The Empire County argus., 1854-09-09
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
[Public, No. 25.1


f, aot,.- FL q GPublic, No. PSI
AN ACT regulating the pay of deputy postmasers
Be IL enacted 6ytAe Senate and House Of Representatives
That in place of the compensation allowed deputy
posmaster the Posmaste- General be, and he is hereby
authorized to allow them commissions at the following
the postage collected at their respective offices IN
each quarter of the year. and in due proportion for
On any sum not exceeding hundred dollars sixty
per cent, buany postmaster at whose office the mail is
TO arrive regularly between the hours of nine o'clock at
night and five O'Clock ia the morning. be allowed
cnty per cent. on the first hundred dollars; as
On any sum and above hundred dollars, and
not exceeding four hundred dollars, fifty per cent
Ion any and above four hundred dollars, but
not exceeding twentyfour hundred dollars, forty per
And on all sums over tweny-four hundred dollars, ff
On the amount of postage letter and packages,
ceived distributing office for Distribution twelve and
one-half per cent. commission may be allowed;
Every postmaster whose compensation shall not exceed
cent every 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 and Washington city shall not otherwise be
cthersincreased or diminished; h1n
Each postmaster who shall be required to keep regis
ter of the arrival and departure of the mails sa be al
lowed ten forach monthly return which he makes to
the Postmaster General; /;
Each postmaster may be allowed two mills for the deiv-
cry from his office subscriber of each newspaper not
cheargeabe with postage Prooided That TO any post
master of distributing office at which the commissions
March, thousand eight hundred and fty-threc have
been insufficient dcfray the actual and necessary expen
and afford the postmaster the annual compensation
derived from commissions The Office before said thirty
first of March, the Postmaster General may in his dscre
tion, allow quarterly from the date aforesaid out of the
posages collected ut such office amount sufficient
supply such deficiency: PrOrded frter That to any
postmaster of separating Office whose commissions al
1owances and emoluments may be found insufficient to
provide the labor necessary prompt and efficient
performance of the duties of separating and despatching
the mails passing through his Office the Postmaster Cen
aEa lunh raTlv N he
ages collected at such office he may deem sufficient TO
compensate such extra labor: P,ocde4 fnth That the
commissions and allowances authorized by this act shall
be subject TO the provisions of the ortyrst action of the
act entitled An act to reduce into the several acts
establishing and Tesu"1ng the the Post Office Department
in his discretion dispose of any quarterly returns of mails
sent or received, which made up previous to the
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 deray the Of separating dis
posing of the same This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the of the next fiscal
quarter after its passage
Approved 20 June, 1854
..s- '-i. 4 ~ - a. Public, No. %
AN ACT to authorize the selection of school districts in
lieu of the sixteenth sections within the twelve miles
square reservation, State of Alabama.
- BE enacted By tie Seate and Xouse Of Representatives
s9fJtae United Sate Of Ansrica in CGngre1s asss1d
That the school commissioners of township six south,
range east townships five and six south, range two
east and townships fvc and six south, range three east
authorized TO seec respectively by legal subdivisions,
from any of the surveyed public lands the quantity
be- contained in the sixteenth sections OF said
townships, within the twelve miles square reservation
which seeetons, upon being approved by the Secretary
of the Interior shall be holden by the tenure and
upon the same TERMS for the support of schools in such
townships, the sections numbered sixteen, within the
said reservation wonld have been had treaty spula-
ton made other disposition thereof.
Approved 22d Jnne 1854. ..a,t. 90
Public No. 271
AN ACT confirming certain land claims in Louisiana, in
'rsfs De- .-guoo On the Bastrop grant --. ~
2" Belt endced5yshe Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the Unuel States Of .4neic IN Congress asseu,Ld,
That such of the claims entered in the report dated thr
eth of July eighteen hundred and fywo, of the reg
lister and Monroe Louisiana in their opinion
ought be confirmed according the principles recog
the of Congress of the third March, eighteen
hundred and foryone pursuant to which the said report
made be- and the are hereby, confirmed for the
extent and under the limitations referred to i'll the opn
ions of the, said officers no and. ssf o..
sac q Aad fwtker enacted, That the confirmation
by this act shall only operate REIMBURSEMENT or the
part of the United States, and shall affect the right of
adverse claimants othe lands nor prevent Judi
cal decision in regard the same and upon the rend
tion to the General Land Office of proper plat of survey
duly approved by the surveyor general for any conrma-
tion by this act the Commissioner shall patent to
be issued if satisfied that the is confirmed
veyed according to the true intent of this Propiad
That if in any claim confirmed by this act not
hundred and fty-oDe location of the shall be
made to the prejudice of any actual settler but such float
ing claim may be located on any public lands in the
empton or other valid claim, under such regulations
may be prescribed by the Commissioner of the General
,auApproved 20 june 1854. isr5ar 5,. w
sag Lns ssb el}is Public, No, 2s.l i e.lt gi XIX.
sAN ACT to reimburse to the Common Council of New
city expenditures made for the first regiment of
New York volunteers idi9d 8df .fs.s..,A . fte.s m
10 enacted by the enateand House of Represenatiyes
of TIE United States Of Asnerica IN C6ngress assembled
Secretary Of War; in the settlement and adjust
nent nder the act of Congress of June second eighteen
haudred and y-eigh of the claims of the common
council OF New York for expenditures made in organizing
transporting clothing, and subsishg the first regiment
'M New York volunteers, commanded by Colonel Ward b.
burnet prior to the mastering of said regimenn the
service OF the United States shall beo authorized and re-
uired 70 allow such of those claims may by supported
satisfactory vouchers showing that such expenditure
had been fairly made and was necessary and proper
the service Notwithstanding that such vouchers may be
informal anu defective for want of particularly Prou
ded, That the amount allowed shall not exceed three
Thousand six hundred and seyentwo dollars and ninety
scentsl l's4li.e 5Gi 1ra bis.ag = ~. ''
Approved 30 june 1854. sai IN gfiir9s III .-,9..
ed .1 roisi1l ta Public No. eel 30 .t.t t l,,,
ACT to authorize the isse of registers To vessea
y41 20 owned by the Accessory Transit Company -
u enacted the Senate and House of
'of the United States of 11aerca On CngyessyasseDsbI
That the Secretary of the Treasury be- aud he is hereby
to cause registers to be issued in the name of
rne president the "Accessory Transit Company" in
eorporated under charter from tho State of Nicaragua
the hy