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 FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 3546. 1906. 475 ment for closed-pouch service at a rate per mile not to exceed onethird above the rate per mile now paid for closed—pouch service; and for mail cars and apartments carrying the mails, not to exceed the rate of one cent per linear foot per car mile of travel: Provided further, Outside ofcities. That the rates for electric-car service on routes over twenty miles in length outside of cities shall not exceed the rates paid for service on steam railroads: Provided, however, That one hundred and seventy- gljlffgfggogfid cm two thousand six hundred dollars of the sum in this item appropriated ` is hereby made available for the purpose of covering the cost of mail ‘ service by underground electric cars in the city Chicago, Illinois, now unger contract. d I f I S I f I or necessar an s cia aci ities on trunk lines from Washin ton P*?°i“ °°i“i°*‘·· to Atlanta ant; New Uirleans, one hundred and forty-two thougand tvriasslildéliirgiildilixwizé seven hundred and twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents: Pro- &g'g'f§bn_ vided, That the Postmaster—General shall not be authorized to use the money hereby appropriated, or any part thereof, unless it be necessary in order to provide the same or as good a service as is now provided. _ ‘ For continuing necessary and special facilities on trunk lines from N§,?,'j,’§.§‘*]§’,}@_M°·· “’ Kansas City, Missouri, to Newton, Kansas, twenty-tive thousand dol- i lars, or so much thereof as may be necessary: Provided, That no part f,°[,Q,'§§{_’,0,,_ of this appropriation shall be expended unless the Postmaster-General shall deem such expenditure necessary in order to promote the interest of the postal service. For transportation of foreign mails, three million dollars: Provided, That hereafter the Postmaster-General shall be authorized to expend slglerks on stumsuch sums as may be necessary, not exceeding one hundred and five ” thousand dollars, to cover one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expense of clerks to be employed in assorting and pouching mails in transit on stcamships between the United States and other postal administrations in the International Postal Union, and not exceeding forty thousand dollars for transferring the foreign YQ? ¤3¤=S?r¤F1j:: mail from incoming steamshi in New York Bay to the steamship and cages, °`° u ` railway piers, and for transfldiring the foreign mail from incoming steamships in San Francisco Bay to the piers. _ For assistant sngperintendent, division of foreign mails, with head- ,;§‘§§§f"* ““’°““‘ quarters in New ork, New York, two thousand five hundred dollars. For balances due foreign countries, one hundred and fifty-three e,;":;f,§ §,f‘° ‘°" thousand dollars. For travel and miscellaneous e nses in the postal service, office of "’°"°‘· °°°· the Second Assistant l’ostmaster2e€ineral, one thousand dollars: Pro- f,“,'§'€jQ{g,,,€,, em vided, That a sum not exceeding three hundred dollars may be used ` for the purchase of railway gui es, city directories, and other books and periodicals necessary in connection with mail transportation. orricn or mn THIRD Assxsnnr POSPMASTEB-GENERAL. m*LQ{;§ggj§g*,g$f *°°"‘ , For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, special-delive stamps, SMF- and books of stamps, five hundred an fifty thousand dollars: lPro»uided, Qgtvdmchon on gw_ That no contract for the manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, mms · special—delivery stamps, or books of stamps shall be made by the Government with any Department or Bureau of the Government below the cost of such work to the Government. For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, €,§f°”‘P°" °“"°*°P°‘* one million seventy-tive thousand dollars. _ For pay of agents and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes and D““'“’“‘*°"· newspa r wrappers, and expenses of agency, twenty thousand two hundrede dollars. For manufacture of postal cards, two hundred and fifty thousand P°“°“"°"°“· dollars.