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 .260 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 613. 1900. service between the United Statesand foreign ports, and to promote commerce:"And provided further, That hereafter the Postmaster- Y§““*°” “‘ N°"" General shall be authorized to expend such sums as  be necessary. T not exceeding fifty-Eve thousand dollars, to cover one- alf of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expense of clerks to be employed ‘ -in· asserting and pouching mails in transit on_ steamships between the }’I11tBflUSmh6S‘&D&l‘ other. posltal gdminmltrationds (inuthe gnternatnpnal esta nion· an not excee 'ng orty thousand V dollars or trans erglng the fcireign r n¥il frogln inltioming steamsléigs in N ewgork Bayhto e severa steams i an ra` way piers an etween the steams i Sm Fmciw; piers in ljlew York gity and Jersey City andthe post-office and raig ‘ _1‘€;·d S§{·t10i}S,§;1dB£$:` lt;I'&HS%I`lIl{;1g't;l1B` foreign mail from incoming s ams _1 s in n c ncisco ay o e p1ers. _ .§.?E}‘§,$‘€,i§§‘° f°" For‘bal)ances due foreign countries, one hundred and forty-five then- sand dollars. ,,0'§{‘,§§S,;$,§,§,*;§§,?‘ orrrcn or run rnmn Assrsmnr rosrmasrnn-cnnnmn. SWF- _ For manufacture of adhesive postage and special·delivery stamps, §)§,,°Z$”‘dsuve,y two hundredand twenty-three thousand dollars: Premided, That out ¥e;*;ggj,§¤tlg;*eg¤g§'gjS*;{ of the revenue arising from special-delivery business the Postmasterensspeswmeee s General may allow expenditures by postmasters at first-class postoflices under regulations to be established by him, for car fare for spet<§al·deliyery messengers in irpergent cases wehlere ipimediate delivcizry ·. in e usua was is  ractica e not to exce in e ag regatei cr ’Ef_°*;$¤§€°g*él§]f,“;gb;$ all offices, ten thousand dollars a,vear: And  furt§er, That at nm and second class first and second class post·offices the Postmaster—Genera1 may establish °m°"" ’“l°°‘ rules under which special deliverymay be effected by any salaried · clerk or employee thereof, and the awful special-delivery fees allowed ` therefor, the sameas is now done at third-class offices, in cases where D b H { suih delivery can not if made by reguggr n{)essengers.. d » ism “ °° ° `or-pay o a ent an assistants totri ute stamps an expenses umm, of lagency, gvefve th<}usand dgglars. I d ’ Stamped ¤¤V•=1¤P¢¤¤ or man acture o stam enve opes an newspaper wrappers, six ~ hundred and threethousandldollars. r ‘ ··<*i¤¤’ib¤*i°¤· For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and inewspa r wrappers and expenses of agency, seventeen thousand eight · hundredxdollars. ’ . P°¤’°‘ mde For manufacture of postal cards, one hundred and fifty-eight thoun. _ .. A sa d dollars g -di¤¤’¤>¤¤°¤· For pay of agent and assistants to distribute dpostal cards, and expenses of agezxécy, Saxgll thousaipid eight giuéiedtrpd ollars. I E¤v¢*¤l>¢¤~ “ or register - _ e, taglho cia ,“ an - etter enve opes, one ‘ hundred and ‘one tmisand do rs. · · S"*P·‘#*°·•l9""°”·, For ship, Steamboat, and way letters, one thousand dollars. °fI¤d¢m¤ir;'{11{g;tgg¤¤ For pgiment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of first—class . _ Vol.29,p.599.%egister tmattier, as préplvidedltgor lin téhezd Act (pf _(Jotpgress appigozieg ‘ ‘ e mary wen y-seven _, 01_en un r an nine y-seven en 1 e "An Act toamend the postal laws providinglwted indemnity for loss Mi up of §egistered1$ail’matter,” Eix igioucpranéiéltil rs. ‘ ¤°° P°°“¤· · or misce neous items, ve X un e dollars. P0¥•;gg]¥ag*g£g_g,;{l;gg,§° G orsrcn or-rms ronnrn Assrsrnrrr POS'1‘MASTER—GENERAL. mn aepredsnons. For mail depredations and lpost-office inspectors, including salaries of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions at two thousand live. hundred glpllars ger anpnmdrw(§tho:11tHpter ddieiem, and fifteen inspectors ag two ousan two un e an y dollars per annum wi _ out per iem and fifteen inspectors at two thousand dollars per annum without psf