PUBLIC LAWS-CH. 286-JUNE 30, 1949 N 32 Stat. 114; 35 Stat. 412; 42 Stat. 661 . Post, p. 982. Housing of vehicles. Maintenance, re- striction. RENT, FUEL , AND UTILITY SERVICES For rent, light, power, fuel, and water, for first-, second-, and third- class offices, and the cost of advertising for lease proposals for such offices, $17,200,000. PNEUMATIC TUBE SERVICE For rental of not to exceed twenty-eight miles of pneumatic tubes, personal services, communication service, electric power, and other expenses for transmission of mail in the city of New York including the Borough of Brooklyn; and for rental of not to exceed two miles of pneumatic tubes, not including personal services and power in op- erating the same, for the transmission of mail in the city of Boston, Massachusetts; $775,000: Provided, That the Acts of April 21, 190)2, 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 de- vices shall not be applicable to the city of New York, and the provi- sions not inconsistent herewith 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 ve- hicles, including tractors and trailer trucks, for use in the collection, transportation, delivery, and supervision of the mail, including the repair of vehicles owned by, or under the control of, units of the Na- tional Guard and departments and agencies of the Federal Govern- ment where repairs are made necessary because of utilization of such vehicles in the field service; rental of garage facilities: lease of quar- ters not exceeding a term of ten years for the housing of Government- owned vehicles, and personal services in the motor vehicle service, $51.500,000, of which $5.631,000 shall be available exclusively for the purchase of trucks, including tractors and trailers: Provided. That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for maintenance or repair of vehicles for use in connection with administrative work in the departmental service. n 372 [63 STAT. ieabor-saving de- geographical and technical works; not to exceed $239,000 for personal services, including seventeen traveling mechanicians; rental of cancel- ing machines and motors, mechanical mail-handling apparatus, and other labor-saving devices; and travel expenses; $11,300,000, of which $750,000 shall be available exclusively for the development, manufac- ture, and purchase of modern mechanical postal devices to improve and facilitate mail handling, financial operations, and other postal Sale of maps. functions: Provided,That the Postmaster General may authorize the sale to the public of post-route maps and rural-delivery maps at the cost of printing and 10 per centum thereof added. EQUIPMENT SHOPS For purchase, manufacture, and repair of mail bags and other equipment for the field service not otherwise provided for; and for expenses necessary for the operation, maintenance, and protection of the mail-equipment-shops building, grounds, and equipment, includ- ing not to exceed $1,510,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia and a health-service program as authorized by law; eistinctive equip- $19,000,000, of which not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for the purchase of material and the manufacture in the equipment shops of such small quantities of distinctive equipment as may be required by other executive departments.
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