The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
M stPublic, No. ISL
AN ACT regulating tne pay Of deputy postmasters.

AN ACT regulating tie pay Of deputy postmasters
BE enacted 6y tie ute end House Of Representations
That in place Of the compensation allowed deputy
postmasers the Postmase General be- and he is hereby
authorized 10 allow them commissions the following
rates the postage collected at their respective offices i
each quarter Of the year. and in due proportion for any
period less than quarter, viz:
On any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars sixty
per cent, but any postmaster at whose Office the mail is
70 arrive regularly between the hours of nine o'clock
night and five ocock in the morning be allowed
enty per cent. the first hundred dollars ;--- -r--,
On any sum over and above one hundred dollars and
not exceeding four hundred dollars fifty per cent
On any over aud above four hundred dollars, but
not exceeding twentyfour hundred dollars, forty per
cent.
On the amount of postage letter and packages re.
ceived at distributing office for dstrbnton twelve and
ope-halt per cent commission may be allowed 81.
Every postmaster whose compensation shall not exceed
five hundred dollars in quarter shall be allowed one
cent on every free letter delivered of his Office except
such for the postmaster himself But the special
allowance now made by law, to the postmasters at New
Orleans "nd Washington city, shall not otherwise be
Each postmaster who shall be required to keep regis
ter of the arrival and departure of the mails shall be all
lowed ten cent for each monthly return which he makes to
the Postmaster General -ui Er4Aitfg97 jt tA
Each postmaster may be allowed two mills for the deliv
cry from his Office subscriber of each newspaper
cheargeabe with postage Provided, That to any post
master of distributing office at which the commissions
allowances and emo uments, since the thrtyrst day of
March, thousand eight hundred and three have
been insufficient to deay the actual and necessary expen
and afford the postmaster the annual compensation
derived from commissions at the Office before said thirty
first of March, the Postmaster General may in his dscre
on allow quarterly from the date aforesaid out of the
postages collected at any such office amount sufficient
to supply such deficiency Provided further, That to any
postrnnser'ofa separating Office whose commissions al
owances and emoumens may be found insufficient to
the extra labor necessary to prompt and efficient
performance of the duties Of separating and despachng
the mails passing through his Office, the Postmaster Gem
era may make such quarterly allowance out Of the post
ages collected at such office he may deem sufficient to
compensate such extra labor Provided further, That the
commissions and allowances authorized by this act shall
be subject 10 the provisions of the foryrs action Of the
act entitled An act to reduce into one the several acts
establishing and regulating the Post Office Department."
And p,ecide fotthe, That the Postmaster General may,
in discretion dispose of any quarterly returns of nas
sent received which made up previous to tho
first day of July. eighteen hundred and fifty preserving
the accounts current and all vouchers accompanying such
accounts and such portion Of the proceeds thereof
may be necessary TO dcy the cost of separating and dis
posing of the This shall take effect and be in
force from and after the of the next fiscal
quarter after its passage. Hh ... f.,-. li'-,a scaf
Approved y June, 1854. s..- srt a.l.e .I a0- I'D