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 SIXTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. C11. 84. 1924. 85 Building at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street, District of Columbia, $52,000. _ Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Post ,,,}`,,‘§§,,Sf,f,‘§i§§b’;P,,,,’?,‘,§ Oiiice Department, except as otherwise provided, shall not be ex- fmhe D<>¤¤¤¤¤<>¤¢- · pended for any) of the péirposes hereinbefore provided for on account of the ost Office epartment in the District of Columbia. mmm snnvrcm, rosr ormcm DEPARTMENT. Fwd Berriesormcn or POSTMASTER GENERAL. P°°*m¤S*¤* G¤¤¤¤¤· For gas, electric power and light, and the repair of machinery, s¤1ii?i§`§§l°°”t S°°°° United States Post Office Department equipment shops building, $8 500· casa rewards t The Postmaster General is hereby authorized to pay a cash reward pioyees for_inveri)tii1uf; for any, invention, suggestion, or series of suggestions for an im- f,‘§,_"“p‘°“"‘ “’"‘°°• provement or economy in device, design, or process applicable to the Postal Service submitted by one or more employees of the Post Oilice Department or the Postal Service which shall be adopted for use and will clearly effect a material economy or increase elhciency, _ and for that purpose the sum of $4,000 is hereby appropriated: Pro- {{,‘g',?",,°,§,;,_,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, vided, That the sums so paid to employees in accordance with this wv- Act shall be in addition to their usual compensation: Provided _,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,d_ further, That the total amount paid under the provisions of this Act shall not exceed $1,000 in any month or for any one invention or suggestion: Provided further, That no employee shall be paid a reward under this Act until he has pro rly executed an agreement to the eEect that the use by the Unitege States of the invention, suggpstion, or series of suggestions made by him shall not form the asis of a further claim of any nature um the United States Rwmction by him, his heirs, or assigns: Provided furt, That this appro- ` priation shall be available for no other purpose. Smpmaut 0, 8 ui For the transportation and delivery of equipment, materials, and ment. suppues, eil:. pl supplies for the Post Office Department and Postal Service by freight, express, or motor transportation, and other incidental expenses, $600,000. ,,.m°,_ om or travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office of the Postmaster General, $1,000. D Mm To enable the Postmaster General to pay claims for damages to V0, 4,,,, 63 ` persons or property in accordance with the provisions of the Deti- ' ` ciency Appropriation Act approved June 16, 1921, $20,000. hmmm Orrxcn or cnmr msracron: For salaries of fifteen inspectors in ' charge of divisions, at $4,200 each; and five hundred and twenty PWM inspectors, $1,687,000; in all, $1,750,000: Provided, That the ap- civu time engipointment of additional inspectors shall be made upon certification bb" _ of the Civil Service Commission, as heretofore practiced. Tmmm For traveling expenses of inspectors, inspectors in charge, and ew. the chief post-office mspector, and for the traveling expenses of four clerks performing stenographic and clerical assistance to post-office inspectors in the investigation of important fraud cases, $455,000. M,m,,mm_ $1§`g50 necessary miscellaneous expenses at division headquarters, For compensation of one hundred and fifteen clerks at division heS<`fii,¤iaS}wsilvm°¤ headquarters, $252,750. Rewms em For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction 1,,,,,,,,, ° of post-office bur lars, robbers, and hi hway mail robbers: Pro- Dwhniomnder. vided, That rewards may be paid, in the gscretion of the Postmaster General, when an offender of the clas mentioned was killed in the act of committing the crime or in resisting lawful arrest: Provided Human. further, That no part of this sum shall be used to pay any rewards