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 438 F IFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1759. 1904. I“"’“’“°*°“· FOI' pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses of agency, nine thousand dollars. Stamped €¤V¤l¤P¢¤. For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, °t°` eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 1>l¤¤l·l¤¤¤<>¤· Tor pay of agents and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, liftcen thousand ollars. P<>¤¤¤ wm- For manufacture of posta cards, two hundred thousand dollars. ¤l*¤’">¤“°“· For pay of agents and assistants to distribute postal cards, and ex enses of agency, twelve thousand dollars. omclnl envelope. Igor registered—package, tag, oih cial, and dead—letter envelopes, two hundred and eleven thousand dollars. Shiv. ctc-. l·=¤¤¤- For ship, steamboat, and way letters, five hundred dollars. Indemnity lor lest For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of iirst—class ’°“'""°d ”““1‘ re istered matter, six thousand dollars. Blanks. cw- Tor blanks, books, and printed matter of urgent or special charac- - ter, including the preparation, publication, and free distribution to the public of a pamp let containingngcneral postal information, and for mtaglio seals, and other miscel ncous items of immediate necessity for the registry system, ten thousand dollars. 1¤¤<·¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¤- For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars: cxx The appropriation for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and four of ie? sum. _ twenty- ve thousand dollars for the employment of special counsel to °'· 32* V u"’· prosecute and defend suits affecting the second—class mailing privilege rs hereby reappro riated and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and Eve. ‘ POi·_;t¢¤¤>¤· Ssnuzxns or rosr-orrron msrncroas: For salaries of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; six inspectors, at two thousand four hundred dollars each; fifteen inspectors, at two- thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; lifteen inspectors, at two thousand dollars each; seventy inspectors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; sixty inspectors, at one thousand four hundred dollars each, and thirty-ive inspectors, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; in all, three hundred and fifty-three thousand six hundred and fifty dollars. Pal ¤l¤m· For per diem allowance of inspectors in the field while actually trav~ cling on oihcial business away from their home, their official domicile, nm.. and their headquarters, one hundred and ninety thousand dollars: Pro- Aiim.·.m.·». vided, That the Postmaster-General may, in his discretion, allow postoffice inspectors per diem while tem rarily located at any place on business away from home, or their dldgignated domicile, for a period not exceeding twenty consecutive days at any one place, and may make rules and regulations governing the foregoing provisions relating to umn. per diem: And prm·£¢fi·rZ_fiu·t/m-, That no per diern shall be paid to inspectors receiving annual salaries of two thousand dollars or more. Ml·<*·‘l*··¤··*···~<· l• or salaries of clerks and laborers at division headquarters, miscellaneous expenses at division headquarters, traveling expenses of inspectors without per diem, and of inspectors in charge, expenses incurred by field inspectors not covered by rdiem allowance, and traveling expenses of the Fourth Assistant Pldgtmaster-General and chief stl*rm·ixo. office inspector, eighty-five thousand dollars: Prcwided, That oixthe ,,3f*‘j}j;**"¤ '"'°”"**· amount herein appropriated not to exceed two thousand dollars may be 'expended, in the iscretion of the Postmaster-General, for the purpose of securing information concernin violations of the postal laws, and for services and information looking toward the apprehension of criminals. Rewunlmm. For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction of post-o ce burglars. robbers, and highway mail robbers, twenty-tive thousand dollars.