Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 39 Part 1.djvu/443

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422 SIXTY—FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 261. 1916. ’W¤ppi¤s mw. For wrapping paper, $15,000. _ ·rwms,•z¤. For wrapping twme_and tiying devices, $250,000. _ H als ¤¤*¤¢='*P°·°*°· For facing slips, lam an printed, card slide labels, mtag 0 se , , linen labels, blanks and books of an urgent nature, $120,000.

 wor the purchase, excliange, and repair o typewriting machnies,

¤¤¤¤•· envelope-opening machines, and computing machmes, copying presses, numbering machines, v‘li1]I10• recorders, and miscellaneous articles purchased and furnished directly to the Postal Service, $135,000. - ,,,,,,,,,,,,,“°"" °°"'°" For ui ment for the Rural Deliv Service, including the purtl . chase azll rgpair of furniture, satchels diiii straps, and collection boxes _ and the erection and painting et such boxes, $12,000. _ _ “'*i’i’*“‘ ’“l"’“"· For defraying uses incident to the shipment of supplies, m- cluding hardwareljxbllxmg, packing, cartage, freight, thpmpay of one carpenter at $1,200 per annum and mne requisition ers, at $840 each per annum, for assignment in connection therewith, $125 000. 1’°'*'°"‘°“‘°*’°·°"* Fer miscellaneous expenses the preparation and publication_ of post-route maps and rural—del1very maps or blue prmts, mcludmg tracing for photohthogralphic replroduction, $25,000, and the Post- ”““·°°°· master General may authorize the sale to the public of post-route ma and rural-delivery ma or blue prints at the cost of printing andx ten per centum thereofpddded, the proceeds of such sa e to be used as a further appropriation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps and rural—delivery maps or blue prints; of this amount $500 may be expended in the purchase of at ases and geogra hical and technical Works. ,,,§·,Y°""°‘°“’ "’P' Flor miscellaneous supplies, including directories, maps, cleaning sup lies, and ice, necessary and incidental to post offices of the iirst andp second classes (except labor incident to cleaning post offices, telephone rental, water rental, laundering and towel service, dray- age, and miscellaneous service items), $70,000. ,,ff,,“f’°"“““°‘“°'*“'*" For miscellaneous cquiqlment for post offices of the first and second classes, including the expenditure of not exceeding $25,000 for ost—ofiice furniture, $40,000. °'°°'“”¤ ""‘°‘“"°°· Fiir rental and purchase of canceling machines, includin cost of power in rented buildingls, motors, repairs to motors, and miscel- _ aneous expenses of meta lation and operation, $300,000. I"°°"“°"°°“°"‘· For the purchase, rental, repair, exchange, and maintenance of giechanical mail—handling apparatus and other labor-saving devices, 75,000. “°“"“°·'°°"‘-°‘°· For the purchase, manufacture, and repair of mail b and other mail containers, and attachments, mail locks, keys, Tzlsains, tools, machinery, and material necessary for same, and for incidental ¤1w¤¤¤1>¤¤¤¤· expenses pertaining thereto; also material, machinery, and tools necessary for the manufacture and repair in the equipment sho s _ at Waslmigton, District of Columbia, of such other equipment fldr iiiiiiikeavs ..1.,,,,- the Postal Service as may be deemed expedient, $480,000: Pro-

¤;g¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤· vided, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is

’ authorized to use as much of the sum, not exceeding $5,000, as may be deemed necessary for the purchase of material and the manufacture in the equipment shops of such small quantities of distinctive equipments as may· be required by other executive departments ;_ and for service in Alaska. Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, wm _ _ t Haywaii, or other island polssessions. m°¤'”Pm¤¤ or com nsation to a or employed in the e ui m ho at T; mm tm jvsshngterifnati-ict of cp1umba}:si55,ooo. q P wt S PS wm pm For inland transportation by star routes (excepting service in Alaska), mcluding temporary service to newly established oiicices,