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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Ciis. 39, 40 . 1928 . 1055 sonal services in the District of Columbia : Provided That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to use as much of the sum, not exceeding $15,000, as may be deemed necessary for the purchase of material and the manufacture in the equipment shops of such small quantities of distinctive equipments as may be required by other executive departments ; and for service in Alaska, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, or other island possessions. For inla nd tr anspo rtat ion b y sta r rou tes (exce pting ser vice in Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices, and not to exceed $200,000 for Government-operated star-route serv- ice, $14,500,000. For pay of rural carriers, auxiliary carriers, substitutes for rural ice. Rural Delivery Serv- carriers on annual and sick leave, clerks in charge of rural stations, and tolls and ferriage, Rural Delivery Service, and for the incidental expenses thereof, $107,000,000. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $1,000. If the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations made under Title II of this Act, a sum equal to such deficiency in the revenues of such department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not other- wise appropriated, to supply such deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General. SEC. 2 . Appr opriat ions f or the fisca l year 1930 a vailab le for ex- pen ses of trave l of c ivilia n offi cers a nd empl oyees of the execu tive departments and establishments shall be available also for expenses of travel perfo rmed b y them on tr ansfer from o ne off icial statio n to another when authorized by the head of the department or establish- ment concerned in the order directing such transfer : Provided, That such expenses shall not be allowed for any transfer effected for the convenience of any officer or employee. SEC. 3 . Expenditures from appropriations made herein for the maintenance, upkeep, and repair, exclusive of garage rent, pay of ope rator, fuel and lu brican ts, on any o ne pass enger- carryi ng veh icle used by the Treasury or Post Office Departments shall not exceed one-third of the market price of a new vehicle of the same make or class and in any case more than $500. Appr ove d, D ecem ber 20, 1928. CHAP. 40 .-An Act Amending the fraternal beneficial association law for the District of Columbia as to payment of death benefits. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o f Representatives o f the United States o f America in Congress assembled, That section 749 of Subchapter XII of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia is hereby amend ed so as to read a s foll ows u SEC. 749. FRATERNAL BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATIONS DEFINED.-A fra- ternal beneficial association is hereby declared to be a corporation, society, order, or voluntary association, formed or organized and car ried on f or the so le benefi t of its members a nd their beneficia ries, and not for profit, having a lodge system with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government, making provision for the payment of benefits in case of death. Each such association may make provi sion f or the payme nt of benefit s in c ase of sickn ess, t em- porary or permanent physical disability, either as a result of disease, accident, or old age : Provided, That the period in life at which physical disability benefits on account of old age commences shall Proviso. Distinctive equip- ment, for departments, Alaska, and island pos- sessions. St ar rou tes, Alaska. Travel, etc. Appropriations from the Treasury for field se rvice to s upply defi - ciencies. Travel expenses of civilians, authorized when transferred from official stations. Proviso. Restriction. Limit on motor ve- hicle expenditures. except De cember 20, 1 928. [S.3844.] [Public No. 640.] District of Columbia Code. Fraternal beneficial associations. Vol. 31, p, 1310, amended. Description. Disability benefits. Provisos. Age limit.

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