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 148 TWENTY-NINTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 33. 1847. Rm, 0,- ,,0,,,. commissions allowed deputy-postmasters by the fourteenth section of mission. the act of the third of March, eighteen hundred and twenty-tive, the §§Z§j‘;,,_1f;’i°‘ offices, a commission not exceeding the following rates on the amount received in any one year, or a due proportion thereof for less than a year : On a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, forty per cent; on a sum over the first hundred and not exceeding four hundred dollars, thirty-three and one third per cent.; on a sum over and above the first four hundred dollars and not exceeding ftwerpy-four hundred dollars, thirty per cent.; on a sum over twenty- our undred dollars twelve and one half per cent. ; on all sums arising from the postage on newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, fifty per cent.; on the amount of postages on letters or packets received for distribution, Allgyvgncggl seven per cent. : Provided, that all allowances, commissions, or ggmmissgsnsé t other emoluments shall be subject to the provisions of the forty-first p,$,;;,,;;1,,Qi,°}·,-,,,°f section of the act which this is intended to amend; and that the ty-mst section or annual compensation therein limited shall be computed for the fiscal “°* °f lmr °h· ear commencin on the lirst of Jul and endin the thirtieth of June 4g_ Y 8 _ Y 8 each year, and that for any period less than a year the restrictions contained in said section shall be held to apply in adue proportion for Compenggfign such fractional period : And, provided further, That the compensation W t<l¤P¤T·Y·P°¤*· to any deputy—p0stmaster under the foregoing provisions, to be commas °m` putecl upon the receipt at his office of a larger sum, shall in no case fall short of the amount to which he would be entitled under a smaller sum received at his office. Moneys reeov- Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all moneys taken from the gpiggrfaffzggi mails of .the United States by robbery, theft, or otherwise, which have i,,, paid t,, the cpmle, or may hereafter come into the possession or custody of any °1'd¤¤‘ °Y P¤¤*· 0. the agents of the Post-Oliice Department or any other officers of }::'°,::;`E€2$:;`;y_ the United States, or any other person or phrsons whatever, shall be 1853, eh_ ]03,§3_ papld to the order of the Postmaster-General, to be kept by him as ot er moneys of the Post-Omoo Department to and for the use and benefit of the rightful owner, to be paid whenever satisfactory proof thereof shall be made, and upon the failure of any person in the employitpent of the United States to pay over such moneys when deman ed the person so refusing shall be subject to the penalties prescrib’ed by law against defaulting officers. Franking privi- Sec. 3. And be iifurther enacted, That all members of Congress, l°3°· delegates from Territories, the Vice-President of the United States, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, shall have the' power to send and receive public documents free of postage during their term of office, and that the said giembers and delegates shall have the power to send and receive public ocuments free of postage up to the tirst Monday of December follow- _ ing the expiration of their term of office. Sum °“lU°°*· Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives shall have the power to ‘ receive, as well as to send, all letters and packages, not weighing over two ounces, free of postage, during their term of office. Sec. 5. And be it further enacted, That members of Congress shall have the power to receive, as well as to send, all letters and packages, not weighing over two ounces, free of postage up to the iirst Monday rn Becember tpilowpng the expiration of their term of office. rmovao, arc 1, 1847.
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