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 FIFTY·SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 613. · 1900. 257 to expend the funds he may allow them for such purposes without the written consent of the Postmaster-General. _ For advertising and ipurchase of newspapers containing official adver- AdV¤*¤¤i¤S- tisements contracted or under this appropriation at iirst and second class post-offices, twenty-two thousand iilvelhundred dollars. Y For rental or purchase of canceling machines and motors and power ch‘{g,;° cling m°· therefor, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars: Provided, That five Promo. per centum of the foregoing appropriations for the salary and allow- ,,§§§${$,{.‘.§§‘?g°“bl°°x` ance division of the First Assistant Postmaster—General’s bureau ma. · be available interchangeably for expenditures on the objects named}; but no one item of the appropriations shall thereby be increased more than five per centum. _ FREE-l)ELiVERY smzvrcez For pay of letter carriers in offices already {f,‘§§,,‘§‘g{{‘,Z§;§,_ established, and for substitute letter carriers,‘and for temporary carriers at summer resorts, holiday, election, and emergency service, fourteen million seven hundred and eighty-seven thousand and six hundred dollars. S ` For pay of letter carriers in new offices entitled to xfree-delivery -**1 new °¤*¤<=*· service under existing law, sixty thousand dollars: Provided, Thatlet- _£'mg eight hom ter carriers may be required to work as nearly as practicable- only aaayaac. eight hours on each working day, but not in any event exceedin forty- eight hours during the six working days of each week; and sui number of hours on Sunday, not exceeding eight, as may be required by the needs of the service; and if a legal ioliday shall occur on any working day, the service performed on said day, if less than eight hours, shall be counted as eight hours without regard to the time actually employed. _ _ d For horse-hire allowance, four hundred and seventy-five thousand H°“‘° *“’°· ollars. · d Bgor car fare and bicycle allowance, two hundred and thirty thousand cig" f“'°_ ““° bm" _ s ol ars. ‘ . For incidental expenses, including letter boxes, packlzkre boxes, tposts, Iucidenmsfurniture, satchels, straps, marine service at Detroit, ichigan, fteen mechanics, to be employed exclusively in erecting and painting letter boxes in cities containing post·offices of the first-class, where they are most needed, and expenses of assistant superintendents of free-delivery service, two hundred thousand dollars; in all, fifteen million seven _ hundred and fifty-two thousand six hundred dollars: Provided, That gggzaxlgeablg ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for free-delivery service may expeuainues. be available interchangeably for ex enditure on the objects named, _ but no one item of appropriation shall thereby be increased more than S ten per centum. · For experimental rural free delivery, including pay of carriers, horse- Rum free delivéfvhire allowance, supplies, and mechanical appliances, one million seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars. SUPPLY DIVISION: For stationery for postal service, fifty-five thou- §g£gg“;§;’iS*°¤- sand dollars. s " For wrapping twine, one hundred thousand dollars. TWi¤°· For wrappin paper, thirty thousand dollars. Wmpping Pup"- For letter begances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same, S°¤l°S»°*°- V $61% thousand dcglars. d - d t d k C l_ W, or ostmar in an ratin stam s, an re irs o same an in ’*“f’° mg- ° ·• and pad)s for stampging and cangeling gijurposes, tgilrty thousand dollars. Simp; M d gor packing boxes, sawdust, paste, and hardware, one thousand “° "g m' . o ars. For printing facing slips and cutting same, card slide labels, blanks,- P'“‘““g· alng books of an urgent nature for the postal service, twenty thousand o ars. - Blanks, blank books, printed matter, metal advertising signs, twine, B<>¤ks.<==w· VOL xxx!-——-17