The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1904-06-23
Governments New System
Paying Employees Effect
i've June 80
PAYNtNTS 10 Be EQUAL
the New order Effects Number of
Government Employees in Bruins
wiok-ENample OF the New
Ruie.

The small army of government EN-
pioyees who are paid at Brunswick
are discussing the change in the sys.
tenn Of paving its employees which ths
government VIII put iato effect after
June so.
In the Brunswick postomee alo a
there are number of employees all of
whom are affected, except the sPeclal
delivery messengers nhe are raid
elshJ cents apfeee Tor ebe delivery Of
each letter. There arc paid rom
the brunswick department. one assist.
amt postmaster three clerks. six car
Fieia' a number Of railway postal
ciefhs and one rural letter carrier
AN equal monthly paymen. has bes,
contemplated BY the COY 1umcn, for a
Auulbor ol years, but Lege~ was law
pissed mhl lhe-lasl cons .ess, maftrp
saen ao act ON the part Of tne differ.
ent departments legal rms was done
as calender to the sDudry ctg.I mll
and was approved April Is, iOt.
me eRect Of the Change win be
that hereafter all employees receiving
a ii@ed annual compensation viii re-
cel1e tlteir money in tNelye eoual N.
sfaimeuls, instead of according to the
number OF days OF the GdIeatlar month.
ln other words, Tie noath 9l february
Wiil be equaliued with tAal Of uly
each noatas being computed to thirty
a@ys ana payment malc ac Idingly.
As It Aaeets Brunswick.
The local postonlc9 omcia}s have
been served with notice 3r the enange
bm ID is aot an easy matter 10 ten
iast how thoY fel about it. The
amount Of the yearly saiavy is not
changed, Of course, and upon first
glance there IS the idea tha. The S new
method will BE- generally lkel, but lie
meaning OF il cannot be fully under
stood as yet.
tn brunswick quite a number of peo
pie ~il be affected Besides those in
the postomca there are O. namGer in
internal revenue d9partmea!s, The Gus
tom house, the engineering depart
ment and others on ,he government
nay rolls
Effective After June.
Below viii be found 4xt1ac.s from
the united states laws "a the subject
the rulings of the Coa,9tfotlcr Of The
Treasury and EXAMPLES OF how The
mfed men of Uncle sam VIII be paid
IN tho future. Attention is called 10
section Z Of the law. whica says.
Section 4. That Jhe auulM com
pensauon Of omcers, agents ana en-
llogces Of the United states for ser.
vices rendered subsequent TO June 80
1860, shall be divided INTO Twelve equal
installments, one of winch shall be
paid for each calendar molth; ard
Ia making payments f3r a fractional
part OF month, onethiFlietn Of one
of such instalIment or Of monthly
Compensation, shall be the rate to be
paid for each day. For the PURPOSE
of computing such compensation each
aud every mquth shall be held to
consist Of thirty days. wi.b5u. regarI
TO Che actual number OF deys, IN any
month thus excluding tue tlirty first
day OF any month from the c1mpensae
non and treating Feb uary as il it
act0ally had lbirty days.
4Tbe above applies t., postm9stc.s,
CLERKS letter carriers. railway postal
clerks ana all other employees teceiv-
ing q liked annual GALAXY; it, changes
the amount to be pfid tor tie month
Or part Of a month, but the total
amount for a full quarter remats IN
changed
"a person serving the whole Of a
thirtyone-day month viii receive the
fun monthly salary aud no more. or
The one-twelfth Of an annual aalary,
and no more.
"a person serving during the vho.e
Of February a twenty-eight-daJ month
shall likewise receive the full monthly
salary or onetwelfth of the annual
salary
Same Amount Quarterly.
"If owing to the fractions OF cent
involved, exact payments cannot be
made each month. disregard the frac
tion in the first month consider the
fraction IN the second and thirC
months or in the third month only, al
may be required, so that the tota
payment for the three months will be
tlree-twelfths (3-12) or one fourtf
t1-4) Of the annual salary; this tota