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 SEV ENT Y-F IRS T CONGRESS. SESS. III. CH. 277. 1931 . 1239 For inland transportation by railroad routes and for mail-mes- Railroad routes and messenger service . seng er s erv ice, $12 7,0 00,0 00 : P rovide d, Th at not t o exceed $1,500, 000 Provisos. of thi s app ropri ation may b e expe nded for pay of freig ht an d ii_ a 11 0e . h t train convey- dental charges for the transportation of mails conveyed under spe- cial arrangement in freight trains or otherwise : Provided further M essen ger servi ce ac - b counting. Th at separate accounts be kept of the amount expended for mail- service' in the Dis- messenger service : Provided further, That there may be expended tr'et° from this appropriation for clerical and other assistance in the Dis- trict of Columbia not exceeding the sum of $82,000 to carry out 43p. 1069 .P-429 `-§'' the provisions of section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916 (U . S . C ., title 1z U. S . C. pp. 1269, 39, sec . 562) (the space basis Act), and not excee ding the sum of $40,40 0 to carry out the provisions of section 214 of the Act of February 28, 1025 (U . S . C., title 39, sec . 826) (cost ascertainment). R ail wa y M ai l S er vic e : For fifteen division superi ntendents, fifte en ~ ~Rail way Mail Serv - assistan t divisi on super intenden ts, two assistant superin tendents at Division su perin- large, one assistant superintendent in charge of car construction, one tendents. hundred and twenty-one chief clerks, one hundred and twenty-one assistant chief clerks, clerks in charge of sections in the offices of division superintendents railway postal clerks, substitute railway postal clerks, joint employees, and laborers in the Ra ilway Mail Service, $57,000,000. For travel allowanc e to rai lway pos tal cler ks and s ubstitut e rail- cl rks . allowance to way post al clerk s, $4,10 0,000. For actual and necessary expenses, general superintendent and a q arter awa y from y head uartes m assistan t genera l superi ntendent, divisi on superi ntendent , assist ant division superintendents, assistant superintendents, chief clerks, and assist ant c hief clerks, Railway Mail Service, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on business of the Post Office Depart- ment and away from their several designated headquarters, $70,000 . Miscellaneous. For rent, light, heat 2 fuel, telegraph, miscellaneous and office expenses, telephone service, badges for railway postal clerks, for the purcha se or rent al of arms and mi scell aneou s ite ms nec essar y for Arms formail protec- te p rotectio n of the mails, and rent al of sp ace for terminal raiway Lion. post offices for the distribution of mails when the furnishing of space gent, etc ., terminal for such distribution can not, under the Postal Laws and Regulations, properly be required of railroad companies without additional com- pensation, and for equipment and miscellaneous items necessary to terminal railway post offices, $1,200,000. For electric and cable car service, $610,000. ca Elect ric and cable Fo r tran sport ation of fo reign mail s by s teams hip, aircra ft, o r Foreign mails ° otherwise, including the cost of advertising in connection with the Vol. 45, p. 689. award of contracts authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1928 u.s.c.,Supp.IV, (U. S. C., title 46, sees. 861-889; Supp . III, title 46, sees . 886-891x), p . 617 . $36,600,000 : Provided, That not to exceed $7,000,000 of this sum may Prov is s .anowance. be expended for carrying foreign mail by aircraft under contracts which wi ll not c reate ob ligation s for th e fiscal year 193 3 in exc ess of $7,00 0,000 : P rovide d fur ther, That the Postmaster General is Sea post service. authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $250,000, to cov er the c ost to t he Unite d States for main taining sea post ser vice on ocean st eamships conveyi ng the ma ils to a nd from the United States and not to exceed $3,600 for the salary of the Assistant N Y ew York Director, y City. Director, Division of International Postal Service, with headquarters at New Yor k City. For balances due foreign countries, $2,100,000. c oun tri ess ntr . due f oreign For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office Travel, etc . of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, $1,200. Aircraft contract, in- For the inland transportation of mail by aircraft, under contract lan d service. as authorized by law, and for the incidental expenses thereof, includ- Vol. 44, pp 219,104949 ing not to exceed $30,000 for supervisory officials and clerks at air

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