Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1847-04-14
NUMBER 7.

circulars, cannnt be received free by dep
uty postmasters under their privilege. If
such should be addressed to them it ia
their duty to return them 10 the sender
under new cover, charged with letter
postage. fdeposited in postoffice un-
sealed, addressed to- deputy postmas,ers
or others. they will not in any case Be for
warded BY mail without paym Of the
postage. fsealed they will be rated with
letter postage, and forwarded in the mails
10. Letters addressed to different per-
sons canrot be enclosed in the same en-.
selope or package under penalty of ten
dollars lars unless addressed to foreign coun-
tries.
II. Letters, newspapers and packages
not exceeing one ounce in weight. ad-
dressed to any officer, musician or private
in the army Of the United States, in Mex
leo, or at any post or frontier ofthe Uni
ted States bordering on Mexico. will mas.
free in the mails. Each letter so address
sed should specify after the name of the
person, belonging to the army The law
will continue in force during the war
with Mexico, and for three months after
its termination. ,si asTas17,7
IL. Extra commissions allowed DEPUTY
postmasters by the order of the 9th july.
l845, are superseded by the act of the
Sd Of March, l847.
10 The commissions allowed by The 9th
section Of the act Of the Sd March. l845.
are repealed, and other rates allowed sby
the LIST section Of the act Of the lst Of
March, l847, in lieu Of them, as follows:
l.. On the amount of letter postage not
exceeding $500 in one year, 90 per cent.
z. On any sum between 500 and $500
in one year, 80 l-3 per cent. o-...,
3. On any sum between $500 and So, 400
in year, 80 per cent. s.3
4. On any sum over 81, 400 in one wear.
u IL per cent. 4.,- ...s,., $500
.. On the amount of letters and packets
received for distribution at the Offices des-
lgnated tor that purpose by the Postmaster
General, per cent. Z @5F9Ia,3
IL The term letter postage includes all
postage received, except those which arise
from newspapers sent from the Office Of
the publishers to subscribers, and from
pamphletg and magazines-so that all pre-
paid postage upon transient papers, hand
bills or circulars, printed or Autographed,
will be treated as letter postage in the
settlement Of accounts of postmasters.
b. On ali sums arising from postage on
newspapers, magazines and pamphlets, 50
per cent.
Z. AS the accounts Of postmasters have
to be settled quarterly, and their commits
sions allowed for that time, the postmast.
ers will credit themselves with 40 per
cent upon the first twenty. five dollars re-
ceived in the quarter, and for any sum be-
tween twenty five and one hundred dol
lars in one quarter, at the rate of 80 Is
per cent, and upon any sum between one
hundred and SIX hundred dollars received
in the quarter, 80 per cent, and on any
sum over six hundred dollars received in
the quarter, at the rate of II l-2 per cent.
3. The commission account will be set
tied as heretofore, except that the annual
compensation to which postmasters are
limited, will be computed for the fiscal
year commencing the lst Of July, and en-
ding the 3Oth Of June, and in due proper
ton for any period less than one year.
y. No other allowance can be made to
postmasters except box rents to an amount
not exceeding $4,000 per annum, and the
surplus ofsuch receipts may be applied to
the expenses of the Office, under the direc-
tion OF the Postmaster General. The en-
olument of box-rent account must be ac-
counted for regularly, in the quarterly
returns, and for the same quarter as other
proceeds Of the office.
10. Postmasters in their returns for the
present quarter, ending the 3 st Of March,
lS47, will adjust their accounts according
to the above allowances,
c. JOHNSON, P. NJ. General.
March IL, lS47.