PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 588 -JULY 20, 1946 iLaborsaving de- for rental of canceling machines and motors, mechanical mail- ves. handling apparatus, and other labor-saving devices, and for travel Postage meters, etc. expenses, $6,192,000 of which $1,000,000 shall be available exclusively for the purchase of omnidenominational postage meters, stamp vend- ing machines, coin-operated postage meters, and other modern aleoimapsorblue- mechanical postal devices: Provided, That 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 Qentum thereof added. Equipment shops, Washington, District of Columbia: For the purchase, manufacture, and repair of mail bags and other equipment for the postal service not provided for in other appropriations; accident prevention; for alf necessary and miscellaneous expenses incident to the operation, care, maintenance, and protection of the mail equipment shops building, grounds, and equipment, $2,575,000; of which not to exceed $869,500 may be expended for personal services Distinctive equip- in the District of Columbia: Provided, That out of this appropria- tion 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, Puerto Rico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, or other island possessions. Rent, light, power, fuel, and water: For rent, light, power, fuel, and water, for first-, second-, and third-class post offices, and the cost of advertising for lease proposals for such offices, $12,825,000. Pneumatic-tube service, New York City, and Boston: For rental of not exceeding twenty-eight miles of pneumatic tubes, hire of labor, communication service, electric power, and other expenses for trans- mission of mail in the city of New York including the Borough of Brooklyn; and for rental of not exceeding two miles of pneumatic tubes, not including labor and power in operating the same, for the transmission of mail in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, $608,700: l32 2tat. 114; 35 Sta t - Provided,That the Acts of April 21,1902, May 27, 1908, and June 19, 1922 (39 U. S. C. 423), relating to contracts for the transmission of mail by pneumatic tubes or other similar devices shall not be appli- cable to the city of New York and the provisions not inconsistent here- with of the Acts of April 21, 1902, and May 27, 1908 (39 U. S . C . 423), shall be applicable to the city of Boston. Vehicle service: For the hire, purchase, maintenance, repair, and operation of vehicles for use in the collection, transportation, deliv- ery, and supervision of the mail, including the repair of vehicles owned by, or under the control of, units of the National Guard and departments and agencies of the Federal Government where repairs are made necessary because of utilization of such vehicles in the Postal Service; the rental of garage facilities; accident prevention; servl r. hic and including compensation to necessary employees in the Motor Vehicle Service, $33,381,000 of which $3,500,000 shall be available immediately and exclusively for the purchase of trucks: Provided. Housing of vehicles. That the Postmaster General may, in his disbursement of this appro- priation, apply a part thereof to the leasing of quarters for the hous- ing of Government-owned motor vehicles at a reasonable annual rental rkators and trailer for a term not exceeding ten years: Provided further,That the Post- master General may purchase and maintain from this appropriation such tractors and trailer trucks as may be required in the operation srictioance. Of the vehicle service: Provided further, That no part of this appro- priation shall be expended for maintenance or repair of motor- propelled passenger-carrying vehicles for use in connection with the 584 [60 STAT.
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