SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SESS . I. CH. 126 . 1928 .
187 Depar tmen t bu reaus and offices. For personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance Allotments for per- with the Classification Act of 1923, in bureaus and offices of s o Vo l . 42, p . 14 88 . the Post Office Department in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively Office of the First Assistant Postmaster General, $430,420 . Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, $294,250 . Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $710,010 . Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $407,530 . Office of the Solicitor for the Post Office Department, $61 .560. Office of the Chief of Inspector, $166,090 . Office of the Purchasing Agent, $35,210 . Bureau of Accounts, $40,170 . CONTINGENT EXPENSES, POST Orr1CE DEPARTMENT
Depar tmen t co ntin- gent expenses . For stationery and blank books, index and guide cards, folders, stationery, etc ° and binding devices, including purchase of free penalty envelopes, $22,000. For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, ice, and power plant . Heating, lighting, etc. including repairs to elevators, purchase and exchange of tools and electrica l supplie s, and re moval of ashes, $5 3,000 . For teleg raphin g, $6, 500 .
Telegraphing . For misc ella neous item s, i nclud ing p urch ase, excha nge, main te- Miscellaneous . nance, and repair of typewriters, adding machines, and other labor- saving devices ; not to exceed $7,500 for purchase, exchange, hire, and maintenance of motor trucks and motor-dr iven passenger- carrying vehicles ; street-car fares not exceeding $540 ; plumbing ; vehicles . repairs to department buildings ; floor coverings ; postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad, which is not exempt under article 43 Vol. 44, p . 2243 . of the Stockholm convention of the Universal Postal Union ; $58,500, of which $4,500 shall be available immediately ; and of such sum of $58,500, not exceeding $14,500 may be expended for telephone service, not exceeding $1,800 may be expended for purchase and exchange of la w book s, boo ks of refere nce, r ailway guides , city direc tories , and books necessary to conduct the business of the department, and not exceeding $2 .000 may be expended for expenses, except membership fees, o f atte ndance at me etings or co nventio ns con cerned with postal Attendance at meet- affairs, when incurred on the written authority of the Postmaster ings, etc . General, and not exceeding $800 may be expended for expenses of the purchasing agent and of the solicitor and attorneys connected with his office while traveling on business of the department . For furniture and filing cabinets, $8,000 .
Furniture . For printing and binding for the Post Office Department, includ- in Printing and bind- ing all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $1,150,000 . Fo r rei mbur semen t of the G over nment Prin ting Offi ce or Capi tol heating, Reimbursement Washing- Power r Plant for the cost of furnishing steam for heating and electric ton, city Post Office current for lighting and power to the Post Office Department Build- Building . ing at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street, District of Columbia, $47,000 . Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Field service appro- priations not to be used Post Office Department, except as otherwise provided, shall not be for the Department . expe nded for any of the pur pose s he rein bef ore prov ided for on account of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia : Provided, That the actual and necessary expenses of officials and Proviso . employees of the Post Office Department and Postal Service, when Payment of travelin g 7
ex pensesofofficialsfrom traveling on offic ial busin ess, may continue to be pai d from th e appro- se rvice appro priat ionso priations for the service in connection with which the travel is per- 54835'-29--PT 1-1G SALARIES IN BUREAUS AND OFFIC ES
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