The Empire County argus., 1854-09-30
PUB. SIZED BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
fPublic. No, 2J.1

[Public. NO. 20
AN ACT regulating the pay of deputy postmasers
BE enactei by the Senate and House 9 Representatives.
Of tie Cn'ted States ot ADerca in C0ng,es dssembLea,
That in place Of the compensation now allowed deputy
posmasfers the Posmasie General be, andhe is hereby
authorized 10 allow them cOmmssiess at ihe following
rates the postage collected her respective offices in
each quarter Of the and in due propor'ioh for
period less than quarter,
On any uoi exceeding one hundred 'dOlfrs sixty
per cent bur any postmaster whose office he mail is
to regularly, between the hours of nine O'Clock at
night and five O'Clock in the morning. be allowed
euiy per cent on the first hundred dollars;
On any and above one hundred dollars, and
not exceeding four hundred dollars, fifty per cent
On any SUI, over and above four hundred dollars, bu
hot exceeding twents-iour hundred dollars, forty per
cent;
On the amount of postage letter and packages, re:
cevcd distributing office for dstribnton twelve ard
, one-half per cent. commission may be allowed;
Every postmaster whose compensation shall not exceed
ve hundred dollars in quarter, shall be allowed one
cen, on every free letter delivered ou OF ms ONCE eScep
such for the postmaster himself l'u The SPECIAL
allowance made BY law to the posln,aseIs at New
Orleans md Washington city. shall not otherwise be
either increase or diminishcd
Each postmaster who shall be required to keep regis
ter OF the arrival and departure Of the mails shall be i
lowed cent for each monthly return which be makes to
Each postmaster may be allowed two mills for the deliv
cry from his office subscriber of each newspaper not
master Of u distributing office a. which the commissions
allowances and emOumenis, since the thirty-rs day OF
March, thousand eigh hundred and ffiy three have
been insufficient to deay the acual and necessary expen.
ses and afford tile postmaster the annual compensation
derived from commissions the office betoe said thirty
first Of March, The Posms General may, in his discre-
tOn allow quarterly from the dae aforesaid, ou Of the
postages collected at such Office amount sufficient
10 supply such deficiency irOceea nrther, Thai 10
postmaster Of separating Office whose commissions al.
lOwances and enouments may be found insufficient TO
provide The extra labor necessary prompt aud efficient
performance of the duties of separating and despaiching
the mails passing through his Office the Postmaster Cen
era may make such quarterly allowance out of the
ages collected at such office, he may deem sufficient 10
compensate such labor: rUcde f"rthF That the
ssions and allowances authorized b., this act shall
be subject to the provisions OF the tortyrs action of The
net entitled An to reduce into the several
establishing and regulating the Posi- Office Department" :"
And p0cdrd fptthu, That the Postmaster General may
in his discretion, dispose of any quarterly OF mails
sen, or received, which made up prev to The
first day Of july eighteen hundred and fifty, preserving
the current and all vouchers accompanying such
accounts and such portion OF he proceeds thereof
may be necessary dery the cost OF separating ind dis
posing OF the This shall lake effect aud be in
force from and after the commencement OF the next fiscal
quarter after its passage
Approved 3 June, 1854