March 3, and uniform rate of postage without regard to distance, fixed at 3 cents.

IV.—PRÉSENT ORGANIZATION of the post-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

JAMFS N. TYNER, Indiana. Postmaster-General.

WILLIAM A. KNAPP, Ohio, Chief Clerk.

The direction and management of the Post Office Department are assigned by the Constitution to the Postmaster-General. That the business thereof may be the more conveniently arranged and prepared for his final action, it is distributed among several bureaus, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

JAMES W. MARSHALL, Virginia, First Assistant Postmaster-General.

JAMES H. MARR, Maryland, Chief Clerk.

Including the divisions of free delivery, blank agency, appointment, bond, and of salaries and allowances.

FREE DELIVERY.

REVERE W. GURLEY, Louisiana, Superintendent.

To this division are assigned the duty of preparing cases for the inauguration of the system of cities, the appointment of letter-carriers, the regulation of allowances for incidental expenses, and the general supervision of the system throughout the United States.

BLANK AGENCY.

NICHOLAS A. GRAY, Ohio, Superintendent.

To this division is assigned the duty of sending out blanks, wrappingpaper, and twine, and also letter-balances and canceling stamps to offices entitled to the same.

APPOINTMENT DIVISION.

THOMAS E. ROACH, Delaware, Principal Clerk.

To this division is assigned the duty of preparing all cases for the establishment, discontinuance, and change of name or site of post-offices, and for the appointment of all postmasters, special, route, and local agents, railway postal clerks, mail-route messengers, and Department employés, and of attending to all correspondence consequent thereto.

BOND DIVISION.

CHAUNCEY SMITH, Vermont, Clerk in charge.

To this division is assigned the duty of receiving and recording appointments, sending out papers for postmasters and their assistants to qualify, receiving, entering, and filing their bonds and oaths, and issuing the commissions of postmasters.

SALARY AND ALLOWANCE DIVISION.

Clerk in charge.

To this division are assigned the duty of readjusting the salaries of postmasters and the consideration of allowances for rent, fuel, and lights, clerk hire, and miscellaneous expenditures.

OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.

THOMAS J. BRADY, Indiana, Second Assistant Postmaster-General.

JOHN L. FRENCH, Chief Clerk.

Including the divisions of contracts, railway classification, railway mail service, inspection, and mail equipments.

CONTRACT DIVISION.

To this division is assigned the business of arranging the mail service of the United States, and of placing the same under contract, embrac ing all correspondence and proceedings respecting the frequency of trips, mode of conveyance, and times of departures and arrivals on all the routes; it has charge of the course of the mails between the different sections of the country, the points of mail distribution, and the regula tions for the government of the domestic mail service of the United States. It prepares the advertisements for mail proposals, receives the bids, and has charge of the annual and occasional mail lettings, and the adjustment and execution of the contracts. All changes in mail service and mail arrangements and in mail messengers are made through this office, and all claims for transportation service are adjusted by it. From

this office all postmasters at the ends of routes receive the statement of mail arrangements prescribed for the respective routes. It reports weekly to the Auditor all contracts executed, and all orders affecting the accounts for mail transportation; prepares the statistical exhibits of the mail service, and the reports to Congress of the mail lettings, giving a statement of each bid; also of the contracts made, the new service originated, the curtailments ordered, and the additional allowances granted within the year.

DIVISION OF RAILWAY CLASSIFICATION.

JAMES N. DAVIS, Maryland, Superintendent.

This division has charge of the classification of railroad routes and the adjustment of the rates of pay for the transportation of mails thereon, according to the amount and character of the service.

RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE.

THEODORE N. VAIL, Iowa, Superintendent.

MILO V. BAILEY, New York, Chief Clerk.

To this division is assigned the general supervision of the railway post-office clerks, route agents, mail-route messengers, and local mail agents; also the distribution and dispatch of nails in all post-offices and on railroad and steamboat routes. All delays or irregularities in the delivery and transmission of mails on railroads are reported to this office. Wooden or card labels, for pouches and sacks, are furnished by this office.

INSPECTION DIVISION.

SAMUEL M. LAKE, Illinois, Clerk in charge.

To this division is assigned the duty of receiving and examining the registers of the arrivals and departures of mails, the certificates of the service of route agents, and the reports of mail failures; of noting the delinquencies of contractors, and preparing cases thereon for the action of the Postmaster General; of furnishing blanks for mail registers and reports of mail failures, and such other duties as may be necessary to secure a faithful and exact performance of all mail contracts and service.

MAIL EQUIPMENT DIVISION.

HENRY L. JOHNSON, District of Columbia, Clerk in charge.

To this division is assigned the issuing of mail locks and keys, mail pouches and sacks, and the construction of mail-bag catchers.

OFFICE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

EDWARD W. BARBER, Michigan, Third Assistant Postmaster-General.

WILLIAM M. MORTON, New York, Chief Clerk.

Including the divisions of finance, of postage-stamps, stamped envelopes and postal cards, of registered letters, of dead letters, and of files, records, and mails.

DIVISION OF FINANCE.

HANNIBAL D. NORTON, Clerk in charge.

To this division are assigned the duty of issuing drafts and warrants in payment of balances reported by the Auditor to be due to mail contractors or other persons; the superintendence of the collection of revenue at depository, draft, and depositing offices, and the keeping of the accounts between the Department and the Treasurer and assistant treasurers and designated depositories of the United States. This division receives all accounts, monthly or quarterly, of the depository and draft offices, and certificates of deposit from depositing offices.

DIVISION OF POSTAGE-STAMPS AND STAMPED ENVELOPES AND POSTAL CARDS.

ABRAHAM D. HAZEN, Pennsylvania, Chief of Division.

To this division is assigned the issuing of postage-stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and postal cards; also the supplying of postmasters with envelopes for their official use and registered package envelopes and seals.

DIVISION OF REGISTERED LETTERS.

SAMUEL S. STRATTON, Pennsylvania, Clerk in charge.

To this division is assigned the duty of preparing instructions for the guidance of postmasters relative to registered letters, and all correspondence connected therewith; also the compilation of statistics as to the transactions of the business.

DIVISION OF DEAD LETTERS.

EVERETT J. DALLAS, Kansas, Chief of Division.

To this division is assigned the examination and return to the writers of dead letters, and all correspondence relating thereto.

DIVISION OF FILES, RECORDS, AND MAILS.

EVELYN S. HALL, Vermont, Clerk in charge.

MONEY-ORDER OFFICE.

CHARLES F. MACDONALD, Massachusetts, Superintendent.

DAYID HAYNES, Pennsylvania, Chief Clerk.

To this office are assigned the general supervision and control of the postal money-order system throughout the United States, and the supervision of the international money-order correspondence with foreign countries.

OFFICE OF FOREIGN MAILS.

JOSEPH H. BLACKFAN, New Jersey, Superintendent.

JAMES S. CRAWFORD, Maryland, Chief Clerk.

To this office are assigned all foreign postal arrangements, and the supervision of the ocean mail-steamship service.

TOPOGRAPHER'S OFFICE.

WALTER L. NICHOLSON, District of Columbia, Topographer, Post-Office Department.

CHARLES H. POOL, Principal assistant.

This office is charged with keeping up the maps in use by the officers and clerks of the various bureaus; with the preparation and publication of new post route maps and revised editions of others; and with furnishing maps, where necessary, to postmasters and other persons in the postal service.

OFFICE OF SPECIAL AGENTS AND MAIL DEPREDATIONS.

CHARLES COCHRAN, Jr., Maryland, Superintendent.

All cases of mail depredation, or violation of law by private expresses, or by the forging or illegal use of postage-stamps, are under the supervision of this office. Special agents of the Department make their reports to this office, and to it all their accounts for compensation and expenses are transmitted for examination and presentation to the Postmaster-General for allowance.

ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE POST OFFICE ᎠᎬᏢᎪᎡᎢ MENT.

THOMAS A. SPENCE, Maryland.

OFFICE OF THE AUDITOR OF THE TREASURY FOR THE POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

J. MILTON MCGREW, Ohio, Sixth Auditor of the Treasury.

F. B. LILLEY, New York, Deputy Auditor.

This is a bureau of the Treasury Department, which, for convenience, is located in the General Post-Office building. To this office is assigned the duty of auditing the accounts of the Post-Office Department.