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 SIXTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Ssss. II. Ch. 117. 1918. 753 section. So much as may be necessary for the increases provided c,,$g§°P'*°“°“ ‘°'“" for in this Act is hereby appropriated. E, hm d Sec. 3. That hereafter watchmen, messengers, and laborers in win oiuirgxgiiiea Erst and second class post offices, and railway Hpostal clerks assigned °“‘P‘°Y°°“°“”°”°d °°· to terminal railway post offices and transfer 0 ces, shall be re uir·ed to work not more than eiight hours a day, and that the eightqhours _ of service shall not exten over a. longer period than ten consecutive Overtime M hours, and that in cases of emergency or if the needs of the service emergencyexelgil re uire they may be re uired to work in excess of eight hours a day, anlil for such additional; services they shall be paid m proportion to rem. their salaries as fixed by law: Promkkd, Tha hereafter when the ,°f*g,g>gg;°*gg :53}; needs of the Postal Service require the employment on Sundays and by mi1w•y@h1erks. holidays of railway postal clerks ed to terminal railway post offices and transfer offices, they shall. granted compensatory time in the same manner as provided by law-for clerks and carriers m first and second class offices. Sec. 4. That the Postmaster General is authorized to investigate ,,,°$’,’,§,tf‘$,*‘v,{Y,{,,Z,‘f1§?f conditions arising from contracts in the star route, screen wagon and °f_°·_}j§;;,_ other vehicle service entered into prior to June thirtieth, nineteen—1¤¤¤m¢¤r,¤¤umua. hundred and seventeen, and from contracts for furnishing envelopes, blanks and blank books, and ·the Official Postal Guide, for contracts entered into prior to June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, with a view to determining whether any adjustment should be made in the compensation and to adjust the same for materials or services hereafter to be furnished or rendered in cases where the facts disclose C n II hy the necessity for such adjustment, or, in his discretion, with the con- mmm. mw sent of the contractor and his bondsmen, the Postmaster General ma cancel such contracts. Syiac. 5. That the revisions of section three of the Act of March ,,,,Rt,‘§{'§{,‘,*',,,,°!Z{‘,,,tZl;§,?$; third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, entitled "An Act making {gg8P°*°¤¤*i¤¤¤¤¤i¤ appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the véx. 39, p.·1089. Hscal gear ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eighteen, and for other purposes," providing increased compensation at the rate of ten per centum per annum to employees who receive salaries at a rate of more than $480 and not exceeding $1,000 per annum shall apply during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and eighteen to all requkrtron fillers, watchmen, messengers, and laborers. Srzc. 6. The Postmaster General may, under such rules and regu-  ,,,_ lations as he shall prescribe, accept United States liberty loan bonds ¢¤¤*l;gi¤¤•¤¤{¤¢¤¤ in lieu of either corporate or Bpersonal surety from contractors, cihcers, and employees of the Post Service to indemnify the Government against osses resultirgg from the failure of any contractor officer, or em loyee of the Post Service to properly discharge his omcial duty. uommum t ck Size. 7. That to promote the conservation of food products and to mum. lu facilitate the collection and delivery thereof from producer to con- ,Jf°,§*§’{'§§‘,°§,’},,,S°f’°,,§g sumer, and the delivery of articles necessary in the production of such *°°<*P*°¤¤¤¤· food products to the producers, the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to conduct experiments in the operation of motor-vehicle truck routes in the vicinity of such cities of the United States as he may select, and under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, an_ the cost of such ex riments, not exceeding $300,000, may be paid by the Postmaster (£i1eral out of any unexpended appropriations H I 0, H of the Postal Service, and the Postmaster General shall, report the ` gestigt of such experiments to the Congress at the earliest practicable a . Sec. 8. That the Secretary of War may, in his discretion, deliver mm and turn over to the Postmaster General from time to time, and with- B_,,]§‘,,°§;‘§’,,,,;’,‘·v’,?,{','“I§’“e‘} out charge therefor, for use in the Postal Service, such aero lanes and rertmmt. if ¤¤¤¤i> automobiles or parts thereof as ma rove to be, or as shall become, °u°”""°rP°”°°' unsuitable for the purposes of the Wu Department but suitable for 112460°——v0r. 40—rr 1-48