364 SIXTY·FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 230. 1910. tal clerks, seventy-five thousand dollars, including rental of offices ¥di·s· division headquarters, Railway Mail Service, in Washington, District of Columbia. _ _ rei- mem, ew., u- For per diem allowance of assistant superintendents while actually argv °°°°d°°°°d` traveling on official business away from their home, then- officral ‘ domicile, and their headquarters, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster—General, not to exceed four dollars per day, thirty thousand dollars, and for their necessary official expenses not covered by their per diem allowance, not exceeding three thousand six hundred dollars; in all, thirty-three thousand six hundred dollars. meeuge and came For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars, seven °°}.$§§,,‘f‘ hundred and twenty thousand dollars: Provided, That the rate of C<>¤¤P¤¤¤¤¤°¤· compensation to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now paid · to com anies performinglsuch service, except that the Postmaster- General; in cases where the quantity of mail is large and the number. of exchange points numerous, may, in his discretion, authorize pay- ment for closed—pouch service at a rate per mile not to exceed onethird above the rate per mile now paid for closed—pouch service; and for mail cars and a artments carrying the mails, not to exceed the ouame or cme. rate of one cent per linear foot per car mile of travel: Provided further, That the rates for electric-car service on routes over twenty miles in length outside of cities shall not exceed the rates paid for service on U,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,1;,,,,,,,, steam railroads: Prweded, however, That not to exceed ten thousand dollars of the sum hereby a propriated may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster-general where unusual conditions exist ‘ or where such service will be more expeditious and eihcient and at no $,,,,,,,,,,;,0, of greater cost than otherwise, and not to exceed one hundred thousand » "•8°¤ *°"*°°· dollars of this appropriation may be expended for regulation, screen, ‘ or motor screen-wagon service which may be authorized in lieu of electric or cable car service. rereizn mum For transportation of forei mails, three million two hundred €{§'§‘§§‘,,,, stwm. and sixty-three thousand doliilrsc Provided, That the Postmaster- ¤¤iv¤· General shall be authorized to ex end such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding one hundred and) thirty thousand dollars, to cover one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expenses of clerks to be employed in asserting and pouching mails in transit on _ steamships between the United States and other postal administra- ,.§§,fj,§},“;§,’·F’;§,§K tions in the International Postal Union, and not exceeding eighty visvv- thousand dollars for transferrin the foreign mail from incoming steamships in New York Bay to the steamship and railway piers, and for transferring the foreign mail from incomin steamships in San Francisco Bay to the piers; also for transferring the mail from steamglziris perfprming service under contract for transporting United a es man . m{5;*;{¤¤* ¤“P¢*‘*¤· For assistant superintendent, division of forei mails, with head- ' quarters in New York, New York, two thousand gis hundred dollars. eigggggdgrs '°*· theupgarbglggagss due foreign countries, two hundred and thirty-Eve Tmvel. ece. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of — the Second Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand dollars. P0'§t*;;ggr_G·;;¤;¤r;g§¤ omrrcn or Tm: THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTERGENERAL. stamps. For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, special-delivery stamps, books of stamps, and for coiling of stamps, six hundred and twIe_nty thouséand dollaérs. S¢¤¤¤r~·¤ <>¤v¤¤¤r¢¤ or- manu acture o stamped envelo es and news a er wra rs °°r§ri,l?§§°.l?°”` 1 one million four hundred thousand dollalis: Provided, I'l`li)at no pig: of ,,m§‘,;"“,§c_f"‘,§‘,§,,,‘,; the foregoing sum shall be used to_ print or have printed, or sell or offer ¤¤¤· to sell any stamped envelope bearing upon it a printed direction giving
