' 1174 FIFTYSEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 1009. 1903. one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expense of clerks to be employed in assorting and uching mails in transit on steamships between the United States and):ther postal administrations in the International Postal Union, and not exceeding forty thousand dollars for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamships in mf¤*,3,*,§$,5¤Y£kP§,j§i New York Bay to the several steamship and railway piers, and between Sari’Fmnclsco bays. the steamshi piers in New York City and Jerse City and the postoflice and railroad stations, and for transferring` the foreign mail rom _ incoming steamships in San Francisco Bay to t gfiers. “f,';'f;.}‘e‘;f““° '°’°‘g" Dpié lialances due foreign countries, one hundr and sixty-ive thousan dollars. D"l°‘“‘° ’° P°“"“l For com ensation and e nses of United States dele te In the mngrm Universal Postal Congress ltiieconvene at Rome, Italy, mia to exceed · seven thousand five hundred dollars. mEs¤,¤1§ ¢P¤¤¤ ormon or ma rmno Assrsnnr rosmasraa-GENERAL. stamps. For manufacture of adhesive posta e and special-deliver stamps and books of stamps, three hundred and seventy-six thousand dollars. msmrmmn. For pay of agent and assistants to distribute stamps, and expenses of agency, twelve thousand dollars. Stamped euveiopes. For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, °t°` seven hundred and ninety-five thousand dollars. ¤i¤¤·ib¤¤¤¤- For pay of agents and assistants to distribute stamped envelopes gada newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, twenty thousand 0 rs. · P¤¤¤¤1¤¤r<1¤- F(p1émis;nufacture'of postal cards, one hundred and eighty-nine thousan o rs. nam-muon. Forpa of agents and assistants to distribute postal cards, and expenses ofy agency, eighteen thousand dollars. Umm] °¤'¤¥°P¤¤· For registered-package, tag, official, and dead-letter envelopes, one hundred and sixty-three thousand dollars. Shiv. ew-- Y¤¤¤¤- For ship, steamboat, and way letters, one thousand dollars. 1¤s¢};${!{’_,{¤**¤¤* For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of firstclass "iimm.registere matter, twelve thousand dollars: Provided, That hereafter ’{“"““‘"“ "“°'““‘ the Postmaster-General may increase the amount of indemnity prol°"2°· "·°°°‘ vided for in Act of February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and R‘S"°°°‘m°‘°'m‘ ninety-seven, an Act amendatory of section thirty-nine hundred and gwanty-six of the Revised Statutes, to not exceeding one hundred o ars. m¤¤'¤· M- For blanks, books, and printed matter of urgent or special character, · including the pre ration, publication, and free distribution to the public of apamphlldt containing eneral postal information, and for metallic advertising signs, intaglio seals, and other miscellaneous iitefps of immediate necessity for the registry system, twenty thousand o ars. “P°‘f’“f, °°‘"'°°’ For the employment of s ecial counsel to be a pointed b the ifriiilgzeciliils. mm Attorney—Gen§raI; when requlisted by the POStm8St€lgG€DBml, gid at compensation to be fixed by the Attorney-General not exceeding this temporary appropriation, to prosecute and defend, on behalf of the Post-Oflice Department, all suits now pending or which may hereafter gripe affecting the second-class mailing privilege, twenty-five thousand 0 ars. },*j0¤gg;¤¤·*°*¤*- For miscellaneous items, one thousand dollars: Pr0#vz'ded, That not
exceeding two hundred dollars of this amount appropriated may be
used for necessary travelinge uses of the Third Assistant Postmaster- General within the District cipglolumbia. mma r-G.»;;|;s;$mt onion or rm: Fouam ASSISTANT msrmsmaa-Gmmmr. . ¤¤=p-ecmrs. Snaams or POS'1'—OFFIUE msrnorons: For salaries of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions, at two thousand Eve hundred dollars each;
