368 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 286 -JUNE 30, 1949 [63 STAT. 6eotat.s81. the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a), in connection with rate hearings before the Interstate Commerce Commission. Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $1,490,000. Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $907,000. Office of the Solicitor, including services as authorized by section 15 60Stat.810. of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S . C . 55a), $302,600. Office of the Chief Inspector, $440,000. Office of the Purchasing Agent, $98,000. Bureau of Accounts, $556,000. CONTINGENT EXPENSES For necessary contingent and miscellaneous expenses not otherwise provided for; printing and binding for the departmental and field services; purchase and exchange of lawbooks and books of reference; newspapers; and not to exceed $10,500 for travel expenses of the purchasing agent and of the solicitor and personnel connected with those offices; $2,800,000. FIELD SERVICE OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL TRAVEL AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES Post, p.82 . For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the field service, offices of the Postmaster General and Assistant Postmasters General, $3,000. DAMAGE CLAIMS For payment of claims for damages, current and prior fiscal years, 62 Stat. 983; 48 Stat. pursuant to law (28 U. S. C. 2672; 31 U. S. C. 224c), $450,000. 1207. 28 U. S. C., Supp.II, 2672. Ante, pp. 62, 106; ADJUSTED LOSSES post, p . 982. For payments or credits to postmasters and to mail clerks and assist- ant mail clerks of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard, of amounts ascertained to have been lost or destroyed during the current or prior fiscal years through unavoidable casualty, as authorized by 22 Stat. 29. law (39 U.S.C. 49), $75,000. 39 U. S. C., Supp. II, § 49 note. 49notc. OFFICE OF TIlE CIIIEF INSPECTOR INSPECTORS For personal services of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions and eight hundred inspectors, $4,780,000. MISCELLANEOUS EXPENSES, INSPECTION SERVICE Post p.92. For necessary travel and miscellaneous expenses incurred in the operation of the inspection service, including not to exceed $27,600 for chemical and other investigations, $958,000. CLERKS. INSPECTION SERVICE For personal services of three hundred and eighty-nine clerks in the inspection service, $1,333,000. REWARDS For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction of post office burglars, robbers, highway mail robbers, and persons mail- ing or causing to be mailed any bomb, infernal machine, or mechanical, chemical, or other device or composition which may ignite, or explode,
�
