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 I•`IFTY·S1XTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 613. 1900; 261 diem, and for salaries of post-office inspectors and clerks; and for per diem allowance of inspectors in the iield while actually travelin on a · business for the Department,. five hundred and fifty thousand dolhirsz A -  That the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, allow {,’;$'§§gf;,,°,nspec,_ post-office inspectors per diem while temporarily located at any place <>¤·¤· ‘ on duty away from home, or their designated domicile, for a period not exceeding twenty consecutive days at any one place, an may make rules and regulations governing- the foregoing provisions relating to per diem: And promded fin·t}m·, That of the amount herein c,,§°°¤*'*¤8 ¢*’id¤¤¢¢· appropriated, not to exceed two thousand dollars may be expended, ' in the discretion of the Postmaster—General,. for the purpose of securing information concerninilviolations of the postal laws, and for services and infomation loo 'ng toward the apprehension of criminals. W For gayment of rewards for the detection, arrest, andconviction of .R¤w¤¤1¤· post-o G8,_bIl1‘g’lB1'S, robbers, and highway mail robbers, twenty-five _ thousand dollars. ” · A · A Formiscellaneous items, one thousand dollars. ·  m¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤w·~ Sad. 2. Thatthe approplriations herein made for the officers, clerks, v8·},g_gggr}¤_;i;g¤¤¤¤¤~ and persons employe in thepostal service shall not be available for the mee emp1¤y€$£°“f compensation o gmy1p1ersons gipsrmanently incapacitated for performing such service; = e estabi hment of a civil pension roll oran civil pension wu, honorable service roll,_or the exemption of any of the officers, clerks, m’ ‘°'°m°°“· and ipersons in the  service from the existing laws respecting cmg) oyment in such service, is hereby prohibited. ‘ a sc. 3. That if the revenues of the ost—Oil`ice Degzrtment shall be ,,,,’,§§{§{,’g,§:“§,¤ {gy; insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this ct, a sum equal ¤¤¤¤. to such deficiency of · e revenues of said Depizmrtgent is hereby _ appropriated, tobe paid out of any money in the ury not otherwise gpproagiated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Post- cc epartment for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one. r g Sec. 4. That the commission to investigate the question whether or mggggrmivual cemnot excessive prices are said to the railroad companies for the trans- ew., m¤u¤ii¤l$1idg°i°' portation of t be mails an as compensation for postal-car service, and ~ all sources of revenue and all expenditures of the (postal service, and rates of postage upon all postal matter, authorize by section live of. the Act making apfpropriations for the service of the Post-Oliice V°*-”°·PP·4·*5»966· De artment for the sca year cndini June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and) ninety-nine, approved June t irteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eig t, and bg section four of the Act making appropriations for the service of the Post-Omce Deipartment for the fiscal year end- _ ing June thirtieth, nineteen hundre, approved March first, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, be,`and it is hereby, continued with all the twers and duties given by said Acts, and with directions to report to Kerm- &ngress on or be A re January first, ninetecnihundred and one, and m§;°,$e§,*ggg*gy;{1cg* - that the unexgended balance o the sums appropriated is hereby reap- ` ropriated an made available for the expenses of said commission: gimmfded, lmwever, That one thousand copies of all testimony hitherto gow-, t t taken by said commission shall be at once printed, and that one thou- 0ms¥s$s;?¤i¤€§a{m°“’ sand copies of all testimonfy hereafter taken shall also be printedfrom time to time for the use o Congress, of which eight hundred capies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives, and two hun red copies for the use of the Senate; and the necessary amount therefor is ereby appropriated. Approved, June 2, 1900.