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746 SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. H. C11. 117. 1918. °,§"”'“""· "‘°°"“"°"· For compensation to printers, mechanics, and skilled laborers, twenty-two, at $1,200 each; four at $1,100 each; and thirty-one at www $1,000 each; in all, including increases hereinafter provided, $71,070. gases. °°’ '””°°` For compensation. to watchmen, messengers, and laborers, one thousand mne hrmdred and twenty-five, at $900 each; in all, includ- Contact umn ingvincreases hereinafter provided, $1,989,500. _ asia. · or compensation to clerks mcharge of contract stations, $1 ,180,000. ,_}`yj'”,}’,{?,{°;{,,,’;{,!{,}{; _For temporary and auxiliary clerk hire and for substitute clerk clerks- hrre for clerks and employees absent with pay at first and second class post offices and temporary and auxiliary clerk hire at summer mmm and winter resort post offices, $3,428,572. · °°U ’°"‘ wudmém For separating mails at third and fourth class post offices, $730,000. mdmmudmn mi For unusual conditions at ppg; offices, $150,000. °°°° For allowances to third-c post offices to cover the cost of P . _ clericalservices, $2,400,000. _ mewmara- atm. Provided, That hereafter no allowance m excess of $300 shall be made where the salary of the postmaster is $1,000, $1,100, or $1,200; ger in excegss ofo$400dwtli;rp the alslalary of the postmagsger is 1,400, or 1,50 ; an no owance in excem o 500 s e made where the salary of the postmaster is $1,600 or $1,700; nor in excess of $800 where the salary of the postmaster is $1,800 or $1,900. ,,,,*““"°“*_ ’°“"'“` And provided further, That the Postmaster General may, in the disbursement of this appropriation, expend not exceeding $400,000 for the employment, at a maximum salaig of $600 per annum, of assistant &ostmasters at_ post offices of e third c ass where the _ salary of e tmaster is $1,800 or $1,900 per annum. R’“‘·”g"*·""‘““°‘· ger , and fuel for first, second, and third class post ,.,,,,-,,, ¤ ws. $6, . · grwaysir isms per- _Pro·v·ided, That hereafter the Postmaster General may, in the """°‘“‘°"’“"°‘· disbursement of the appropriation for such purposes, apply a part thereof to the purpose of leasing premises for the use of post offices umu md cm °,_ of the first, secon and third c asses at a reasonable annual rental, aes. to be paid quarterly for a term not exceeding ten years; and that there shall not be allowed for the use of any third—class post office · {gh;-ent a sum in excess of $500, nor more than $100 for fuel and t, m any one year. m“°°"“"°°‘““°"“‘ For miscellaneous items necessary and incidental to post offices Cm deum of the first and second classes, $400,000. _ _ _ cmsm. ‘ For pay of letter carriers at offices already established, including

$&¤·;*}gg,{ substitutes for letter carriers absent without pay, and for the ro-

’ motion of c?hty—1ive Hper centum of the letter carriers in first-cliass post offices rom the th to the sixth grade, and for the promotion of eighty-five per centum of the letter carriers in second-class post offices from the fourth to the fifth grade, and for the promotion of fifteen per centum of the letter carriers in second-class offices from S www t the fifth to the sixth grade, City Delivery Service, $49,100,000 “ ·° °· For pay of substitutes for letter carriers absent with pay, and of auxiliary and letter carriers at offices where city delivery mmm cm mw is alrea y establrs ed, $@685,715. _ _ _ ,,m,,,,_ ’ ’ For pay of letter carriers, substitute and auxrlra letter carriers

4o(i%6es where city delivery service is established iiyuring the year,

V°*”°‘° °“°“°°°°· For vehicle allowance, the hiring of driyers, the rental of vehicles, wagon Service and the purchaseand exchange and maintenance, including stable ‘ and garage facilities, of wagons or automobiles for, and the operahmm tron of, screen—wagon and city delivery and collection services, Vw *918- herein aplprotgzrated shall available for_ the payment of this Service mm dur-mg the Jear endrnv June thrrtreth, nineteen hundred and ‘ erghteenz Promd further, 'llliat the Postmaster General may, in his