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 73d C ONGRESS. SESS. II. CH. 70. MARCH 15, 1934 . 449 PUBLIC BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION 86637 '-8-i 	2 0 Pub 1 i c buildings, m ainten ance, etc. Salaries and expenses, departmental : For personal services in the Departmental sala- District of Columbia and for traveling expenses necessary in con- nes and expenses. nection with the operation and maintenance of public buildings under the administration of the Post Office Department, $69,346. Operating force : For personal services in connection with the Operating force. operation and maintenance of public buildings, including the Wash- ington Post Office and the Customhouse Building in the District of Columbia, under the administration of the Post Office Department, together with the grounds thereof and the equipment and furnish- ings therein, including telephone operators for the operation of telephone switchboards or equivalent telephone switchboard equip- ment in such buildings jointly serving in each case two or more governmental activities, $10,935,000 : Provided, That in no case shall Proviso. Compensation rates, the rates of compensation for the mechanical labor force be in mechanical labor. excess of the rates current at the time and in the place where such services are employed. Operating supplies : For fuel, steam, gas, and electric current for operatin g supplies. lighting, heating, and power purposes, water, ice, lighting supplies, removal of ashes and rubbish, snow and ice, cutting grass and weeds, washing towels, telephone service for custodial forces, and for mis- cellaneous services and supplies, tools and appliances, for the opera- tion and maintenance of completed and occupied public buildings and grou nds, inc ludi ng m echa nica l an d el ectr ical equ ipme nt, but not the repair thereof, under the administration of the Post Office Department, including the Washington Post Office and the Custom- house Building in the District of Columbia, and for the transporta- tion of articl es and suppli es auth orized herein, $4,15 0,000
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Limitation on avail- That the foregoing appropriation shall not be available for per- abilit y. sonal services except for work done by contract, or for temporary job labor under exigency not exceeding at one time the sum of $100 Contracts for tele- at any one building : Provided further, That the Postmaster Gen- phone service. eral is authorized to contract for telephone service in public build- ings under his administration by means of telephone switchboards or equivalent telephone-switching equipment jointly serving in each case two or more governmental activities, where he determines that joint service is economical and in the interest of the Government, and to secure reimbursement for the cost of such joint service from available appropriations for telephone expenses of the Bureaus and offices receiving the same. Furniture, carpets, and safes : For the procurement, including a Furniture and transportation, of furniture, carpets, safes, lighting fixtures, and repairs of same, for use in public buildings which are now, or may hereafter be, under the administration of the Post Office Depart- ment. $1,250,000 : Provided, That the foregoing appropriation shall n rosnai service re not be used for personal services except for work done under con- stri ction. tract or for temporary job labor under exigency and not exceeding at one time the sum of $100 at any one building : Provided further That use of present furni- all furniture now owned by the United States in other public build- tare' ings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether it corresponds with the present regulation plan of furniture or not. In the disbursement of appropriations contained in this Act for Sums transferred to St andards Bureau for the field service of the Post Office Department the Postmaster Gen- investigating materials. eral may transfer to the Bureau of Standards not to exceed $20,000 for scientific investigations in connection with the purchase of mate-