The Empire County argus., 1854-08-12
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
[Public, No. 25.1

AN ACT regulating the pay of deputy postmasters
Be enacted by tile Senate and House Of Representatives
Of tile United States Of AapericG IN C0ngres dSebed,
That in place of the compensation now allowed deputy
postmasers the Postmaster General be- and he IS hereby
authorized to allow them commissions at the following
rates the postage collected at their respective ces III
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. the first hundred dollars;
On any sum over and above one hundred dollars and
not exceeding four hundred dollars, fifty per cent;
On any sum and above four hundred dollars, but
not exceeding twentyfour hundred dollars forty per
And all over twenty-four hundred dollars, f
teen per cent;
On the amount of postage letter and packages,
ceived at distributing office for distribution 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 Office except
such for the postmaster himself But the special
allowance now made by law, to the posmasters at New
Orleans and Washington city shall not otherwise be
either increased or dminshed;
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
cry from his office to subscriber of each newspaper not
cheargeable with postage: Procid That to any post
master of distributing office at which the commissions,
allowances and emouments, since the thry-lrst day OF
March, thousand eight hundred and hftythree 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 discre
ton allow quarterly from the date aforesaid out of the
postages collected at any such office amount sufficient
to supply such deficiency: PrOoidd tthe That to any
postmaster of separating Office whose commissions, al
lowances and emouments may be found insufficient to
provide the extra labor necessary to prompt and efficient
performance of the duties of separating and despatchng
the mails passing through his Office, the Postmaster Gen
era may make such quarterly allowance out of the post
office le
compensate such extra labor: ProGide9 tr, That the
commissions and allowances authorized by this act shall
be to the provisions of the toryrst action of the
act entitled An act to reduce into the several acts
establishing and regulating the Post Office Department.:
And p,Ooided fCho, That the Postmaster General may
in his discretion, dispose of any quarterly returns of mails
sent or received which were made up previous to the
first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty preserving
the current and all vouchers accompanying such
accounts and such portion of the proceeds thereof as
may be to dey the cost Of separating and dis
posing of the This act shall take effect and be in
force from and after the of the next fiscal
quarter after its passage.
Approved % June, 1854.