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 192 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SESS. I. Cx. 126. 1928. Post route, etc ., maps. directly to the Postal Service ; for miscellaneous expenses in the preparation and publication of post-route maps and rural-delivery maps or blue prints, including tracing for photolithographic repro- duction ; for other expenditures necessary and incidental to post offices of the first, second, and third classes, and offices of the fourth sale of maps. class having or to have rural-delivery service, and for letter boxes, $1,525,000 ; and the Postmaster General may authorize the sale to the p ublic of pos t-rout e maps and r ural-de livery maps or blu e prin ts at the cost of printing and 10 per centum thereof added ; of this Proviso. amount $1,500 may be expended in the purchase of atlases and geo- Amo unt for equip- graphical and technical works : Pro vided , That $200,000 of this went and furniture, appropriation may be used for the pur chase of equipment a nd Twine, etc. furniture for post-office quarters and for no other purposes. Shipping supplies. For wrapping twine and tying devices, $500,000. For expenses incident to the shipment of supplies, including hardware, boxing, packing, and not exceeding $49,750 for the pay of employees in connection therewith in the District of Columbia, $70,000 . canceling and labor- saving machines, etc. For rental, purchase, exchange, and rep canceling air of canceling machines and motor s, me chani cal mail- handl ing appar atus, and othe r lab or- saving device s, inc luding cost of pow er in r ented buildi ngs an d mis- cellane ous ex penses of in stalla tion a nd oper ation of sam e, inc luding Traveling m•el'ani" cians . salarie s of s even t raveli ng mec hanici ans and for t raveli ng exp enses, $700,00 0 . Equipment bags' locks, of For the purchase, manufacture, and repair of mail bags and other uipment shops, materials, etc . mail containers and attachments, mail locks, keys, chains, tools, machinery, and material neces sary for same, and for incidental expenses pertaining thereto ; also material, machinery, and tools necessary for the manufacture and repair in the equipment shops at Labor . Washington, District of Columbia, of such other equipment for the Postal Service as may be deemed expedient ; for compensation to labor servi ces in the D is- employed in the equipment shops at Washington, District of trict . Columbia, $2,400,000, of which not to exceed $600,000 may be Proviso. expended for personal services in the District of Columbia : Provided Distinctive equip- ment for departments, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized Al aska, aEd isla nd p os- sessions. t o 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. Alaska. Star routes, except For inla nd t ransp ortat ion by st ar ro utes (exc eptin g ser vice in Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices, and not to exceed $200,000 for Government-operated star-route service, $13,850,000. Rural d elivery Serv - For pay of rural carriers, auxiliary carriers, substitutes for rural ice. 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, $106,000,000. Travel, etc. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office of the Fo urth A ssista nt Pos tmaste r Gene ral, $1 ,000. the Treasury fo Appropriations from If the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient cient for field service to supply defi- ciency in postal s ervice. 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 otherwise appropriated, to supply such deficiency in the revenues of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1929, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Pos t Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General.

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