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 1106 r1FTY-sixTH concnnss. sms. 11. on. 851. 1901. V°‘·2“·¥’·832· third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, entitled "An Act to provide ` for ocean mail service between the United States and foreign ports, Cmks °“ Smmers- and to promote commerce: "And pw0m]ded_fitr¢h.e¢·, That hereafter the Eostmaster-General shaél be f&utherize<L to exgerédusuch sums as may e necessar r, not excee in t - ve thousand dollars, to cover onehalf of the izost of translnorlgationi; compensation, and expense of clerks to be employed in assortin and pouching mails in transit on steamships between the United §tates and other postal administrations in Y§}‘{_€{"““s *" New the International Postal Union, and not exceeding forty thousand dollars for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamships in New York Bay to the several steamship and railway piers, and between the steamship piers in New York City and Jersey City and the post-office and railroald statioiés, a%d for tran§ferringlthe foreign mail from incomin steams i s in an rancisco a to the iers. ei;§g£{§;¤L$§grie<;{¤€ fm- b§lancIds due foreign countriebs, one huliidred and fifty-five thousan dollars. P(Q{‘,§§§S,g_§8§,sE§§,?‘_ oFF1c1—: or THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL. S'·"“‘pS· For manufacture of adhesive postage and special—delivery stamps, two hundred and eighty-seven thousand dollars. For pay of agenthand asisgtants to distribute stamps, and expenses of a enc twelve thousand ollars. Fgr mislimfacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, six hundred and forty-eight thousand dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, twenty thousand dollars. P<>S¤¤l<>¤¤¤¤· Egpxérpaanufacture of postal cards, one hundred and sixty-five thousan dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute postal cards, and ex enses of agency, seven thousand eight hundred dollars. E¤~‘¤1¤1>€S- gor registered-packagle, gag, ofhézigl, and dead-letter envelopes, one hundred and twent *—ei t thousand ollars. snap, em., ieaers. For ship, steamlfoangand way letters, one thousand dollars. Indemnitg my mss For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of first-class °f"gmm mmm re istered matter, six thousand dollars. Carfm. em h%"or cgtillfafes for special-delivery messengers in urgent cases, ten thousand dollars. . m§S§e*;1g,*;=‘·d°liV°’>' For fees to special-delivery messengers (who may be postmasters, —feés miiiable for salaried emplo ees of post-ofiices, or other suitable persons) as pro- °m‘”°mpl°*’°"s‘ vided for in the Act of Congress approved March third, eighteen hundred and eighty-five, entitled "An Act making a propriations for the service of the Post-Oiiice Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, and for other pur- " poses," as extended and amended by the Acts of Congress approved August fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-six, January sixteenth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, and March first, eighteen hundred —¤¤¤¤¤¤*· and ninety-nine, six hun red and sixty-five thousand dollars. MiS¢°“=¤**><>¤$· For blanks, books, and printed matter of urgent and special character, including the Iilreparation, publication, and free distribution to the public of a pamp let containing general postal information, and fO1‘ metallic advertising signs, intaglio seals, and other miscellaneous items of immediate necessity for the registry system, twenty thousand dollars. For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. P£;>g1;*§€;}§g;;;g,{¤¢ omucn pr THE FoUnT11 ASSISTANT 1>osTMAsTEn-GENERAL. Mm d¢1¤€d¤¢i<>¤¤- For mail depredations and post-office inspectors, including salaries of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions at two thousand ve hundred dollars per annum without per diem, and fifteen inspectors at