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 SIXTY·FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 261. 1916. 413 _For hvery hire incurred by inspectors not covered by their per Li"'? lmdiem allowance, including livery hire in connection with the installation and inspection of rural routes, $45,000. $7%% necessary miscellaneous expenses at division headquarters, m°°°“¤¤°°¤S· lfor paément of rewards for the detection, a.rrest, and conviction R°"°"*¤·°’°· of post-o ce burglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers: Provided, {gg?} Ommdm That rewards may be paid, in the discretion of the Postmaster Gen- ` eral, when an offender of the class mentioned was killed in the act of committing the crime or in resisting lawful arrest: And provided further, That of the amount herein approplriated not to exceed uocoliwtins i¤f¤¤¤¤- $5,000 may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, °’°t°° for the Ipurpose o securing information concerning violations of the postal ws and for_services and information looking toward the apllulglehension of criminals, $25,000. at hereafter the Postmaster General shall have authority to ,u·§,$§,§”§0,°}'{,P,,L,°Y?_g_° employ acting emplpiyees in place of all employees or substitutes 1¤r¤<¤- hereinafter mention who are injured while on duty, who shall be granted leave of absence with full paysduring the period of disabilit, I‘°"°' °' "“"“‘°‘ ut not exceeding one ear, then at t rate of fifty r centum of tile employee’s salary for  period of disabilty exceedi.)1ig.one year, but P. t . { not exceeding twelve months additional, and the Postmaster General auollmm m °°S° ° is authorized to WY the sum of $2,000, which shall be exempt from payment of debts of the deceased, to the legil representatives for the benefit of wifevchildren, or dependent re tives, of any railway E"‘p‘°’°°““°‘“‘“*L postal clerk, substitute railway postal clerk, su rvisory official of the Railway Mail Service, apost-office inspector, liilzter carrier in the City Delivery Service, rur letter carrier, post—oH;ice clerk, specialdehvery messengerhipost-office laborer or any classified civil-service em loyee in post 0 ces of the first and second classes who shall be killldd while on duty, or who, being injured while on duty, shall die Pm. within one year thereafter as the result of such injury: Provided, That No mliiewems wr no compensation shall be aid any such employee for any inéury “°g"g°“°°· occasioned by his own negligence. To enable the Postmaster eneral to carijy out the provisions of the above, $234,000. D That the Postmaster General shall not approve or continue any rn¤riscehni;rg;dir8ii>1i1ii•lE rule or regulation which terminates the employment of any employee "°“· by reason of absence on account of illness for a period of less than one year, and that any gostal employee who has entered the military service of the United tates or who shall hereafter enter it shall, upon being honorably discharged therefrom, be permitted to resume the m§,§*“sf;;';}$;'f °“°' position in the postal department which he left to enter such military S°rVl°°· Special attorney m For compensation of a special assistant to the Attorney General to postal ess. assist in the defense of cases against the United States arising out of the transportation of the mails, and in other cases and matters affecting the postal revenues, $6,000, and the employment of such Officer hereafter is authorized. _ T B] For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office mv ·°‘°· of the Postmaster General, $1,000. ormcs or run rmsr Assrsnnr rosrnmsmn onmznan. m;?Zrt$.`§ZL°F°P”° For compensation to postmasters, $31,000,000; Provided, That for §‘,’§§§§?*°”· the fiscal year  July first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, S$ggt;;;w£1@:•g;?lgtg* and thereafter the respective compensation of postmasters_0f the ` first, second, and third classes shall e annual salaries, graded m even hundreds of dollars and paiyable in semimonthly payments, to•be ascertained and fixed by the ostmaster General from their respective quarterly returns to the Auditor for the Post Office Department, or