FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Suss. II. Ch. 446. 1898. 44] authorize the sale of copies of such edition not needed for the use of the Department to individuals at the cost thereof and ten per centum added, the proceeds of such sales to be deposited in the Treasury as part of the postal revenues, thirty-nine thousand eight hundred and si xty-two dollars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall {__Z~&¤i¤··- _ I _ be used for the purpose of compiling the above publication. a.mY,m.$`{.'I,'}"b‘° t"' OFFICE OF THE. Fmsr Assrsrnvr r0s1*MAsTER-GENERAL. Plgigzgtea sagstari - - · 81*3. . For compensation to postmasters, sixteen million seven hundred and ¥‘··¤*¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- dfty thousand dollars. · For compensation to clerks in post-offices, eleven million one hundred ·0l¤*¤ thousand dollars: Provided, That the Postmaster-General be, and he is hereby, authorized to employ substitutes in the place of clerks sub- emit °»2d:;°g¤ $$5 prenaed as witnesses in the United States courts in cases arising under ¤·*¤¤°·· the UnitedStates laws, and to expend for the employment of such sub- ‘ stitutes a sum equal to the compensation allowed the clerks during the time actually absent from duty attending court. . For rent, light, and fuel for first, second, and third .class post-offices, B°*'*~“8h’¢~ =*¤•**¤¤l· one million seven hundred thou sand dollars: Provided, That there shall d Ia f not he allowed for the use of any third-class post-office for rent a sum nm."` `° ”°` in excess of four hundred dollars, nor more than sixty dollars for fuel and lights, in any one year: And provided further, That the Postmaster- f Leéiset ¤i‘ premises General may, in the disbursement of this appropriation, apply a part t¥.L¤Zi.;.$$°l{;’E$1.; “"" thereof to the purpose of leasing premises for the use of post-offices of the first, second, and third classes at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly for a term not exceeding ten years. For necessary miscellaneous and incidental items directly connected M*¤°°“°¤°°“°- ` with nrst and second class pod-offices, including furniture, one hundred and seventyhve thousand dollars: Provided, That the Postmaster- gwiggmure with General, in his discretion, under such regulations as he hall prescribe, ¤¤¤`£»°¤m.¤ ti rm. . may authorize any of the postmasters of said offices to expend the fund '”°"‘**’·G°“°’*‘· he may allow them for such purposes without the written consent of the Postmaster-General. For advertising at ilrst and second class posboflices, twenty thou- Mveiiiiiivs-‘ sand dollars. FREE-nnnrvnnr snuvrcn: For pay of letter carriers in offices FM ·*·*lii‘·>*¥· already established, and for substitute letter carriers and for temporary I-¤•¤~i ¤¤¤i•·i·¤ _ carriers at summer resorts, holiday and election service, thirteen million eightyhve thousand four hundred dollars. _ . For pay of letter carriers in new offices entitled to free-delivery serv- —¤•·w ¤¤*¤¢··- ice under existing law, fifty thousand dollars. For horse-hire allowance, three hundred and eighty thousand dollars. Hcrse hire- For car fare and bicycle allowance, one hundred and eighty-five Car furenvtc. thousand dollars. For incidental expenses, including twelve mechanics in the six largest I¤¤i·i¤¤¤i¤ cities, exclusively employed in repairing boxes and locks, and erecting boxes, planting posts and pedestals, at nine hundred dollars per annum; letter boxes, package boxes, posts, satchels. repairs, marine free-delivery service at Detroit, one hundred thousand dollars; in all, thirteen million eight hundred thousand four hundred dollars: Provided, That ten figvifg- bl per centum of the foregoing amounts for free-delivery service may be ,.,,]I;§€.`,,§`g°° °°x` available interchangeably for expenditure on the obiects named, but no ‘ _ one item of appropriation shall thereby be increased more than ten per centum. - For €XPOI'i¥DBDl$3l l'l1l‘8l {[66 delivery, including pay of qgrrigrg, horse. Rural free delivery. hire allowance, supplies, and mechanical appliances, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For stationery in post-offices, fifty-five thousand dollars. S‘“**°”°’F- For wrapping twine, ninety thousand dollars. Twi¤¤- For wrapping paper, forty-tive thousand dollars. HP"- For letter balances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same, S¤=·l·r· seven thousand five hundred dollars.
