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 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 446. —1898. 443 lars may be used to pay necessary traveling expenses of chief clerks and railway postal clerks traveling on duty under order of the Postmaster-General.` For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars, three E1¢·>¢ri<= ¤¤d cable hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That the rate of compensation °°i=~$Zii$°' to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now paid to companies c0f1’{;jl*jj_j° mms *0 performing said service. ` For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from New York Speck! f¤¤i¤¤<—¤- and Washington, to Atlanta and p New Orleans, one hundred and seventy-one thousand two hundred and thirtyeight dollars and seventy- five cents: Provided, That no part of the appropriation made by this Prvviwqt paragraph shall be expended unless the Postmaster-General shall deem °°"°‘"°“‘ such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service. ·- For continuing necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Kansas City, Missouri, to Newton, Kansas, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended unless the Postmaster-General shall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service. All railway companies carrying mail may furnish iree transportation t Ff¤¤k¢r¤¤¤wr¤¤*i¤¤ on the line of their respective roads to railway mail clerks. . · °° °' °` For miscellaneous items, including railway guides, city directories, M**°“““°°““· and other books and periodicals necessary in connection with mail transportation, one thousand dollars, ` For transportation of foreign mails, one million eight hundred and F·>¤>ig¤ ¤=¤il¤· fifty thousand dollars, including additional compensation to the Oceanic C 0·=¤¤¤i¤ S¢¤=¤¤¤¤¤ir Steamship Company for transporting the mails by its steamers sailing °”“p°"‘ . from San Francisco to New Zealand `and New South Wales 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 f{:§j“’· the sum paid the said Oceanic Steamship Company shall not exceed two dollars per mile, as authorized by Act of March third, eighteen hun- VOL ?•i·P·832· dred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act to provide for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, and to promote commerce:"And provided jvrther, That hereafter the Postmaster-General C*°’k° °“ *°°°*'*°’°· ` shall be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding fifty-tive 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 forty thousand dollars for transferring Transfers nt N sw the foreign mail from incoming steamships in New York Bay to the Y'"' several steamship and railway piers, and between the steamship piers in New York City and Jersey City and the postoflice and raih·oad stations. For balances due foreign countries, one hundred and forty-two thou- c0f1’jA;;*_j¤°°d¤°’°*°‘¤¤ sand dollars. ‘ ` orrrcn or rim rnmn Assrsrlmr Posrmssrnn-enmmnn. P0f@s,e*;gi,Q1;Qg;}° For manufacture of adhesive postage and special-delivery stamps, S¤¤¤¥>¤- one hundred and seventy-eight thousand dollars: Provided, That after §~wi·*·¤·· X I the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the use nmigiipixahigi ii; of newspaper and periodical stamps may be discontinued; and all post- °°“"““°‘*·°‘"· age on secondclass matter mailed shall be collected and accounted for under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe: And c,£fP;“Fl“t::‘;f,Q°’:}' provided further, That this shall in no manner be construed so as to mma. repeal the present law requiring prepayment of postage upon second· V°L 2°·*’·°’5°· _ class mail matter: And provided further, That hereafter the Vice- $`,Q‘{‘£§§n§’§,§j}Q§§· President, Members and Members—elect of and Delegates and Delegates- respondents meta. elect to Congress shall have the privilege of sending free through the °"g-,,,_,8_,_,m mails, and under their frank, any mail matter to any Government