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 412 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 261. 1916. Making ‘ 1- h service of the Post Office lgligélégxi De(§:.n?en%g¢irE•A;ufis`c(sil year endlirI:g!l,ri)nr:tt1li)i!1l;i£(l.h,tnineteen hundred and sevenirubuo, No. ics.] teen, and for other p\¤‘P°¤¤¤· °t ted the Senate and House of Representatives of the United ,,,£.‘§$”vj°° °W° S£:szof in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, "°L 5·P· ”"· and they are hereby appropriated for the service of the ost Office Department, in conformity with the Act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows: r¤¤¤w•»•r0¤w=¤- OFFICE or THE Posruasrmn GENERAL. Repair ¤*z·> . md For rent of suitable buildings for the use of the Post Office De art- °°1z°?if.°°t d"l;°°` gpnt, i110l}1I§11g·l`»hB néaigglgagérépparr shop, lock·reparr shop, and) the 'vision 0 · ur men . B‘{“,?g,,f,‘;" °‘*“**" The Postmeilsteli General is hereby authorized to_have prepared the mg<i¤S¤r¤¤¤¤¤i¤¤¢¤¤*- necessary lans and specifications and to enter mto a contract or i'°d‘ contracts {gr the construction of a reinforced concrete and all-glass factory-type fireproof buildingl for the use of the Post Office Department equipment shops, suc building to contain approximately m§“ °,,,,",,,’ ,,i;§_°"“° " seventy thousand square feet of floor slpace; and sufficient land in the city of Washington, District of Co umbia, may be acquired, if necessary, by the Postmaster_General, lziyfpurchase or condemnation, xppmpmmo. u I1 which to erect such buildmg; an or the  of the purcgse of said land and the construction of said url mg $200,000 1S hereby appro riated and made available out of any money m the Treasiuy of tli)e United States not otherwise appropriated. _ P°"°'·°"“ For gas, electric power and light, and the repair of machinery, 4 000. P¤¤¢ <>¤1°• *¤=P°°· S lion SALARIES or ros’r—0FmcE msmcrous: For salaries of fifteen we inspectors in charge of divisions, at $3,000 each; thirty inspectors, at $2,400 each; twenty inspectors, at $2,250 each; thirty-two inspectors, at $2,100 each; twenty inspectors, at $2,000 each; thirty inspectors, at $1,900 each; ninety inspectors, at $1,800 each; sixty inspectors, at $1,700 each; Slxty mspectors, at $1,600 each; and sixty-five inspectors, at $1,500 each; in all, $783,700. Ps <¤¤¤·· For per- diem allowance of mspectors in the field while actually traveling on official business away from their homes, their official domiciles, and their headquarters, at a rate to be fixed by the Post- {_’m'*i*’*·* 8,,°w_ master General, not to exceed $3 per day: Promded, That the Post.- .me$°§l`p°wy master General ma, in his discretion allow inspectors per diem while tem orarily located, at any place on husiness away from their homes or their designated domiciles for a (period not exceeding twenty consecutive days at any one place, an make rules and regulations gov— erning the foregoing provisions relating to per diem: And prmnded ¤¤¤**· further, 'l`hat no per diem shall be paid to inspectors receiving annual salaries of $2,000 or more, except the thirty-two inspectors receiving $2 100 eac, $262,860. hBfjj;;‘,j;,,gj8_ ‘¤"1**°° For- compensation of clerks at division headquarters: Fifteen, at $1,800 each; fifteen, at $1,600 each; twenty, at $1,400 each; thirt , at $1,200 each; ten, at $1,000 each; and ten, at $900 each; in all, $134,000. Wggsl ¤¤¢—» ¤¤· For traveling expenses of inspectors without per diem allowance, ° inspectors in charge, and the chief post-office ins ector, and expenses incurred by inspectors not covered by per diem allldwance, unusual and extraordinary expenses necessarily incurred for maintenance by in— spectors over and above per diem allowance while traveling on official business in connection with the postal service of Alaska, and for the traveling expenses of four clerks performing stenographic and clerical assistance to post-office inspectors in the investigation of important fraud cases, $43,850.