FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 563. 1902. 117 OFFICE or THE THIRD ASSISTANT POS'1`MASTER—GENERAL. P,;Q}‘,§QS,€Qg§@f,§,§Q,?‘ For manufacture of adhesive postage and special—delivery stamps, S"""P’*· two hundred and eighty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter, §',{’Q,’§{’,;c,u,€ byBu_ when in the opinion of the Postmaster—General the interests of the requqrsngmvmgima Post-Ofhce De artment require it, the manufacturing of special- Pmmng delivery and adhesive postage stamps may be done by the Treasury Department (Bureau of Engraving and Printing), in conformity with an agreement satisfactory to both the Postmaster-General and the Secretary of the Treasury. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses D*S**ib¤¤<>¤· of agency, twelve thousand dollars. For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, m§“*mP€d €¤V€l°P€¤· seven hundred and sixteen thousand dollars. i For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and D*s”“’““°¤- newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, twenty thousand dollars. _ For manufacture of postal cards, one hundred and seventy-seven P°s°°l9°’d¤· thousand dollars. ’ _ _ _ For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and D‘°‘"‘b“°"’“· expenses of agency, eighteen thousand dollars. 0I' 1'6gist€1'ed-package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, one v€?(;Tlg;¤l. etc., enhundred and forty-six thousand dollars. p ` For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand dollars. smp, em.,1enm. For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of ieces of first—class mleggggigaitof l¤¤= registered matter, twelve thousand dollars: Providgd, That the Post- immo. _' master-General may increase the amount of indemnity rovided for in m{',}f"°““ °f ‘“d"“' Act of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and) ninety-seven, vm. 29, p. ssa. an Act amendatory of section thirty-nine hundred and twenty-six of R‘S‘·“’°·3°2°·"·7°”· the Revised Statutes, to not exceeding one hundred dollars. For blanks, books, and printed matter of urgent or special character, B’““"“· °*°· including the preparation, publication, and free distribution to the public of a pamphlet containing general postal information, and for metallic advertising signs, intaglio seals, and other miscellaneous items of immediate necessity for the registry system, twenty thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. M*¤°<*ll¤¤€<>¤¤· OFFICE 01* THE Fonnru ASSISTANT POSTMASTEIK-GENERAL. Polgfgm For mail depredations and post—office inspectors, including salaries }f,*;;jQ‘gfg’jfd¤**°¤*· of fifteen inspectors in char e of divisions at two thousand five hun- " dred dollars per annum witbout per diem, and six inspectors at two thousand four hundred dollars without rdiem, and fifteen inspectors at two thousand two hundred and fifty didllars per annum without per diem, and fifteen inspectors at two thousand do lars per annum without per diem, and for salaries of post-office inspectors and clerks; and for Perdiem. per diem allowance of inspectors in the field while actually traveling on business for the Department, six hundred thousand dollars: Pro- P¤>¤‘¤><>-1- vided, That the Postmaster—General may, in his discretion, allow post- ·*-¤¤w¤¤¢¤· office inspectors per diem while temporarily located at any place on duty away from home, or their designated domicile, for a period not exceeding twenty consecutive days at any one place, and may make rules and regulations governing the foregoing provisions relating to per diem: And pv·0·z·z'dcrI _]‘ie2·¢}ae0·, That of the amount herein appro- tiglbtgggim i¤f¤¤¤¤- priated not to exceed two thousand dollars may be expended, in the` discretion of the Postmaster-General, for the purpose of securing information concerning violations of the postal laws, and for services and information looking toward the apprehension of criminals. For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction of R"“'°’d”· °'*’· post-office burglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers, twenty-five thousand dollars.
