75TH CONG., 3D SESS.-CH. 55-MAR. 28, 1938 floor coverings; postage stamps for correspondence addressed abroad, which is not exempt under article 49 of the London convention of the Universal Postal Union; purchase and exchange of law books, books of reference, railway guides, city directories, and books neces- sary to conduct the business of the Department; newspapers, not exceeding $200; expenses, except membership fees, of attendance at meetings or conventions concerned with postal affairs, when incurred on the written authority of the Postmaster General, not exceeding $2,000; expenses of the purchasing agent and of the Solicitor and attorneys connected with his office while traveling on business of the Department, not exceeding $800; and other expenses not otherwise provided for; $84,500. For printing and binding for the Post Office Department, includ- ing all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere, $1,150,000. Appropriations hereinafter made for the field service of the Post Office Department, except as otherwise provided, shall not be expended for any of the purposes hereinbefore provided for on account of the Post Office Department in the District of Columbia: Provided, That the actual and necessary expenses of officials and employees of the Post Office Department and Postal Service, when traveling on official business, may continue to be paid from the appro- priations for the service in connection with which the travel is per- formed, and appropriations for the fiscal year 1939 of the character heretofore used for such purposes shall be available therefor: Pro- vided further, That appropriations hereinafter made, except such as are exclusively for payment of compensation, shall be immediately available for expenses in connection with the examination of esti- mates for appropriations in the field including per-diem allowances in lieu of actual expenses of subsistence. FIELD SERVICE, POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE POSTMASTER GENERAL Travel expenses, Postmaster General and Assistant Postmasters General: For travel and miscellaneous expenses in the Postal Service, offices of the Postmaster General and Assistant Postmasters General, $3,000. Personal or property damage claims: To enable the Postmaster General to pay claims for damages, occurring during the fiscal year 1939, or in prior fiscal years, to persons or property in accordance with the provisions of the Deficiency Appropriation Act, approved June 16, 1921 (U. S . C., title 5, sec. 392), as amended by the Act approved June 22, 1934 (48 Stat. 1207), $35,000. Adjusted losses and contingencies, postal funds: To enable the Postmaster General to pay to postmasters, Navy mail clerks, and assistant Navy mail clerks or credit them with the amount ascer- tained to have been lost or destroyed during the fiscal year 1939, or prior fiscal years, through burglary, fire, or other unavoidable cas- ualty resulting from no fault or negligence on their part, as author- ized by the Act approved March 17, 1882, as amended, $225,000. OFFICE OF CHIEF INSPECTOR Salaries of inspectors: For salaries of fifteen inspectors in charge of divisions and five hundred and ninety-five inspectors, $2,284,000. Traveling and miscellaneous expenses: For traveling expenses of inspectors, inspectors in charge, the chief post-office inspector, and Correspondence ad- dressed abroad. 49 Stat. 2768. Attendance at meet- ings. Printing and bind- ing. Field service appro- priations not to be used for Department. Provisos. Travel expenses. Use in examining field estimates. Field Service. Postmaster General. Travel, etc. , ex- penses. Damage claims. 42 Stat. 63; 48 Stat. 1207. 5 U.S.C. §392. Adjusted losses and contingencies. 22 Stat. 29. 39U.S.C.§49. Office of Chief In- spector. Inspectors, salaries. Traveling and mis- cellaneous expenses. 141 52 STAT. ]
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