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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 466-JUNE 14, 1948 power in operating the same, for the transmission of mail in the city of Boston, Massachusetts; $740,000: Provided, That the Acts of Apri 21, 1902, 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 to the city of New York, and the provisions not inconsistent herewith of the Acts of April 21, 1902, and May 27, 1908 (39 U. S. C . 423), shall be applicable to the city of Boston. Vehicle service: For the hire, purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of vehicles for use in the collection, transportation, delivery, and supervision of the mail, including the repair of vehicles owned by, or under the control of, units of the National Guard and departments and agencies of the Federal Government where repairs are made necessary because of utilization of such vehicles in the Postal Service; the rental of garage facilities; lease of quarters not exceeding a term of ten years for the housing of Government-owned motor vehicles, and including compensation to necessary employees in the motor vehicle service, $42,457,000, of which $4,400,000 shall be available exclusively for the purchase of trucks: Provided,That the Postmaster General may purchase and maintain from this appropriation such tractors and trailer trucks as may be required in the operation of the vehicle service: Providedfurther, That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for maintenance or repair of motor-propelled pas- senger-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, $1,000,000. Operating force, public buildings: For compensation to employees in the custodial service, $44,600,000. Operating supplies, public buildings: For necessary miscellaneous articles, services and supplies, including transportation thereof, required for the operation of completed and occupied public buildings and grounds operated by the Post ffice Department. $7,:320,000, which shall not be available for personal services except for work done by contract, or for temporary job labor unlder exigency not exceeding atl one time the sum of $250 at any one building: Provided,That the Post- master General is authorized to contract for telephone service in public buildings 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 receiv- ing the same. Equipment, public buildings: For the procurement, including trans- portation, of furniture, carpets, safes, safe and vault protective devices, and repairs of same, for use in public buildings which are now, or may hereafter be, operated by the Post Office Department, $950,000: Pro- vided, That excepting expenditures for labor for or incidental to the moving of equipment from or into public buildings, the foregoing appropriation shall not be used for personal services except for work done under contract or for temporary job labor under exigency and not exceeding at one time the sum of $100 at any one building: Pro- vided further, That all furniture now owned by the United States in other public buildings or in buildings rented by the United States shall be used, so far as practicable, whether or not it corresponds with the present regulation plan of furniture. 421 32 Stat. 114; 35 Stat. 412; 42 Stat. 661 . Post, p. 1163. Post, p. 1163. Housing of vehicles. Tractors and trailer trucks. Maintenance, re- striction. Personal services, imitation. Telephone service. Post, p. 565. Personal services, imitation. Use of present fur- itue.

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