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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. on. 2513. 1907. 121 1 _ ing, and repairing letter and package boxes and posts, repairing clocks and other equipment, and for maps and miscellaneous items, forty-five thousand dollars. For car fare for special-delivery messengers in emergency cases, ten §‘,§$‘}§‘},““'°”· thousand dollars. ` For fees to special-delivery messengers, one million and seventy-five FM- thousand dollars. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of T""°‘· °‘°· the First Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. OFFICE or zum SECOND xssrsnirr rosmasma-omsnnan. ,§,,°f,‘j§,‘§e¢_g;§,;{;‘,'j‘ For inland transportation by star routes, includi tem rar service ’1‘¤¤¤wr¤¤¤¤- to newly established omces, seven million two huiidred iii:} fiii: thou- sm r°°°°° sand dollars: Promldcd, That no part of this appro riation shall be f,"Q'{,",j‘g'{;,,,,"d H expended for continuance of any star-route service Sie tronage of grved br rural dewhich shall be served entirely by the extension of rural—dI;livery serv- vm` ice, nor shall any of said sum be expended for the establishment of new star-route service for a trona e which is already entirely served by rural-deliver service:  That out of this appropriation ·““""°"‘°°· the Postmaster-(general is authorized to provide diliicult or emergency ` mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable without advertising therefor. For inland transportation by steamboat, or other power-boat routes, Swembw ¤>¤¤¤¤- eight hundred and twenty-nine thousand dollars. For mail—messenger service, one million three hundred and eighty M¤¤¤¤s•=r¤¤rvi¢=¤- thousand dollars. · . For the transmission of mail by (pneumatic tubes or other similar ,,,,"‘°"""“° ""’°'· devices, one million two hundred an fifty thousand dollars, and the www- Postmaster—General is hereby authorized to enter into contracts not exceeding, in the aggregate, one million three hundred and eighty- eight thousand seven hundred and fifty-nine dollars, under the pro- _ visions of the law, for a period not exceeding ten years: Provided, {],'{,,"',},°£,,,,,,,,,,,,_,,,& That said service shall not be extended in any cities other than those in which the service is now under contract under author;y of Congress, except the Borough of Brooklyn, of the City of ew York, and`the cities of Baltimore, Maryland; Cincinnati, Ohio; Kansas City, Missouri; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, and San Francisco, California. For regulation, screen, or other wagon service, one million two W¤s¤¤ ¤¤r•1c¤· hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars., For mail bags, cord fasteners, label cases, and labor and material M•“°**¤*·°*°· necessary for repairing epuipment, and for incidental expenses pertaining thereto, four hun re and rift}; thousand dollars. For mail locks and keys, chains, too *, and machinery, and labor and l·°*=l=¤»k*>’¤·¤*¤- material necessary for manufacturing and repxairing same, and incidental expenses pertaining thereto, forty-tive thousand dollars. For rent of suitable bui dings for the use of the Post-Oiiice De rt- R*P•**¤¤°P·°°°· ment, including the mail bag replair shop, lock regir shgp, andxishe _ division of supplies, thirty-two thousand dollars: amide, That the ,_%‘}',",g,_ Postmaster-General is authorized in his discretion to enter mto a contract for the rent of suitable buildings in the vicinity of the railroad tracks for the use of the Post-Oiiice Department for the period of ten ears. y For electric power and light, and the repair of machinery in said E°“**’“‘°'“· buildings, five thousand dollars. _ _ For moving supplies, furniture,_and machinery, and for the installa- "°“”“°"’l‘°“*°‘°‘ tion of the same, three thousand dollars. And the sums appropriated in the last three paragraphs shall be available when said buildings are ready for occupancy.