The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-14
tPOSIMaSTERSi PAY.
How rAE MEw Lhw Will OPERATE.
tn. s.l.rl.. of tn. po.tm..,.r. a. til. Smaller
01ae,s-Ths Decrease Ia Revenue to the
Government T. RAEotA's Capital Com.
mission - washIBgtoa Notes.

| WASHINGTON, April l3.-The new law
for the adjustment Of the salaries Of Post
masters taken inconnecLion with the forth
coming reduction Of letter postage from
three to two cents, will effect material
change In the pay Of Postmasters in all the
small offices, as well as in the amount OF
revenue derived from such offices by the
government. 1t is estimated that under
the new law upon the present business the
aggregate revenue Of the Postotlice Depart
ment from the sale ol postage stamps OF
all kinds will be reduced twenty per
cent. Upon a basis Of this estimate
the proaortionate receipts of the
Government and Postmasters respectively
in smaller offices, will BIZ changed as fol-
lows: In postoliices where the annual rev.
enue from stamps amounts 10 fifty dollars,
the Postmaster now receives thirty and the
Government twenty. Under the new law,
for Q like amount Of business, the Post
mastery will receive forty and the Govern.
ment nothing. Similar proportionate
ichanges will be made in the receipts OF the
Governmentan and Postmasters according TO
the amount OF business done until the
Offices are reached which have gross rev.
enue from stamps OF $3.50 per anDum. In
this class Of Offices Postmasters now receive
$3.50 per annum and the Government 500.
| Under the new law the former VIM re.
ceive $500, and the latter nothing. In off.
| ces where the revenue ex ceeds that OF the
class last mentioned the Government be.
gins 10 derive revenue. For instance, in
pnstoffice where the income from the sale
Of stamps amounts 10 Si00 year the Port.
masters. now receive $40, and the Govern
men, SllQ: Underlhe new aw.the Post
master will receive $272, and the Govern
ment SIS. In Lostoitice with nm annual
revenue OF $500 the Postmaster Is now pa d
$40, aud Government receives $3.50.
Under the new law the Postmaster will
receive $36S aud the Government Sll2.
An Office with an annual revenue OF $500
under the present law pays the Post
master $40 and the Government, $500.
Under the new law tho same office will
pay the postmaster $3.50 and the Govern
ment SlS0. In postoitices where the an.
nual revenue reaches 1000 tho pay OF the
Postmaster under the present and new law
Is the same, $3.50 But under the present law
the Government receives S460, while
under the new law 1t will get only $500.
In offices which, have an annual income Of
81, 200 jthe new hw will reduce the pay. oi
Postmasters from S840 to- $500, and the re-
ceipts Of the government from $3.50 TO
$40. In offices with an annual income oil
81 600 the pay OF the Postmaster will be
reduced from $500 to, $3.50, and the
receipts Of the ,goyernplcnt from
$500 to $500. In offices where the pay
Of the Postmasters is derived from
tthe sale OF stamps reaches $1,000 the in
come from the rent Of boxes is usually
enough to make the compensation Of the
Postmaster 81 900 per year, and when 1t
reaches that amount, the Office is placed In
the third class. The Postmaster is then
commissioned by the President with a
specified salary, and his pay is no longer
determined BY the amount Of stamps he
cancels. I. - 1 NV Ny.