Chapter 95.
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CHAP. 95.— An act to fix the pay of letter-carriers. Feb. 21, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled*, That for the more equitableLetter-carriers. compensation of letter-carriers there shall be in all cities which contain a population of seventy-five thousand or more two classes of letter-carriers, to be fixed by the Postmaster-General. Sec. 2. The salaries of carriers of the first-class, who shall have beenPay of first and second classes. in service at least one year, shall be one thousand dollars per annum, and the salaries of the carriers of the second class shall be eight hundred dollars per annum.
In all cities containing a population of less than seventy-live thousand there shall be one class of letter-carriers, who shall receive a salary of eight hundred and fifty dollars per annum. Sec. 3. Upon the recommendation of the postmaster of any city, theThird class. Postmaster-General may establish a-third grade of letter-carriers, known as auxiliaries, who shall be paid at the rate of four hundred dollars per annum. Sec. 4. Appointments of letter-carriers in cities having two or moreAppointment and promotion. classes shall be made to the class having the minimum rate of pay, and promotions from the lower grades in said cities shall be made to the higher grades to fill vacancies, after one or more years’ service, on certificate of the postmaster to the efficiency and faithfulness of the candidate during the preceding year; *Provided, however,* That at no timeNumber of first class. shall the number of carriers in the first class, receiving the maximum salary of one thousand dollars, be more than two-thirds or less than one-half the whole number of carriers actually in service in the city in which they are employed: *Provided, further,* That-no boxes for the collection ofLetter-boxes in buildings. mail-matter by earners shall be placed inside of any building except a public building or railroad-station.
Sec. 5. Letter-carriers shall be employed for the free delivery, of mail-matter,Where employed. as frequently as the public convenience may require, at every place containing a population of fifty thousand within the delivery of its post-office, and may be so employed at every place containing a population of not less than twenty thousand within its corporate limits, and at post-offices which produced a gross revenue for the preceding fiscal year of not less than twenty thousand dollars: *Provided,* This act shall not*Proviso*. affect the free delivery in towns and cities where it is now established.
Sec. 6. All laws inconsistent herewith are repealed.Repeals. Approved, February 21, 1879.