SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 69. 1919. 1197 For wrappling twine and tying devices, $560,000. 'l"'i¤°· M For misce aneous equipment and supplies, mcluding the purchase mg§5*;¤“g¤m*;>•,,;•g¤P and repair of furmture, etter boxes, package boxes, posts, trucks, ommsym. baskets, satchels, straps, letter·box paint, baling machines, perforating machines, duiplicating machines, printing presses directories, cleaning supplies, an the manufacture, repair and exch e of equipment, the erection, manufacture, repair, and painting dfvletter-box equi ment, and for the purchase an repair of presses and dies for use in tllle manufacture of letter boxes; for miscellaneous expenses in the preparation and publication of post-route maps and rural-delive maps 1g°;,*°;¤;t*g·¤”~·¤¤· or blue pprints, including tracing for &hotolithogra hic reproldliiction ’ ` and the ostmaster General may au orize the sag to the public of post-route mags and rural-delivery maps or blue prints at the cost of an mer cent thereof ad ed, the proceeds of such sale to use as a f er apprqpnation for the preparation and publication of post—route maps an rural-delivegamaps or blue prints; of this amount $1,500 may be expended in tpurchase of at ases and geographical and technical works, and for 0 er expenditures necessag and incidental to post offices of the first, seeond,.and thirdclasses, in uding offices of the fourth class having or to have rural-delivery S°11i°°°’al.i80’000` a as ship s gapping or raying inci ent to ment 0 ¤¤iDli¤¢¤u>p!i¤¤- including hardware, lioxing, packing, cartage, freight, and the pay of one oreman, at $1,400 per annum, mne requisition fillers, at $1,000 each per annum, and seven packers, at $1,000 each per annum, for assignment in connection therewith, $19f4,000. For rental, purchase, exchange, and repair of canceling machines I gwpvglmywm, and motors, mechanical, mail- and}ing_apparatus, other labor- Jia° °° S °vi°°" saving devices, including cost of power m rented buildings, and miscellaneous expenses of mstallation and operation of same including mannisalaries of five traveling mechamcians an for per diem o " traveling mechanicians while actuallig iravelmg_on·0fiic1al busmess awa from their homes and their 0 cial domiciles at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster General, not to exceed $4 per day, $337,000. For the purchase, manufacture, and repair of mail bags and other Ma¤1b¤¤.1¤¤ks.et¤. mail containers and attachments, mail locks, keys, c ains, tools, machinery, and material necessary for same, and or incidental expenses pertaining thereto; also material,_machmery, and tools necessary for the manufacture and repair in the equipment shops at Washingcn, District of Columbia of such other equipment for the Postal rvice as may be deemed expedientv for compensation to labor employed m the equipment shops at Washington, District of 1"°°'· Columbia, $2 000,000: Promded, That outof this apprpgnation the §{§‘{‘f§;,,,,,, ,,q,,,,, Postmaster General is authorized to use as much 0 e sum, not r;¤§_:{(;¤r<;gr&m;¤¤¤¤{:; exceeding $5,000, as may be deemed necessary for the purchase of imraiens. mu material and the manufacture m the equipment shops_o such small quantities of distinctive equipments as may be required by other executive departments; an for service mAlpska, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, or other island possessions. _ _ - For inland transportation by star routes (excepting service in m§g·;<¤¤¢¤ ¤¤¤¤i>¤— Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices, ` $9 500,000. . Por giay of rural carriers, substitutes for rural carriers on annual §g‘,,"§,,‘},$“"°"· leave, c erks in cha e of rural stations, and tolls and ferriage, Rural ggggkgé 1199- Delivery Service, arid for the incidental expenses thereof, $68,800,000; uma ciswp more Provided, That hereafter rural carriers assgned to horse-drawn vehicle ,,,§’;§_ ‘°" ”‘°"“°" routes on which daily service is perform receive $24 per mile °£<M9»i>··*Z*»=¤¤¤¤·i· per annum for each mile said routes are in excess of twengy-four miles or major fraction thereof, based on actual mileage, an rural carriers assigned to horse·drawn vehicle routes on which triweekg service is performed shall receive $12 per mile per annum for ea
