The Empire County argus., 1854-08-19

PUBLISHED BY Authority.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
IPuhlic. No. 25 l

AN ACT regulating the pay of deputy postmosters.
Be enacted By the Senate and House IF Representatives
Of the United States Of America in Congres asen'6e1
That in place of the compensation allowed deputy
postmasers the Postmase General be- and he hereby
authorized 10 allow them commissions at Inc following M
each quarter of the year. and in due proportion for 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
to arrive regularly between the hours of nine o'clock nj
night and tive O'Clock in the morning, be allowed
enty per cent on the first hundred dollars
On any sum over and above hundred dollars and
not exceeding four hundred dollars, fifty per cent;
On any aud above four hundred dollars, but
not exceeding twentyfour hundred dollars, forty per
cent;
And on all twenty-four hundred dollars, f
teen per cent;
On the amount of postage letter and packages, re-
ceived at distributing office for dstribnton twelve and
onehaf per cent commission may be allowed;
Every postmaster whose compensation shall not exceed
five hundred dollars in quarter shall be allowed
cent every free letter del vered out of his Office except
such for the postmaster himself. But The spec al
allowance now made by law to the postmasers at New
Orleans and Washington city, shall not otherwise he
either increased or diminished
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
Each postmaster may be allowed two mills for the del-
cry from his Office subscriber of each newspaper
cheargeable with postage P,Vc4led, That 10 any post
of u distributing Office at which the commissions,
allowances and emolumens since the thirtyrst day OF
March, thousand eight hundred and tfy three, have
and afford the postmaster the annual compensation
derived from colnmi at the office before sand thirty
first of March, the Postmaster General may, his discre
ton, allow quarterly from the dae aforesaid out OF the
postages collected at such office amount sufficient
supply such deficiency: PFODded FURTHER, That any
postmaster of separating oice whose commissions, al
lowances and emoluments may be found insufficient to
provide the extra labor necessary prompt aud efficient
performance of the duties of separating and deSpaching
the mails passing through his Office the Postmaster Cen
eral make such quarterly allowance out of the post
uges collected at such office he may deem sufficient to
compensate such labor: P00ded tarhsr That the
commissions and allowances authorized by this act Shall
be subject to the provisions of the oryrst action of the
act entitled An act TO reduce into the several
And proU5tsl terter, That the Postmaster General may
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 curren and all vouchers accomplishing such
accounts and such portion of the proceeds thereof
may be necessary to DERRY the OF separating and di
posing of the This shall take effect aud be in
force from and after the OF the fiscal
quarter after its passage.
Approved % June, 1854.