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364 Bond expenses . Vol.36,p. 917. U.S. C.,p.1282. Miscellaneous equip- ment and supplies . Letter boxes . Postmarking, etc., stamps . Post-r oute maps . Sale of maps. T wine, etc . Shipping supplies. Canceling and labor- saving devices, etc . Post, p . 1578. Traveling mechani- clans . Mail bag s, locks, etc . Equipment shops, mater ials, et c. Labor. Service s in the Dis- trict . Proviso. D ist inct ive equip- ment for departments, Alaska and island pos- sessions . SEVENTY-FIRST CONGRESS . SEss. II . Cs. 289 . 1930 . certificates, envelopes and stamps for use in evidencing deposits, and free penalty envelopes ; and for the reimbursement of the Secretary of the Treasury for expens es incident to the pr eparation, issue, an d registration of the bonds authorized by the Act of June 25, 1910 (U. S . C ., title 39, sec . 760), $770,000 . For miscellaneous equipment and supplies, including the purchase and repair of furniture, package boxes, posts, trucks, baskets, satch- els, straps, letter-box paint, baling machines, perforating machines, duplicating machines, printing presses, directories, cleaning supplies, and the manufacture, repair, and exchange of equipment, the erec- tion and painting of letter-box equipment, and for the purchase and repair of presses and dies for use in the manufacture of letter boxes ; for postmarking, rating, money-order stamps, and electrotype plates and repairs to same ; metal, rubber, and combination type, dates and figures, type hold ers, ink p ads for ca nceling an d stamping purposes, and for the purchase, exchange, and repair of typewriting machines, envelope-opening machines, and computing machines, copying presses, number ing mac hines, time re corders , lette r balan ces, sc ales, t est weights, and misce llaneous a rticles pu rchased an d furnishe d directly to the Postal Service, including complete equipment and furniture for post offices in leased quarters ; for miscellaneous expenses in the preparation and publication of post-route maps and rural-delivery maps or blue prints, including tracing for photolithographic repro- du cti on ; for oth er expe nditure s nece ssary a nd inci dental to post offices of the first, second, and third classes, and offices of the fourth class having or to have rural-delivery service, and for letter boxes, $1,580,000 ; and the Postmaster General may authorize the sale to the public of post-route maps and rural-delivery maps or blue prints at the cost of printing and 10 per centum thereof added ; of this amount $1,500 may be expended in the purchase of atlases and geographical and technical works . For wrapping twine and tying devices, $470,000 . For expenses i ncident to the shipm ent of sup plies, incl uding hard - ware, boxing, packing, and not exceeding $4 9,7 50 for the pay of employees in connection therewith in the District of Columbia, $70,000 . For rental, purchase, exchange, and repair of canceling machines and motors, mechanical mail-handling apparatus, and other labor- saving de vices, inc luding cost of power in rented buildings and mis- cellaneou s expenses of install ation and operation of same, i ncluding salaries of seven t raveling me chanicians and for t raveling e xpenses, $700,000 . For the purchase, manufacture, and repair of mail bags and other mail containers and attachments, mail locks, keys, chains, tools, machinery, and material necessary for same, and for incidental expenses pertaining thereto ; also material, machinery, and tools nec- essary for the manufacture and repair in the equipment shops at Washington, District of Columbia, of such other equipment for the Postal Service as may be deemed expedient ; for compensation to labor employed in the equipment shops at Washington, District of Columbia, $2, 650, 000, of which not to exceed $710, 000 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia

Provided,

That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to use as much of the sum, not exceeding $15,000, as may be deemed necessary for the purchase of material and the manufacture in the equipment shops of such small quantities of distinctive equipments as may be required by other executive departments ; and for service in Alaska, Porto Rico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, or other island possessions. I