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 SIXTY—SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. IV. C11. 79. 1923. 1251 For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, '1""°'·°*°· office of the Postmaster General, $1,000. To enable the Postmaster General to pay claims for damages to B$°§°§l,°""" persons or property in accordance with the provisions of the i i i Deficiency Appropriation Act a proved June 16, 1921, $35,000. Omen or curmr msrnoron: Por salaries of fifteen inspectors in 1"“P°°°°”‘ charge of divisions, at $4,200 each; and five hundred and twenty inspectors, $1,651,200; in all, $1,714,200: Provided, That the appoint- €{$u°"’°g,,,,,,, ,1,,,, ment of additional inspectors shall be made upon certification of **1**- the Civil Service Commission, as heretofore practiced. For compensation of one hundred and fifteen clerks at division ,,,§f,°;§,.,;g “”5*°¤ headquarters, $248,750. ' For traveling expenses of inspectors, inspectors in charge, and ,,,,,'1j"“'°““$ °’P°”·’°°· the chief post-office inspector, and for the traveling expenses of four clerks performing stenographic and clerical assistance to post-office inspectors in the investigation of important fraud cases, $468,300. $ For necessary misce aneous expenses at division headquarters, m$°°“¤¤•°¤¤· 14,000. For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction R°""“""#°“’· of post—office burglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers: Provided, §C,‘§’,§‘,"g,',,,,md“ That rewards may be paid, in the discretion of the Postmaster ° General, when an offender of the class mentioned was killed in the act of committing the crime or in resisting lawful arrest: Provided furtlwr, That no part of this sum shall be used to pay any rewards I·1¤¤¢¤¤¤¤- at rates in excess of those specified in Post Office Department Order 7708, dated July 1, 1922: Provided further, That of the amount S°°“'*“*¥*“‘°'*¤***°°- herein appropriated not to exceed $5,000 may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster General,} for the lpurpose of securing information concerning violations of the postal laws and for services gud information looking toward the apprehension of criminals, 25,000. orrrcn or run rmsr Assisraivr rosrmasrnn onmzmu,. mihciicmmtrm For compensation to postmasters, $46,695,000 P°"““““"‘· For comppnsatéon to assistant postmasters at first and second ,,;§?s's°““° P"‘“"“’ class ost 0 ces, 6,000,000. For? compensation to clerks and employees at first and second ¤§E;iii·i°`i¤i$I$`¤iii°i°1$°i5 class post offices, including substitutes for clerks and employees ° ' absent without pay, $107 ,452,600. mm For compensation to printers, mechanics, and skilled laborers, ac. °"’ m°°h“'"°“* five at $1,400 each, five at $1,500 each, five at $1,600 each, seven at $1,700 each, thirty-tive at $1,800 each; in all, $97,400. W mm For compensation to watchmen, messengers, and laborers, at gmfttc, °°’ “‘°‘“‘°“‘ $1,350 each, and at $1,450 each; in all, $4,865,000. C mc, For compensation to clerks in charge of contract stations, a.r§ ’°“°'°" $1 500 000. Por, temporary and auxiliary clerk hire and for substitute clerk ,,,,?,‘f’“§,,°f,"°;;,,,,,§}‘,,§§‘_j hire for clerks and employees absent with pay at first and second ¢*¤=¤¤i¤·· r-lass post offices and temporary and auxiliary clerk hire at summer Pmw and winter resort post offices, $9,000,000: Provided, That $500,000 Determining cost or of this sum may he used for the purpose of completing the work mdmgmm of determining the cost to the department of handling the different classes of mail matter. _ _ For separating mails at third and fourth class post offices, $790,000. if’p°"“";‘gm“f’? For unusual conditions at post offices, $100,000. Cl““;";l;’(‘°’1;SS°“‘; For allowances to third-class post offices to cover the cost of am? * *’ °' clerical services, $4,250,000. _ V For rent, light. and fuel for first, second, and third class post F~¤¤*J=¤¤¢»¤¤¤f¤¤¤- offices, $13,276,000