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 1200 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 69. 1919. per centum, and 15 per centum for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918, and the increased compensation for the fiscal year ending June _ 30, 1919, shall not be computed as salary in construing this section. c.·§*§E§°°m"m‘°rm` So much as may be necessary for the increases provided for in this act Reclassidcation of whereby a¥£rOPmat6d° • · - · saianeaac. Sec. 3. at a commission consisting of Eve members of the Com-   mittee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the United States Senate, vesagm,eg¢.,1¤r. to be appointed by the President of the Senate, and five members of C°mp°°"'°°‘ the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the_ Speaker of the House, is hereby authorized to investigate the salaries of postmasters and employees of the postal service with a view to the reclassification and read]ust— ment of such salaries on an equitable basis. Vacancies occurring in the membersliip of the commission shall be filled in the same manner _ as the or1gm` a a ointments. Congress, to send for persons and papers, to administer oaths, to summon and compel the attendance of witnesses, and to employ such clerical and expert services and incur such expenses as may be necessary to carry out the pur cse of this investigation. ,,§§’,,’?*§’“°° °' "°°“‘l The heads of the Post Ogce Department, postmasters, supervisory ofiicials, and em loyees of _ the Postal Service shall furnish data and information, and make investigations upon request of the commission. R°p°" °"°’““" It shall be the duty of the commission to report by bill or otherwise, Emma uma as soon as practicable, the results of its investigation and what refrom poem b£¤¤es. classification and readjustment of compensation s ould be made. The nse of such investigation shall e paid from the unexpended e of any appropriation for the Postal Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, or for the fiscal {Iear ending June 30, 1920, and disbursed upon vouchers approved by the commission; which approval _ _ shall be conclusive upon the accounting officers of the Treasury Deb{§}‘m°°‘“"‘*’ “““°‘ artment. Funds necessary for the expenses of the commission shall Mat us H become available upon the approval of this Act. _ em m Supp °‘i’ Sec. 4. _That the Postmaster General and other responsible officials, ab§’,;§0*§’,f§§‘(°,];‘fg§§,j in expending appropriations contained in  Act, so far as (possible iemmeur seryngs po shall purchasematerial, supplies, and equipment, when nee ed and {{,'.§§l '°“““ Y funds are available, from the various services of the Government D { M of the United States possessing material, supplies, and equipment mgLl$Zwh§2'{p°'°h“' no longer required because of the cessation of war activities. It shall be the duty of the Postmaster General and other officials, before purchasing any of the articles described herein, to ascertain from the __ _ _ other services of the Government whether they have articles of the P"`° °""“l“°°°‘ character described that are serviceable. And articles purchased from other services of the Govemment, if the same have not been ‘ used, shall be paid for at a reasonable price not to exceed actual cost, Sal and if the same have been used, at a reasonable price based upon °’°°u’°""°’°*°‘ length of usage. The various services of the Government are authorized to se such articles to the Postal Service under the conditions specified and the proceeds of such sales shall be covered into the Treasury as a miscellaneous receipt. §§§*ui§__$S§{'{2§ ex. Sec. 5. That the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United Esoggsdte ¤¤Y¤¤it¤b!¤ States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, v¤i1.ae,p.sse,ame¤a- and for_other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, is hereby amended °d· toprovide that the term ‘ rural post roads," as used in section 2 of sai Act, shall be construed to mean any {public road a major portion of which is now psed, or can be used, or orms a connecting link not to exceed ten miles in length of any road or roads now or hereafter used for the transportation of the United States mails, excluding every street and road in a place having a population, as shown by the latest available Federal census, of two thousand five hundred or more,
 * ""‘°“°’ °“"°"°d‘ The commissigii is authorized to sit during the sessions or recess of