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 668 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 232. 1909. one-third above the rate per mile now paid for closed-pouch service; and for mail cars and apartments carrying the mails, not to exceed Outside 0mm8s_ the rate of one cent per linear foot per car mile of travel: Provided further, That the rates for electric-car service on routes over twenty- five miles in length outside of cities shall not exceed the rates paid uuusuammmusns, for service on steam railroads: Provided, however, That not to exceed °°°· thirty thousand dollars of the sum hereby appropriated may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster—General where unusual conditions exist or where such service will be more expeditious and efficient and at no greater cost than otherwise. Foreign mails- For transportation-of foreign mails, three million five hundred puma. and seventy-three thousand dollars: Provided, That the Postmaster- Shggfks °" “°°m` General shall be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding one hundred and thirty thousand dollars, to cover one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and ‘ expenses of clerks to be employed in assorting and pouching mails in transit on steamships between the United States and other postal administrations in the International Postal Union, and not exceedrm mnsrm, New ing eighty thousand dollars for transferring the foreign mail from },Q[,§_ °”" S““ F""' incoming steamships in New York Bay to the steamship and railway piers, and for transferring the foreign mail from mcoming steamships in San Francisco Bay to the piers; also for transferring the mail from steamships performing service under contract for transporting United States mail. te:£*g{¤¤¤ ¤¤P°**¤· For assistant superintendent, division of foreign mails, with ' geiadquarters in New York, New York, two thousand five hundred 0 ars. _ c_g{g;;,g_g$¤¤¤f¤#¤*¤¤ For balances due foreign countries, three hundred and four thousand dollars. mmm, em. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. mT;g:;Q$*;:•;{{*P°¤· orrrcm or run rnmn ASSISTANT rosrmxsrmn-GENERAL. $¤=¤=¤¤· For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, special-delivery sltagnps, and books of stamps, five hundred and ninety thousand o ars. F*¤¤*v¤* ¤¤V¤l°P°¤ For manufacture of stamped envelo es and news a er wra ers md wmpwa one million three hundred and forty tliousand dollaiisp pp i sp£ggg*If¤¤¤¤ ¤¤° i¤· For piay of agent and assistants to examine and distribute stamped ' and o cial envelopes and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of a ency at Dayton, Ohio, including expenses attendant on inspection of manufacture of official envelopes at Cincinnati, Ohio, twenty-five thousand dollars. P·>¤¤¤l~¤¤¤¤¤- For manufacture of postal cards, two hundred and seventeen thousand dollars. f*i¤·=¤i*>·¤¢i¤¤·<=¢<=· For pay of agent and assistants to examine and distribute postal cards, and expenses of agency, eight thousand three hundred and sixty dollars. · Shir. ¤¤¤~1<¢¤¤<·¤·- For ship, steamboat, and way letters, five hundred dollars. m[{;:}:§¤{¤c*;;;>;_;1l¤**f¤¤· For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of lirst- ` " class domestic registered matter, twenty-five thousand dollars. clgpwrnativnai mi- For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of registered articles " in the international mails, ten thousand dollars. Tr¤r<~1.e¤c- For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. m;¤;r;g;¤I<§p;;¤1.;$§; The appropriation for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nine lege ms. P of ten thousand dollars for the employment of special counsel to prosecute and defend suits affecting the second—class mailing priviege is hereby reappropriated and made available for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and ten.