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 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 55 -MAR. 28, 1938 Rent, light, fuel, and water. Pneumatic-tube service. Proviso. Provisions applica- ble. 32 Stat. 114; 35 Stat. 412. 39U. S. C. 423. Vehicle service. Provisos. Housing of Govern- ment-owned vehicles. Tractors and trailer trucks. Maintenance, etc., of vehicles, restriction on use of funds. Transportation of equipment and sup- plies. Public buildings. Operating force. Proviso. Pay rates. Operating supplies. quantities of distinctive equipments as may be required by other executive departments; and for service in Alaska, Puerto Rico, Phil- ippine Islands, Hawaii, or other island possessions. Rent, light, fuel, and water: For rent, light, fuel, and water, for first-, second-, and third-class post offices, and the cost of advertising for lease proposals for such offices, $11,250,000. Pneumatic-tube service: For the rental of not exceeding two miles of pneumatic tubes, not including labor and power in operating the same, for the transmission of mail in the city of Boston, Massachu- setts, $24,000: Provided, That the provisions not inconsistent here- with of the Acts of April 21, 1902 (39 U. S. C., 423), and May 27, 1908 (39 U. S . C., 423), relating to the transmission of mail by pneu- matic tubes or other similar devices shall be applicable hereto. Vehicle service: For vehicle service; the hire of vehicles; the rental of garage facilities; the purchase, exchange, maintenance, and repair of motor vehicles; accident prevention; the hire of supervisors, cleri- cal assistance, mechanics, drivers, garage men, and such other employees as may be necessary in providing vehicles and vehicle service for use in the collection, transportation, delivery, and super- vision of the mail, $15,300,000: Provided, That the Postmaster Gen- eral may, in his disbursement of this appropriation, apply a part thereof to the leasing of quarters for the housing of Government- owned motor vehicles at a reasonable annual rental for a term not exceeding ten years: Provided further, That the Postmaster General, during the fiscal year 1939, may purchase and maintain from the appropriation "Vehicle service" such tractors and trailer trucks as may be required in the operation of the vehicle service: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for maintenance or repair of motor-propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use in connection with the administrative work of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia. Transportation of equipment and supplies: For the transportation and delivery of equipment, materials, and supplies for the Post Office Department and Postal Service by freight, express, or motor trans- portation, and other incidental expenses, $330,000. PUBIC BUILDINGS, MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION Operating force: For personal services in connection with the operation of public buildings, including the Washington Post Office and the Customhouse Building in the District of Columbia operated by the Post Office Department, together with the grounds thereof and the equipment and furnishings therein, including telephone operators for the operation of telephone switchboards or equivalent telephone switchboard equipment in such buildings jointly serving in each case two or more governmental activities, $19,650,000, of which sum not less than $187,737 shall be available for adjustment of the compensation of employees on an annual salary basis who have com- pleted one year of satisfactory service prior to July 1, 1938, and who have not, before such date, received an advance in pay: Provided, That in no case shall the rates of compensation for the mechanical labor force be in excess of the rates current at the time and in the place where such services are employed. Operating supplies, public buildings: For fuel, steam, gas, and electric current for 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 cus- todial forces, and for miscellaneous services and supplies, accident 146 [52 STAT.

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