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SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 162. 1917. 1067 For payment of limited indemnit for the in`u or loss of ieces ¥¤¤·¤:{{. M me-

§;l(p1&e€tic registered matter, insurgd, and collecrt¥on—deliverypmail, mu `

_ For payment_of indemnity for the loss of registered articles in the mternational mails, in accordance with convention stipulations, $10,000. _ For trayel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office '“'•*•*»•*¤- of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $1,000. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the service of the Postal ,,,];°‘°" S"'”‘“ SY" Savings System, office of the director, $500. orrrcn or rms: Fotmrn ASSISTANT rosmnsrnu omunnn. ,,,,,,,,,F°“"",,,,,,,*‘,,,"",,,,§§“‘ For stationery for the Postal Service, including blanks, books, ¤*•¤°¤¤*Y·¤*¤· printed and engraved matter, binding and carbon paper, and other miscellaneous items for the money-pgrder and registry systems; also the prelparation, publication, and distribution by ostmasters to E . the pu lic of pamphlet containing general postal infgrmatiom and •w.°v°l°°° m°°°°°r’ also pay of one envelope inspector at $1,800 per annum, and one assistant at $900 per annum, $522,000. rosrar. savmes srsrmi. For the urehase of supplies for the Postal Savings' S tem, in- °"§*““"·*’°°‘*‘“•" eluding blaliak books, forms, pamphlets, rubber stamps,yBcanceling ms mm devices, certificates and cards and stamps for use in eviden aemiupess. deposits, and free penalty envelopes; and for the reimbursemen(;.m¢§ ,,,,,3,, p_,,,_ the Secretary of the Treasury for expenses incident to the prepare- ' tion, issue, and registration of the bonds authorized by the Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, $75,000. For postmarking, rating, money-order stam(ps, and electrotype m*:¤··¤¤•r¤¤¢. •¢¢~. plates, and repairs to same meta , rubber, an combination type '°°‘ ates and figures, type holders, ink, and pads for canceling and stamping purposes, $50,000. For wrappin twine and tying devices, $275,000. ""'*°°·•*°— For the purgmse, exchange, and repair of typewriting machines, “_§’¤*g';¤$_j,sg;‘,·;j[¤¤;_*§,·;; envelope-openin machines, and computing machines, copyinglpresses, mite-. numbering machines, time recorders, letter balances, sca es, test we' hts and miscellaneous articles purchased and furnished directly to 151e Postal Service, $180 000. R For equipment for the Iiural Delivery Service, including the pur- ,q,,,',§{,§,L,_°'""°" chase and repair of furniture, satchels and straps, and collection boxes and the erection and painting of such boxes, $20,000. un For defra expenses incident to the shipment of suhpplies, includ- m”i°"°°° ‘ ing hardware, boxing, packing, cartage, freight, and e pay of one enter at $1,200 per annum and nine requisition Ellers, at $900

3 per annum, for assignment in connection therewith, $140,000.

For miscellaneous expenses in the preparation and publication_ of mg? "’°‘°· "°» post·route maps and rural-delivery maps or blue prints, mcludmg tracing for photolithogrpiphic re&roduction, $25,000; and the Postmaster General may an orize e sale to the public of post-route S•¤¤.¤¢¤ ma and rural-delivery ma or blue prints at the cost of aprmtmg ands ten per centum thereofpidded, the proceeds of such s e to be used as a further appro riation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps andprural-delivery maps or blue rints; of this amount $500 maynbe expended in the purchase of atliises and geogra hical and tec `cal works. _ lilbr rental and purchase of canceling machmes, including cost of °“‘°‘“"""°““'· wer in rented buildings motors repairs to motors, an miscelmieous expenses of installation and operation, $320,000.