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 57 STAT.] 78TH CONG., 1ST SESS. -CH. 179-JUNE 30, 1943 TITLE II-POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT The following sums are appropriated in conformity with the Act of July 2, 1836 (5 U. S. C. 380, 39 U. S. C. 786), for the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, namely: POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL Salaries: For the Postmaster General and other personal services in the office of the Postmaster General in the District of Columbia, $237,000. SALARIES IN BUREAUS AND OFFICES For personal services in the District of Columbia in bureaus and offices of the Post Office Department in not to exceed the following amounts, respectively: Office of Budget and Administrative Planning, $27,500. Office of the First Assistant Postmaster General, $578,450. Office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, $467,500. Office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $795,000. Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $483,000. Office of the Solicitor for the Post Office Department, $134,000. Office of the chief inspector, $276,540. Office of the purchasing agent, $49,950. Bureau of Accounts, including the employment of not to exceed three temporary experts by contract or otherwise without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, or the civil service and classifi- cation laws, for the purpose of making studies of the cost, rating, and accounting procedures of the postal service, $300,000. CONTINGENT EXPENSES, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT For contingent and miscellaneous expenses; including stationery and blank books, index and guide cards, folders and binding devices, purchase of free penalty envelopes; telegraph and telephone service, furniture and filing cabinets and repairs thereto; purchase of tools and electrical supplies; maintenance of two motor-driven passenger- carrying vehicles; floor coverings; postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad, which is not exempt under article 49 of the Buenos Aires Convention of the Universal Postal Union; purchase and exchange of lawbooks, and books of reference; newspapers, not exceeding $200; expenses, except membership fees, of attendance at meetings or conventions concerned with postal affairs, when incurred on the written authority of the Postmaster General, not exceeding $2,000; and expenses of the purchasing agent and of the Solicitor and attorneys connected with his office while traveling on business of the Department, not exceeding $800; and other expenses not otherwise provided for; $110,000. For printing and binding for the Post Office Department, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Wash- ington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $1,250,000. Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Post Office Department, except as otherwise provided, shall not be 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 employees of the Post Office Department and Postal Service, when traveling on official business, may continue to be paid from the appro- 263 Post Office Depart- ment Appropriation Act, 1944. Post, p. 628. 5 Stat. 80. Post, p. 628. Post, p. 628. Experts. 41 U. S.C.. 5. Post, p. 628. 54 Stat. 2074. Printing and bind- ing. Feld-service appro- priations, restriction on use. Travel expenses.

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