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Página 49 - An act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and for other purposes," approved March third, ' eighteen hundred and seventy-three, for the transportation of mails on the basis of the average weight.
Página 292 - Provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to admit to the second-class rate regular publications designed primarily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation, or for circulation at nominal rates.
Página 18 - Senate, and the chairman of the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the...
Página 125 - When a clerk or carrier fails of promotion because of unsatisfactory service he may be promoted at the beginning of the second quarter thereafter, or of any subsequent quarter, on evidence that his record has been satisfactory during the intervening period.
Página 265 - An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes...
Página 49 - House — to investigate the question whether or not excessive prices are paid to railroad companies for the transportation of the mails and as compensation for postalcar service, and all sources of revenue and all expenditures of the postal service and rates of postage upon all postal matters.
Página 177 - The Postmaster-General may make deductions from the pay of contractors, for failures to perform service according to contract, and impose fines upon them for other delinquencies. He may deduct the price of the trip in all cases where the trip is not performed; and not exceeding three times the price if the failure be occasioned by the fault of the contractor or carrier.
Página 267 - ... and the instruction of postmasters relative thereto; also the use of penalty envelopes, the franking privilege, and the limit of weight and size of mail...
Página 165 - Provided, That the rate of compensation to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now paid to companies performing such service, except that the Postmaster General, in cases where the quantity of mail is large and the number of exchange points numerous, may, in his discretion, authorize payment for closed-pouch service at a rate per mile not to exceed one-third above the rate per mile now paid for closed-pouch service...
Página 159 - ... of six consecutive weeks in not less than five newspapers, one of which shall be published...

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