ Twine. For postmarking and cancelingstamps, ten thousand dollars. Postmarking and canceling stamps. For lettenbalances, three thousand dollars. Letter-balances. For rent, light; and fuel for post-onices five hundred thousand dollars. Bent,&c. For stationery, nity thousand dollars. Stationery. For furniture for post-offices, thirty-five thousand dollars. Furniture. For miscellaneous items, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Miscellaneous 01=·1¤1c"m 014* SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL. For inland-mail transportation, seventeen million five hundred and inlan ri-int. il forty-eight thousand dollars; and out of the appropriation for inland- ¤r¤¤¤p¤r¤¤·ti¤¤· mail transportation the Postmaster General is authorized hereafter to pay the expenses of taking the weights of mails on railroad-routes, as provided by the act entitled “An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Oiiioe Department for the year ending June thirtieth, 1873,e.231,v. 17, eighteen hundred and seventy-four," approved March third, eighteen p. 556. hundred and seventy-three; and he is hereby directed to have the mails B- $#*002- P- 777- weighed as often as now provided by law by the employees of the Post- ' Oiiiee Department, and have the weights stated andveriiied to him by said employees under such instructions as he may consider just to the I·‘ost—Ofiice Department and the railroadcompanies. For pay of railway=post-omoe clerks, one million two hundred and R.¤.ilw»y-posto£- fifty-seven thousand one hundred and forty-one dollars. 0% °l¤fk¤· For pay of route-agents, one million and nfty thousand dollars. Route-agents. For pay of mail-route messengers, one hundred and sixty thousand Mammute ms. dollars. · sengers. For pay of local agents, one hundred and lifteen thousand dollars. Local agents. For pay of mail-messengers, seven hundred thousand dollars. `Mail-messengers For mail locks and keys, twenty-one thousand four hundred dollars. Looks and keys. d hor mail-bugs and mail-bag catchers, two hundred and ten thousand Mau-bags, &¤. o lars. For preparing and publishing post-route maps, thirty thousand dol- Post-route maps. lars; and out of this appropriation the Postmaster-General is hereby authorized to pay all the expense of employing clerks, lithographers, experts, and other persons whose services may be necessary in the preparation and publication of said maps. For payments on account of mail-depredatious, and for special agents _Mai1-depredaof the Post·Oihce Department, one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. l”°”°· OFFIGE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL. For the manufacture of adhesive postage-st.amps, ino1uding ofiieial p0,mg,,.,m,,P,-,_ stamps one hundred and forty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty- four dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postagestamps, six AS<>¤¤¤» &¤· thousaud nine hundred dollars _ For stamped envelopes and newspapenwrappers, four hundred and Stamped envelforty-six thousand five hundred andtwenty dollars. <>1><~>¤.&¤· 4 For pay of distributingiagent and assistants, sixteen thousand three Distributinghundred dollars. agent. Gw- For manufacture of postal cards, one hundred and fifty-nine thousand Postal cards. eight hundred and six dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, five thou- _Agents, sw., to sand six hundred dollars. 2;¤£*>¤¢¤_P °¤**¤l