Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1851-03-20
WHOLE NO. IO7I.

! drei and filty-one, and whose labors NAV
be Increased. the Postmaster General
shall be AUTHORISED. in lis discretion. To
allow such additional commissions an he
may deem just and proper Provided,
lhat the whole amount Of comm ission
allowed such postmaster during the fs.
cal year shall not exceed by more than
twenty per cent. the amount Of commits
slons at such office for the year ending
the ,hirtieth day of June, eighteen hun
dred and flly-one.
SEC. z. And be il further enacted. .
That no post Office ne W in existence shall
De discontinued nor shall the mail ser
wee on any mail route in any Of the
states or Territories he discontinued or
diminished, in consequence Of any di-
inihu'lon oi the revenues that NAV result
from ihis act and il shall he the duty Of
the Postmaster General to establish new :
post Offices, and place the mail service
OH any new mail routes established. or
that may hereafter be established, in
me same manner as though this act
ilad not passed And provided, further,
mat the compensation OF no postmast-,
er shall be diminished in consequence Of
'hc phSsdBe Ol tills dctI
Sgc. s. And be it further enacted
That There shall be paid to the Post
Oiiite Department, in further payment
and compensation for the mail service
performed Tor the tAo Houses Of Con-
gress a"d the other Departments and
Offices OF the Government i'm the trans
portdilon oi Tree matter, the sum OF five
hundred thousand dollars per year, which
snall be psid quarterly, out of any mo-
mes IN the Treasury not otherwise ap-
proprlated to the Post Office Depart.
ment by the twelfth section Of the act
10 entabllsh certain post routes and for
other purposes" approved March third,
eighteen hundred and forty-scven, and
remaining undrawn in the Treasury,
shall continue subject TO the requisilon
OF The Postmaster General. for the SER
vice OF the Post Office Department, not
wIlhslandmg the same may have re-
manned so undrawn for more than two
y ars after il became subject TO such
! requisition.
SIC. ,. And be il further enacted,
That there is hereby appropriated, out
OF any moneys in the Treasury not 9TH
crwIse appropriated, the sum of five
bundled thousand dollars, to supply any
dclcmncy that may arise in the Post
Olicc Department
! SEC. 10. And be il further enacted,
| That it shall be in the power oil the
Postmaster General, at all post offices
where the posimasiers are appointed by
the President of the United States, 10
establish post routes within the cities or
towns, 10 provide for conveying letters
TO the post office. by establishing suita-
bic and convenient p'aces Of deposit,
and by employing carriers TO receive
and deposit them III the post office and
at all such Offices il shall be- in his pow
or to cause letters to be delivered by
suitable carriers, to be appointed by
hun Tor that purpose for which not ex-
ceeding one or two cents shall be charg-
ed, to be paid by the person receiving
or sending the same and all sums 30
received shall be, paid INTO the Post
Office Department: Provided, The
amount oi compensation allowed by the
Postmaster General TO carriers shall in
no case exceed the amount paid into the
Treasury, by each town or city, under
tnc provisions of this section.
SEC. H. And be it further enacted,
That from and after the passage Of this
act II shall be lawful TO coin, AT the mint
Of the United States and its branches,
piece OF the denomination and legal val
ue OF three cents, or rcehundredths
of ii dollar, to be composed Of three
lourlhs silver and one fourth copper. and
tG weigh twelve grains and three eights
ola grain, that the said coin SHALL hear
such de ices as shall be conspicuously
different from those OF the other silver
coins, and ol'the gold dollar, but having
the inscription United States of Ameri--
ca, and It's denomination and date and
that it shall be IA legal tender in pay
ment of debts for all sums Of thirty cents
and under and that, in adjusting the
weight OF the said coin, the following
dcviations from the standard weight.
shall not be exceeded, namely-one
half OF grain in the single piece,
and one pcnnoweight in 4 thousand.
pieces.
Approved, March , 1851