73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 70. MARCH 15, 1934 .
445 OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL OFFICE OF THE S ECOND AS SISTANT POSTMAST ER GENER AL Fo r inla nd tr anspo rtatio n by star routes (exc eptin g serv ice i n Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices, and not to ex ceed $20 0,00 0 for Go vern ment -op erat ed s tar- rout e service, $12,500,000 . For inland transportation by star routes in Alaska, $135,000 . For inland transportation by steamboat or other powerboat routes, including ship, steamboat, and way letters, $1,229,600 . Fo r inla nd tr anspo rtatio n by railr oad ro utes and for mail mes- senger service, $98,500,000 : Provided, That not to exceed $1,500,000 of this appropriation may be expended for pay of freight and inci- dental charges for the transportation of mails conveyed under special arrangement in freight trains or otherwise : Provided further, That separate accounts be kept of the amount expended for mail mes- senger service : Provided further, That there may be expended from this appropriation for clerical and other assistance in the District of Columbia not exceeding the sum of $55 .530 to carry out the provisions of section 5 of the Act of July 28, 1916 (U.S .C ., title 39, see . 56 2) ( the spac e ba sis Act) , and not ex ceed ing the sum of $28,40 0 to carry out the provisions of section 214 of the Act of February 28, 1925 (U .S .C ., title 39, sec . 826) (cost ascertainment) . Fir st Assistant Post- mas ter General . For compensation to postmasters and for allowances for rent, light, fuel, and equipment to postmasters of the fourth class, $40,500,000. For compensation to assistant postmasters at first and second class post offices, $5,805,000 . For compensati on to clerks and employees at first and second class post offic es, in cludi ng aux iliar y cle rk hi re at summe r and ~: inter post offices, printers, mechanics, skilled laborers, watchmen, messengers, laborers, and substitutes, $146,500,000 . For compensation to clerks in charge of contract stations, $1,550,000. For separating mails at third and fourth class post offices, separating mails . $4 31,631 . For unusu al conditions a t post offices, $45,000 . For allowances to third-class post offices to cover the cost of clerical services, $6,750,000 . For miscellaneous items necessary and incidental to the operation and protection of post offices of the first and second classes, and the business conducted in connection therewith, not provided for in other appropriations, $1,828,500 . Fo r vill age d elive ry ser vice in towns and villages havin g pos t village delivery . offices of the second or third class, and in communities adjacent to cities having city delivery, $1,408,905 . For Detroit River postal service, $15,995 . For car fare and b icycle allo wance , incl uding spec ial-de liver y car fare, $1,200,000 . For pay of letter c arriers, City De livery S ervice, $104,000 .0 0 0 . For fees to special-delivery messengers, $5,107,500 . For pay of rural carriers, auxiliary carriers, substitutes for rural carriers on annual and sick leave, clerks in charge of rural stations, and tolls and ferriage- Rural Delivery Service, and for the incidental expenses thereof, $82,902,500 . For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office of the F irst Ass istant P ostmaste r Genera l, $1,000 . Postmasters, etc . Assistant postmast- ers . Employees fir,t and second class o2ces . Contract station cle rks . Unusual conditions . Clerks, third class of- f cea. Miscellaneous, first and second class offices . Detroit River serv- ice . Car fare and bicycle allowance . City delivery, car- riers . Special delivery, etc . Rural delivery sere ice . Travel, etc . Second Assistant Postmaster General . Star routes, except Ala ,ka . Alaska. S team boat , etc ., routes . Railroad routes and m"sgcnzer service . °ro vis os Freight train convey- ance. feparate accounting, messenger service Services in the Dis - trict . Vol. 39, p. 429, Vol . 43, p . 106 9. U S .C ., pp. 1269, 1286 .
