Plymouth banner. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1852-1855, 1854-07-27
An act TO increase the pay Of Post Masters

An act to increase the pay Of Post MaStex-
A. The presen, session Of Congress. the fol-
lowing &C. was passed. materially increas-
ing the compensation Of The Deputy Post
masters. Al time " hen lha, department OF
,hegovernment is struggling unde' the most
adverse circumstances, and SO embarrassed
in it's finances thu: retrenchmeni md cvr.
lailmen, in its mail carrying facilities are
resor,ed to, as the only remedy to prevent
bankruptcy and failures, the party liz pow
or must have, at every hazard-extra com
pensation for its devoted pets. The people
from whose pockets the substance comes,
must :amely submit, 10 it, and OF the same
time be deprived of the necessar. carrying
fuci li,ies to supply them US ;heir reason
able demands require.
We publish the act entire, that every one
may see that we have not misconstrued il
or done injustice to the Law making power.
An office receiving from $500 TO 81 900
per unnum, pays its post master one half
The amour: to attend to il, besides extra
pay for delivering free mail matter. 1t
would not be a very extensive Office 10
ia Ike in 500 per month. bu, its p. NJ. re-
allies from it 5000 year. and the extra
pay for tho delivery Of free mail matter
would doubtless amount TO Sl0o moro
making the snug little sum of $7o0. Tho
P. o. Depart men, is in deplorable con-
dilion indeed! Ii is rot able to pay but
one cent letter for advertising. Impor-
tan, and lucrative mail routes are 10 be
suspe nded or curtailed, and the interests
and wants of the great mass OF the people
abandoned or neglected to enable it TO poy
lut salaries TO its own pampered Pets.-
/ Blu, read the law as Congress enacted il,
and each one will be able to arrive q, his
own conclusions:
Be il enacted BY the Senate and House
Of Representative of the United States oil
America in Congress assembled. Tha, in
place OF the compensation now allowed
deputy pos,maslers, the Postmaster Gener'
al be. and he is hereby authorised to al
low them commissions al the following
rates on the postage collected at their re :
spective Offices in each quarter Of the year
and in due proportion for any period less
than a quarter. viz:
On sny sum not exceeding ono hundred
dollars sixty per cent: bat any postmaster
al whose office the mai, IS TO arrive regu.
larly, betw cen The hours Of nine O'Clock a,
nigh, and FIVE o'clock in the morning
may be allowed seventy por cent, on the
Fl rs, hundred dollars.
On any sum over and above one hun.
ded dollars, and not exceeding four hun
dred dollars, fifty per cent.
On any SUM- over and above four hun
dred dollars, but no, exceeding iwen,y-foul
hundred dollars. forty per cent.
|, And on all sums over twon.y.fOuF hun.
dred dollars. fifteen per cent.
On the amount oil postage on letters and
packages received n, distributing Office
for distribution. twelve and one half per
cent. commission may be allowed.
Every postmaster whose compe nsation
stall moi exceed five hundred dollars in
one quarter. shall be allowed one cent on
every free letter delivered out Of his of.
fee, except such rs are for the postmas.
ter himself. But the special allowance
now made by law TO the poslmastsrs OF
New Orleans and Washington city shall
not otherwise he increased or diminish
cd.
Each postmaster who shall be required
to keep register Of the arrival and de-
pnrture OF the mails. shall DO allowed ten
cents for each monthly return which he
makes to the Postmaster Gene rnl.
Each postmaster may be allowed two
mills for the delivery from his office to q
subscriber Of each newspaper not chnrsa.
bic with postage; Provided. Thu, TO any
postmaster Of n distributing Office al
which the commissions. allowances and
emoluments. since the ihity-frst day O.
March, 1853, have been insufficient to de
fray actual and necessary expenses. ant
afford the postmaster the annual compen-
snlion derived from commissions at the OF
|, fee before said 31st of March the Post
muster General may. in his discretion. al.
low quarterly from the date afor esuid, Oh
, Of the hostages collected at any such Office
an amour, sufficient to supply such def
cheney, Provided further, That to my
postmaster Of a separating Office. whose
commissions, allowances, and emolument
may be found insufficient to provide TIT
ox,ra labor necessary to a promp, and Of
ficient performance Of the duties of sep
7 ara,ing and dispa,ehing the mails passing
through his office. the Postmaster Genera
may make such quarterly allowance. GU
of the postages collected q, such Office a
he may deem sufficient to compensate suct
extra labor; Provided further, That tn
, commissions and allowances authorized BY
this act shall be subjec, to the forty frs
section Of the act entitled IAN net to 70
duce into ono the several acts establishing
and regulating the Post Office DEPARTMENT
And provided, further, That the Postrnas
ter General may, in his discretion, dispos'
Of aIy quarterly returns Of mails sent o.
received, which were made up previous Il
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