The Empire County argus., 1854-08-26
PUIlISI EDIY AtTEtTJ11 y.
LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES.
TPublic. 40 Is I
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AN ACT regulating the pay of deputy po tmas'ers.

AN ACT regulating the pay of deput, po tmas'ers.
Be enactel by tile Seaate and Houae # Hepre~entat"e
Of the United StaeS # Amer IN Oo"G,eS "SSemoS' E
That in place of the compensat OIL now allowed depn
posmasiers the Postmase General be- and he is hereb
authorized 10 allow them commissions az 'ne 'oowlhR
rates on the postage coec ed at The respective Offices
each quarter Of the year, and IN due proportion ioi All
period less than quarter. VIZ;
On any sum not exceeding hundred dollars sixty
per cent but any postmaster at whose once me na'' %
10 arrive regularly, between the hours o nne O'Clock
night and hive ocock in the morning NAV be allowed sew
en1y per cent on The first hundred dollars;
On any sum over and above hundred dollars and
mot exceeding four hundred dollars, fifty per cent
On any su n over and above fonr hundred dollars, bu
not exceeding tweniyfour hundred dollars, forty PEI
And on all sums over twenty-our hundred dollars, fiji
teen per cent.
On the amount of postage letter and packages, re-
celved distributing ulce tor di>'rbnt on. Twelve AMI
oue-laf per cent. c0muSSl0n uIt} be allowed;
Every postmaster whose co1 enstt"n shall no. exceed
five hundred dollars in one guar Nh ~ be allowed one
cent every free del ysed oat o his oiie exc p
such for he postmaster hlas.lf Bat he spec al
allow made by lazy, 10 me pos masters al New
Dreams md Washington c}, Sh.i' 40 ohe'w''e be
either asgd or diminished;
Each pos mas sr who si.l b. required keep rcgi-
:er he arrival aud departure Of The mails shall be i
lowed e cent ior each monthly winch he tktS to
the Pos IN ,SteT General;
Each pp,ina. er nay b. allowed Two tns 'or tie dev-
cry his oIice subscriber Of ch newsp yer u"
che,rgeabe with postage: Py01 d. That 0 any post
Of dIStrbn ing office a. which lAe 60 nai-s ">,
allowances and em0uments, since he ihTlFArri 1t'
March, thousand egh hundred and If three. nave
been insufficient deiray The UA and necessary r%pen
and afford the postmaster he annls comp nSt'"u
derived from commissions the Office beto SAID hr'y-
first of March, the Posmas General nav hls dsce-
tion al quarterly fiom he da aforesaid, on OF he
postages collected al any such Office an amount Nuiclen
TO supply such deficiency Fro04ef Jp,th~r, Iha to any
postmaster Of separating oice whose commissions, al
owauces and emoluuents may be todnd insufficient 10
provide the Labor necessary 20 pronp and efficient
performance of the dui les OF Separating and desp ching
the mails passing through his Office, The Postmaster Cen
era may make such quarterly allowance, out Of the pos
ages collected such office he may deem sufficient 10
compensate such labor Pr00'dfI t"rIe, That he
comm aud allowances authorized by this act shall
be subject the DIVISIONS Of the tory-rs' action OF he
act ened An reduce into the several acts
establishing and regulating the Post Office Department -
AnL proOIlsd torher That The Postmaster General may
in his discretion dispose Of any quarterly returns OF mails
sent or received which were made up prev vous to he
first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty preserving
the accounts curen, and I'LL vouchers accompanying such
accounts, and such portion of he proceeds hereof
may be necessary dptr the cost separating aud ds-
posing The This shall take effect and be in
force from and nfer the Of the next fiscal
quarter after its passage.
Approved 3. June 1854.