The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1854-07-12
Tne paw Of Deputy pOstmasters.


The general interest felt in the late
act regulating the ipaytof postmasters
induces us to- insert it again in our pa
per, 1t is as follows
Ansct regulating the pay of deputy.
postmasters.
Be 1t enacted By the Sc7za'e and House
Of RecreS. ntotiv S f the United States
of 9neTlca an CONGRESS assembled, That
in place of the compensation now allow
ed deputy postnasters, the Postmaster
I General be, and he is hereby, authorized
to allow them commissions at the follow
ing rates on the postage collected at
their respective offices in each quarter of
the year, and In due proportion for any
period less han a quarter, viz
On any sum not exceeding one hun
dred dollars sixty per cent. but any
postmaster at whose Office the mail is to
arrive regularly, between the.hours of
nine o'clock at night and five O'Clock in
the morning, may be allowed seventy
per cent. on the first hundred dollars.
p On any sum over and above one hun
bred dollars, aud not exceeding four hun
dred dollars, fifty per cent.
On any sum oyer and above four hum
dred dollars, but not exceeding twenty
four hundred dollars, forty per cent.
r And on all sums over t~wenty-four hun
bred dollars, fifteen per cent.
Onthe amount of postage on letters
4 and packages received at a distributing
Office for distribution, twelve and one
half per cent. commission may be allow
ed. 5ar ri H.
Every postmaster whose conversation
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 for the post
master himself. But the special allow
ance now made by law to the postmas-
tiers at New Orleans and Washington city
shall not otherwise be either increased
or diminished.
Each postmaster who shall be required
to keep a. register of the arrival and de-
parture of the mails, shall be allowed
ten cents for zach 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 charge
able with postage; Provided That to
any postmaster of a distributing Office
at which the commissions, allowances,
and emoluments since the ~thirty-first day
of March, one thousand eight hundred
and ffty-three, have been insufficient to
defray actual and necessary expenses,
and afford the postmaster the annual
compensation derived from commissions
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March, the Postmaster General may, in
his discretion, allow quarterly from the
date aforesaid, out of the hostages col
lected at any such office, an amount suf-
icient to supply such deficiency Pr
UGded,. further, That to any postmaster
of a separating Office, whose commissions,
allowances, and emoluments may be
found insufficient to provide the extra
labor necessary to a prompt and efficient
performance of the duties of separating
and despatching the mails passing
through his Office, the Postmaster Gen
eral may make such quarterly allowance,
out of the hostages collected at such Of
fee, as he may deem sufficient to COM
pensate such extra labor Provid d far
thez, That the commissions and allow
ances authorized by this act shall be
subject to the provisions of the forty
first section of the act entitled An act
to reduce into me the several acts estab-
fishing and regulating the Post Office
Department =" ind PrOUided, FIR her,
That the Postmaster General may, in
his discretion, dispose of any quarterly
returns Of mails sent or received, which
were made up previous to the first day OF
July, eighteen hundred and fifty, preserv-
ing the accounts current, and all vouch-
ers accompanying such accounts, and use
such portion of the proceeds thereof as
be necessary to defray the cost of sepa-
rating and disposing of the same. This
act shall take effect and be in force from
after the commencement of the next
fiscal quarter after its passage.