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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 126 . 1928 . 187 Depar tmen t bu reaus and offices. For personal services in the District of Columbia, in accordance Allotments for per- with the Classification Act of 1923, in bureaus and offices of s o Vo l. 42, p. 14 88 . the Post Office Department in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively Office of the First Assistant Postmaster General, $430,420. Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, $294,250. Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $710,010. Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $407,530. Office of the Solicitor for the Post Office Department, $61 .560. Office of the Chief of Inspector, $166,090. Office of the Purchasing Agent, $35,210. Bureau of Accounts, $40,170. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, POST Orr1CE DEPARTMENT Depar tmen t co ntin- gent expenses. For stationery and blank books, index and guide cards, folders, stationery, etc ° and binding devices, including purchase of free penalty envelopes, $22,000. For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, ice, and power plant. Heating, lighting, etc. including repairs to elevators, purchase and exchange of tools and electrica l supplie s, and re moval of ashes, $5 3,000. For teleg raphin g, $6, 500. Telegraphing. For misc ella neous item s, i nclud ing p urch ase, excha nge, main te- Miscellaneous. nance, and repair of typewriters, adding machines, and other labor- saving devices ; not to exceed $7,500 for purchase, exchange, hire, and maintenance of motor trucks and motor-dr iven passenger- carrying vehicles ; street-car fares not exceeding $540 ; plumbing ; vehicles. repairs to department buildings ; floor coverings ; postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad, which is not exempt under article 43 Vol. 44, p . 2243 . of the Stockholm convention of the Universal Postal Union ; $58,500, of which $4,500 shall be available immediately ; and of such sum of $58,500, not exceeding $14,500 may be expended for telephone service, not exceeding $1,800 may be expended for purchase and exchange of la w book s, boo ks of refere nce, r ailway guides, city direc tories , and books necessary to conduct the business of the department, and not exceeding $2 .000 may be expended for expenses, except membership fees, o f atte ndance at me etings or co nventio ns con cerned with postal Attendance at meet- affairs, when incurred on the written authority of the Postmaster ings, etc. General, and not exceeding $800 may be expended for expenses of the purchasing agent and of the solicitor and attorneys connected with his office while traveling on business of the department. For furniture and filing cabinets, $8,000. Furniture. For printing and binding for the Post Office Department, includ- in Printing and bind- ing all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $1,150,000. Fo r rei mbur semen t of the G over nment Prin ting Offi ce or Capi tol heating, Reimbursement Washing- Power r Plant for the cost of furnishing steam for heating and electric ton, city Post Office current for lighting and power to the Post Office Department Build- Building. ing at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street, District of Columbia, $47,000. Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Field service appro- priations not to be used Post Office Department, except as otherwise provided, shall not be for the Department. expe nded for any of the pur pose s he rein bef ore prov ided for on account of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia : Provided, That the actual and necessary expenses of officials and Proviso. employees of the Post Office Department and Postal Service, when Payment of travelin g 7 ex pensesofofficialsfrom traveling on offic ial busin ess, may continue to be pai d from th e appro- se rvice appro priat ionso priations for the service in connection with which the travel is per- 54835'-29--PT 1-1G SALARIES IN BUREAUS AND OFFIC ES

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