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 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 232. 1909. 667 one thousand six hundred dollars each; one thousand four hundred and eleven clerks, class five, at not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars each; five hundred and eighty-three clerks, class live, at not exceeding! one thousand four hundred dollars each; two thousand six hun ed and fifty-seven clerks, class four, at not exceeding one thousand three hundred dollars each; two thousand and fifty-six clerks, class four, at not exceedin one thousand two hundre dollars each; six thousand one hundred and sixty-eight clerks, class three, at not exceeding`. one thousand one hundred dollars each; two thousand six hun ed clerks, class two, at not exceeding one thousand dollars each; six hundred clerks, class one, at not exceedingnine hundred dollars each; six hundred clerks, class one, at not exceeding eight hundred dollars each; in all, nineteen million four hundred and sixty-five thousand three hundred dollars: _ Promded, That the Postmaster—General may hereafter, in his dis- §’§'f‘f§;,.,,_ cretion, under such regialations as he may rovide, allow a clerk ‘who is sick leave of a nce with pay, his riiities to be performed without exlpense to the Government during the period for which he ` is ggnted eave, not exceeding thirty days in any fiscal year. d the a pointment and assignment of clerks hereunder shall m·},¤P°*¤*=¤¤¤¤ ¤*¤- be so made diiring the fiscal year as not to involve a greater aggre- ' gate expenditure than this sum. For· temporary clerk hire in classes one and two for emergency E¤°¤‘8¤¤¢¥ ¤¤¤!¤¢· service, fifty-five thousand dollars. ‘ For substitutes for clerks on vacation, sixt —five thousand dollars: $¤¤¤¤¢¤¤¢¤- Provided, That the Postmaster—General may lxereafter allow railway Mmm. postal clerks whose duties require them to work six days or more per A'"'"'" "°‘"°“‘ weelk, fifty-two weeks per year, an annual vacation of fifteen days wit a . ‘ For? alzting clerks, in place of clerks or substitutes injured while mains clerk; on duty, and to enable the Postmaster-General to pay the sum of »:¤s2lif°°° ° °°°° one thousand dollars, which shall be exempt from payment of debts of the deceased, to the legal representatives of any railway postal clerk or substitute railway postal clerk who shall be killed while on duty, or who, being injured while on duty, shall die within one ye? thereafter as the result of such injury, one hundred thousand _ o ars. For actual and necessary expenses, division suriprintendents '*""°““*°‘¥’°”°°°‘· assistant division superintendents, and chief clerks, ailway Mail Service, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on business of the Post-Office Department and awa from their several designated headquarters, twenty-three thousand, dollars. For rent, light, fuel, telegra h, and miscellaneous office expenses, ’“'°°““°°'”· schedules of mail trains, telephone service, and badges for railway postal clerks, sixty-nine thousand dollars, including rental of offices or division headquarters, Railway Mail Service, in Washington, Diitrict of golumpia. f h I H Pe di or er iem a owance o assistant su rintendents w ie actua y S,fm- °‘,*j··,§“# traveliiig on official business away froffic their home, their ofhcial eziisilt Wm W d domicile, and their headquarters, at a rate to be fixed by the · Postmaster-General, not to exceed four dollars per day, thirty· thousand dollars, and for their necessary official expenses not covered by their er diem allowance, not exceeding three thousand six hundred dolliirs; in all, thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars. _ For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars, seven ,,,.E],Z°,?;`§s_°"d °“m° hundred and thirty thousand dollars: Provided, That the rate of dggguou compensation to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now ` paid to companies performing such service, except that the Postr master—General, in cases where the quantity of mail is large and the number of exchange points numerous, may, in his discretion, authorize payment for cl0sed—pouch service at a rate per mile not to exceed