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 1508 72d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 212 . MARCH 3, 1933 . Field service. Postmaster General. For gas, electric power, and light, and the repair of machinery, Unite d Sta tes Po st Of fice Depart ment equip ment s hops build ing, $4,500 . The Postmaster General is hereby authorized to pay a cash reward for any invention, suggestion, or series of suggestions for an improve- ment or economy in device, design, or process applicable to the Postal Ser vi ce submitted by one or mo re employees of the Pos t Office Department or the Postal Service which shall be adopted for use and will clearly effect a material economy or increase efficiency, and for that purpose the sum of $1,500 is hereby appropriated : Provided, That the suns so paid to em ployee s in accor dance with this Act shall be in addition to their usual compensation : Provided further, That the total a mount pa id under the pro visions o f this A ct shall not exceed $1,000 in any month or for any one invention or sugges- tion : Provided further, Th at no employee sha ll be p aid a reward under th is Act u ntil he has prop erly exe cuted an agreemen t to the effect that the use by the United States of the invention, suggestion, or series of suggestions made by him shall not form the basis of a furthe r cla im of any n ature upon the U nited Stat es by him, his heirs, or assigns : Provided further, Th at this appropri ation sh all be available for no other purpose. For the transportation and delivery of equipment. materials, and supplies for the Post Office Department and Postal Service by freight, express, or motor transportation, and other incidental expenses, $350,000 . For tr avel and miscell aneous expenses in the Postal Se rvice, office of the Postmaster General, $1,000. To enable the Po stm as ter General to pay claims for dam ag es, occurring during the fiscal year 1934, or in prior fiscal years, to persons or property in accordance with the provisions of the Defici ency Appro priati on Ac t appr oved June 16, 1 921 (U. S. C., title 5, sec . 39 2), $18,0 00. OFFICE OF CHIEF INSPECTOR : For salaries o f fifteen inspec tors in charge of divisions and five hundred and twenty-five inspectors, $1,878,750. Traveling expenses, For traveling expenses of inspectors, inspectors in charge, the investig ations, etc' chief post-office inspector, and the assistant chief post-office inspector, and for the traveling expenses of four clerks performing steno - graphic and clerical assistance to post-office inspectors in the investi- gation of important fraud cases, and for tests, exhibits, documents, photographs, office and other necessary expenses incurred by post- office inspectors in connection with t heir official in vestigations, Allotment for them- $475,000 : Provided, That not exceeding $24,500 of this sum shall be ical, etc ., rnv estiga- availabl e for tr ansfer b y the Po stmaster General to other depart- tions. ments and independent establishments for chemical and other investigations. Miscellaneous. For necessary miscellaneous expenses of division headquarters, $14,000 . Clerks at division For compensation of one hundred and thirty clerks at division headquarters. head quar ter s, $ 300, 700. Rewards for detect- For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction mg law violation' of post-office burglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers, $45 ;000 Death of offe nder Provided, That rewards may be paid, in the discretion of the Post- master General, when an offender of the class mentioned was killed in the act of committing the crime or in resisting lawful arrest : Equipment sh ops building. Cash rewards to em- ployees for inventions improving the service. Pr ovi sos Additional to regular pay. Sums limited. Agreement for Gov- ernment use required . Appropriation re- stricted. Shipment of supplies, etc. Travel, etc. Damage claims. Vol.42,p.63. U.S.C.,p.50. Inspectors. FIELD SERVICE, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL