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374 SIXTY~FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 79. 1917. P°"°'““'*°°· POSTAL SERVICE. OUT OF THE P0sTAL REVENUES. P°““‘“‘°' G°“°"°’· OFFICE or THE POSTMASTER GENERAL. iggiigimrgiliisilohiihu- The _Postmaster General is authorized to continue the rental of ffg "' '°“°°° b““"‘ the buildings at Fust and K Streets, northeast, Washington, District of Columbia, known as the Post Office Detpartment Annex, for the ulse ogllgiei Plpst OiIicehDepa;·tEent,tinc;_u$?1;r§g0(§:(l1e ma1l—bag repazip s 0 _ oc repair s op a e ra e_o , per_ annum un 1 such time during the iisdal year endlng June thu·t1eth, nineteen gundred apd eiigéiteen, gs phe new equipmerét shplps building neiw eing cons ruc e is rea y_ or occupancy an suc sum as may e necessary for that purpose is hereby apprdpriated. m}`S‘ge‘;dGg,;_,A’“,},,°?*P°¤*· OFFICE or Tnrnn ASSISTANT PQSTMASTEB. GENERAL. P°“°g°s°°mp°’ For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, specia.l—de1ivery stamps, bfiggs ofi stamps, and for coiling of stamps, liscal year nineteen un an seventeen, $22,000. 8°°¤*P°d °¤'°'°P°¤ For ma.nufacture of stam d envelopes and newspaper wrappers mid gmmfml fiscal year nineteen hundredpind seventeen, $220,000. ’ ugéiglg-g1i1?’ °“ °‘* For payment_of limited indemnity for the injury or loss of pieces of dpmestic registerpxd rgptéer, iinsured, and ;ollect-on-delivery mail, year nineteen im e an seventeen, 170,000. y,,IQ§,,‘,{§§§, .§§,§§§§{"* OFFICE or FOURTH ASSISTANT 1>0sTMAsTEE GENERAL. ,,,€§fP'“°"° °' ’“P‘ For_ defraying exppnses incident to the shipment of supplies, ”:¤di¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤1>1¤y- including hardware, oxing, packing, cartage, freight, and the pay ` of one carpenter at $1,200 per annum nine requisition fillers, at $840 each per annum, for assignment m connection therewith, fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventeen, $8,000. cuQ°u§gf‘m°¤* °'AS=’F· DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. CONTINGENT EXPENSES. Kgmmmrzsean. The appropriation of $650,000 for miscellaneous items, contained p_e}”'°°°° '°“°· in section eight of the Act entitled "An Act to_ provide further for ·‘”“·P·m· the national secur1ty_ and defense by stimulating agrrculture and facilitating the d1str1bution of agricultural pro_ ucts, approved August tenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen, is made available for rent in the District of Columbia to the extent of not exceeding $15 000. H0mmm,,,,;B(,,,,d_ , FEDERAL HOBTIGULTUEAL BOARD. maxi neniwem or accounti of the_menace to cotton culture in the United States gmgm, yn, mm., arising from the ex1stence_ of the pink bollworm in Mexico, the m¤”‘°'°¤·°‘°· Secretary of Agriculture, in order to prevent the establishment and spread of such worm m Texas and other parts of the United States, is authorizedto make surveys to determine its actual distribution in Mexico; to establish, in cooperation with the States con- · c•2rned,Sa zone or zones free from cotton culture on or near the border o any tate or States ad`acent to Mexico; and to cooperate with the Mexican Government or local Mexican authorities in the exterminaxeuaete. tion of local infestations near the border of the United States. For rent outside of the District of Columbia, and for the employment of such persons in the city of Washington and elsewhere, as the Secretary of Agriculture may deem necessary, S2a0,000.