FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Suss. III. GH. 327. 1899. 963 at summer resorts, holiday and election service, thirteen million six hundred and ninety-seven thousand two hundred dollars. For pay of letter carriers in new offices entitled to free-delivery serv- __u8,, umm ice under existing law, sixty thousand dollars. ` For horse-hire allowance, four hundred and ten thousand dollars. H°'°° b**`°· For car fare and bicycle allowance, one hundred and ninety-five thou- 0*****- ·>*¤· `sand dollars. For incidental expenses, including twelve mechanics in the six largest Incidents1s. cities, exclusively employed in repairing boxes and locks, and erecting boxes, planting posts and pedestals, at nine hundred dollars per annum ; letter boxes, package boxes, posts, satchels, repairs, marine free-de1ivery service at Detroit, one hundred and iitty thousand dollars; in all, fourteen million five hundred and twelve thousand two hundred dollars: Provided, That ten per centum of the foregoing amounts for free-deliv- Pmviw. ery service may be available interchangeably for expenditure on the ,,,§,‘{,'§f,°,'{,’§,{‘g°“°1° °" objects named, but no one item of appropriation shall thereby be . increased more than ten per centum. For experimental rural tree delivery, including pay of carriers, horse- Rm-nl fm delivery. hire allowance, supplies, and mechanical appliances, three hundred thousand dollars. For stationery for postal service, fifty-five thousand dollars. S¤~¤¤¤¤ry- For wrapping twine, ninety thousand dollars. Twine. For wrapping paper, thirty thousand dollars. Pern For letter balances, scales, and test weights, and repairs to same, Suleten thousand dollars. For postmarking and rating stamps, and repairs to same, and ink stg:¤¤¤1i¤z· •*»¤·»" and pads for stamping and canceling purposes, iorty thousand dollars. p°` For packing boxes, sawdust, paste, and hardware, one thousand Packing buss. ew. dollars. , For printing facing slips and cutting same, card slide labels, blanks, P¤¤¤i¤s» and books of an urgent nature for the postal service, twenty thousand dollars. · For rental or purchase of canceling machines and motors and power Cancslingmschines. therefor, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Blanks, blank books, and printed matter for the money-order serv- noeksms. ice, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Rubber and metal stamps and articles pertaining thereto; and for ,}¥<···•¤y <>r¤¤r¤. carbon paper and articles pertaining to its use in the issue and psy- ° "“”°’°°’ ment of money orders, three thousand dollars. Stationery, exchange on drafts, copying presses, and necessary mis. —¤*¤¤<>¤¤¤v· cellaneous and incidental expenses for the money-order service, seven thousand five hundred dollars. OFFICE or THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTEB·GENERAL. Second Assistant Postmaster-General. For inland mail transportation, namely: Inland transportation by Iggyé ·¤·¤ ¤·¤¤¤· star routes, including temporary service to newly established offices, Wszsrligntes. live million and twenty-five thousand dollars. For inland transportation by steamboat routes, five hundred thou- smmwsuoutsn. sand dollars. For mail-messenger service, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. M·=¤—¢=¤s¤=· ¤¤¤‘i<=¤- For transportation of mail by pneumatic tube, or other similar P¤¤¤¤¤¤¤i·= ¤¤1><>¤. devices, by purchase or otherwise, two hundred and twenty-tive thou- °*" sand dollars. For regulation, screen, or other wagon service, seven hundred and W¤z¤¤·¤¢¤··¤·¤*i<>¤ fifty thousand dollars. For mail bags, cord fasteners, label cases, and for labor and material ****8** °°*·°“°”- °‘°· necessary for repairing equipment, two hundred and seventy-tive thousand dollars. Fer mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and for labor L<>·=1¤¤. k¤y¤.•>*¤· and material necessary for repairing same, forty-three thousand dollars, of which sum not exceeding two thousand dollars may be used to provide badges for railway post-oflice clerks.
