SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 206. 1908. 413 all postal cards, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, empty mail ‘ bags, furniture, equipment, and other supplies for the postal service, except postage stamps, in the respective weighing divisions of the country, immediately preceding the weighing period in said divisions, and thereafter such postal cards, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, empty mail bags, furniture, equipment, and other supplies for theh poptal aervice, except postage stamps, shall be transmitted by eit er rei t or e ress. F(pr11·;xil§vay postigllice car service, four million eight hundred thou- ic§°S°'°m°° °" ""` san o lars. _ _ RAILWAY MAIL snxvrcnz For eleven division superintendents, at icgauway mm ""` three thousand dollars each; eleven assistant division superintendents, Di"*"i°“ °“*°°”·°*°· at two thousand dollars each; five assistant superintendents, at two thousand dollars each; nineteen assistant su rintendents, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; one hundred and thirty-one chief clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two hundred and seventy-one clerks, class six, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; one thousand two hundred and seventy-four clerks, class live, at not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars each; five hundred and thirty clerks, class live, at not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars each; two thousand one hundred clerks, class four, at not exceedin one thousand three hundred dollars each; two thousand two hundred and twentiy-live clerks, class four, at not exceeding one thousand two hundred ollars each; five thousand eight hundred clerks, class three, at got excplediéigedonti tgousapd one hundred dollars each; two thousan one un r cer s, cass two, at not exceeding one thousand dollars each; eight hundred and ten clerks, class one, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each; eight hundred clerks, class one, at not exceeding eiglht hundred dollars each; in all, _ eighteen million five hundred and eig ty-eight thousand dollars: Pro- mvg vided, That the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, under such ’ regulations as he may provide, allow a clerk who is sick leave of absence with pay, his duties to be performed without expense to the Government during the period for which he is granted leave, not exceedin thirt da is in an liscal year. . . . . . That the Pohmagter-Geiieral be, and he is hereby, authorized to .aA>il$ii·iii’d°Zi¤ii§,viiri?n create an additional division of the railway mail service with headquarters at New Orleans, Louisiana, and to assign to duty one division superintendent, in additiog to lilhose hézigetafore appointed, andlwho shall be raid a salar * of t ree thousand dollars er annum; am one additionsil assistant ilivision superintendent at tiivo thousand dollars per annum,hand tgldlefaay thehexpgnses of saidtheadquarters the sum of twent i thousand dollars is ere * a ropria e . __ _ That liereafter railway postal clgrkiipon entering the service shall v.E.r$;°$gi,§{$°¤i€rig, receive the salary pif the lowest gralde, and no clerk shall be advanced more than two ra es in any rio o' one ear s service. And the appodntment and siiisignment ofyclerks hereunder shall be n.;ii{LS?i°°m°°t° so made dur1n}g the tiscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate ex nditure t an this sum. liar temporary glerk an classes one and two for emergency E“‘°’g°“°""""i°°‘ service lift *-five thousand dollars. _ For subsigitutes for clerks on vacation, fifty thousand dollars: Pro- §§‘,3§Y‘°" vided, That the Postmaster—General may allow railway postal clerks A¤¤¤·¤ *¤¤¤°¤· whose duties require them to work six ays or more per week, fifty- two weeks per year, an annual vacation of fifteen days with pay. That hereafter the leave of absence authorized by law to postal C<>¤¤*¤¤**<>¤· ·em loyees shall be construed exclusive of Sundays and holidays. _ For acting clerks, in place of clerks or substitutes injured while on =*°¤¤S °*°*”· dutv, and to enable the Postmaster·General to pay the sum of one thoiisand dollars, which shall be exempt from payment of debts of the 80893--vo;. 35, rr l—09——28
