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 S EVENT Y-FIR ST C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 289 . 1930 . 361 For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office Travel, etc. of the Postmaster General, $1,000. Damage claims. To enabl e the Pos tmaster General to pay c laims for damages , occurring during the fiscal year 1931 or in prior fiscal years, to vol 41 p sa. persons or property in accordance with the provisions of the Defi- u. s.c.,p . . 50. ciency Appropriation Act approved June 16, 1921 (U . S . C ., title 5, sec . 392), $15,000. Inspectors. OFFICE OF CHIEF INSPECTOR : For salaries of fifteen inspectors in Post, p .1578. charge of divisions, at $4,500 each ; and five hundred and twenty-five inspectors, $1,984,125 ; in all, $2,051,625. Traveling ezpenses, For traveling expenses of inspectors, inspectors in charge, the investigations, etc. ch ief p ost-o ffic e ins pecto r, an d the ass istan t chi ef po st-o ffice insp ector , and for the traveling expenses of four clerks performing stenographic and clerical assistance to post-office inspectors in the investigation of importa nt fraud cases, and for tests, exhibits, documents, photo- graphs, office and other necessary expenses incurred by post-office inspectors in connection with their official investigations $505,000 : Provided, That the Postmaster General may transfer to the Depart- Sum far chemical la- ment of Agriculture not exceeding $26,440 of this sum for chemical vestigations. investigations. For necessa ry miscellane ous expenses of division headquarters, Miscellaneous. $14,000 . For compensation of one hundred and thirty clerks at division h eadq uar ters . division headquarte rs, $327,687. For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction ing a law v iolations. oro detect- of pos t-office burglars, robbers, a nd highway mail robbers, $45, 000 : Provided, That rewards may be paid, in the discretion of the Post- Provisos. DDeathooffender. master General, when an offender of the class mentioned was killed in the act of committing the crime or in resisting lawful arrest : Provided further, That no part of this sum shall be used to pay any Rates limited. reward s at rates in excess of those specified in Post Office Dep art- ment Order 7708, dated July 1, 1922, except that not more than $2, 000 may be pa id, in the di scretion of t he Postmaste r General, R obbi ng po stal em- for th e arrest and conviction of an y person on the charge of rob bing pleyess. a postmaster or any employee of a post office of money or property Securinginformation, of the United States : Provided further, That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed $20,000 may be expended, in the discre- tion o f the Postmaster General, for the purpose of securing info rma- tion concerning violations of the postal laws and for services and inf ormation look ing toward th e apprehensio n of crimina ls. OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL First Assistant ost - master General For compensation to postmasters and for allowances for rent, Postmasters. light, fuel, and equipment to postmasters of the fourth class, $54,000,000 . Assistant postmast- For compensation to assistant postmasters at first and second class em, post offices, $7,400,000. For compensation to clerks and employees at first and second class second and post offices, including auxiliary clerk hire at summer and winter post offices, printers, mechanics, skilled laborers, watchmen, messengers, laborers, and substitutes, $192,500,000. Contract station For compensation to clerks in charge of contract stations, clerks. $1,970,000 . Separating mails. For separating mails at third and fourth class post offices, $500,000. Unusual conditions. For unusual conditions at post offices, $100,000. Clerks, third class of- For allowances to third-class post offices to cover the cost of clerical aces. services, $8,900,000. Miscellaneous, first For miscellaneous items necessary and incidental to the operation and second class offices. and protection of post offices of the first and second classes, and the

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