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SEVENTIETH CONGRESS . SEss . I. Cii. 5. 1927 . Po st Office De part- ment .
POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT . OUT OF THE POSTAL RE vENI IEs Postmaster General's office .
Or k ICE OF POSTMASTE R GENERAL Pro pe rty d ama ges c1VOIS42, p. 1066. Damage claims : To pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property adjusted and determined by the Post Office Depart- ment under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act to provide a method for the settlement of claims arising against the Government of the United States in sums not exceeding $1,000 in any one case," approved December 28, 1922, as fully set forth in House Documents Numbered 570 and 7 31, Sixty-ninth Congress, and House Document Dama ges to persons Numbered 73, Seventieth Congress, $36,782 .02. or property . Personal or property damage claims : For an a ddit iona l am ount required to enable the Postmaster General to pay claims for damages to pe rs ons or property, in acc or dan ce wi th the pro vi sio ns of the v°' . 42, p.sa.
Deficiency Appropriation Act, approved June 16, 1921, fiscal year 1926, $4,000 . ments uppl iest ete .. n' p - Freight, express or motor transportation of equipment, and so forth : For an additional amount required for the transportation and delivery of equipment, materials, and supplies for the Post Office Department and the Postal Service by freight, express, or motor transportation, and ot her incidental expenses, fiscal year 1928, $30 ,000 . Field service. Chief Insp ector,
Okk7CE OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR office. Payment of rewards . Payment of rewards : For payment of rewards for the d etect ion, prevl °s .
arrest, and con viction of post- office b urglars, robbers , and hi ghway Death of o ffen der . mail robbers, fiscal year 1926 , $25,500 : Prov ided, That re wards may be p aid, in the disc reti on of the Po stma ster Gen eral , wh en an offender of the class mentioned was killed in the act of committing Rates limited . the crime or in resisting lawful arrest : Provided further, That no part of this sum shall be used to pay any rewards at rates in excess of those specified in P ost Office Department Orde r 7708, dated July 1, 1922 . First Assi stan t Pos t- master General .
OFFICE OF FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Postm aste rs .
C ompens ation to p ostmas ters : For an ad dit io nal amount required for compensation to postmasters, fiscal year 1926, $93,693 .50 . City deliver y ~_- riers. Temporary city delivery carriers : For pay of substitutes for letter carriers absent with pay and of auxiliary and temporary letter carriers at offices where city delivery is already established, for the fiscal years that follow For 1923, $26 .62 ; Spe cial delivery tees .
For 1924, $310 .63 . Special-delivery fees : For fees to special-delivery messengers, Pneumatic tube serv- fiscal year 1925, $275 .74 . ice, Ne N Yoork and Pneumatic-tube service : For an additional amount required for the tran smission of mail by pneu matic tub es or ot her simi lar devi ces in the city of New York, including the Borough of Brooklyn of the city of New York, including power, labor, and all other operating expenses, fiscal year 1928, $1,800 . Se cond Assis tant Postmaster General .
OFFICE OF SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Railway Mail Serv- ice . Travel allowances . Railway postal clerks, travel allowances : For an additional amount required for travel allowance to railway postal clerks and substitute railway postal clerks, fiscal year 1927, $26,000 .
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