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 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. Il. Ch. 851. 1901. 1].05 intendents, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; twenty-two assistant superintendents, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; ninety-five chief clerks, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; twelve hundred and fifty-one clerks, class five, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two clerks of class four, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; three thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine clerks, class three, at one thousand dollars each; two thousand and ninety-eight clerks, class two, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each; ve hundred and fifty-nine clerks, class one, at not exceeding eight hundred dollars each. For substitutes for clerks on vacation, fifty thousand dollars: Pro- c,§rl;;>g;ll¤lljc nfcr vided, That the Postmaster-General may allow railway postal clerks pravapdmca IO ` whose duties require them to work six days or more per week, fifty- V“°*"‘°“ “"°W"’d· two weeks per year, an annual vacation of fifteen days, with pay. For acting clerks in place of clerks injured while on duty, thirty-five m9llg;g¤c,_;g;¤s lcr thousand dollars. J ` For actual and necessary expenses of General Superintendent, Assist- Trcvcllcs cxcccscsant General Superintendent, chief clerk office General Superintendent, " division superintendents, assistant division superintendents, chief clerks, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on business of the Department and away from their several designated headquarters, twenty-six thousand dollars. For rent, light, fuel, telegraph, and miscellaneous office expenses, R€““·“gh°·&¤d’“°l· schedules of mail trains, telephone service, typewriting machines, and badges for railway postal clerks, forty thousand dollars. For per diem allowance of assistant superintendents, thirty thousand Supggigggllgipgsélsmnl dollars: Provided, That assistant su erintendents may receive a per iiwqae. “_ diem allowance in lieu of actual and) necessary traveling expenses at §§,,}}§,,‘§_°f “‘“'°1‘“g the rate of four dollars per day while actually traveling on business of · the Department away from their several designated headquarters. _In all, for railway mail service, ten million three hundred and Am°“”°· seventy-four thousand seven hundred dollars. And the appointment and assignment of clerks hereunder shall be so made during the fiscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate expenditure than this sum. For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable' cars, four Elccrrlc cud ccclc hundred thousand `dollars: Provided, That the rate of compensation migighxg to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now paid to companies ‘1“““P°’ '““°· performing said service. -_ _ _ _ For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from New York Sl"*°‘*‘l “i°‘1’“‘*$· and Washin ton to Atlanta and New Orleans, one hundred and seventy- one thousang two hundred and thirty-eight dollars and seventy-fivecents: Provided, That no part of the a propriation made by this paragraph shall be expended unless the Fostmaster-General shall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the C postal service. For continuing necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from Kansas City, Missouri, to Newton, Kansas, twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That no part _§lg;§I$,>£ O, POS ,_ of this appropriation shall be expended unless the Postmaster-General master-csnemi. shall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service. ‘ For miscellaneous items, including railway guides, city directories, M‘S°€“““€°“S- and other books and periodicals necessary in connection- with mail transportation, one thousand dollars. · For transportation of foreign mails, two million five hundred and ggggg gggfmshi forty-nine thousand dollars, including additional compensation to the company. p Oceanic Steamship Company for transporting the mails by its steamers sailing from San `rancisco to Tahiti; all mails made up in the United States destined for the island of Tahiti, forty-tive thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum paid the said Oceanic Steamship Com any _§;*;j8*§, mi, shall not exceed one dollar per mile, as authorized by Act of hfarch P e` von xxx1——70 ·