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CHAP. 241.— AN ACT Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and for other purposes. March 4, 1911.[[H. R. 31539](/us/bill/36/hr/31539).][[Public, No. 481](/us/bill/36/pl/481).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriatedPostal service appropriations.for the service of the Post Office Department, in conformity with the Vol. 5, p. 80.Act of July second, eighteen hundred and thirty-six, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL.Postmaster General. For advertisingAdvertising.for the Post Office Department and postal service, one thousand five hundred dollars. 1328 For rent of suitable buildings for the use of the Repair shops and supplies division.Post Office Department, including the mail-bag repair shop, lock repair shop, and the Division of Supplies, thirty-four thousand four hundred dollars. For gas, electric powerPower, etc.and light, and the repair of machinery, five thousand nine hundred dollars.
For salaries of post-office inspectors:Post-office inspectors.For salaries of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions, at three thousand dollars each; ten inspectors, at two thousand four hundred dollars each;Salaries.fifteen inspectora, at two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars each; twenty-six inspectors, at two thousand one hundred dollars each; fifteen inspectors, at two thousand dollars each; twenty-nine inspectora, at one thousand nine hundred dollars each; sixty-five inspectors, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; seventy-five inspectors, at one thousand seven hundred dollars each; seventy-five inspectors, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; and sixty-five inspectors, at one thousand five hundred dollars each; in all, seven hundred and four thousand four hundred and fifty dollars.
For per diem Per diem.allowance of inspectors in the field while actually traveling on official business away from their home, their official domicile, and their headquarters, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster General, not to exceed three dollars per day, two hundred and eighty-seven thousand four hundred dollars: *Provided,**Provisos.*That the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, allow inspectors per diem while temporarily located at any place on business Temporary allowances.away from their home, or their designated domicile, for a period not exceeding twenty consecutive days at any one place, and make rules and regulations governing the foregoing provisions relating to per diem: *And provided further,*Limit.That no per diem shall be paid to inspectors receiving annual salaries of two thousand dollars or more, except the twenty- six inspectors receiving two thousand one hundred dollars each.
For compensation to clerksClerks, etc., division headquarters.at division headquarters, fifteen, at one thousand six hundred dollars each; eleven, at one thousand four hundred dollars each; twenty-seven, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; eight, at one thousand one hundred dollars each ; thirteen, at one thousand dollars each; and six, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, ninety-nine thousand dollars. For traveling expensesTraveling, etc., expenses.of inspectors without per diem allowance, inspectors in charge, and the Chief Post Office Inspector, and expenses incurred by inspectors not covered by per diem allowance, unusual and extraordinary expenses necessarily incurred for maintenance by inspectors over and above per diem allowance while traveling on official business in the District of Alaska, and for the traveling expenses of two clerks performing stenographic and clerical assistance to postoffice inspectors in the investigation of important fraud cases, thirty- one thousand four hundred dollars.
For livery hireLivery hire.inclined by inspectors not covered by their per diem allowance, including livery hire in connection with the installation and inspection of rural routes, forty-five thousand dollars. For expenses incident to the investigation and testing of mechanical and labor-saving devicesLabor-saving devices., under the direction of the Postmaster General, for use in the postal service, ten thousand dollars. For necessary miscellaneousMiscellaneous.expenses at division headquarters, five thousand dollars.
For payment of rewardsRewards, etc.for the detection, arrest, and conviction of post-office burglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers, twenty-two thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars, of which sum seven thousand five hundred and seventy-three dollars shall be immediately available: *Provided,**Proviso.*That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed five thousand dollars may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, for the purpose of Securing information.securing1329 information concerning violations of the postal laws and for services and information looking toward the apprehension of criminals.
For travelTravel, etc.and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, oilice of the Postmaster General, one thousand dollars. OFFICE OF THE FIRST ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.First Assistant Postmaster General. For compensation to postmastersPostmasters., twenty-nine million three hundred thousand dollars. That hereafter the compensation paid to postmaster at Saint LouisIncrease at Saint Louis., Missouri, shall be eight thousand dollars per annum. For compensation to assistant postmastersAssistant postmasters.at first and second class post offices, four, at not exceeding four thousand dollars each; thirty- eight, at not exceeding three thousand dollars each; six, at not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars each; six, at not exceeding two thousand dollars each; sixteen, at not exceeding one thousand nine hundred dollars each; forty, at not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars each; seventy-five, at not exceeding one thousand seven hundred dollars each; one hundred and twenty-five, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; one hundred and ninety, at not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars each; one hundred and forty, at not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars each; three hundred and fifty, at not exceeding one thousand three hundred dollars each; four hundred and fifty, at not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars each; three hundred, at not exceeding one thousand one hundred dollars each; two hundred and fifty, at not exceeding one thousand dollars each; two hundred and twenty- five, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each; one hundred and twenty-five, at not exceeding eight hundred dollars each; and one hundred, at not exceeding seven hundred dollars each; in all, two million eight hundred thousand dollar's.
And the appointment and assignment of assistant postmastersAppointments, etc., restricted.hereunder shall be so made during the fiscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate expenditure than this sum. For compensation to clerks and employees at first and second class post offices:Superintendents, clerks, etc. Superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, and superintendents of registry, sixteen, at not exceeding three thousand two hundred dollar s each;At $3,200.
Auditors, two, at not exceeding three thousand dollars;At $3,000. Superintendents of delivery and superintendents of mails, twenty- four, at not exceeding two thousand seven hundred dollars each;At $2,700. Cashiers, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, eighteen, at not exceeding two thousand six hundred dollars each;At $2,600. Cashiers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, and superintendents of stations, sixteen, at not exceeding two thousand five hundred dollars each;At $2,500.
Assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, bookkeepers, cashiers, finance clerks, private secretaries, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, and superintendents of registry, thirty. at not exceeding two thousand four hundred dollars each;At $2,400. Assistant superintendents of mails, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chief stamp clerks, finance clerks, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, and superintendents of stations, nineteen, at not exceeding two thousand two hundred dollars each;At $2,200.
Cashiers, chief stamp clerks, night superintendents, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents ofAt $2,100.1330 inquiry, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, and superintendents of registry, thirty-six, at not exceeding two thousand one hundred dollars each; Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, bookkeepers, cashiers, examiners of stations, finance clerks, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, superintendents of second- class matter, superintendents of inquiry, and superintendents of stations, one hundred and ten, at not exceeding two thousand dollars each;At $2,000.
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chief stamp clerks, examiners of stations, finance clerks, private secretaries, superintendents of earners, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, sixty-six, at not exceeding one thousand eight hundred dollars each;At $1,800.
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chief stamp clerks, examiners of stations, finance clerks, private secretaries, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, one hundred and twenty-eight, at not exceeding one thousand seven hundred dollars each;At $1,700.
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chief stamp clerks, examiners of stations, finance clerics, foremen of crews, private secretaries, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money Older, superintendents of registry, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, one hundred and twenty-five, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each;At $1,600.
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chief stamp clerks, examiners of stations, finance clerks, foremen of crews, private secretaries, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, one hundred and ninety, at not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars each;At $1,500.
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerics, chief stamp clerks, special clerks, examiners of stations, finance clerks, foremen of crews, private secretaries, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, superintendents of second-classAt $1,400.1331 matter, and superintendents of stations, four hundred and sixty-six, at not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars each;
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chief stamp clerks, examiners of stations, finance clerks, foremen of crews, private secretaries, special clerks, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, twelve hundred and sixteen, at not exceeding one thousand three hundred dollars each;At $l.300.
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, chief stamp clerks, clerks, finance clerks, foremen of crews, private secretaries, stenographers, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, twelve thousand, at not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars each;At $1,200.
Assistant superintendents of stations, clerks, private secretaries, stenographers, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of second- class matter, and superintendents of stations, seven thousand four hundred, at not exceeding one thousand one hundred dollars each;At $1,100. Assistant superintendents of stations, clerks, clerks in charge of stations, private secretaries, stenographers, superintendents of carriers, and superintendents of second-class matter, five thousand two hundred, at not exceeding one thousand dollars each;At $1,000.
Clerks, clerks in charge of stations, private secretaries, and stenographers, two thousand nine hundred, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each;At $900. Clerks, and clerks in charge of stations, two thousand three hundred and fifty, at not exceeding eight hundred dollars each;At $800. Clerks, and clerks in charge of stations, two thousand, at not exceeding six hundred dollars each;At $600. Substitutes for clerks and employees absent without pay;Substitutes. In all, thirty-five million nine hundred thousand dollars;
For compensation to printers, mechanics, and skilled laborers, Printers, mechanics. etc.ten, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; four, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; three, at one thousand dollars each; and twenty-eight, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, forty-four thousand six hundred dollars. For compensation to watchmen, messengers, Watchmen, messengers, etc.and laborers, one hundred, at eight hundred dollars each; seven hundred, at seven hundred dollaro each; and six hundred, at six hundred dollaro each; in all, nine hundred thousand dollars.
Anil the appointment and assignment of watchmen, messengers, and laborers hereunder shall be so made during the fiscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate expenditure than this sum. For compensation to clerks in charge of contract stationsContract station clerks., at a rate above three hundred dollars each, and not to exceed one thousand dollars each, three hundred anil thirty thousand dollars. For compensation to clerks in charge of contract stations, at a rate not to exceed three hundred dollars each, six hundred thousand dollars.
For compensation to substitutesSubstitutes for clerks on leave.for clerks and employees at first and second class post offices on vacation, one hundred and twenty- five thousand dollars. For temporary and auxiliary clerk hireTemporary and auxiliary clerks.at first and second class post offices and temporary and auxiliary clerk hire at summer and winter resort post offices, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 1332 For separating mails Separating mails.at third and fourth class post offices, seven hundred thousand dollars.
For unusual conditions Unusual conditions. at post offices, one hundred and forty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the expenditure of so much thereof as may be found necessary to carry out the provisions hereinafter set forth, Limitation.but not in the aggregate to exceed fifty-five thousand dollars, of which amount fifteen thousand dollars is made immediately availableAmount immediately available., is limited as follows: Whenever a postmaster in any locality with a population of not more than twenty thousand inhabitants certifiesClerks and carriers in certain localities.to the department that, owing to unusual conditions in his community, he is unable to secure the services of efficient employees otherwise, the Postmaster General having ascertained the truth of the certification may authorize, in his discretion, the appointment of clerks and letter carriers for that office at such higher rates of compensation, within the present recognized grades, and in the District of Alaska, at higher salaries than one thousand two hundred dollars, as may be necessary in order to insure a proper conduct of the postal business, but not to exceed in the aggregate the sum annually appropriated for said purposes, and in all such cases their salaries shall be paid from the appropriation for unusual conditions, and the Postmaster General shall make reportReport.to Congress annually of the places where and the amounts so expended.
For allowance to third-class post offices to cover the cost of clerical servicesClerks, third-class offices.in offices where the salaries of the postmasters range from one thousand dollars to one thousand five hundred dollars, five hundred and eighty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no allowance in excess of two hundred dollars shall be made where the salary of the postmaster is one thousand dollars, one thousand one hundred dollars, or one thousand two hundred dollars; nor in excess of three hundred dollars where the salary of the postmaster is one thousand three hundred dollars, Allotments not exceeding $300.one thousand four hundred dolíais, or one thousand five hundred dollars.
For allowance to third-class post offices to cover the cost of clerical services in offices where the salaries of the postmasters range from one thousand six hundred dollars to one thousand nine hundred dollars, seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no allowance in excess of four hundred dollars shall be made where the salary of the postmasterAllotments not exceeding $500.is one thousand six hundred dollars or one thousand seven hundred dollars, nor in excess of five hundred dollars where the salary of the postmaster is one thousand eight hundred dollars or one thousand nine hundred dollars.
For rent, light, and fuelRent, light,and fuel.for first, second, and third class post offices, four million four hundred thousand dollars, of which not exceeding fifty thousand dollars shall be immediately available: *Provided,*Proviso.That the Postmaster General may, in the disbursement of the appropriation for such purposes, apply a part thereof to the purpose of leasing premisesTen-year leases.for the use of post offices of the first, second, and third classes at a reasonable annual rental, to be paid quarterly, for a term not exceeding ten years; and that there shall not be allowed for the use of any third-class post office Limit.for rent a sum in excess of five hundred dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars for fuel and light in any one year.
For miscellaneousMiscellaneous.items necessary and incidental to post offices of the first and second class, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, of which sum twenty-five thousand dollars may be used for the purchase of post-office equipment. For rental and purchase of canceling machinesCanceling machines., including cost of power in rented buildings, motors, repairs to motors, Purchase, etc.and miscellaneous expenses of installation and operation, three hundred and ten thou1333sand dollars, thirty-five thousand dollars of which sum may be expended in the purchase of such machines: *Provided,*Proviso.That the rental paid for any canceling machine shall not exceed three hundred dollars per annum, Maximum rent, etc.including repairs on said machines, and that all contracts entered into shall be let after having advertised for bids and shall be awarded on the basis of cheapness and efficiency.
For the purchase, repair, and maintenance of mechanical and labor-saving devicesLabor-saving devices., fifty thousand dollars. For pay of letter carriers at offices already established, including substitutes for carriers absent without pay, city deliveryCity delivery.service, thirty-two million one hundred and eighty Letter carriers.thousand dollars: *Provided,* *Provisos.*That no part of this appropriation shall be used to pay letter carriers who are required or permitted to work for more than forty-eight hours in the six workingWeekly work limited.days of a week: *Provided further,* That this limitation shall not apply to service performed during the firstHolidays exception.five and the last fifteen days of the calendar year.
For pay of substitutesSubstitutes.for letter carriers absent with pay, and of auxiliary and temporary letter carriers at offices where city delivery is already established, one million one hundred thousand dollars. For pay of letter carriers, substitute and auxiliary letter carriers at New offices.offices where city delivery service is established, during the year, seventy-five thousand dollars. For horse-hireHorse hire, etc.allowance and the rental of vehicles, nine hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For car fare and bicycleCar fare and bicycles.allowance, four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For street-car collection service, Street-car collections. ten thousand dollars. For Detroit RiverDetroit River serv postal service, six thousand five hundred dollars. That hereafter the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, enter into contracts for a period of not exceeding four yearsFour-year contracts authorized for canceling machines, etc.for the rental of canceling machines, for the hire of the equipages for the City Delivery Service, for the collection service by means of boxes attached to street cars, and for the steamboat and other equipment necessary for the Detroit River postal service.
For incidental Incidentals.expenses of the City Delivery Service, including freight and drayage on equipment, furniture, and supplies, and erecting, painting, and repairing letter and package boxes and posts, repairing clocks and other equipment, and for the purchase of time recorders and maps, thirty-five thousand dollars. For car fare for special-delivery Special delivery. Car fares.messengers in emergency cases, thirteen thousand dollars. For feesFees.to special-delivery messengers, one million four hundred thousand dollars.
For travel Travel etc. and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the First Assistant Postmaster General, one thousand dollars. OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.Second Assistant Postmaster General. For inland transportation by star routes in AlaskaTransportation by star routes in Alaska., two hundred and fifty thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to provide difficult or emergency mail serviceEmergency servicein Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable without advertising therefor.
For inland transportation by steamboat Steamboat etc., routes.or other power-boat routes, seven hundred and ninety thousand nine hundred dollars. For mail messenger serviceMessenger service., one million six hundred and five thousand dollars. For the transmission of mail by pneumatic tubes Pneumatic tubes etc.or other similar devices, nine hundred and sixty-six thousand eight hundred dollars. 1334 For regulation, screen, or other wagon serviceWagon service., one million eight hundred and sixty-two thousand five hundred dollars.
For mail bagsMail bags, etc., metal for mail-bag attachments, cord fasteners, label cases, and material necessary for manufacture and repairing of equipment, and for incidental expenses pertaining thereto, two hundred and eighty-five thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to use so much of the sum, not exceeding five thousand dolíais, Equipment for Alaska and island possessions.as may be deemed necessary for the purchase of material and the manufacture in the mail-bag repair shop of such small quantities of distinctive equipment as may be required by other executive departments, and for service in Alaska, Porto Hico, Philippine Islands, Hawaii, or other island possessions, and for such special equipment for testing and for other purposes in connection with the reduction in the weight of mail equipment.
For compensation to labor employed in the mail-bag repair Bag repair shops, labor.shop at Washington, District of Columbia, and Chicago, Illinois, one hundred and ten thousand dollars. For rent, light, fuel, electric power, and incidental expenses pertaining Equipment shop, Chicago.to the maintenance of a subworkshop for the repair of mail equipment at Chicago, Illinois, three thousand dollars. For mail locks and keysLocks, keys, etc., chains, tools, machinery, and material necessary for manufacturing and repairing same, and for incidental expenses pertaining thereto; also for making in the mail-lock repair shop such metal attachments as may be needed for use in the manufacture and repair of mail equipment, twelve thousand dollars.
For compensation to labor employed in the mail-lock repair shop Lock repair shop, labor.at Washington, District of Columbia, thirty-six thousand five hundred dollars. For inland transportation by Railroad routes.railroad routes, fifty million ninety- two thousand two hundred dollars, of which the sum of one million one hundred and twenty-one thousand two hundred dollars shall be immediately available: *Provided,**Provisos.*That out of the appropriation for inland mail transportation the Postmaster General is authorized hereafter to pay rental Expenses of computations.if necessary in Washington, District of Columbia, and compensation to tabulators and clerks employed in connection with the weighings for assistance in completing computations, in connection with the expenses of taking the weights of mails on railroad routes, as provided by law: *Provided,* That the President shall appoint Second-Class mail matter.three competent and impartial persons, one of whom may be a judicial or other officer of the United States and the other two of whom shall hold no office, and no one of whom shall be connected with the Post Office DepartmentCommission authorized to examine, etc., cost of handling.or have any interest in any business directly or indirectly affected by the publishing of magazines or newspapers using the mails of the United States, to examine the reports of the Post Office Department*Post,* p. 1458.and any of its officers, agents, or employees, and the existing evidence taken in respect to the cost to the Government of the transportation and handling of all classes of second-class mail matter which may be submitted to them, and such evidence as may be presented to them by persons having an interest in the rates to be fixed for second-class mail matter, to make a finding of what the cost of transporting and handling different classes of such second-class mail matter is to the Government and what in their judgment should be the rate for the different classes of second-class postal matter, in order to meet and reimburse the Government for the expense to which it is put in the transportation and handling of such matter, and on or before December first, nineteen hundred and eleven, to make report of their proceedings and findings to the President for transmission to Congress: *Provided,* That the sum of fifty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses of such commission, 1335including compensation to the members thereof, to the necessary secretaries, stenographers and other incidental expensesExpenses., and such compensation may be awarded to the Federal official member of the commission, anything in the existing law to the contrary notwithstanding.
For tabulating and arranging informationTabulating information of rail roads carrying mails.relative to the operation, receipts, and expenditures of railroad companies carrying the mails, including rental of quarters in Washington, District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars, which shall be immediately available. For pay of freightFreight on postal cards, etc.or expressage on postal cards, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and empty mail bags, four hundred and twenty- five thousand dollars, of which the sum of forty-eight thousand two hundred dollars shall be immediately available.
And the Postmaster General in cases of emergency, between November fifteenth and January fifteenth of any year, may hereafter return to the mailsReturn of empty bags in mails in emergency cases.empty mail bags theretofore withdrawn therefrom as required by law, and for such times may pay for their railroad transportation Payment for transportation.out of the appropriation for inland transportation by railroad routes at not exceeding the rate per pound per mile as shown by the last adjustment for mail service on the route over which they may be carried, and pay for necessary cartage out of the appropriation for freight or expressage.
For railway post-office car servicePost-office car service., five million and ten thousand dollars: *Provided,**Provisos.*That no part of this amount shall be paid for the use of any car which is not sound in material and constructionSound and sanitary cars required., and which is not equipped with sanitary drinking-water containers and toilet facilities, nor unless such car is regularly and thoroughly cleaned: *Provided further,* That after the first of July, nineteen hundred and eleven, no pay shall be allowed for the use of any wooden full railway post-office Restriction on wooden cars.car unless constructed substantially in accordance with the most approved plans and specifications of the Post Office Department for such type of cars, nor for any wooden full railway post-office car run in any train between Cars required hereafter.adjoining steel cars or between the engine and a steel car adjoining, and that hereafter additional cars accepted for this service shall be of steel, or with steel underframeSteel construction required after July 1, 1916., if used in a train in which a majority of the cars are of like construction: *Provided further,* That after the first of July, nineteen hundred and sixteen, the Postmaster General shall not approve or allow to be used or pay for any full railway post-office car not constructed of steel or with steel underframe, if such post-office car is used in a train in which a majority of the cars are of steel or of steel underframe construction.
Railway Mail Service:Railway Mail Service.For fourteen division superintendents, at three thousand dollars each; four assistant superintendents, at two thousand two hundred dollars each; fourteen assistant division superintendentsDivision officers, clerks, etc., at two thousand dollars each; one hundred and forty-one chief clerks, at one thousand eight hundred dollars each; two hundred and ninety-five clerks, class six, at not exceeding one thousand six hundred dollars each; one thousand four hundred and ninety-one clerks, class five, at not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars each; five hundred and sixty-three clerks, class five, at not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars each ; two thousand seven hundred and fifty-seven clerks, class four, at not exceeding one thousand three hundred dollars each; two thousand two hundred and fifty-one clerks, class four, at not exceeding one thousand two hundred dollars each; six thousand two hundred and sixty-one clerks, class three, at not exceeding one thousand one hundred dollars each ; two thousand six hundred and two clerks, class two, at not exceeding one thousand dollars each; six hundred clerks, class one, at not exceeding nine hundred dollars each ; six hundred clerks, class one, at not exceeding eight1336hundred dollars each; in all, twenty million five hundred and twelve thousand nine hundred dollars.
That hereafter in addition to the salaries by law provided the Postmaster GeneralTravel allowances to clerks on duty over ten hours.is hereby authorized to make travel allowances, not exceeding in the aggregate the sum annually appropriated, to railway postal clerks assigned to duty in railway post-office cars for actual expenses incurred by them while on duty, after ten hours from the time of beginning their initial run, under such regulations as he may prescribe, and in no case shall such an allowance exceed one dollar per day.
For travel allowances to railway postal clerksAmount., one million seven hundred and fifty dollars. For temporary clerk hire in classes one and two for emergency serviceEmergency service., sixty thousand dollars. That the Postmaster General may allow railway postal clerks whose duties require them to work six days or more a week Leaves to railway postal clerks, etc.throughout the year and the employees of the mail-lock and mail-bag repair shops an annual vacation of thirty days with pay.
For substitutesSubstitutes.for clerks on vacation, sixty-eight thousand dollars. For acting clerksActing clerks., in place of clerks or substitutes injured while on duty, and to enable the Postmaster General to pay the stun of two thousand dollars, which shall be exempt from payment of debts of the deceasedAllowance in case of death., to the legal representatives of any railway postal clerk or substitute railway postal clerk who shall be killed while on duty, or who, being injured while on duty, shall die within one year thereafter as the result of such injury, one hundred and twenty thousand dollars.
For actual and necessary expensesTraveling expenses., division superintendents, assistant division superintendents, and chief clerks, Railway Mail Service, and railway postal clerks, while actually traveling on business of the Post Office Department and away from their several designated headquarters, twenty-seven thousand dollars. For rent, light, fuel, telegraph, and miscellaneousMiscellaneous.office expenses, schedules of mail trains, telephone service, and badges for railway postal clerks, seventy-five thousand dollars, including rental of offices for division headquarters, Railway Mail Service, in Washington, District of Columbia.
For per diem allowance Per diem, etc., assistant superintendents.of assistant superintendents while actually traveling on official business away from their home, their official domicile, and their headquarters, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster General, not to exceed three dollars per day, four thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars, and for their necessary official expenses not covered by their per diem allowance, not exceeding six hundred dollars; in all, five thousand five hundred and eighty dollars.
For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable carsElectric and cable car service., seven hundred and twenty-five thousand five hundred dollars: *Provided,**Proviso*That the rate of compensation Compensation.to be paid per mile shall not exceed the rate now paid to companies performing such service, except that the Postmaster General, in cases where the quantity of mail is large and the number of exchange points numerous, may, in his discretion, authorize payment for closed-pouch service at a rate per mile not to exceed one-third above the rate per mile now paid for closed-pouch service ; and for mail cars and apartments carrying the mails, not to exceed the rate of one cent per linear foot per car mile of travel :
Outside of cities.*Provided further,* That the rates for electric-car service on routes over twenty miles in length outside of cities shall not exceed the rates paid for service on steam railroads: *Provided, however,* That not to exceed fifteen thousand dollars of the sum hereby appropriated may be expended, Unusual conditions.in the discretion of the Postmaster General where unusual conditions exist or where such service will be more expeditious1337and efficient and at no greater cost than otherwise, and not to exceed one hundred thousand dollars of this appropriation may be expended for regulation, screen, or motor screen-wagon serviceSubstitution of wagon service.which may be authorized in lieu of electric or cable car service.
For transportation of foreign mailsForeign mails., three million three hundred and twenty-two thousand six hundred dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the Postmaster General shall be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding ninety-five thousand dollars, to cover one-half of the cost of transportation, compensation, and expenses of clerksClerks on steamships.to be employed in assorting and pouching mails in transit on steamships between the United States and other postal administrations in the International Postal Union, and not exceeding eighty thousand dollars for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamshipsPier transfers, New York and San Francisco.in New York Bay to the steamship and railway piers, and for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamships in San Francisco Bay to the piers; also for transferring the mail from steamships performing service under contract for transporting United States mail.
For assistant superintendentAssistant superintendent., Division of Foreign Mails, with headquarters in New York, New York, two thousand five hundred dollars. For balances due foreign countriesBalances due foreign countries., seven hundred and thirty-four thousand eight hundred dollars, of which sum not exceeding two hundred and forty-seven thousand four hundred dollars shall be immediately available. For travelTravel, etc.and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, one thousand dollars.
OFFICE OF THE THIRD ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.Third Assistant Postmaster General. For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, special-delivery stampsStamps., books of stamps, and for coiling of stamps, seven hundred and ninety-six thousand dollars, of which the sum of eighty thousand dollars shall be immediately available. For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappersStamped envelopes and wrappers., one million eight hundred and twenty-three thousand dollars, of which the sum of four hundred thousand dollars shall be immediately available.
For pay of agent and assistants to examine and distribute stampedDistribution and inspection.and official envelopes and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency at Dayton, Ohio, including expenses attendant on inspection of manufacture of official envelopes at Cincinnati, Ohio, twenty-six thousand dollars. For manufacture of postal cardsPostal cards., four hundred and fifty-one thousand dollars, of which the sum of one hundred thousand dollars shall be immediately available.
For ship, steamboat, and way lettersShip, etc., letters., two hundred and fifty dollars. For payment of limited indemnityIndemnity lost registered matter.for the loss of pieces of domestic registered matter, eighteen thousand dollars. That the Postmaster General is hereby authorized to indemnify Indemnity allowed for lost third or fourth class matter.the senders or owners of third and fourth class domestic registered matter lost in the mails,Limit.the indemnity, which shall be paid out of the postal revenues, not to exceed twenty-five dollars for a single piece of registered matter or the actual value thereof if less than twenty-five dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no indemnity shall be paid if the loser has been otherwise reimbursed.Condition.
For payment of indemnity for the loss of registered articles in the international mails International articles.in accordance with convention stipulations, fifteen thousand dollars, of which not exceeding eight thousand dollars shall be immediately available.1338*Provided,**Proviso.*That the appropriations for payment of limited indemnity for the loss of registered articles in the international mails for the fiscal years ending June thirtieth,Payment for prior years under Postal Union rules.nineteen hundred and ei ht, nineteen hundred and nine, nineteen hundred and ten, and nineteen hundred and eleven, be, and the same are hereby, made available for the payment of the amount of indemnity fixed by the Postal Union Convention concludedVol. 35. p. 16-19.at Rome, Italy, May twenty-sixth, nineteen hundred and six, effective October first, nineteen hundred and seven, for the loss in the international mails of any registered article regardless of its value.
For the employment of special counsel,Special counsel, second-class mail privilege suits.to be appointed by the Attorney General when requested by the Postmaster General, and at compensation to be fixed by the Attorney General, not exceeding this temporary appropriation, to prosecute and defend, on behalf of the Post Office Department, all suits now pending or which may hereafter arise affecting the second-class mailing privilege, ten thousand dollars. For travelTravel, etc.and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, one thousand dollars.
OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL.Fourth Assistant Postmaster General. For stationeryStationery., including all money-order offices, one hundred thousand dollars. For official and registry envelopesOfficial and registry envelopes., two hundred thousand dollars. For pay of agent and assistants to examine and distributeDistribution.registry envelopes; agent, two thousand dollars; chief clerk, one thousand two hundred dollars; and one laborer, at six hundred and sixty dollars; in all, three thousand eight hundred and sixty dollars.
For blanks, blank books, printed and engraved matter, Money-order blanks etc.binding and carbon paper for the money-order service, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For blanks, books, and printed matter of urgent or special characterRegistry’ blanks, etc., including the preparation, publication, and free distribution by postmasters to the public of a pamphlet containing general postal information, intaglio seals, and other miscellaneous items of immediate necessity for the registry system, six thousand five hundred dollars.
Supplies for the City Delivery ServiceCity delivery supplies., including letter boxes, letterbox fasteners, package boxes, posts, furniture, satchels, straps, baskets, time cards, time-card frames, time-recorder supplies, maps, transfer designs, and stencils, ninety thousand dollars. For postmarking, Postmarking stamps, etc.rating, and money-order stamps and repairs to same, metal, rubber, and combination type, dates and figures, type holders, ink and pads for canceling and stamping purposes, fifty thousand dollars.
For letter balancesLetter scales, etc., scales, test weights, repairs to same, and for tape measures, fifteen thousand dollars. For wrapping paperWrapping paper., fifteen thousand dollars. For wrapping twineTwine, etc.and tying devices, two hundred thousand dollars. For facing slipsFacing slips, etc., plain and printed, including the furnishing of paper for same; and for card slide labels, blanks, and books of an urgent nature, sixty-five thousand dollars. Miscellaneous supplies.For the purchase, exchange, and repair of typewriting machines, envelope-opening machines, and computing machines, and for the purchase of copying presses, numbering machines, and miscellaneous articles purchased and furnished directly to the postal service, ninety thousand dollars. 1339 Supplies for the Rural Delivery ServiceRural delivery supplies., including collection boxes, furniture, satchels, straps, map supplies, repairing satchels and furniture, repairing, erecting, and painting collection boxes in the Rural Delivery Service, forty thousand dollars.
To defray expenses incident to the sliipment of suppliesShipping supplies., including hardware, boxing, packing, cartage, freight, and the pay of one carEenter and three laborers for assignment in connection therewith, one hundred thousand dollars. For intaglio sealsSeals, foreign service., foreign mail service, ten thousand dollars. For inland transportation by star routesStar route transportation.(excepting service in Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices, seven million one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars: *Provided,**Proviso.*That no part of this appropriation shall be expended for continuance of any star-route service the patronage of which shall be served entirely by the extensionDiscontinuance if served by rural delivery.of Rural Delivery Service, nor shall any of said sum be expended for the establishment of new star-route service for a patronage which is already entirely served by Rural Delivery Service.
For pay of letter carriersRural delivery carriers., substitutes for carriers on annual leave, clerks in charge of substations, and tolls and ferriage, Rural Delivery Service, forty-two million seven hundred and ninety thousand dollars: *Provided,**Provisos.*That not to exceed twenty thousand dollars of the amount hereby appropriated may be used for compensation of clerksSubstation clerks.in charge of substations: *Provided further,* That on and after July first, nineteen hundred and eleven, letter carriers Carriere’ salaries.of the Rural Delivery Service shall receive a salary not exceeding one thousand dollars per annum: *Provided further,* That in the discretion of the Postmaster General the Lake Winnepesaukee carrier.pay of the carrier on the water route on Lake Winnepesaukee who furnishes his own power boat for mail service during the summer months may be fixed at an amount not exceeding nine hundred dollars in any one calendar year.
For travelTravel, etc.and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, one thousand dollars. The Postmaster General is hereby authorized, in cases where the mail service would be thereby improved, to extend serviceExtension of contract routes.on a mail route under contract, at not exceeding pro rata additional pay: *Provided,**Proviso.*That the extensions beyond either terminus ordered during a contract termLimit.shall not, in the aggregate, exceed twenty-five miles.
Sec.2.Punishment for sending indecent, etc., matter.That section two hundred and eleven of an Act of Congress entitled Vol. 35, p. 1129, amended.“An Act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States,” approved March fourth, nineteen hundred and nine, be amended by adding thereto the following: Inciting arson, murder, or assassination included.“And the term 'indecent’ within the intendment of this section shall include matter of a character tending to incite arson, murder, or assassination.
” Sec.3.That hereafter for services required on SundaysCompensatory time off for Sunday labor.of supervisory officers, clerks in first and second class post offices, and city letter camera, compensatory time off during working days in amount equal to that of the Sunday employment may be allowed, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe; but this provision shall not apply to auxiliary or substitute employees. Sec.4.That after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and eleven, Salaries of postal employees.where the salary or compensation of any employee in the postal service is at an annual or monthly rate, the following rules shall be followed in computing the amount due:
An annual salary or compensation Division by months.shall be divided into twelve equal installments, one of which shall be the pay for each calendar month; and in making payment for a fractional part of any calendar month there shall be paid such proportionComputations of parts of month.of one of such installments, or of the amount of the monthly salary or compensation, as the number of days in the fractional part of that month bears to the actual number of days in that month. 1340 Sec.5.That the sum of five hundred thousand dollars, Postal savings depositories.or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated and made immediately available, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,*Ante,* p. 814.to enable the Postmaster General to continue the establishment, maintenance, and extension of postal savings depositories, including the reimbursement of the Secretary of the Treasury Expenses for establishing. payable from the Treasury.for expenses incident to the preparation, issue, and registration of the bonds authorized by the *Ante,* p. 817.Act of June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten: *Provided,**Provisos.*That out of such sum an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars may be expended for the rental, if necessary, of quarters for the central oilice of theRent, central office.Postal Savings System in the District of Columbia: *And provided further,* That all expenditures under this appropriation shall be audited by the AuditorAccounting.for the Post Office Department: *And provided further,* That the Postmaster General shall select and designate the post offices which are to be postal savingsDesignation of offices, compensation, etc.depository offices, and shall appoint and fix the compensation of such superintendents, inspectors, and other employees as may be necessary in conducting, supervising, and directing the business of such offices, including the employees of a central office at Washington, District of Columbia, and shall prescribe the hours during which postal savings depository offices shall remain open.
Regulations for deposits, withdrawals, etc.He shall also from time to time make rules and regulations with respect to the deposits in and withdrawal of moneys from postal savings depositories and the issue of pass books or such other devices as he may adopt as evidence of such deposits or withdrawals, and the provisions or the Act approved June twenty-fifth, nineteen hundred and ten, are hereby modified accordingly. Sec.6.That in addition to the permissible marks, writing, and printing Permissible marks on third and fourth class matter.on mail matter of the third and fourth classes, respectively, or on the envelopes or packages containing them, as authorized by the Act of Congress approved Vol. 25, p. 2.January twentieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, entitled “An Act relating to permissible marks, printing, or writing, upon second, third, and fourth class matter, anil to amend the twenty-second and twenty-third sections of an Act Vol. 20, p. 360.entitled ‘An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty, and for other purposes,’ ” there may be placed on such mail matter, or on the package, wrapper, or envelope inclosing the same, or on a tag or label attached thereto, either in writing or otherwise, the words “Please do not open until Christmas.” allowed.“Please do not open until Christmas,” or words to that effect.
Sec.7.That if the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this Act, Appropriation to meet deficiencies.a sum equal to such deficiency of the revenue of said department is hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply said deficiencies in the revenues for the Post Office Department for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the sum needed may he advanced to the Post Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General.
Sec.8.That the Postmaster General may authorizePostal notes authorized.postmasters at such offices as he shall designate, under such regulations as he shall prescribe, to issue and pay money orders of fixed denominationsDenominations., not exceeding ten dollars, to be known as postal notes. That postal notes shall he valid for six calendar monthsGood for six months.from the last day of the month of their issue, but thereafter may be paid under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe.
That postal notes shall not be negotiable or transferable through indorsement.Not indorsable. That if a postal note has been once paid, to whomsoever paid, the United States shall not be liableLiability canceled by payment.for any further claim for the amount thereof. Approved, March 4, 1911.