474 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. OH. 3546. 1906. one thousand two hundred dollars each; one thousand seven hundred and fifty clerks, class four, at not exceedincg one thousand one hundred dollars each; five thousand four hundre clerks, class three, at not exceeding one thousand dollars each; two thousand one hundred and seventy clerks, class two, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each; nine hundred and live clerks,_class one, at not exceeding eight hundred mvg dollars each; in all, fifteen million dollars: Promded, That_ the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, under such regulations as he ' may provide, allow a clerk who is sick leave of absence with pay, his duties to be performed without expense to the Government during the peraipd for which he is granted leave, not exceeding thirty days in any sc ‘ear. Tezilppommsum nm- And the appointment and assignment of elerksihereunder shall be so ‘ ‘ made during kthe filsscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate ex nditure t an tsum. 6cfg§§’;m°°*¤ ’°° °" li? the assignment or transfer of clerks from the railway mail service, mreiénce xc: civil however, preference shall be given to the persons honorably discharged W"' ”m°°‘ from the military or naval service who served in the civil war and who are now serving as clerks on the railway-mail cars in order that they may be transferred to clerical service in the Department or in the postoflices and relieved from service on said cars as rapidly as practicable, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the ppoperédrscharge of the duties of the offices to which they may be trans erre . E'“°’g°°°Y °°"*°°· For temporary clerk hire in classes one and two for emergency service, fifty thousand dollars. _ , §.‘}§f’,§f,f‘*° °*""‘“· For substitutes for clerks on vacation, fifty thousand dollars: Pro- A¤¤¤¤1v~=¤¤<>¤· vided, That the Postmaster-General ma allow railway postal clerks whose duties require them to work six ehrys or more per week, fifty- two weeks per year, an annual vacation of fifteen days with pay. gglggsaggrkgi cm For acting clerks, in place of clerks injured while on duty, and to gf amt, enable the Postmaster-General to pay the sum of one thousand dollars, which shall be exempt from the pa rment of debts of the deceased, to the legal representatives of any railway postal clerk or substitute railway postal clerk who shall be killed while on duty or who, being ‘ injured while on duty, shall die within one year thereafter as the result of such in`ury, one hundred thousand dollars. '1`¤v¤1i¤z¤rp¤¤¤¤¤· For actual and necessary expenses of eneral superintendent, assistant general superintendent, chief clerk and assistant chief clerk, ollice of general superintendent division of railway mail service, division superintendents, assistant division superintendents and chief clerks, railway mail service, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on usiness of the Post-Office Department and away from their several designated headquarters, twenty thousand dollars. Mi—·¢¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤- For rent, light, fuel, telegra h, and miscellaneous office expenses, schedules of mail trains, telephone service, and badges for railway pogtal clerkp, fiftyneight thousand dollars. Fer <¤¤¤¤- M-- va `or per iem a owance of assistant su rintendents twenty-seven giiigm sup°m°°°d` thousand five hundred dollars; and for theiie necessary official ekpenses not covered by their per diem allowance, not exceedin two thousand {ggghm five hundred dollars; in all, thirty thousand dollars: §*r0ciderZ, That ' assistant superintendents may receive a per diem allowance in lieu of actual and necessary traveling expenses at the rate of four dollars per _ day while actually traveling on business of the Department. c,§’s‘j,‘j,§§?(f€_“°d °“*"" For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars, eight ggpggigéamn hundred and seventy Ithousand dollars: I’v·0vided, 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- Genera , in cases where the quantity of mail is large and the number of exchange points numerous, may, in his discretion, authorize pay-
