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 SIXTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 230. 1910. 361 · For the purchase, repair, and maintenance of mechanical and ,L"*’°""""*“¥ d* labor-saving devices, twenty-tive thousand dollars. wm For compensation to thirteen assistant superintendents, Salary, ;}§"°°¤‘ _““P°"”‘ and Allowance Division, at the rate of two thousand dollars per e bmi annum each, and for their per diem allowance when actually traveling on business of the Post-Ofhce Department, at a rate to be fixed by the " Postmaster-General not to exceed four dollars er day, and for other necessary official expenses, forty-four thousand) two hundred dollars. For pay of letter carriers at offices already established, including QW ¤¢*iv;,¤· substitutes for carriers absent without pay city delivery service mm m m" thirty-one million dollars. ’ ’ or pay of substitutes for letter carriers absent with pay, and of S“b¤“*¤¤¢=·€°¤=- atfrrigglriy and temporary letter carriers at offices already established, one 'on one hundred thousand dollars. “**For£ay of letter carriers, substitute and auxiliary letter carriers at New ¤f¤¤¢¤- new 0 ces entitled to city delivery service, ninety thousand dollars. For horse-hire allowance and the rental of vehicles, nine hundred H<>¤¤1¤ir¤.¢¤•=- and twenty-five thousand dollars. F(p1;jci•ir fare and bicycle allowance, four hundred and sixty thou- aff ‘°’° “““ *’*°Y‘ san dollars. For street-car collection service, ten thousand dollars. u§,§;°°*‘°°' °°“°°‘ For compensation to twenty-two mechanics, at not exceeding nine Meélmnics. hundred dollars each, nineteen thousand eight hundred dollars. For marine postal service Detroit, Michigan, six thousand Eve _1>em>i¤.m¤ri¤e¤¢rvhundred dollars: Provided, That hereafter the {Postmaster-General ’°$k,.,,,i,,,_ may in his discretion, enter into contracts for a period of not exceed- °°”°’°°'* ing flour years for the steamboat and other equipment necessary for the performance of the Detroit River postal service. For incidental expenses of the city deliveriy service, including 1¤¤i¤¤¤¢¤1¤- freight and drayage on equipment, furniture, an supplies, and erect- , ing, painting, and repairing letter and package boxes and posts, rplpairingi (plcilcks and other equipment, and for maps, thirty-five thousand dollars. For car fare for special-delivery messengers in emergency cases, §,l;;*jQ1}¤•*°l*'°*¥· thirteen thousand dollars. _ _ ` For fees to special-delivery messengers, one million three hundred Fmand twenty-Eve thousand dollars. · _ _ For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office T¤*¤l·¤*¤· of the First Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. orrrron or- run smcorvn Assrsrsnr rosmmsmn-cannula. ,,0sSg$_gys<}“_G·g;¤g¤r;,·e¢ For inland transportation by star routes, including temporary §,'§,“,*3§§§“°“· service to newly established offices, seven million one _ undred and Pm, seventy thousand dollars: Provided, That no part of this approprra- D,,c,,§,°g·,,,,,,,ce if tion shall be ex nded for continuance of any star-route service the gg? bv wml depatron e of wlidch shall be served entirely bye the extension of rural dzhvery service, nor shall any of sard sum expended for the establishment `of new star-route service for_ a patronage which is already entirely served b{)rural delivery service: Pmtjzded, That out  °'”°'¥°“°Y of this appropriation the ostmaster-General rs authorised to provide difficult or emergency mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of rela_y_stations, rn such manner as he may think advisable without advertising therefor. For inland trans rtation by steamboat or other power-boat m§gj¤*°°•*· °*¤—· routes, eight hundrego and fifteen thousand dollars. _ _ For mail messenger service, one million five hundred and ninety M°=*=¤¤8·=* $°m¢¢· thousand dollars. _ _ _ _ _ For the transmission of mail by ppaeumatrc tubes or other similar e,;¤*=¤¤¤¤¢ ¤¤b¤¤· devices, nine hundred and twenty-t e thousand dollars.