The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1854-10-25
Important to Postmasters.

The late law regulating the compensa' "A
Of Post Masters. will be found below. It
should have been published weeks ago, and
most Post Masters will agree with us IN
saying that it should have beenpasssd years
ago. There is no branch of the public SER
vice so poorly paid rs this. In the country.
Post Masters work for nothing. furnish
room-rent gratis, and board themselves
This law helps ther condition some, assort-
ing offices more and distributing Offices q
gool deal.
AN ACT regulating the pay of deputy pos
masters.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives. of the United States of
America in Congress assembled. That in
place of the compensation now allowed dep
uty postmasters, the Postmaster General be,
and he is hereby authorized to allow them
commissions at the fol owing rates on the
postage collected at their respective Offices
in each quarter of the year, and in due pro-
portion for any period less than quarter.
viz:
On any sum mo- exceeding one hundred
dollars, sixty per cent; but any postmaster
at whose Office the mail is % arrive regular
y. between the hours of nine O'Clock at
night and five o'clock in the morning. may
be allowed seventy per cent. on the 6rss
hundred dollars;
On any sum over and above one hundred
dollars, and not exceeding four hundred dol
lars, fifty per cent; aia2@t .Au'5
On any sum over and above four hun
dred dollars, and not exceedlngt weniy -four
hundred dollars, forty rer cent
And all sums over twenty -four hundred
dollars, fifteen per cent;
On the amount Of postage on letters and
packages received at distributing office for
distribution, twelve and d-one-halt per cent.
commission may be allowed; gas.
Every postmater whose compensation
shall not exceed five hundred dollars in one
quarter, shall be allowed one cent onaevery
Tree letter delivered out Of his office, exs
cept such as are for tn e postmaster himself.
But the special allowance now mads by lac
to the Postmasterss at New Orleans and
Washington City, shall not otherHiss be- In.
creased or diminished; p.sg alndu s
Each postmaster who shall be required 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; ss a,lt py
Each postmaster may BE- allowed tive
mills for the delivery from his office 20 s
subscriber of each newspaper nos charge
able with postage: Propided. That to any
postmaster Of distributing Office 1T which
the commissions, allowances and enloluss
ments, since the thirty first day of March.
one thousand eight hundred and fii.y-three.
have been insufficient to tiefray the actual
and necessary expenses, and aiEurd the
postmastmer the annual compensation de-
rived from commissions at the Office before
said thirty first of March. the Possmastes
General may, in his discretion, allow Quar-
terly from the date aforesaid, out of the post.
ages collected at my Office, An amount Au-
fficient TO supply such deficiency: Py0gidsd
further, That 10 any postmaster II asepa
rating office, whose commissions, allow III i
ces and ,emoluments may be found insult
cent to provide the extra laboT found neces-f
sary to i prompt and efficient performance
Of the duties of separating and dispatching
the mails passing through his Office, the
Postmaster General may make such quar-
terly allowance, ont Of the pOstages collect
ed NJ such office, a. be may deem sufficient
to compensate spch extra labor. pfovialsd
further, That tho commissions and all6ws
auees authorized by the act shall b subject
to the provisions Of the forty 6rst section 0i
The act entitled "An act to reduce into one
The several acts. establishing and regulating
the Post Office Department" is,asiiasd ~
ther. That the Postmaster General may. Il
HIS discretion. dispose of MY qusFisfly Fes
turns 81 mails sent Oh received. which weys
made up previous to the first day af duty.
eighteen hundred and 6ity, psesaSyiag tfs
accounts. and all vouchers Ans0InpaK YinN
such accounts. and use such pcssieasof Ne
prooeeds thereof ~ Raay be nOeeeaasy % d.
fray tae cost of separating Aaa dspssin8 NJ
the same. This act shaa tak@ssass from
and after the eotnmenesaana y she nxxs
fiscal quarter after ils passaRts
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