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258 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 613. 1900. . · carbon fpaper, and articles pertaining to its use in the issue and pay- ment 0 money orders, one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. ,cg¤<>¤<=r<>r¤¤r Serv- d Eubber and metal stamps for the money-order service, six thousand l Stamps. 0 81`S. - V l —¤¤1>ri¤s r¤==¤¤<=¤· · Copying pirplsses and typewriting machines (money-order service), five thousand ollars. · A —¤mi¤¤¤rr.¤¢¤- l Exchange on drafts, stationery, and necessary miscellaneous incidental expenses of the money-order service, thirteen thousand dollars. P(;$<g>g;9r_G%§;%§* orrron or THE SECOND ASSISTANT r·osTMAsTEa-GENERAL. p,§{§{{}§,_m““ "“”s‘ For inland mail transportation, namely: Inland transportation by Sm muws. star routes, including temporary service to newly established offices, f,’{g'§§g·SBrv,ce five million two hun red and forty thousand dollars: Provided, That »out of this appropriation the Postmaster—General is authorized to provide diiiicult or emergency mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable, without advertising therefor. I, Smmwet ¤>¤f¢¤· For inland transportation by steamboat routes, five hundred and forty-five thousand dollars. — y Mesmgef Service- For mail-messenger service, nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars. P¤•=¤¤¤¤¤¢ tubes- For transportation of mail by pneumatic tube or other similar devices, by purchase or otherwise, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dol- _fgm;¢;mS,0u of lars: Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall be used in service. - extending such pneumatic service beyond the service ror which contracts alread are entered into, and no additional contracts shall be made unless hereafter authorized by law. ·,j§§;S‘i%*;gi°’;°§tg°j;; For the investigation by the Postmaster-General of the cost of con- _ ized. ’ " struction, operation, and utility of all systems of pneumatic tubes for the transmission of mail, includin full details and maps, and any estimates and roposals as to cost ofg construction, as we 1 as the cost of stations andp their operation, and all facts bearing upon the use of said tubes in connection with the mail service, to enable Congress to determine whether the service should be owned, leased, extended, or discontinued by the Government, also the cost at which the Government may acquire existing plants or necessary patents, ten thousand dollars. wag¤¤,em.,semce. -ftFo@·hregula(§io1ni1screen, or other wagon service, seven hundred and . ii thousand ., dollars. sags,eamne¤,em. Byormail bags, cord fasteners, label cases, and for labor and material ` nlpcessaigdfcflré repairing equipment, two hundred and seventy-five A thousand o rs. L<>cks.k<·>ys,em.’ For mail locks and keys, chains, tools, and machinery, and for labor · r and material necessary for repairing same, of which sum not exceeding two hundred dollars may be used to lgrovide badges for railway post-office clerks, forty-three thousand dol rs. Repair shop. For rent of building for a mail-bag repair shop and lock-repair C shop, and for fuel, gas, watchmen and charwomen, oil and repair of machiner for said shops, eight thousand five hundred dollars. anime muwsFor inland transportation by railroad routes, of which a sum not · exceeding forty thousand dollars may be employed to pa freight on postal cards, stamped envelopes, and stamped (pa er, and other supplies rom the manufactories to the post-offices an dizpots of distribution, thirty-three million eight hundred and seventy thousand dollars. · ·P¤¤*#¤¤i¢<= ¢¤¤¤- For railylvay pogtho Hee car service, four million five hundred and sixty-one thousand dollars. V icgeiiwev Mei! Sm- RAILWAY MAH. SEav1cE: One~»General Superintendent, at three shpemaeuaeuzs, thousand five hundred dollars; one ··s· A ssistant General Superintendent, °l°'“*°“" at three thousand dollars; one chief clerk, ofice of General Superintendent, two thousand dollars; eleven division superintendents, at two thousand five hundred dollars each; eleven assistant division superin-