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SEV ENTIE TH C ONGRESS . SEss. II. CH. 39. 1928 .

1053 hundred and twenty-one chief clerks, one hundred and twenty-one assistant chief clerks, clerks in charge of sections in the offices of division superintendents, railway postal clerks, substitute railway p ostal cler ks, joint empl oyees , an d lab orers in the R ailwa y Ma il Service, $59,300,000 .

Travel allowance to For travel allowance to railway postal clerks and substitute railway c lerks , pos tal clerks, $4,20 0,000 .

Traveling expenses, For actual and necessary expenses, general superintendent and etc ., away from head- assistant general superintendent, division superintendents, assistant quarters. division superintendents, assistant superintendents, chief clerks, and assistant chief clerks, Railway Mail Service, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on business of the Post Office Department and away from their several designated headquarters, $10,000 .

Miscellaneous. For rent, light, heat, fuel, telegraph, miscellaneous and office expenses, telephone service, badges for railway postal clerks, for the Ar ms for man pro- purchase or rental of arms and miscellaneous items necessary, for teccttiio r ; etc ., terminal the protection of the mails, and rental of space for terminal railway off ices . post offices for the distribution of mails when the furnishing of space for such distribution can not, under the Postal Laws and Regulations, properly be required of railroad companies without additional compensation, and for equipment and miscellaneous items nec essary to terminal railway post offi ces, $1,5 45,000 . For electric and cable car service, $700,000 .

ca Electric and cable For tran sport ation of forei gn ma ils b y st eamsh ip, a ircr aft, or Foreign mails . otherwise, including the cost of advertising in connection with the award of contracts authorized by the Merchant Marine Act of 1928 Ante, p. 689. (45 Stat ., pp . 689-698), $23,000,000 : Provided, That not to exceed Aircraft allowance . $4,300,000 of this sum may be expended for carrying foreign mail by aircraft under contracts which will not create obligations for the Sea post service. fiscal year 1931 in excess of $5,100,000 : Provided further, That the Postmaster General shall be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not to exceed $250,000, to cover the cost to the United States for maintaining sea post service on ocean steamships convey- Assistant superinten- ing the mails to and from the United States ; and not to exceed dent, New York City. $3,600 for the salary of the Assistant Superintendent, Division of In terna tion al Po stal Servi ce, with headq uart ers a t New York Cit y . Balances due forei gn For balances due foreign countries, $2,200 .000.

countries. etc . For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, $1,200 . For the inland transportation of mail by aircraft, under contract landserv Afc`aft contract in- ,

ice . as authorized by law, and for the incidental expenses thereof includ- Vol .43,p . 805; Vol. ing not to exceed $35 ,0 00 for supervisory officials and clerks at air 44, pp . 692, 1049 . mail trans fer po ints, and no t - to exceed $40,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia and incidental and travel expenses, $13,300,000 .

Indemnity, lost in- For payment of limited indemnity for the injury or loss of inter- ternational mail. national mail in accordance with convention, treaty, or agreement stipulations, $50,000. Third Assistant O 11CE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GE NER AL

Postmaster General . Stamps, stamped en- or manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, special-delivery velopes, postal cards, stamps, books of stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, etc. postal cards, and for coiling of stamps, $6,050,000 . For pay of agent and assistants to examine and distribute stamped Distribution agency . envelopes and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, $23,750 . Indemnity, lost do- For payment of limited indemnity for the injury or loss of pieces mastic mail. of d omesti c regi stered matte r, ins ured an d coll ect-on -deliv ery ma il, and f or failur e to remi t collect -on-deli very char ges, $2,1 00,000 .