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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . ` SESS . I. CH. 853. 1928. Travel, etc . Proviso . Chemical investiga- tions . Fi rst A ssist ant P ost- master General . Postmasters . Second Assista nt

OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Postmaster General . Railwa y Mail Serv- Railway Mail Service : For travel allowance to railway postal ice . Travel allowance °

clerks and substitute railway postal clerks, fiscal year 1928, $50,000 . Foreign mails. Forein mail transportation : For an additional amount for trans- por tation' of fo reign mails b y steamship, aircraft, or otherwise, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act mak- ing appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal Aircraft aft allowance . year 1929, $1,750,000, which may be expended for carrying foreign mail by aircraft in addition to the sum of $300,000 provided for Tr ans port ati on of this purpose in such Act . forei gn mails under Foreign mail transportation : For an additional amount for trans- Merchant Marine Act . Ante, p . 689. portation of foreign mails by steamship, aircraft, or otherwise made neces sary to carry out the provi sions of the Merchant Mari ne Act, 1928, including th e same objects specified un der this head in the act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1929, $7,500,000 . Fourth Assistant Postmaster General . Se rv- ice . Rural Delivery Sore- Rural Delivery Service : For an additional amount for the fiscal Vol . 43, p.89. year 1925 for the Rural Delivery Service, including the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1925, $753 .15. Star routes . Transfer for, from

Not to. exceed $150,000 of the appropriation for railroad trans- rail road a nd mes senge r portation and mail-messenger service fiscal year 1928, shall be tran sport atio n for 19 28 . available for transfer to the appropriation for star-route service, fiscal year 1928 . Department of State . Secretary's Office . Damag es clai ms . Vol, 42, p . 1066. Passport fees . Refund of erroneous- ly charged, etc. Vol.41,p.750. of the Postmaster General, for the purpose of securing information concerning violations of the postal laws and for services and infor- mation looking toward the a pprehension of criminals . Post-office inspectors, traveling expenses : For an additional amount for the fiscal year 1929 for traveling expenses of inspectors, includ- ing the same objects specified under this head in the Act making appropriations for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1929, $25,000 : Provided, That the Postmaster General may transfer to the Department of Agriculture such amounts as may be necessary for chemical investigations . OFFICE OF TH FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL For compensation to postmasters, fiscal year 1923, $100 . OFFICE OF FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL D EPA RTM ENT OF STATE OFFICE OF THE SECRE TARY Damage claims : To pay a claim for damages to or loss of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Department of State, under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a met hod for the s ettlement of c laims arising against the Govern- ment of the United S tates in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in Senate Document Numbered 124, Seventieth Congress, $77 . Refund of passport fees erroneously charged and paid : For the refund of fees erroneously charged and paid for the issue of pass- ports to persons who are exempted from the payment of such fee by section 1 of the Act making appropriations for the Diplomatic an d Cons ular S ervice for the fi scal y ear e nding June 30, 1921 , approved June 4, 1920, fiscal years 1928 and 1929, $200 .