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 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 117. 1918. 747 disbursement of this appropriation, apply a part thereof to the leasing of quarters for the housing of Government-owned automobiles at a reasonable annual rental for a term not exceeding ten Kim. M For maibmessengter serv1ce, $2,700,000: Provided, t not to p '°°"i°°‘ exceed $100,000 of the amoimt herein appropriated shall be available m·*—gg¤,g** '°* ¤¤¤¤ for the payment of this service during the fiscal year ending June ° thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen. For car fare and bicycle allowance, $625,000 °°"°'°·°°°· · For street car collection service, $9,000. °"°°° °°' °°“°°“°"· For Detroit River postal service, $7,250. D°"°" R“'°'· For car fare for special-delivery messengers in emergency cases, °(§,°'i{{‘},f’°‘*'°"· $13,000. ° For fees to s ial-delivery messen, $3,200,000. F°°“‘ For travel andwihiscellaneous e ggriin the Postal Service, omce T"°"l"°°‘ of the First Assistant Postma.ster ;al, $1,000. Second Assistant ormcn or Tim smcorm ASSISTANT Posmasrzn GENERAL. P°°‘m“”' °°¤°¤'· For inland transportation by star routes in Alaska, $430,000: ;:r,,,I;°°t°s’Al°sk° Prmnkied, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General Emnrzeiwy soma. is authorized to provide difficult or emergency mail service in Alaska, , including the establishment and e uipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisablle, without advertising therefor. smmbum um For inland trans rtation by steamboat or other power-boat p1m¤¤.¤tc. ' routes or by aeropghes, $1,185,000: Provided, That the contract i2°i'$“°°wi¤¤ep¤s¤¤. now in force for carrying; the mail on Lake Winnepesaukee from the k°°» N·H·· °°¤**•¤*·. post office at Laconia, ew Hampshire, shall be readjusted so that the early salary paid the carrier, who furnishes his own equipment, ,,,,,,8,1, or shallybe $1,800 per annum: Provided further, That hereafter, when exprgmdv moxcesuva there is no competition on a route and the rate of compensation asked m ° '° ' is excessive, or no propxosal is_ received, the Postmaster General may reciuire that the mails e carried as freight or express, and it shall be 1m awful for any common carrier by water to refuse to carry the pmt, H vm, H, · mails when so reign;-ed, and the penalty for such offense shall be a *¤¤¤- iine of $500. Eac day of refusal shall constitute a separate offense: Ammmmmm hm Provided further, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster semis. P General is authorized to expend not exceeding $100,000 for the purchase, operation, and maintenance of aeroplanes for an experimental aeroplane mail service between such points as he may determine. emma mas. For inland trans rtation b railroad routes $60,645,000; *"°”*·*°· Provided, That nd)? to exceedy $1,000,000 of this a ropriation may veryiaiiilggt mm °°°` be expended for {pay of freight and incidental chax& for the transportation of ma` s conveyed under special arrangement in freight trains or otherwise. yum, 0,, ,,0,,,,,,, For pay of freight or expressage on postal cards, stamped envelopes, °¤*dS·°*¤· newspaper wrappers, and empty mai bags, $05,000. _ Raimy Mau Sem RAILWAY MAIL Snnvrcnz or fifteen division superintendents, ia, __ _ at $3,250 each ; two assistant superintendents, at $2,350 each; fiftecn ,,,,?{§,‘§'§“c,,,k§f‘€,°,§{“' assistant division superintendents, at $2,250 each; one hundred and PM P- 751- fifteen chief clerks, at not exceeding $2,100 each; four hundred and sixty-Eve clerks, grade ten', at not exceeding $1,800 each; two thousand and thirty-two clerks, grade nine, at not exceeding $1,700 each; three hundred and ninety-three clerks, grade eight at not exceeding $1,600 each; eight thousand two hundred and ninety-nine clerks, grade seven, at not exceeding $1,500 each; one thousand and seventy-eight clerks, grade sm, at not exceeding $1,400 each; one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight clerks, grade five, at not exceedin $1,300 each; three thousand eivht hunred and one clerks, grade iour, at not exceeding $1,200 each; sixty- five clerks, grade three, at not exceeding $1,100 each; one thousand