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 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. OH. 386. 1896. 3 l 5 For inland transportation by steamboat routes, four hundred thou- S*°*¤*‘*°** *°°***¤· sand dollars. For mail-messenger service, one million one hundred and thirty thou- M•>¤¤·=¤z¤rwvi<=·=- sand dollars. And the Postmaster—General may, in his discretion, use not exceeding the sum of thirty-tive thousand dollars of this amount in _ the transportation of mail by pneumatic tube or other similar devices. ,,t§"°"""‘"" °‘""’°· Regulation, screen or other wagon service, six hundred and seventy mW·¤¤¤· M-- M"- thousand dollars. ` For mail bags and mail-bag catchers, cord fasteners, label cases. and ****5*-°**'°‘*°"*·°‘°· tor labor and material necessary for repairing equipment, three hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. For mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and for labor I-¤¤k•. km. M and material necessary for repairing same, forty-five thousand dollars. For the purpose of enabling the Postmaster·General to rent a build- R°P“*' °'*°P- ing for a mail-bag repair shop and lock-repair shop, and for fuel, gas, watclnnen and charwoman, oil, and repair of machinery for same, eight thousand five hundred dollars. For inland transportation by railroad routes, of which a sum not R*“’°****°¤**=¤- exceeding thirty thousand dollars may be employed to pay freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, and stamped paper, and other supplies from the manufactories to the postoiices and depots of distribution, twenty-eight million dollars. For railway post-oflice car service, three million four hundred thou- P·>¤*··>¤i¤¤ cmsand dollars. For railway post-oince clerks, seven million seven hundred and thirty- R¤“*¤¥¤=¤H¤l¤*k¤· nine thousand dollars, of which sum not to exceed ilfteen thousand dollars may be used to pay necessary traveling expenses of chief clerks and giilwag postal clerks traveling on duty under order of the Postmasterenera. For transportation of mail by electric and cable cars on routes not nature me cable excfeding twenty miles in length, one hundred and fifty thousand °’$’ “°"*°°· dollars. For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Boston, Mas- spam facilities. sachusetts, by way of New York and Washington, to Atlanta and New Orleans, one hundred and ninety-six thousand six hundred and four teen dollars and twenty-two cents: Provided, That no part of the appropriation made by this paragraph shall be expended unless the °”""`°"' Postmaster-General hall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service. All railway companies car- t *`{·**k¢r¤¤¤p¤¤¤ti¤¤ rying mail may furnish free transportation on the line of their respective ° ° °r ”' roads to railway mail clerks. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. m"°°"""°°"'· For transportation of foreign mails, one million seven hundred and F¤·¤*¤¤· Milnfifty thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafterthe Postmaster- P{<>·>i·<>- General shall be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, C "'k“ °" ”°°“'“"°' not exceeding fifty-five thousand dollars, to cover one—half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expense of clerks to be employed in asserting and pouching mails in transit on steamships between the United States and other postal administrations in the International Postal Union; and not exceeding ten thousand dollars for transferring YT;¤¤¤f¤r at New the foreign mail between the steamship piers in New York City and °” ' Jersey City and the post-office and railroad stations. For additional compensation to the Oceanic Steamship Company for c0·=¤=·=i¢ Sw•¤¤¤hir transporting the mails by its steamers sailing from San Francisco to `igilgiriii mails. New Zealand a11d New South \Vales by way of Honolulu, all mails made up in the United States destined for the Hawaiian Islands, the Australian Colonies, New Caledonia, and the islands in the Pacific _ Ocean, eighty thousand dollars: Provided, That said additional sum f£*°- with the sum now paid shall not exceed two dollars per mile, as author- ` ized by Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled V<»l.26.p.8c2. “An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce? d Sor balance due foreign countries, one hundred and twenty thousand cuggée ¤¤¤ f<>reiz¤> o ars.