SOTr C'ONG., 1 ST SESS.-CH. 49--AY 1, 1947 BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS PAY AND SUBSISTENCE OF NAVAL PERSONNEL During the fiscal year 1947 the limitations applicable to rates for Navy rations shall be those prescribed by the Secretary of the Navy in accordance with section 17 (a) of the Act of August 2, 1946 (Public Law 604), other rates fixed under this head in the Naval Appropria- tion Act, 1947, to the contrary notwithstanding. POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT (Out of the Postal Revenues) For additional amounts for appropriations of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1947, as follows: POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Salaries, Office of the Solicitor for the Post Office Department, $10,000. FIELD SERVICE, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Compensation to postmasters, $1,518,100. Clerks, first- and second-class post offices, $11,124,600. Clerks, third-class post offices, $46,000. Carfare and bicycle allowance, $375,500. Rural Delivery Service, $3,832,100. OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Foreign mail transportation: Not to exceed $17,000 of the appro- priation "Foreign mail transportation", fiscal year 1947, is hereby made available for expenses of delegates designated from the Post Office Department by the Postmaster General to the Twelfth Congress of the Universal Postal Union, to be expended in the discretion of the Postmaster General and accounted for on his certificate, which certifi- cate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended, which amount shall be available until Sep- tember 30,1947. Foreign air-mail transportation, $1,000,000. OFFICE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Manufacture and distribution of stamps and stamped paper, $1,769,400. OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Post Office stationery, equipment, and supplies, $600,000. For an additional amount for equipment shops, Washington, District of Columbia, including the same objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1947, $300,000: Provided, That the limitation on the amount that may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia is increased from $869,500 to $932,800: Provided further, That this limitation is exclusive of the amount required to meet increased pay costs provided for in Public Law 25 of the Eightieth Congress. 60 Stat. 855. 34 U.S . C. §901a. 60 Stat. 486. 60 Stat. 580. 60 Stat. 581, 582. Post, p . 112. 60 Stat. 583 . Post, pp. 112, 700. Post, p. 186 . 60 Stat. 583 . 60 Stat. 583. 60 Stat. 584. Personal services. Ante, p. 29. 61 STAT.] 69
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