SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. C11. 88. 1921. *1155 For rental, urchase, exchange, and re air of canoe` ‘ machines •¤¤•*>¤*· and motors, nliechanical mail-handling ariiparatus, andhilgher labor- saving devices, including cost of power in rented buildings, and miscellaneous expenses of installation and o ration of same, including salaries of five traveling mechauiciaus ansefor per diem allowance o &"•“¤¢ ¤¤°¤*¤i· traveling mechamcians while actually traveling on omcial business awa from their homes and their official domiciles at a rate to be iixed by the Postmaster General, not to exceed $4 per da , $462,080. For the purchase, manufacture, and re air of b and other “•“‘*•¤·'°°*=· •>°°· mail containers and attachments, mail Ilocks, keys, tdgzins, tools, machinery, and material necessary for same, for incidental expenses pertaming thereto; also material, machmery, and tools necessary for the manufacture and repair in the equipment sho s mg{gg*_g¤;g* ¤¤¤¤¤, at Washington, District of Columbia, of such other equipment fiir ` the Postal Service as may be deemed expedient; for compensation I•b·¤· to labor employed in the e;);uipment shops at Washington, District _ of Columbia, $4,000,000;, romlded, That out of this appro riation £'§,";;',',,;,,, ,,,,,,1 the Postmaster General is authorized to use as much of the sum, {,*:§¤QgPh·**,¤;·;_P,§.; not exceeding $5,000, as may be deemed necessary for the purchase mmf of material and the manufactzue m the eqmpment shops of such small quantities of distinctive equipments as may be required by other executive departments; an for service in Alaska, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, or other island pomessions. For inland transportation by star routes (excepting service in ,,§§§[ ’°"'°*'°°SP°" Algska), including temporary service to newly established offices, $ ,000,000. ‘ For pay of rural carriers, substitutes for rural carriers on annual M"' °°"""‘ and sic leave, clerks in charge of rural stations, and tolls and ferriage, £t£grgl0ODOe)lgvery Service, and for the incidental expenses thereof, 7 Y ° For travel and miscellaneous ezgaenses in the Postal Service, office T'°°°1’°°°' of Fourth Assistant Postmaster eneral, $1,000. Sec. 2. That the Secreta.ry of War be, and he is hereby, authorized i*,,T,’ {‘§’°§°,§’,g, ,0, and em owered, at his discretion, and under such rules and regula- §*u{f1:d°;d°¤”“°“¤» tions aslhe may prescribe, to loan to any State of the Union, when so Am, p. iso. requested by the highway department of the State, such tractors p,,,,,,_1m_ as are retained and not distributed under the Act a proved March 15, 1920, for use in highway construction by the higgxway department P , H of such State; Provided, That all expenses for repairs and upkee of rxpmies by sms tractors so loaned and the expenses of loading and freight shallibe paid by the State, both in transfer to the State and the return to the Arm . Smit:. 3. That the joint commission authorized under section 6 of g&°3i°ai$Q°·f¤?§i$ii¤ié• the Act approved April 24, 1920, entitled "An Act makini ap ro- °°Ql£;,,_m_ priations or the service of the Post Office Department for the Hgcal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other pm·poses," is hereby continued until June 30, 1922, to complete the investigation and to prepare a detailed report containing a summary of its thereof, and such recommendations as to legislation as it may deem p,,,,,,,,_ proper; Provided, That the said commission shall not expend a E¤P¤¤¤¤¤“¤¤“¤d· greater sum than $150,000 during the fiscal year 1922. Ap mmmw mm Sec. 4. That if the revenues of the Post Office De artment shall the 'Freasury to mee: be insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this Act, a sum °°°°"“°’°s‘ equal to such deficiency of the revenue of said de artment is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the 'llreasury not otherwise a ropriated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Post (gfgice Department for the year ending June 30, 1922, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General. Approved, March 1, 1921.
