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 SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sm. 11. GH. 162. 1917. 1063 Forcompensation to clerksin charge of contractstations, $1,170,000. "°“°¤ For temporary and auxiliary clerk hire and for substitute clerk hire Tgmpqgry mm. for clerks and employees absent with pay at Erst and second class post $& wl $¤*¤“¤*° pglglets gg; tsgiiporagg ;.(p6;l0s:)1(x1l1a1y clerk hire at summer and winter ` _ ccs, _ I ) ' For separating  at third and fourth class post offices, $715,000. S°°°'°°”g '“"" For unusual conditions at post offices, $130,000. “°'”°°‘ °°'¤”**¤* S6 Fo§8;.H;wg160ce3g.g third-class post offices to cover the cost of clerical 'm'd°'“"‘ °m°°“· rvl 7 ) 7 ' Provided, That no allowance in excess of $300 shall be made where *"°”"“’,,,,,,,,,,,·,,, the salary of the postmaster is $1,000, $1,100, or $1,200; nor in excess for umm of $400 where the salary of the postmaster is $1,300, $1,400, or $1,500; and that no allowance in excess of $500 shall be made where the salary of the postmaster is $1,600 or $1,700; nor in excess of $800 where the salary of the postmaster is $1,800 or $1,900. And promdedfurther, That the Postmaster General may, in the dis- mamma p¤¤¤¤¤·» bursement of this appropriation, expend not exceeding $400,000 for ' the employment, at a maximum salary of $600 per annum, of assistant postmas?_ ag ofligep of the third class where the salary of the postmas r is ,8 or ,900 er annum. For rent, l§ht,_and fuel for Ergt, second, and third class post offices, R¤¤¢.1ich¢,•¤¤ru¤i $5,900,000: mended, That the Postmaster General may, in the dis- ·1·¤¤-yeh rms. bursement of the appropriation for such purposes, apply a part thereof to the purpose  easing premises for the use of apost offices of thedfirst, seaand, and third classes at a reasonable annu genial, to be pai quarter or a term not exceeding` ten ars; an t at there 1·¤¤#. Mn! an shall not be ahowed for the use of any t d-clings post office for rent °m°°' a sum in excess of $500, nor more than $100 for fue and light, in any one year. hFci;1;'Smise;¢;llaneo1:1s ifems necessary and incidental to post offices of ¥¤¤•”*¤¤°¤= Ml t e t an secon c asses, $350,000. _ For pay of letter carriers at omces already established, including &§$l'°"· substitutes for letter carriers absent without pay, and for the romotion of eighty-five {per centum of the letter carriers in first-dlass post offices from the H th to the sixth grade and for the promotion of """"°“°"· e` hty-five per centum of the letter carriers in second·class post oléices from the fourth to the fifth grade and for the promotion of fifteen per centum of the letter carriers in second-class post offices from the lifth to the sixth grade, City Delivery Service, $40,590,000 For pay of substitutes for letter carriers absent with pay, and of ¤¤¤¤=¤¤¤¤•· auxilisiy and gilmlppsary lettegocéarrieis at offices where city delivery is alre esta °s, $4,100,. For pal, of letter carriers, substitute and auxiliary letter carriers at ¤¤¤¤=·¤¤· ¤¤¤¤· offices where city delivery service is established during the year, $75,000. For vehicle allowance, the hiring of drivers, the rental of vehicles, "¤¤¤•·¤¤*¤¤·· and the purchase and exchange and maintenance, including stable and garage facilities, of w?om or automobiles for, and the operation of, screen-wagon and city eliveigeand collection services, $5,965,000: Provided, That the Postmaster neral may, in  disbursement of §,Q’,,‘,Y'f?,,,,,,_ this appropriation, apply a part thereof to the leasing of quarters for the housing of Government-owned automobiles at a reasonable annual rearsltal for a term not ex 0g•6n years. Form —messe er service,, , . ‘ For the transmi-gsion of mail by pneumatic tubes or other similar  devices, $1,001 000: Provided, That the Postmaster General is hereby m m, ¤¤¤¤¤¤ authorized and directed to extend existingxcontracts for pneumatictube service imtil June thirtieth, nineteen undred and eighteen, and the Postmaster General is directed to expend this appropriation for the sole purpose of c0ntinu§l the existgpg {pneumatic mail-tube service, and no part thereof s be expen or the transportation