Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 35 Part 1.djvu/432

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414 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. 1. Ch. 206. 1908. A¤°'”°°° in °¤° deceased to the legal re resentatives of an railway postal clerk or °m°°m' substitute railway postalpclerk who shall beykilled whrle on duty, or who, being injured while on duty, shall die within one year thereafter as the result of such injury, one hundred thousand dol “ '1`¤·v¢l*¤¤¢¤v¢¤¤¢¤- For actual and necessary expenses of division superintendents, assistant division superintendents, and chief clerks, railway mail service, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on business of the Post-Oiiice Department and away from their several designated headquarters, twenty thousand dollars. ¤¤¤¤»11¤¤•¤¤•· For rent, light, fuel, tele ph, and miscellaneous office expenses, P°""‘°"‘ schedules of mail trains, tglldphone service, and badges for railway " mail clerks, sixty-tive thousan dollars. mgémggagg For per diem allowance of assistant superintendents while actually W traveling on official business away from their home, their official domicile, and their headquarters, at a rateto be fixed by the Postmaster- General, not to exceed four dollars per day, thirty thousand dollars; and for their necessary official e nses not covered by their per diem gowance, rmt exceeding three xthbusand dollars; in all, thirty-three ousand dollars. nremge me cable For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars, seven °‘{,‘?,F§,Y',,‘f‘ hundred and twenty-tive thousand dollars: Pbvvided, That the rate of cmnpenuucn. compensation to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now paid to com nies performing such service, except that the Postmaster- Generalrxin cases where the quantity of mail is large and the number of exchange ints numerous, may. in his discretion, authorize y- ment for closedfpouch service at a rate per mile not to exceed one-third above the rate per mile now paid for closed—pouch service; and for mail cars and apartments carrying the mails, not to exceed the rate of one cent per linear foot per car mile of travel: Provided further, That the omme ee ewes rates for electric-car service on routes over twenty-tive miles in length outside of cities shall not exceed the rates paid for service on steam railroads: Provided however, That not to exceed thirty thousand dolcmmicsnmuons, lars of the amount hereby appropriated may be expended, in the dis- "‘°· cretion of the Postmaster-General, where unusual conditions exist or where such sggvicqlh will be more expeditious and efficient and at no greater cost n o erwise. Foreign mails. For transportation of foreign mails, three million five hundred and P,,,,,,,,,_ eight thousand eight hundred and sixty-two dollars: llromided, That 8hQg:¤’¥· ¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤¤· the Postmaster-General shall be authorized to expend such sums as ` may be necessary, not exceeding one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, to cover one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expenses of clerks to· be employed in assortin and pouching mails in transit on steamships between the United gtates and othe1· ,,,8,. mmmm New postal administrations in the International Postal Union, and not

 wd Sm Fm- exceeding forty thousand dollars for transferring the foreign mail

' from incoming steamships in New York Bay to the steamship and railway piers, an for trans erring the fore? mail from incoming steampnly-mgm rm C,.-ry. ships in San Francisco Bay to t o piers: cwided, That no part of said §,'jgd_jgf‘°'”· °“’·· ‘°" sum shall be used to pay for the carrying in the mails any malt, vinous or spirituous gquors, or dintoxjcating liquors of any kind, or any cocaine or any erivative ereo . Amman: mpmn- For assistant su rintendent, division of foreign mails, with head- "°““°“‘· quarters in New Ybik, New York, two thousand five hundred dollars. e,sl}::;::$H;f¤ M- tml? ss; lbarlappgsts due foreign countries, one hundred arid seventy-nine ·r¤ve1,eur For travel and miscellaneous ex nses in the tal service, office of the Second Assistant Postmaster-(ggneral, one thbixsand dollars. · ,,,fQj{,‘},¢4§;;;{§,$’ ormon or run rnmn Assrsrarvr rosmrasrnn-enunnxn. S“""" For manufacture of adhesive dpostage stamps, special-deliver stamps, and books of stamps, five hun red and sixty-eight thousand dollars.