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SEV ENTY- FIRST CONGRESS . SEss . III . CH. 277 . 1931 . Office of the Third Assistan t Postmaster General, $775,89 0 . Office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $369,150 . Office of the Solicitor for the Post Office Department, $80,640 . Office of the chief inspector, $207,140 . Office of the purchasing agent, $38,630 . Bureau of Accounts, $47,370 . Depar tment cont in .

CONTINGENT EXPE NSES POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT gent expenses .

f Stationery . For stationery and blank books, index and guide cards, folders, and binding devices, including purchase of free penalty envelopes, $20,000 . Heat ing, ligh ting , For fuel and repairs to heating, lighting, ice, and power plant, power, etc'

including repairs to elevators, purchase and exchange of tools and electrical supplies, and removal of ashes, $48,000 . Telegraphin g .

For telegraphing, $6,000. Miscellaneous . For miscellaneous items, incl uding purchas e, exchange, mainte- nan ce, and re pair of ty pewr ite rs, add ing mac hin es, and ot her lab or- saving devices ; not to exceed $3,000 for purchase, exchange, hire, and maintenance of motor trucks and motor-driven passenger-carry- Postage'

ing vehicles ; street-car fares not exceeding $540 ; plumbing ; repairs Vol . 44,p .2243. to department buildings ; floor coverings ; postage stamps for corre- spondence a ddressed abr oad, which is not exempt u nder article 47 of the Lond on conventio n of the Univ ersal Postal Union, $56,00 0 ; and of such sum of $56,000, not exceeding $14,500 may be expended for telephone service, not exceeding $1,800 may be expended for purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, railway guides, city directories, and books necessary to conduct the business Attendance at meet- of the department, and not exceeding $2,000 may be expended for ings . expenses, except membership fees, of attendance at meetings or con- ventions concerned with pos tal affairs, when incurred on the written authority of the Postmaster General, and not exceeding $800 may be expended for expenses of the purchasing agent and of the solicitor and attorneys connected with his office while traveling on business Fur niture, etc- bin d- of the department . Printing and

For furniture and filing cabinets, $7,500 . i ng.

For printing and binding for the Post Office Department, includ- ing all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Postal La ws and Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, and including Reg ulations .

rinting, binding, and wrapping a revised edition of the Postal Revised edition .

laws and Regulations, such edition to be prepared under the direction of the Postmaster General, and printed at the Government Printing Office, $1,210,000 . Rei mburs ement for heating, etc ., Washing- For reimb ursement of t he Government Printing Off ice or Capito l ton city Post office power plant for the cost of furnishing steam for heating and electric Building .

current for lighting and power to the Post Office Department Building at Massachusetts Avenue and North Capitol Street, District of Columbia, $50,000 . Field service appro- priations not to be used Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Post for department .

Of fice Dep artment, except a s otherw ise provi ded, sha ll not b e ex pended f or any of the pur poses he reinbefor e provid ed for o n account of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia Previso8 .

Prov ided, That the actual and necessary expenses of officials and Travel expenses pay- able from service appro- emp loyees of the Post Office Department an d Postal Ser vice, when priations . tra veling on off icial busines s, may contin ue to be pai d from the appropriations for the service in connection with which the travel is pe rformed, and appropriation s for the fi scal year 193 2 of the character heretofore used for such purposes shall be available there- Funds available for for : Provided further, That appropriations hereinafter made, except exam ining es timates for field appropriations . su ch as ar e exclusi vely for payment of compe nsation, shall b e