The Empire County argus., 1854-09-02
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Public, No. ISL
AN ACT regulating the pay Of deputy postmasters.

AN ACT regulating the pay of deputy postmasters.
Be enacted By the Senate and House Of Representatives.
Of the United States Of AnaercG in Congress assembled,
That in place of the compensation allowed deputy
postmasers the Posmaste- General be- and he is hereby
authorized to allow them commissions at the following
rates the postage collected at their respective offices in
each quarter of the year, and in due proportion Tor 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
to arrive regularly between the hours OF nine o'clock at
night and five o'clock in the morning may be allowed sew
enty per cent on the first hundred dollars
On any and above hundred dollars and
not exceeding four hundred dollars, fifty per cent
On any and above four hundred dollars, but
not exceeding twentyour hundred dollars, forty per
And all twentyfour hundred dollars, ff:
teen per cent;
On the amount of postage on letter and packages,
ceived distributing office for dstribnon twelve and
onehaf per cent commission may be allowed;
Every postmaster whose compensation shall not exceed
five hundred dollars in quarter shall be allowed one
cent every free letter delivered out OF his oce except
such for the postmaster himself. But the special
allowance made by law, to the postmasters at New
Orleans and Washington city, shall not otherwise be
either increased or diminshed;
Each postmaster who shall be required to keep regis
ter of the arrival and departure of the mails Shall be al
lowed ten cent for each monthly return which he makes to
the Postmaster General;
Each postmaster may be allowed two mills for the delv-
cry from his office subscriber of each newspaper not
cheargeable with POSTAGE PrO0led, That to any post
master of distributing Office at which the commissions,
allowances and emoumens, since the thry-frst day oi
March, thousand eight hundred and fifty three, have
been insufficient defray 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 discre
tion allow quarterly from the date aforesaid, out OF the
postages collected any such Office amount sufficient
to supply such deficiency Pro0ded fmtde That TO any
postmaster of separating Office whose commissions, al
fowauces and emoluments may be found insufficient to
provide the extra labor to prompt and efficient
performance of the duties of separating and despachng
the mails passing through his Office the Postmaster Cen
eral may make such quarterly allowance out OF the post
oI har
compensate such labor Prooded fHrtdr, That the
commissions aud allowances authorized by this act shall
be subject TO the provisions OF the toryrs action OF the
act entitled An act to reduce into the several acts
establishing and regulating the Pos Office Departmeut
4nd py2gacl fDytfy That the Postmaster General may,
in his discretion dispose of any quarterly returns o mails
sent or received, which were made up previous TO the
first day Of july eighteen hundred and fifty, preserving
the current and al vouchers accompanying such
accounts and such portion o he proceeds thereof as
may be necessary TO dey 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.
Approved % June, 1854.