1170 FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1009. 1903. General’s bureau may be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects named, but no one item of the appropriations shall thereby be increased more than five per centum. t Ag¤i¤;}¤;q$;1P,¤;g¤d For comdpensation to seven assistant superintendents, salary and siitrsgnée (milieu. allowance ivision, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum, fourteen thousand dollars. Per<1i<>m.¤¤¤· For per diem allowance for seven assistant superintendents, salary and allowance division, when actually traveling on business of the Post—()Hice Department, at a rate to be iixed by the Postmaster—General, not to exceed four dollars per day, and for other necessary official expenses, ten thousand two undred and twenty dollars. Egggeggjggé FREFLDELIVERY snnvrcnz For pay of letter carriers in offices already ` established, and for substitute letter carriers, and for temporary carriers at summer resorts, holiday, election, and emergency service, nineteen million and twenty-eight thousand eight hundred dollars. New 0***- For pay of letter carriers in new offices entitled to free—delivery service under existing law, one hundred thousand dollars. Hom ¤i*€·€*°— For horse·hire or automobile allowance, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. CM *¤*‘°~ ew- For car fare and bicycle allowance, three hundred thousand dollars: f;¢Q;¥*;°éhnngeab,€ Provided, That ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for free-` expeuamnes. delivery service may be available interchangeably for ex nditure on the objects named, but no one item of appropriation shallle thereby be increased more than ten per centum. ‘ ,“*·°“°’·"°’ ”‘°°*'°”‘ For compensation to twenty-two mechanics employed exclusivgy in ` painting, repairing, and erecting street letter boxes, at not exce `ng _ _ nine hundred dollars each, nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars. j{j“,,‘f,$,,§f"‘°°· ”* For marine postal service, Detroit, Michigan, four thousand five www- hundred dollars: Pmmfded, That the Postmaster—General may, in his C°°m°f discretion, enter into contract for such marine postal service for a period not exceeding ten years. mjg‘§;j;·“‘ ““¥’°"i“‘ For com nsation to four assistant superintendents city delivery ° service at thd rate of two thousand dollars per annum, eight thousand dollars. P" ‘“°'”· For per diem allowance for four assistant superintendents city delivery service when actually traveling on business of the Post-Ofhce Department, at a rate to be iixed by the Postmaster-General not to exceed four dollars per dav, and for other necessary official expenses, five thousand two hundred dollars. l¤°*‘l°“‘“‘°"P°“”°‘· For all other incidental ex enses, including letter boxes, ackage goivies. posts, furniture, satchels, and straps, three hundred thousand o ars. s*’°°*“l“°“""’* For car fare and bicycle allowance for special-delivery messengers in emergent cases, twelve thousand dollars. For fees to special·delivery messengers, eight hundred thousand dollars; in all, twenty-one million three hundred and twenty-eight _ thousand three hundred dollars. {§§‘§‘}Q£§° ,§*§}j§${,{; RURAL rnrzr-:·nnL1v1:nr snnvrcn: For compensation to eight division ¤¤¤d¤¤¤· superintendents, at two thousand four hundred dollars each, nineteen _ _ thousand two hundred dollars. ”""“"““g"“""· For compensation to twenty-five special agents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; fifteen special agents, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; fifteen special agents, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, and fifteen special agents, at one thousand three hundred dollars each, one hundred and three thousand dollars. P" ‘“°‘“· For per diem allowance for sevent special agents of the rural freedelivery service, when actually travehn on business of the Post—Otlice Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster—General, not to exceed four dollars r day, and for other necessary official expenses, eighty-four thousandedollars.
