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 l FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 851. 1901. 1103 the first, second, and third classes at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly, for a term not exceeding ten years. · For necessary miscellaneous and inci ental items directly connected M’“°“““°°“~*· withiirst and second class post-offices, including furniture, cleaning, and all other matters not s ecifically provided for in other appropriations, two hundred and lift thousand dollars: Provided, That the §;‘;,’{§‘jj’d,mm Wim Postmaster-General, in his discretion, under such regulations as he outwrirveu consent. shall prescribe, may authorize an of the postmasters of said offices to expend the funds he ma allow them for such purposes without the written consent of the lgostmaster-General. 1 For advertising and purchase of newspapers containing official AdV€¤i¤i¤g- advertisements contracted for under this appropriation at first and second class post—oiHces, twenty-tive thousand dollars. For rental or purchase of canceling machines and motors, and power therefor, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars: ` Provided, That five per centum of the foregoing appropriations for glrgvisgi bl the salary and allowance division of the First Assistant Postmaster- expsiii1i¤ui·§fg°° ° General’s Bureau may be·avai1able interchan eably for expenditures on the objects named, but no one item of tie appropriations shall thereby be increased more than live per centum. For compensation to five assistant superintendents salary and allow- ,€·;·g§;{§¤;a,;;*‘P°;{1¤é ance division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per annum; and for allowance division. per diem allowance for same when actually traveling on business of the ost-Oiiice Department, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster-Gem eral, not to exceed four dollars per day, seventeen thousand three hundred dollars. Fnnn-nnmvnnx snnvrcnz For pay of letter carriersin offices already Eggegggjggé established, and for substitute letter carriers, and for temporary car- ` riers at summer resorts, holiday, election, and emergency service, sixteen million eighty thousand and nine hundred dollars. For pay of letter carriers in new offices entitled to free-delivery ·¤€‘*'°m¤€S· service under existing law, seventy-Eve thousand dollars. For horse-hire allowance, five hundred and ten thousand dollars. H¤¤‘¤•> hire. ew- For car fare and bicycle allowance, two hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. For incidental expenses, including letter boxes, package boxes, posts, I¤cid°¤*¤l5- furniture, satchels, straps, marine service at Detroit, Michigan, fifteen mechanics, to be employed exclusively in erecting and painting letter boxes in cities containing post-oliices of the first-class, where they are most needed, and the per diem allowance and other necessary official expenses of assistant superintendents of free-delivery service, two hundred and twenty thousand dollars; in all, seventqen million one hundred and forty thousand and nine hundred dollars: Provided, gygggian ab, That ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for free—delivery serv- expendituresge ° ice may be available interchangeably for expenditure on the objects named, but no one item of appropriation shall thereby be increased more than ten per centum. . · For experimental rural free delivery, including pay of carriers, Ruralfree delivery. horse-hire allowance, su lies, and mechanical appliances, three million five hundred thousand cihlllars. SUPPLY DIVISION: For stationery for postal service, seventy thou- gy&r;p1>· di)·i¤i<>¤· sand dollars. y mm' For wra ing twine, or tying devices, one hundred and sixty-five TWi¤¢· thousand dbqlars. For wrapping paper, thirty thousand dollars. P"l’*"‘ For letter ba ances, scales and test weights, and repairs to same, S°“1'”·"‘°· twelve thousand five hundred dollars. For postmarking and rating stamps, and repairs to same, and ink and €u§°¤mPS» °**¤°€“¤8’S» pads for stamping and canceling purposes, thirty-seven thousand five ` undred dollars.