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73d C ONGRESS . SESS. II. CH. 70. MARCH 15, 1934 .

447 For pay of ag ent an d assi stants to ex amine a nd dis tribut e stam ped Distributing agency . envelops and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency, $19,940 . For payment of limited indemnity for the injury or loss of pieces mastic mat , lost do- of domestic registered matter, insured and collect-on-delivery mail, and for failure to remit collect-on-delivery charges, $625,000 . For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, office Travel, etc . of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $1,000 . OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL

FourthAssistant Postmaster General . For stationery for the Postal Service, including the money-order Stationery, etc . and registry system ; and also for the purchase of supplies for the Postal Savings System, including rubber stamps, canceling devices, Postal Savings sys- certificates, envelops, and stamps for use in evidencing deposits, tem, supplies. and free penalty envelops ; and for the reimbursement of the Secre- Bond expenses. to of the Treasury for expenses incident to the preparation, issue, Vol . 36, ,P . 82sa. an registration of the bonds authorized by the Act of June 25, 1910 (U .S .C ., title 39, sec . 760), $500,000 . For miscellaneous equipment and supplies, including the purchase mentse and e sup pl ies equip - and repair of furniture, package boxes, posts, trucks, baskets, satc hels , str aps, lett er-bo x pai nt, b alin g mac hines , pe rfora ting machines, duplicating machines, printing presses, directories, clean- ing supplies, and the manufacture, repair, and exchange of equip- ment , the erec tion and paint ing o f le tter- box e quip ment, and for Letter boxes. the purchase and repair of presses and dies for use in the manu- facture of letter boxes ; for postmarking, rating, money-order Postmarking, etc ., Stamps, and electrotype plates and repairs to same ; metal, rubber, stamps . and combination type, dates and figures, type holders, ink pads for canc elin g and stam ping purp oses, and for the p urcha se, excha nge, and repair of typewriting machines, envelop-opening machines, and comp uti ng m achi nes, cop ying pr esse s, n umbe ring ma chin es, time record ers, l etter balanc es, sc ales ( exclusi ve of dorman t or b uilt-i n platfo rm sca les in Feder al bui ldings ), test weigh ts, an d misc ellane - ous ar ticles purch ased a nd fur nished direct ly to the Po stal S ervice , including complete equipment and furniture for post offices in leased quarte rs ; for miscellaneous expenses in the preparation and publi- Post route maps . cation of post-route maps and rural delivery maps or blueprints, including tracing for photolithographic reproduction ; for other expenditures necessary and incidental 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, $700,000 ; and the Postmaster General may authorize the sale to the public of post- route maps and rural delivery maps or blueprints 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 : Provided, That no part of this appropriation shall Proviso . Furniture, etc ., t hird be expended for the purchase of furniture and complete equipment class offices. for third-class post offices except miscellaneous equipment of the general character furnishe d such of fices du ring the fiscal ye ar 1931 . For wrapping twine and tying devices, $300,000 .

Twine, etc . For expenses incident to the shipment of supplies, including hard- Shipping supplies . ware, boxing, packing, and not exceeding $40,000 for the pay of employees in connection therewith in the District of Columbia, $51,506 . For rental, purchase, exchange, and repair of canceling machines Canceling and labor and m otors , mec hani cal m ail-h andl ing a ppara tus, and other labo r- saving devices, etc . saving device s, inc luding cost of pow er in r ented buildi ngs an d mis- cellane ous ex penses of in stalla tion a nd oper ation of sam e, inc luding salaries of ten traveling mechanicians, and for traveling expenses, $397,25 0 .