The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-06-03
Post Offices.

winch The puUllc CduHoe oCOh w SeS 1894
ly in mind, " said postal official few
days ago, land that is the different classes
of post offices, their compensation and
why they are divided up into classes.
items of thousands of people all over
the country do not know the class of the
post office to which they go to receive
their mail or from which it is distributed.
That the readers may see at glance
what these different classes mean in post
office nomenclature let them bear in mind
or preserve for future reference the fol-
lowing facts:
"a presidential post Office is one where
the salary of the postmaster amounts to
not less than $3.50 per quarter for four
consecutive quarters and the gross receipts
for the same time amount to 81 800.
"When an office has paid the above
amount for four consecutive quarters and
the gross receipts have amounted to the
sum stated, or more, it is then advanced
to the presidential class.
Presidential offices are divided into
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"a first-class Office is one where the
gross receipts are over $4,000 per annum,
the salary of the postmaster of the same
being from 81, 1000 to $4,000.
"The post office at Washington is such
an Office, the salary of the postmaster
being So, 900, and the salary of the post
master of New York being IS 600.
"a second class Office is one where the
gross receipts amount to $1,000, and not
exceeding $4O,O 900, the salary of the post
masters at the offices of this class being
from 81, 900 to 81. 900 per annum-
IA third class Office is one where the
gross receipts are 81 900, and do not ex-
coed Sc, 900 per annum, the salary of this
class being from 81, 900 to $1,000 per an
mum.
There are 208 post offices of the first
class, $40 of the second-class and 3,31S of
the third class, or total of 4, 406 presi-
Dental offices, as against 1851 presidential
offices twenty years ago.
Fourth class offices comprise all of
fees where the receipts are less than
81, 900 per annum, or where the compen-
sation of the postmaster does not amount
to $3.50 a quarter for four consecutive
quarters. There are 70, 497 fourth-class
offices, as against "A, 2S0 offices twenty
years ago.
1.-THE commission of the presidential
office dates from the date of appointment
by the president.
while the senate is not in session a
vacation appointment is made.
1.-THE president signs the appointment
of postmaster and on approval of his
bond he is commissioned, his commission
holding until the adjournment of the first
session of the senate following his APP
pointment, or until his successor is nomi
mated and confirmed by the senate, unless
his commission be sooner revoked by the
president.
"When the senate meets the president
dominates postmasters for all vacancies
that have occurred during the recess of
the senate.
He may nominate the postmaster APP
pointed in vacation, or some other candi-
date, as he prefers.
Upon the confirmation of any post
master by the senate, the commission of
the postmaster appointed during vacation
terminates, and upon the filing of bond
the postmaster is commissioned for full
term of four years from the date of his
confirmation.
THUS vacation appointee' who may
be reappointed and recommissioned may
hold for longer period than one appoint
ed out of vacation.
Fourth class postmasters are appoint
ed by the postmaster general, and upon
the approval of his bond a commission is
issued by the postmaster general, dating
from the date upon which the commission
is issued.
"a fourth class postmaster, under the
recent ruling of postmaster general Payne,
holds during good behavior, and, of
course, the pleasure of the department,
depending upon the postmaster's atten-
uon TO duty.
''Thus fourth-class postmaster is not
now removed merely to make room for
another man so long as the appointee ad
ministers the duties of his Office faithfully
and honestly.
1.-The results of the working of this ex-
cellent rule are this spring becoming more
apparent in the.department at Washing
ton.
The fourth-class postmaster is re
doubling his efforts to please the depart
ment, knowing that close attention to
business means retention, and that he will
be replaced by another only for cause.