Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 42 Part 1.djvu/682

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654 SIXTY-SEVEN TH CONGRESS. Sess. II. C11. 227. 1922. gg¤t§¤=¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¢¤- Coivrmcnivr EXPENSES, PosT Ormom DEPARTMENT: _For stationery °my' and blank books, index and guide cards, folders, and bmding devices, including purchase of free penalty envelopes, $30,000. H“**¤¢P'°¤*·°°°· For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, ice and power plant, includirag repairs to elevators, purchase an exchange of tools, and _ electric supplies, and removal of ashes, $60,000.

l;’;i For telegralphing, $6,500. _ _

` For misce aneous items, inclu purchase, exchangle, mam-· _ tenance, and repair of typewriters, ad machines, and other labor- V°°‘°l“' saving devices; not to exceed $3,000 for purchase, exchange, hire, and maintenance of motor trucks and motor-driven passengercarrying vehicles; street car fares not exceeding $540; plumbmg; floor coverings; postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad which is not exem t under article 11 of the Rome convention of the Universal Postal Llhion, $55,000, of which sum not exceeding $14,500 may be expended for telelphone service, and not exceeding $1,800 may be expended for urc asc and exchange of law books, ooks of reference, railwa guidpes, city directories, books necessary to conduct _ the business of the de artment, and repairs to department buildings. F“"‘}""°‘ _ For furniture and cabinets, $8,500. °m°‘°1P°“°“1G`”d°' For publication of co ies of the Official Postal Guide, $65,000.

  • "‘°““g°”‘“’i”‘““g~ For printing and binding for the Post Office Department, including

_ __ postal savings and the money—order office, $1,000,000. pOg°§§§§§g,,fjE§°,;g_°‘“’ For reimbursement of the Govemment Printing Office for the cost Past P- 768- of furnishing steam for heating and electric current for lighting and power to the Post Office Department Building at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street, District of Co umbia, $50,000. B°'°°°°f’i°°°°°°' BUREAU or AocoUNTs.

ggigiiiréiwgsdii, Salaries: Comptroller, $5,000; assistant and chief clerk, $3,000;

°°§,,,,,p_2,_ law clerk, $3,000; expert accountant, $3,000; four chiefs of division, at $2,250 each; four assistant chiefs of division, at $2,000 each; three principal bookkeepers, at $2,000 each; clerks——seventeen of class four, nine of class three, one of class two, seven of class one; skilled laborers—sixteen at $840 each, nine at $720 each; messenger boys—— five at $540 each, four at $480 each, four at $420 each; forewoman, \ M _ $480; seventeen charwomen, at $240 each; in all, $122,580. aiu 1 ng °°°°`”m' For compensation of such number of employees as may be neces- C { _ t _ serv to audit the accounts and vouchers of thePostal Service,$592,790. '°° ’°g“‘ °"’°"°""‘ CONTINGENT Ann MISCELLANEOUS ExPENsEs: For miscellaneous items, including purchase, repair, and exchange of typewriters and adding machines, of which not exceeding $200 may be used for furniture and repairs, not exceeding $850 may be used for rental of telephones, and not exceeding $200 may be used for the purchase of law books, books of reference, and city directories, $7,700, to be expended under the direction of the Comptroller of the Post Office Department under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the Postmaster General and to operate as a specific exception of the said oflice from the appropriation for contingent expenses, Post Office Tahumm eu _ Department, unless ot cruise provided by law. mm s.,,..¤§.,_ "”" For purchase of cards and tabulating equipment for use in auditing accounts and vouchers of the Postal Service, including exchange and repairs, $200,000, to be expended under the direction of the Comp- Pm, M trollerof the Post Office Department under rules and regulations to be R¤¤t¤1l¤mit· prescribed by the Postmaster General: Providecl, That not exceedincr $44,000 may be expended for the rental of tabulating and card? F_ M _ _ sorting machines. _ F_,,;§O¤s*,‘j;}“f,§,;·;§gQ,‘,§ Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Post r¤§;;¤1e5L;i>&r¤me¤r. Office Department, except as otherwise provided, shall not be ex- ’ ’ pended for any of the purposes hereinbefore provided for on account. of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia.