Chapter 33. Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 33.— An Act Making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fifteen, and for other purposes. March 9, 1914.[[H. R. 11338](/us/bill/63/hr/11338).][[Public, No. 65](/us/pl/63/65).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the following sums be,Postal service appropriations. and they are hereby, appropriated for the service of the Post Office Department, in conformity with the Act of July second, eighteenVol. 5, p, 80. hundred and thirty-six, as follows: office of the postmaster general.Postmaster General.
For rent of suitable buildings for the use of the Post Office Department,Repair shops and supplies division.Rent. including the mail-bag repair shop, lock repair shop, and the Division of Supplies, $32,000. For gas, electric power and light, and the repair of machinery,Power, etc. $4,500. For salaries of post-office inspectors: For salaries of fifteenPost-office inspectors.Salaries. inspectors in charge of divisions, at $3,000 each; thirty inspectors, at $2,400 each; twenty inspectors, at $2,250 each; thirty inspectors, at $2,100 each; twenty inspectors, at $2,000 each; thirty inspectors, at $1,900 each; ninety inspectors, at $1,800 each; sixty inspectors at $1,700 each; sixty inspectors, at $1,600 each; and sixty-five inspectors, at $1,500 each; in all $779,500.
For per diem allowance of inspectors in the field while actuallyPer diem. traveling on official business away from their homes, their official domiciles, and their headquarters, at a rate to be fixed by the Postmaster General, not to exceed $3 per day: *Provided*, That the Postmaster*Provisos*.Temporary allowances. General may, in his discretion, allow inspectors per diem while temporarily located at any place on business away from their homes, or their designated domiciles, 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 $2,000 or more, except the thirty inspectors receiving $2,100 each, $261,400. For compensation to clerks at division headquarters, fifteen, at $1,800 each; fifteen, atClerks at division headquarters. $1,600 each; twenty, at $1,400 each; thirty, at $1,200 each; ten, at $1,000 each; and ten, at $900 each; in all, $134,000. For traveling expenses of inspectors without per diem allowance,Traveling, etc., expenses. 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 on296 official business in connection with the postal service of Alaska, and for the traveling expenses of four clerks performing stenographic and clerical assistance to post-office inspectors in the investigation of important fraud cases, $43,750.
Livery hire.For livery hire incurred by inspectors not covered by their per diem allowance, including livery hire in connection with the installation and inspection of rural routes, $45,000. Miscellaneous.For necessary miscellaneous expenses at division headquarters, $7,500. Rewards, etc.For payment of rewards for the detection, arrest, and conviction*Proviso*.Collecting information. of post-office burglars, robbers, and highway mail robbers: *Provided*, That of the amount herein appropriated not to exceed $5,000 maybe expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, for the purpose of securing information concerning violations of the postal laws and for services and information looking toward the apprehension of criminals, $25,000.
Travel, etc.For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Postmaster General, $1,000. First Assistant Postmaster General.office of the first assistant postmaster general. Postmasters.*Proviso*.Unusual sales of stamps, etc., not included in adjusting salaries.For compensation to postmasters, $30,750,000: *Provided*, That hereafter, in determining the gross receipts upon which the salary of a postmaster shall be based, stamps, stamped envelopes, and postal cards sold in large or unusual quantities to any person to be used in mailing matter at other post offices, or in mailing matter diverted from other offices, shall not be included, whether the sale be made with or without solicitation by the postmaster.
Assistant postmasters.For compensation to assistant postmasters at first and second class post offices, five, at not exceeding $4,000 each; forty-two, at not exceeding $3,000 each; ten, at not exceeding $2,500 each; five, at not exceeding $2,000 each; sixteen, at not exceeding $1,900 each; forty-five, at not exceeding $1,800 each; ninety-five, at not exceeding $1,700 each; one hundred and fifty, at not exceeding $1,600 each; one hundred and eighty, at not exceeding $1,500 each; one hundred and fifty, at not exceeding $1,400 each; three, hundred and fifty, at not exceeding $1,300 each; five hundred and sixty, at not exceeding $1,200 each; five hundred and twenty-five, at not exceeding $1,100 each; three hundred, at not exceeding $1,000 each; one hundred and thirty, at not exceeding $900 each; one hundred, at not exceedingAppointments, etc., restricted. $800 each; in all, $3,200,000.
And the appointment and assignment of assistant postmasters hereunder shall be so made during the fiscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate expenditure than this sum. Superintendents, clerks, etc.For compensation to clerks and employees at first and second class post offices: At $3,200.Superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, and superintendents of registry, twenty, at not exceeding $3,200 each; At $3,000.Auditors, and superintendents of mails, ten, at not exceeding $3,000 each;
At $2,700.Assistant superintendents of mails, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, twenty, at not exceeding $2,700 each; At $2,600.Assistant superintendents of mails, cashiers, superintendents of delivery, and superintendents of mails, twenty, at not exceeding $2,600 each; At $2,500.Assistant superintendents of mails, cashiers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, and superintendents of stations, twenty-five, at not exceeding $2,500 each;
At $2,400.Assistant superintendents of delivery, assistant superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, bookkeepers, cashiers, finance clerks, stenographers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superin297 tendents of money order, and superintendents of registry, forty-five, at not exceeding $2,400 each; Assistant superintendents of mails, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chiefAt $2,200. stamp clerks, finance clerks, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, superintendents of registry, and superintendents of stations, thirty, at not exceeding $2,200 each;
Assistant superintendents of mails, cashiers, chief stamp clerks,At $2,100. night superintendents, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of delivery, superintendents of inquiry, superintendents of mails, superintendents of money order, and superintendents of registry, thirty-five, at not exceeding $2,100 each; Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistantAt $2,000. 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 thirty, at not exceeding $2,000 each;
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistantAt $1,800. 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, stenographers, 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, at not exceeding $1,800 each;
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistantAt $1,700. 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, stenographers, 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 sixty-five, at not exceeding $1,700 each;
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistantAt $1,600. 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, stenographers, 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, two hundred, at not exceeding $1,600 each;
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistantAt $1,500. 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, stenographers, 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, six hundred, at not exceeding $1,500 each;
Assistant cashiers, assistant superintendents of delivery, assistantAt $1,400. superintendents of mails, assistant superintendents of money order, assistant superintendents of registry, assistant superintendents of stations, bookkeepers, cashiers, chief mailing clerks, chief stamp298 clerks, special clerics, examiners of stations, finance clerks, foremen of crews, stenographers, 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 thousand two hundred and sixty, at not exceeding $I,400 each;
At $1,300.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, special clerks, stenographers, 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, two thousand four hundred, at not exceeding $1,300 each;
At $1,200.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, stenographers, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, eighteen thousand, at not exceeding $1,200 each; At $1,100.Assistant superintendents of stations, clerks, stenographers, superintendents of carriers, superintendents of second-class matter, and superintendents of stations, six thousand six hundred, at not exceeding $1,100 each;
At $1,000.Assistant superintendents of stations, clerks, clerks in charge of stations, stenographers, superintendents of carriers, and superintendents of second-class matter, two thousand two hundred, at not exceeding $1,000 each; At $900.Clerks, clerks in charge of stations, and stenographers, six thousand seven hundred, at not exceeding $900 each; At $800.Clerks and clerks in charge of stations, two thousand and twenty-seven, at not exceeding $800 each; Substitutes.Substitutes for clerks and employees absent without pay;
Promotions provided for.*Post*, p. 1227.And to provide for the promotion of seventy-five per centum of the clerks in first-class post offices from the fifth to the sixth grade, and for the promotion of seventy-five per centum of the clerks in second-class offices from the fourth to the fifth grade; in all, $44,470,000,Appointments, etc., restricted. and hereafter the appointment and assignment of clerks hereunder shall be so made during each fiscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate expenditure than the sum appropriated.
Printers, mechanics, etc.For compensation to printers, mechanics, and skilled laborers, ten, at $1,200 each; four, at $1,100 each; three, at $1,000 each; and twenty-eight, at $900 each; in all, $44,600. Watchmen, messengers, etc.For compensation to watchmen, messengers, and laborers, nine hundred, at $840 each; nine hundred, at $720 each; in all, $1,404,000. Contract station clerks.For compensation to clerks in charge of contract stations, $1,100,000. Substitutes for employees on vacation.For compensation to substitutes for clerks and employees at first and second class post offices on vacation, $450,000.
Temporary and auxiliary clerks.For temporary and auxiliary clerk hire at first and second class post offices and temporary and auxiliary clerk hire at summer and winter resort post offices, $2,000,000. Separating mulls.For separating mails at third and fourth class post offices, $675,000. Unusual conditions.For unusual conditions at post offices, $90,000. Third-class offices.For allowances to third-class post offices to cover the cost of clerical services, $1,700,000. *Provisos*.Allowances for clerks.*Provided*, That no allowance in excess of $300 shall be made where the salary of the postmaster is $1,000, $1,100, or $1,200; nor in excess299 of $400 where the salary of the postmaster is $1,300, $1,400, or $1,500; and that no allowance in excess of S500 shall be made where the salary of the postmaster is $1,600 or $1,700; nor in excess of $800 where the salary of the postmaster is $1,800 or $1,900: *And provided further*,Assistant postmasters.
That the Postmaster General may, in the disbursement of this appropriation, expend not exceeding $400,000 for the employment, at a maximum salary of $600 per annum, of assistant postmasters at post offices of the third class where the salary of the postmaster is $1,800 or $1,900 per annum. For rent, light, and fuel for first, second, and third class post offices,Rent, Light, and fuel. $5,200,000. *Provided*, That the Postmaster General may, in the disbursement*Proviso*.Ten-year leases. of the appropriation for such purposes, apply a part thereof to the purpose of leasing premises 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 beLimit, third-class offices. allowed for the use of any third-class post office for rent a sum in excess of $500, nor more than $100 for fuel and light, in any one year.
For miscellaneous items necessary and incidental to post offices ofMiscellaneous. the first and second class, $350,000. For the purchase, repair, and maintenance of mechanical andLabor-saving devices. labor-saving devices, $50,000. For pay of letter carriers at offices already established, includingCity delivery.Carriers.Promotions. substitutes for letter carriers absent without pay, and for the promotion of seventy-five per centum of the letter carriers in first-class post offices from the fifth to the sixth grade and for the promotion of seventy-five per centum of the letter carriers in second-class offices from the fourth to the fifth grade, City Delivery Service, $37,700,000.
For pay of substitutes for letter carriers absent with pay, and ofSubstitutes, etc. auxiliary and temporary letter carriers at offices where city delivery is already established, $2,975,000. For pay of letter carriers, substitute and auxiliary letter carriersService at new offices. at offices where City Delivery Service is established during the year, $100,000. *Provided*, That after June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and fourteen*Proviso*.Vol. 37, p. 796.Pay of substitutes rated. the pay of substitute letter carriers employed in the places of regular employees absent from duty with pay and of auxiliary and temporary carriers employed at offices where the city free delivery service is already established or may hereafter be established, and of substitute clerks employed in the places of regular employees absent from duty with pay, and of auxiliary and temporary clerks employed in first and second class post offices, shall be at the rate of thirty-five cents an hour.
For horse-hire allowance, the hiring of drivers, and the rental ofHorse hire, etc. vehicles, $2,300,000. For car fare and bicycle allowance, $525,000. Carefare and bicycles.Street car collections.Detroit River service. For street car collection service, $10,000. For Detroit River postal service, $6,500. For incidental expenses of the City Delivery Service, includingIncidentals. 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 and exchange of time recorders and maps, $100,000.
For car fare for special-delivery messengers in emergency cases,Special delivery.Car fare. $13,000. For fees to special-delivery messengers, $2,225,000. Fees. For experimental village-delivery service in towns and villagesExperimental village delivery. having post offices of the second or third class, $200,000. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, officeTravel, etc. of the First Assistant Postmaster General, $1,000. 300 Second Assistant Postmaster General.office of the second assistant postmaster general.
Mall transportation.Star routes, Alaska.*Proviso*.Emergency service.For inland transportation by star routes in Alaska, $304,000: *Provided*, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to provide difficult or emergency mail service in Alaska, including the establishment and equipment of relay stations, in such manner as he may think advisable, without advertising therefor. Steamboat, etc., service.For inland transportation by steamboat or other power-boat routes, $1,049,400.
Messenger service.For mail messenger service, $2,000,000. Pneumatic tubes, etc.For the transmission of mail by pneumatic tubes or other similar devices, $966,800. Committees and commissions continued.Vol. 37, pp. 546, 551, 559.That the personnel of the membership of the committees and commissions created and provided for in sections one and eight of the Act entitled “An Act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes,” approved August twenty-fourth, nineteen hundred and twelve, shall continue with the same authorities, powers, and provisions for expenses until final report is made to Congress, which shall be made on or before December first, nineteen hundred and fourteen.
Wagon service.For regulation screen or other wagon service, $2,600,000. *Provisos*.Experimental wagon and city collection and delivery service.*Provided*, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized, in his discretion, to use such amount thereof as may be necessary for the purchase and maintenance of wagons or automobiles for and the operation of an experimental combined screen wagon and city collection and delivery service. Railroad routes.For inland transportation by railroad routes, $56,188,000: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Mississippi River bridge, Saint Louis, Mo.Transfer, etc., services, Saint Louis, Mo.
That no part of this appropriation shall be paid for carrying the mail over the bridge across the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri, other than upon a mileage basis: *But provided further*, That the Postmaster General may in his discretion pay within the present law a fair and reasonable price for the special transfer and terminal service at the Union Station at East Saint Louis, Illinois, and at the Union Station at Saint Louis, Missouri, including, the use, lighting, and heating of the mail building, and transfer service at Saint Louis, Missouri, provided the amount so paid shall not exceed $35,000.
Freight on postal cards, etc.For pay of freight or expressage on postal cards, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers, and empty mail bags, $510,000. Post-office car service.*Proviso*.Sound and sanitary cars.For railway post-office car service, $5,412,000: *Provided*, That no part of this amount shall be paid for the use of any car which is not sound in material and construction, and which is not equipped with sanitary drinking-water containers and toilet facilities, nor unless such car is regularly and thoroughly cleaned.
Railway Mall Service.Division and assistant superintendents.Railway Mail Service: For fifteen division superintendents, at $3,250 each; four assistant superintendents, at $2,350 each; fifteen assistant division superintendents, at $2,250 each; one hundred and eighteenClerks. chief clerks, at not exceeding $2,100 each; three hundred and fifty-five clerks, grade ten, at not exceeding $1,800 each; one thousand two hundred and thirty-nine clerks, grade nine, at not exceeding $1,700 each; eight hundred and thirty-six clerks, grade eight, at not exceeding $1,600 each; three thousand nine hundred and thirty-two clerks, grade seven., at not exceeding $1,500 each; three thousand seven hundred and eight clerks, grade six, at not exceeding $1,400 each; three thousand and thirty-nine clerks, grade five, at not exceeding $1,300 each; two thousand five hundred and ninety-seven clerks, grade four, at not exceeding $1,200 each; eight hundred and seventy-two clerks, grade three, at not exceeding $1,100 each; three thousand five hundred and ninety-two clerks, grade two, at not exceeding $1,000 each; two thousand six hundred and three clerks,Appointments, etc., restricted. grade one, at not exceeding $900 each; in all, $28,521,440.00, and the appointment and assignment of clerks hereunder shall be so made301 during the fiscal year as not to involve a greater aggregate expenditure than this sum; and, to enable the Postmaster General to reclassify the salaries of railway postal clerks and make necessary appointments and promotions, he may exceed the number of clerks in such of the grades as may be necessary: *Provided*, That the number of*Proviso*.Limit. clerks in the aggregate as herein authorized be not exceeded.
For travel allowances to railway postal clerks, acting railway postalTravel allowances. clerks, and substitute railway postal clerks, including substitute railway postal clerks for railway postal clerks granted leave with pay on account of sickness, $1,534,500. For temporary clerk hire for emergency service, $67,500. Temporary clerks. For substitutes for clerics on vacation, $143,900. Substitutes. That hereafter the Postmaster General shall have authority toActing employees in place of injured ones. employ acting employees in place of all employees or substitutes hereinafter mentioned who are injured while on duty, who shall beDisability allowance. granted leave of absence with full pay during the period of disability, but not exceeding one year, then at the rate of fifty per centum of the employee’s salary for the period of disability exceeding one year, but not exceeding twelve months additional, and the Postmaster GeneralPayment in case of death. is authorized to pay the sum of $2,000, which shall be exempt from payment of debts of the deceased, to the legal representatives, for the benefit of wife, children, or dependent relatives, of any railway postal clerk, substitute railway postal clerk, supervisory official of the Railway Mail Service, post, office inspector, letter carrier in theCarriers, etc., added.
City Delivery Service, rural letter carrier, post-office clerk, or special-delivery messenger 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: *Provided*, That no compensation shall be paid*Proviso*.Negligence a bar to claim. any such employee for any injury occasioned by his own negligence. To enable the Postmaster General to carry out the provisions of the above, $134,500. For actual and necessary expenses, general superintendent, andTraveling expenses. assistant general superintendent, 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, $55,200.
For rent, light, heat, fuel, telegraph, miscellaneous and officeMiscellaneous. expenses, schedules of mail trains, telephone service, and badges for railway postal clerks, including rental of offices for division head-quarters, and chief clerk, Railway Mail Service, in Washington, District of Columbia, and rental of space for terminal railway post officesTerminal railway offices. for the distribution of mails when the furnishing of space for such distribution can not under the Postal Laws and Regulations properly be required of railroad companies without additional compensation, and for equipment and miscellaneous items necessary and incidental to terminal railway post offices, $770,000.
That the PostmasterLeases allowed. General may hereafter make leases for terminal railway post offices for terms not exceeding ten years. For per diem allowance of four assistant superintendents whilePer diem, assistant superintendents. 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 $3 per day, and for their necessary official expenses not covered by their per diem allowance, not exceeding $700; in all, $3,607.
For inland transportation of mail by electric and cable cars,Electric and cable car service.*Provisos*.Rates of pay. $784,000: *Provided*, That the rate of 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 service302 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 1 cent per linear footOutside of cities. per car-mile of travel: *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*,Unusual conditions.
That not to exceed $15,000 of the sum hereby appropriated may be expended, in the discretion of the Postmaster General, where unusual conditions exist or where such service will be moreSubstitution of wagon service. expeditious and efficient and at no greater cost than otherwise, and not to exceed $100,000 of this appropriation may be expended for regulation screen or motor screen wagon service which may be authorized in lieu of electric or cable car service. Foreign mails.*Proviso*.Clerks on steamhips.For transportation of foreign mails, $4,000,000: *Provided*, That the Postmaster General shall be authorized to expend such sums as may be necessary, not exceeding $116,000, to cover the cost to the United States of maintaining sea post service on steamships conveying thePier transfers, New York, etc. mails, and not exceeding $87.900 for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamships, in New York Bay to the steamship and railway piers, for transferring the foreign mail from incoming steamships in San Francisco Bay to the piers, and for transporting the foreign mail from incoming steamships at Honolulu from quarantineContract mail transfers. to the piers; also for transferring the mail from steamships performing service under contract for transporting United States mail.
Assistant superintendent.For assistant superintendent, Division of Foreign Mails, with headquarters in New York, New York, $2,500. Balances due foreign countries.Travel, etc.For balances due foreign countries, $681,800. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Second Assistant Postmaster General, $1,000. Third Assistant Postmaster General.office of the third assistant postmaster general. Stamps.For manufacture of adhesive postage stamps, special-deliveryStamped envelopes and wrappers. stamps, books of stamps, and for coiling of stamps, $810,000.
For manufacture of stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers, $1,650,000. Distribution agency.For pay of agent and assistants to examine and distribute stamped and official envelopes, and newspaper wrappers, and expenses of agency at Dayton, Ohio, $20,500. Postal cards.For manufacture of postal cards, $385,000. Ship, etc., letters.For ship, steamboat, and way letters, $250. Indemnity for lost registered matter, etc.For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of pieces of domestic registered matter, insured,, and collect-on-delivery mail, $110,000.
For payment of limited indemnity for the loss of registered articles in the international mails, in accordance with convention stipulations, $15,000. Travel, etc.For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Third Assistant Postmaster General, $1,000. For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the service of the PostalPostal savings system. Savings System, office of the director, S500. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General.office of the fourth assistant postmaster general.
Stationery.Official and registry envelopes.Supplies.Money order service.For stationery, including all money-order offices, $125,000. For official and registry envelopes, $80,000. For blanks, blank books, printed and engraved matter, binding and carbon paper for the money-order service, $180,000. Registry system.For blanks, books, and printed matter of urgent or special character, including the preparation, publication, and free distribution by postmasters to the public of pamphlet containing general postal information, intaglio seals, and other miscellaneous items of immediate necessity for the registry system, $7,500. 303 postal savings system.
For blank books, forms, pamphlets, rubber stamps, cancelingPostal savings system. devices, and postal savings certificates for use in depository offices and banks, postal savings cards and stamps, official postage and stamped envelopes for use in lieu of penalty or franked envelopes, in the transmittal of free mail, authorized by Act of June twenty-fifth,Vol. 36, p. 815. nineteen hundred and ten, including those used in the central office, $100,000. For expenses of agency for inspection of manufacture of officialInspecting envelope manufacture. envelopes at Cincinnati, Ohio; $5,520.
Supplies for the City Delivery Service, including letter boxes,City delivery supplies. letter-box fasteners, package boxes, posts, furniture, satchels, straps, baskets, time cards, time-card frames, time-recorder supplies, maps, transfer designs, and stencils, $150,000. For postmarking, rating, and money-order stamps and repairs toPostmarking, etc., stamps. same, metal, lubber, and combination type, dates and figures, type holders, ink and pads for canceling and stamping purposes, $40,000.
For letter balances, scales, test weights, repairs to same, and forLetter balances. tape measures, $100,000. For wrapping paper, $15,000.Wrapping paper. For wrapping twine and tying devices, $200,000. Twine, etc. For facing slips, plain and printed, including the furnishing ofFacing slips, etc. paper for same; and for card slide labels, blanks, and books of an urgent nature, $75,000. For the purchase, exchange, and repair of typewriting machines,Miscellaneous supplies. envelope-opening machines, and computing machines, copying presses, numbering machines, and miscellaneous articles purchased and furnished directly to the postal service, $120,000.
Supplies for the Rural Delivery Service, including collectionRural delivery supplies. boxes, furniture, satchels, straps, map supplies, repairing satchels and furniture, and map supplies, repairing, erecting and painting collection boxes in the Rural Delivery Service, $45,000. To defray expenses incident to the shipment of supplies, includingShipping supplies. hardware, boxing, packing, cartage, freight, and the pay of one carpenter and nine laborers for assignment in connection therewith, $145,000.
For intaglio seals, tags, and linen labels, foreign mail service,Intaglio seals, etc., foreign malls. $12,000. For miscellaneous expenses in the Division of Supplies in the preparationPost-route maps, etc. and publication of post-route maps and rural-delivery maps or blue prints, including tracing for photolithographic reproduction, $30,000. And the Postmaster General may authorizeSale, etc. the sale to the public of post-route maps and rural-delivery maps or blue prints at the cost of printing and ten per cent thereof added, the proceeds of such sales to be used as a further appropriation for the preparation and publication of post-route maps and rural-delivery maps or blue prints.
Of this amount $100 may be expended in the purchase of atlases and geographical and technical works needed in the Division of Supplies. For miscellaneous items necessary and incidental to post officesMiscellaneous items. of the first and second class (except labor incident to cleaning post offices, telephone rental, water rental, laundering and towel service, drayage, and miscellaneous service items), $125,000, of which $25,000 may be used for the purchase of post-office equipment.
For rental and purchase of canceling machines, including cost ofCanceling machines. power in rented buildings, motors, repairs to motors, and miscellaneous expenses of installation and operation, $300,000: *Provided*,*Proviso*.Rental limit. That hereafter no contract shall be made for any canceling machine for more than $270 per annum, including repairs on said machine, and that all contracts entered into shall be let after having adver304 tised for bids and shall be awarded on the basis of cheapness and efficiency.
Mail bags, etc.For mail bags, metal for mail-bag attachments, cord fasteners, label cases, and material necessary for manufacture and repairing of equipment, and for incidental expenses pertaining thereto, $363,000:*Proviso*.Distinctive equipment for departments, Alaska, island possessions, etc. *Provided*, That out of this appropriation the Postmaster General is authorized to use so much of the sum, not exceeding $5,000, 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 equipments as may be required by other executive departments, and for service in Alaska, Porto Rico, 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.
Labor, bag repair shop.For compensation to labor employed in the mail-bag repair shop at Washington, District of Columbia, $108,300. Locks, keys, etc.For mail locks and keys, 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, $15,000. Labor, lock repair shop.For compensation to labor employed in the mail-lock repair shop at Washington, District of Columbia, $40,100.
Star route transportation.For inland transportation by star routes (excepting service in Alaska), including temporary service to newly established offices,*Proviso*.Discontinued if served by rural delivery.New routes restricted. $8,675,000: *Provided*, 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 extension 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.
Rural delivery, carriers, etc.For pay of letter earners, substitutes for carriers on annual leave, clerks in charge of substations, and tolls and ferriage, Rural Delivery*Provisos*.Substation clerks. Service, $53,000,000: *Provided*, That not to exceed $20,000 of the amount hereby appropriated may be used for compensation of clerksPay of carriers increased.Vol. 37, p. 553.*Post*, p. 1227. in charge of substations: *Provided*, That on and after July first, nineteen hundred and fourteen, letter carriers of the Rural Delivery Service shall receive a salary not exceeding $1,200 per annum.
Travel, etc.For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the postal service, office of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General, $1,000. Appropriation from Treasury to meet deficiencies.That if the revenues of the Post Office Department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations made by this Act, 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 fifteen, and the sum needed may be advanced to the Post Office Department upon requisition of the Postmaster General.
Seeds, etc., by parcel post.Vol. 25, p. 347; Vol. 37, p. 559.*Proviso*.Delivery of fourth-class mail.*Post*, p. 346.That seeds, cuttings, bulbs, roots, scions, and plants, shall hereafter be embraced in and carried as fourth-class matter, and for the same rates of postage: *Provided*, That the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, by order, fix the time within which all parcels of the fourth class shall be delivered. Approved, March 9, 1914.