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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 241. 1911. 1333 Sand dollars, thirty-five thousand dollars of which sum may be P expended in the purchase of such machines: Provided, That the rental  t { paid for any_cancel1ng machine shall not exceed three hundred dollars 8 umm] 'e c` per annum, rncluding repairs on said machines, and that all contracts entered 1DtO shall be let after having advertised for bids and shall be awarded on the basis of cheapness and efficiency. ‘ · ` For the purchase, repair, and maintenance of mechanical and labor- v,L‘*"°"**°"i¤8 dr saving devices fifty thousand dollars. °°S‘ For pay of letter carriers at offices already established, including (,i{_jg,g°**'°?Y· substitutes for_carriers absent without ay, city delivery service, amen thrrgiy-two million one hundred and eiglllt thousand dollars: Pro- `§,'ge",Q§°*-work ,,m_ md, That no part of this appropriation shall be used to ay letter it¢d· Y carriers who are required or permitted to work for more tlgan forty- eight hours in the six working days of a week: Prmnkled further, That H<>1i¤¤r¤ <¤¤¤r>¤i¤¤· this limitation shall not app y to service erformed during the first five and the last fifteen days of the calendar ear. For pay of substitutes for letter carriers ailisent with pay, and of S“"°“°““’S· auxiliary and temporary letter carriers at offices where city delivery is already establis ed, one million one hundred thousand dollars. For pay of letter carriers, substitute and auxiliary letter carriers at New °m°°°~ offices where city delivery service is established, during the year, seventy-five thousand dollars. For horse·hire allowance and the rental of vehicles, nine hundred H°”° m'°·°‘°· and twenty-five thousand dollars. For car fare and bicycle allowance, four hundred and seventy-Eve C"*’“°“·“‘“"°Y°]°°· thousand dollars. For street-car collection service, ten thousand dollars. ,,§,j§°°°*" °°“°°‘ For Detroit River ostal service, six thousand five hundred dollars. _ Detryiv River serv- That hereafter the§°ostmaster General may, in his discretion, enter ‘°i5.,mcym wumma into contracts for a period of not exceeding four years for the rental ;*,§g$*},‘j,,“,f,‘§‘{ugg§',;f°°l‘ of canceling machines, for the hire of the equipages for the City Delivery Service, for the collection service by means of boxes attached to street cars, and for the steamboat and other equipment necessary for the Detroit River postal service. For incidental expenses of the City Delivery Service, including I”°*"°““‘* freight and drayage on equipment, furniture, and supplies, an erecting, painting, and repairing letter and package boxes and tposts, _ repairing clocks and other equipment, and for the purchase o time recorders and maps, thirty-five thousand dollars. For car fare for s ecial-delivery messengers in emergency cases, §,r;gg*:,}e<;¤1**¤¤- thirteen thousand dolllars. _ _ ` For fees to special—delivery messengers, one in1ll1on four hundred Fees thousand dollars. For travel and miscellaneous ex enses in the postal service, office '*`m’°l °°°· of the First Assistant Postmaster General, one thousand dollars. OFFICE or run snoorm ASSISTANT rosmmsrnn GENERAL. ,,§s*g’,$;*S‘§€,{,;§};};*,§‘ For inland transportation by star routes in Alaska, two hundred s,,£"§§`{§’,‘§?,§°,‘§,‘§Sk,tQy and fifty thousand dollars; Prmnkled, That out of this appropriation ggggsgéncy service the Postmaster General is authorized to provide difiicu t 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 ower—boat ,.,,§,{'§,',;"’l’°"° "°" routes, seven hundred and ninety thousand nine hundred) dollars. For mail messenger service, one million six hundred and five M°“°“g°’ ”""°°· thousand dollars. For the transmission of mail by pneumatic tubes or other similar G,;°°“m*`*'**° *******5 devices, nine hundred and sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars. 88740°—-vor. 36, rrr 1-11--86