The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-04-12
AN ACT regulating the pay Of Deputy
Post Masters.

SEC, l.. Be ii enacted By the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the United States,
IN Congress o$scmbled, That in place OF the
compensation now allowed deputy postmas.
ters, the Postmaster General be, and he is
hereby authorized to allow them commits
sions at the following rates, on 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 8 o'clock at night, and O'Clock
in the morning. may be allowed seventy
per cent. on the first hundred dollars. On
any sum over and above one hundred dol.
lars, and not exceeding four hundred dol
lars. fifty per cent. On any sum over and
above four hundred dollars, but not ex'
ceeding twenty four hundred dollars, forty
per cent; and ON all sums over twenty-tour
hundred dollars, fifteen per cent. On the
amount of postage on letters and packages
received at distributing office for dlsrlbu
zion, twelve anI one half per cent comsnls.
sion may be allowed. Every postmaster
whose compensation shall not exceed tive
hundred dollars in one quarter. shall be al
lowed one cent on every free letter deliver
ed out OF his office, except such AS are for
| the postmaster himself. But the special al
lowance now made by Law to the postmasers
at New Orleans and Washington city, shall
not otherwise be either increased or dlmln
ished. Each postmaster who shall be re-
quired to keep register Of the arrival and
departure 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 subscriber Of
each newspaper not chargeable with postage,
Provided, That to any postmaster OF any
distributing or separating post-ofice, whose
commission may be reduced below the a
mount allowed at his Office for the year en-.
ding the 30Lh day of June, 1854, the Post
master General shall be authorized in his
discretion to allow such additional compen-
sation as he may deem proper, such COM
pensation to date, and DO allowed, from the
E3oth day of march, 1854; ProviOed, further
That the &C mmissons anI allowance autlor.
lied by this act, shall be subject to the
provisions of the forty first section Of the
act entitled san act 10 reduce into one, the
Iseveral acts establishing and regulating tn,
Post Office Department" Ana all acts, o.
, parts of acts inconsistent with the provision
OF this act be, and the same is hereby re-
peaed. And this act TO take effect, and t.
be in force from and after the commence
ment of the next fiscal quarter after its pas
sage
EI The Washington Star says that MI
Belmont, United States charge at the Hague
gave grand ball on the night Of the 22d @
February, in honor to the birthday of Wash
ingten, which was attended by tie Queen tn
court, the diplomists, dc. We apprehen
that the attendance of soveign at privat
ball, given by a foreign diplomatist of bu
secondary rank, is without parallel.
SUDDEN DEArH.--We learn from privat
source. that GkoRsE McCAMMENr, Of Ne,
Castle, in this county, recently died in Ne,
! York, whittier he had gone to purchas
: goods. While in the city, he accidental
had one Of his legs broken by a scaffol
falling from under him, and was ampuuated
9 Almost instant death was the consequence
] His remains were brought TO New Castle D
! Saturday last, and on Sunday buried wit
/. the honors Of Masonry. These are facts a
Istafed 10 u.s. Gosh. Dep,ocrnt.