1064 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 162. 1917. ` of mails in any other manner than herein authorized: Provided °°¤¤¤¤¤<r‘gld§ further, That a commission consisting of three members of the Com-
d°¤-vs¤¤,em mittee on Post Offices and _Post Roads of the United States Senate,
to be designated by the Vice President, and three members of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the House of Representatives, to be designated by the Speaker of the House, is hereby authorized and directed to inves¢:lg' ate the value of the pneumatictube service their ropertiw, , and other equipment, with a view to the uresiase and o ation of the same or any portion thereof by the government angelic ascertain the cost and the terms him mama, upon which such purchase may be made. The emplciyment of expert '°°' and other assistance is authorized, and the expense 0 such assistance and of the inquiry shall be paid from the appropriation for service by neumatic tubes, not to exceed $25,000, an said commission shall make a report, with recommendations to Congress, on or by the first da of January, nineteen hundred and eighteen. <>¤rf¤r¤.•¢¤- Por car fare and bicycle allowance, $625,000. " S*'•°*°*¤°°“•°“°“ For street car collection service, $9,000. neemnmm. For Detroit River postal service, $7 ,250. _ specmaeivnry. For car fare for special-delivery messengers m emergency cases, $13,000. F°"‘ For fees to special-delivery messengers, $2,500 000. "'*¤'•*··*¤- For travel and miscellaneous exxises in the Postal Service, office of the First Assistant Postmaster neral, $1,000. ,§;';§_,y?,_';*i,°f¤* ·o1=·r1cm or rum snoorm assrsmrrr rosrmasrmn ommnar. ““’{'°“°°°·“""* For inlmd transportation by star routes in Alaska, $312,000: smagéneysewiee. Provided, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to provide diilicult or emergency mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may advisable, without advertising therefor. ,.,${§,*f“"’°“‘· °‘°·· For inland transportation by steamboat or other power-boat routes, £Mi•·>· nm or by aeroplanes, $1,224,000:_Prmz·iAed, That out of this appropriapmxfiswat. tion the Postmaster General is authorized to expend not exceeding $100,000 for the purchme, operation, and maintenance of aeroplanes for an experimental aeroplane mail service between such points as he may determine. }',·',},’,'§gf*’°°**· _For inland transportation by railroad routes, $66,350,000: Pro- Pr•u¤=¤¤¤¤,••¤- vided, That not to exceed $1,000,000 of this appro nation may be expended for pay of freslght and incidental charges ddr the transportatiorg of mails conveye under special arrangement in freight trains or otherwise. ,,,§',f‘§‘,f_ °“‘ ’°"" For pay of freight or eigrressage onisostal cards, stamped envelopes, Rm mu sm newspaper wrappers, an emlpty m b , $200,000. ice. w" Ramwar Man. Smgvrcn: or fifteen agisvision superintendents, at m{’* $3,250 each;_ two assistant superintendents, at $2,350 each; Efteen ee¤,»t¤. assistant division superintendents, at_ $2,250 each; one hundred and eighteen chief clerks, at not exceeding $2,100 each; four hundred and seventy-four clerks, tgnde ten, at not exceeding $1,800 each; two thousand and fifty- ee clerks, grade nine at not exceeding $1,700 each; four hundred and twenty-nine clerks, grade eight at not exceeding $1,600 each; eight thousand two hundred and four clerks, grade seven, at not exceeding $1,500 each; seven hundred and mnety-six clerks, grade six, at not exceeding $1,400 each; two thousand four hundre and three clerks, (wa five, at not exceeding $1,300 eadi; four thousand one hun and twenty-two clerks, grade four, at not exceeding $1,200 each; seventy-eight clerks, grade three, at not exceeding $1,100 each; sevent -mne clerks - grade two, at not exceeding $1,000 each; four thousand one hundred uid twenty clerks, grade one, at not exceeding $900 each; in all,
