Kansas weekly herald., 1854-11-03


On any sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars sixty. per cent; but any postmaster
atwiiose Office the mail is to arrive regu-
Is1y between the hours of rire o'clock at
niazf and five o'clock in the morning, may
beaIlowed seventy per cent. on the first
hundred dollars.
On any sum over and above one hun
dred dollars, and not exceeding four hun
dred dollars, fifty per cent;
On any sum over and above four hum
dred dollars, bu; not exceeding twenty-ionf
hundred dollars, forty pei cent; -
And on all sums over twenty-iouE nun
dred dollars, fifteen per cent.
On the amount of postage on letters and
packages received at distributing office
for distribution, twelve and one half pei
cent commission may be allowed;
Every postmaster whose compensation
shall not exceed five hundred dollars in one
quarter, shall be allowed one cent ON every
free letter delivered out Of his office, except
such as are fcr the postmaster himself.
But the special allowance now made by
law, to the postmasters at New Orleans
and Washington City, shall not otherwise
be eitEer increased OF diminished:
Each postmaster who shall be required
to keep register Of the arrival and depar-
ture of the mails, shall be allowed ten
cents for each monthly return which he
makes to the Postmaster General;
Each postmaster may be allowed two
mills for the delivery from his Office to a
subscriber of each newspaper not chargea-
bic with postage: Provided, That to any
postmaster of distributing office at which
the commissions, allowances, and emolu-
ments, since the thirty-frst day of March,
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-three,
have been insufficient to defray actual and
necessary expenses, and afford the postmas-
ter the annual compensation derived from
commissions at the Office before said thirty
first of March, the Postnaster-G General may,
In his discretion, allow quarterly, from the
date aforesaid, out of the postages collected
at any such Office, an amount sufficient to SUI
ply such deficiency; Provided further, That
TO any postmaster Of separating office
whose commissions, allowances and emolu
Inents may be found insufficient to provide
the extra labor necessary to prompt and
efficient performance of the duties of sepa-
rating and despatching the mails passing
through his office, the Postmaster-General
may make such quarterly allowance
out of the postages collected at such
office, as he may deem sufficient to COM
pensate such extra labor: Provided fur
1her, That the commissions and allowances
authorized by this act shall be subject to the
provisions of the forty-frst section of the
act entitled can act to roducc into one the
several acts establishing and regulating the
Post-Office Department" And provided
further, That the Postmaster-Generalm may,
in his discretion, dispose of any quarterly
returns of mails sent orreceived, which We're
made up previous to the first day OF July,
eighteen hundred and fifty, preserving the
accounts current, and all vouchers accom-
panying such accounts, and use such por-
ton of the proceeds thereof as may be ne
cessary to defray the cost of separating and
disposing of the same. This act shall take
effect and be in force from and after the
commencement of the next fiscal quarter
after''its passage.
AprRovED, June %, 1854.