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 complete equipment and furniture for post offices in leased and rented quarters; for the purchase (including exchange), repair, and replace- ment of arms and miscellaneous items necessary for the protection of Post-route maps. the mails; for miscellaneous expenses in the preparation and publica- tion of post-route maps and rural delivery maps or blueprints, includ- ing tracing for photolithographic reproduction; for other expendi- tures necessary and incidental to post offices of the first, second, and third classes, and offices of the fourth class having or to have rural delivery service, and for letter boxes; for the purchase of atlases and Purchase of twine. geographical and technical works not to exceed $1,500; for wrapping twine and tying devices (not more than three-fourths of the funds herein appropriated for the purchase of twine shall be expended in the purchase of twine manufactured from materials or commodities produced outside the United States); for expenses incident to the shipment of supplies, including hardware, boxing, packing, and not exceeding $62,300 for the pay of employees in connection therewith Labor-saving de- in the District of Columbia; for rental, purchase, exchange, and vis repair of canceling machines and motors, mechanical mail-handling apparatus, accident prevention, and other labor-saving devices, includ- ing cost of power in rented buildings and miscellaneous expenses of installation and operation of same, including not to exceed $35,000 for salaries of thirteen traveling mechanicians, and for traveling expenses, saro0io. et $3,225,000: Provided, That the Postmaster General may authorize the sale to the public of post-route maps and rural delivery maps or blue- prints at the cost of printing and 10 per centum thereof added. mEquipment shops, Equipment shops, Washington, District of Columbia: For the pur- chase, manufacture, and repair of mail bags and other mail containers and attachments, mail locks, keys, chains, tools, machinery, and mate- rial necessary for same, and for incidental expenses pertaining thereto; material, machinery, and tools necessary for the manufacture and repair of such other equipment for the Postal Service as may be deemed expedient; accident prevention; for the expenses of mainte- nance and repair of the mail bag equiment shops building and equip- ment, including fuel, light, power, and miscellaneous supplies and services; maintenance of grounds; for compensation to labor employed in the equipment shops and in the operation, care, maintenance, and protection of the equipnlent shops building, grounds, and equipment, $1,075,000, of which not to exceed $605,000 may be expended for per- liti'ctiv.e equip sonal services in the District of Columbia: Provided, That out of this mlent's. appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to use as mnuch of the sum, not exceeding $15,000, as may be deemed necessary for the purchase of material and the manufacture in the equipment shops of such small quantities of distinctive equipments as may be required by other executive departments; and for service in Alaska, Puerto Rico, Philippine 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, $9.950,000. Pneumatic-tube service. New York City: For rental of not exceed- ing twenty-eight miles of pneumatic tubes, hire of labor, communica- tion service, electric power, and other expenses for transmission of mail in the city of New York including the Borough of Brooklyn, 32 Stat 114; 3 Stat. $540,628: Provided,That the provisions of the Acts of April 21, 1902, 412; 42 Stat. 61 . May 27, 1908, and June 19 1922 (39 U. S. C. 423), relating to contracts for the transmission of mail by pneumatic tubes or other similar devices shall not be applicable hereto. Pneumatic-tube service, Boston: For the rental of not exceeding two miles of pneumatic tubes, not including labor and power in operating 232 PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 156-MAY 31, 1941 [55 STAT.

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