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346 FIFTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 702. 1888. M¤*¤¤¤¤· allowed for the use of any third-class post-office for rent a sum in excess of three hundred dollars, nor more than sixty dollars for fuel and lights in any one year. _ 'i'¤i*'“'¤”t °'}}g,f: The Postmaster-General may hereafter allow rent, light, and fuel gundwclgi. Mat offices of the third class in the same manner as he is now authorized Prevfw- by law to do in the case of offices of the nrst and second class; Pro- O°m°°°S' vided, That no contract for rent for a third-class ]ppst—oil'ice shall be made for a longer period than one year, nor s ll the aggregate allowance for rent made in any year exceed the amount appropriated for such u se. Mi¤<=¤¤¤¤<><>¤¤ For migcdllgneous and incidental items for the first and second class post-offices, including furniture, one hundred thousand dollars. Fm delivery- For free-delivery service, six million dollars. _ AddM¤¤¤l For the additional expense of the free-delivery service made neces- A""’ p' I"' sary by the act entitled "An act to limit the hours that letter carriers in cities shall be employed per day," approved May twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, one million dollars. Stationery- For stationery in post-oflices, ’dfty—’dve thousand dollars. Twine. em For wrapping twine, eighty thousand dollars. For wrappin paper, forty-five thousand dollars. 1 For letter balances, scales, and test weights, hfteen thousand dollars. F or post-marking and rating stamps, and ink and pads for stamping and cancelling purposes, forty-three thousand dollars. Pgssecrggggaigsggpt OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTEB.-GENERAL. mmm mmpm-w For inland mail transportation, namely: Inland transportation by ms';. mmm star routes, live million four hundred thousand dollars. s¤¤•m4¤>•¤r<>¤¤¤¤ For inland transportation by steam·boat routes, four hundred and lift thousand dollars. - M~¤=¤¤¤z¤· ¤¤¤i<><>- lilbr mail-messenger service, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. B¤¤¤¤¤¤¤•*¤¤°¤ For mail-bags and mail·bag catchers, two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars. Iwks ¤¤¤k¤y= For mail locks and keys, twenty-five thousand dollars. gkpézed mum- For inland transportation by railroad routes, of which a sum not Aexceeding thirty thousand dollars may be emplo ed to pay the freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, and stamped, paper from the mangfafptories to post·offices and depots of distribution, seventeen million 0 ars. Pew! we For railway post-office car service, two million dollars. d§g;*'*¤Y P°*°°‘ For railway post-otiice clerks, live million two hundred and forty- ` six thousand seven hundred and ninety dollars and twenty-one cents. Sv•¤·i¤¤ f·¤¤1¤¤¤~ For necessary and special facilities on trunk lines, two hundred and ninety-five thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven dollars and _ fifty-three cents. M*·"°°“°°°°“* I• or miscellaneous items. one thousand dollars.

 OFFICE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER-GENERAL.

_ Stamps. For manufacture of adhesive postage and special-delivery stam , plnpl hundred and forty-four thousan one hundred and forty-eixt 0 ars. ”"“*"°“°¤· For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses of agency, eight thousand dollars. °t§f°’“P°‘* °°'°*°P°°· For manufacture of stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and letter-sheets, seven hundr and fifty-six thousand six hundred and _ _ e1$hty-seven dollars. ”‘“"“’“*‘°"· or pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and letter-sheets, and expenses of agency, sixteen thousand ollars.