SIXTY·THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 33. 1914. 299 of $400 where the salary of the postmaster is $1,300, $1,400, or $1 ,500; and that no allowance in excess of $500 shall be made where the salary of the postmaster is $1,600 or $1,700; nor in excess of $800 where the salary of the postmaster is $1,800 or $1,900: And prmnkled further, asian: postmas- That the fostmaster General may, in the disbursement of this “°”· ‘ appropriation, expend not exceeding $400,000 for the employment, at a maximum sa ugif $600 per annum, of assistant postmasters at post omces of the t d class where the salary of the postmaster is $1 800 or $1 900 per annum. $5l•`or rgng, light, and fuel for Hist, second, and third class post offices, R°¤”»u8h*,°¤d'¤¤*~ 200, 0 . Promkied, That_ the Postmaster General may, in the disbursement ·€§1’,'£'§".§&. ma, of the appropriation for such purposes, apply a part thereof to the puripose o leasing premises for the use of post offices of the first, secon , and third classes at a reasonable annual rental, to be aid quar- L terly for a term not exceeding ten years; and that there sli)all not be ¤m¤l§‘"’ °m'°°1““ allowed for the use of aply third-class post office for rent a sum in excess of $500 nor more an $100 for uel and light in any one year. For miscellaneous items necessary and incidental to post oihees of “‘“°°““°°‘“· the first and second class, $350,000. For the purchase, repair, and maintenance of mechanical and ,,,{g"°*·°°"¤8 d°· labor—saving devices, $50,000. For pay of letter carriers at offices already established, including City delivery. substitutes for letter carriers absent without pay, and for the promo- Promotions. tion of seventy-five per centum of the letter carriers in first-class pest offices from the fifth to the sixth grade and for the promotion of seventy-five per centum of the letter carriers in second-class gilizcesoofrxpi the fourth to the fifth grade, City Delivery Service, 3 ,7 , . For pay of substitutes for letter carriers absent with pay, and of S“°°‘““‘°°·°°°· auxilixiy and temporary letter carriers at offices where city deliverfi_is eady esta lished, $2,975,000. Hmm ,,, mop or pay of letter carriers, substitute and auxiliing letter carriers ¤·=¤¤· at offices where City Delivery Service is established uring the year, $100,000. Promkled, That after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen {,’;°"‘*& ,,,,,6,,m,, the ay of substitute letter carriers employed in the places of regular r¤g’;>g; 37 M employees absent from duty with ipay and of auxiliary and tempo- ’°' rary carriers em loyed at offices w ere the city free de iveigr service is alread established or may hereafter be established an of substitute clerks employed in the places of regular employees absent from duty with pay, and of auxiliaéiy and temporary clerks employed m Erst and second class post 0 ces, shall be at the rate of thirty-five cents an hour. Keri horse-hire allowance, the hiring of drivers, and the rental of H°"°°‘“’°·°‘°· ve `c es, $2,300,000. For car fare and bicycle allowance, $525,000. (i=g:gi$•i·r°1$<`iu‘2¤?uyi1•¤isSZ For street car collection service, $10,000. ,mP°°'°** *“"°' *"· For Detroit River postal service, $6,500. _ hmmm For incidental expenses of the City Delivery Service, includmg freight and drayage on eguipment, furniture, and supplies, an erecting, painting, and repaning letter and package boxes and posts, repairing clocks and other equipment, and or the purchase and exchange of time recorders and maps, $100,000 §,,,,c,,,,dm,,8,,_ For car fare for special-delivery messengers in emergency cases, vim. $13,000. For fees to special-deh' “ve messengers $2,225,000. _ $°°“· B _ For experimental villagegielivery service in towns and villages ag¤E’$1E°1ig£i°y.°°l Vu having post offices of the second or third_class, $200,000. _ mm m For travel and miscellaneous e m the postal service, office of the First Assistant Postmaster ral, $1,000.
