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 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 212. MAR CH 3, 1933 . Office of the chief inspector, $188,045. Office of the purchasin agent, $35,411. Bureau of Accounts, 87,083, of which amou nt $45, 000 shal l be available only for temporary employees to carry out the provisions of section 15 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (U. S. C., Supp. V, title 5. see. 702a), for the maintenance of individual records of civil-service retirement and disability fund deductions so far as they relate to employees of the Postal Service. 1507 Accounts Bureau, temporary employees, civil-service records. Vol. 48, p. 476. U. S. C., Supp. VI, p.44. CCNTINGENT E% PEN 6E6, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT Department ge nt co ntin - expenses. For stationery and blank books, index and guide cards, folders, Stationery, et c. and binding devices, including purchase of free penalty envelopes, $15,000. For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, ice, and power plant powea` eat ing, li ghting, including repairs to elevators, purchase and exchange of tools and electrical supplies, and removal of ashes, $37,500. ,F or teleg raphing, $6,000. Telegraphing. For miscellaneous items, including purchase, exchange, mainte- Miscellaneous. nance, and repair of typewriters, adding machines, and other labor- saving devices ; maintenance of motor trucks and of two motor- drive n pas senger -car r ing vehi cles, to be used only for o ffici al purposes (one for the Postmaster General and one for the general use of the department) ; street-car fares not exceeding $540 ; plumbing ; repairs to department buildings ; floor coverings ; postage stamps for PoPostage .V . 44, pp. 2243,2245 corresponden corresponaddressabroawhich is notexem exempunder ar 47 of the London convention of the Universal Postal Union, $43,500 ; and of such sum of $43,500, not exceeding $14,500 may be expended for telephone service, not exceeding $1,800 may be expended for purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, railway guides, city di rectories, and bo oks nece ssary to conduct the bus iness of the department, and not exceeding $2,000 may be expended for expe nses, ex cept me mber ship fees, of attendance at meet ings or fng Attendance at meet. conventions concerned with postal affairs, when incurred on the written authority of the Postmaster 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, $5,000. Furniture, etc. For printing and binding for the Post Office Department, includ- Print ing and b inding. ing all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $950,000. Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Post p$i oaservice >asro- used Office Department, except as otherwise provided, shall not be for department. expended for any of the purposes hereinbefore provided for on account of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia Provided, That the actual and necessary expenses of officials and Provisos. employees of the Post Office Department and Postal Service, wh en able~trom servlcepap- travelln on official business, may continue to be paid from the propriations. appropriations for the service in connection with which the travel is performed, and appropriations for the fiscal year 1934 of the charact er heret ofore use d for su ch purpo ses shal l be ava ilable t here- for : Provided further, That appropriations hereinafter made, excegel use in examining field such as are exc lusively for paym ent of c omp ensa tion, sh all shal l estimates . immediately available for expenses in connection with the examina- tion of estimates for approp riations in the field including per diem allowances in lieu of actual expenses of subsistence,