Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

1 THATthe rates of commissions, authorized to be

2 paid to postmasters by the first section of said

3 act, shall be allowed and paid to them, on

4 the amount of postage received, in each quar=

5 ter of the year, and in due proportion for any

6 period less than a quarter, instead of being

7 allowed and paid on the amount received

8 for a year, as was ^[“^by mistake^”]^ provided for

in said act.

11 Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, ^[^That

all postmasters, whose commissions have been

diminished by their being allowed and paid

on the amount of postage received in a

quarter, shall be permitted to re0settle and ad=

just their accounts according to the first section

of this act, and shall be allowed and paid

such sum as may be justly found their due

on such resettlement of their accounts.^]^

^[^Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That the

Postmaster General be authorized to employ

temporarily such additional clerks as may be

found necessary for the re-settlement of the

accounts of postmasters authorized by this act.^]^

^“ Sec 4 And be it &c^

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02/18/1848
Passed the Senate
February 18. 1848
Attest
Asbury Dickins.—
Secretary

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Post Office

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S_119
An act in amendment of an act, entitled “An act to amend the act, entitled ‘An act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of fraud on the revenues of the Post Office Department,” passed the third of March, one thousand eight hundred and forty-five

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Ho. recede from amendments.

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04/18/1848
In the House of Representatives–
April 18^th 1848.
Resolved. That this Bill do pass with amendmen
Attest
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

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Speaker P.O

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April 19

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Quest. on Reconsidering 1–

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May 11. reconsidered & recommitted to the committee on the Post Office & Post Roads—

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05/12/1848
In the House of Representatives,
May 12' 1848–
Reconsidered– And again, Resolved that this Bill do pass with amendments.
Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clk.

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17 May 1848 ex^d by Mr. Upham S

"Hampton H. R.

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30^thCongress.
1^stSession.
Congress of the United States.
In the House of Representatives.

Resolved That the Bill from Senate (No. 119) entitled “An Actin amendment of an act entitled “An Act to amend the act entitled ‘An Act to reduce the rates of postage, to limit the use and correct the abuse of the franking privilege, and for the prevention of fraud on the revenues of the Post Office Department” passed 3^d March, 1845. do pass with the following

Amendment

1 In Section 1.^st Line 8. Strike out the words “by mistake”. ^not conc^d in^

2 ^[^Strike out “Sections 2 and 3,” and^]^ insert- ^not concurred in.^

^concurred in^“Sec. 2. ^4^ And be it further enacted, That to the –

Postmasters at offices where the mail is regularly

to arrive between the hours of nine o’clock at

night and five in the morning, the commission

on the first hundred dollars collected in one

quarter may be increased by the Post Master General

to a sum not exceeding fifty per cent.

Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk

In Senate of the United States
May 13, 1848.
Resolved, That the Senate disagree to the first of the foregoing amendments of the House of Representatives to the bill (S. 119.); they disagree to so much of the second of the said amendments as proposes to strike “out the 2^d and 3^d sections of the bill; and agree to the residue of said amendment, to be added to the Bill as section 4.

Attest
Asbury Dickins–
Secretary

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House of Representatives May 16. 1848.
Resolved, that this House do recede from the several Amendaments made by the House to (Senate bill 119) as disagreed to by the Senate–

Attest,
Tho. J Campbell
Clerk.

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Amendments to Senate Bill. N^o 119.

	BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representa-
	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
1	THATthe rates of commissions, authorized to be
2	paid to postmasters by the first section of said
3	act, shall be allowed and paid to them, on
4	the amount of postage received, in each quar=
5	ter of the year, and in due proportion for any
6	period less than a quarter, instead of being
7	allowed and paid on the amount received
8	for a year, as was ^[“^by mistake^”]^ provided for
	in said act.
11	Sec. 2 And be it further enacted, ^[^That
	all postmasters, whose commissions have been
	diminished by their being allowed and paid
	on the amount of postage received in a
	quarter, shall be permitted to re0settle and ad=
	just their accounts according to the first section
	of this act, and shall be allowed and paid
	such sum as may be justly found their due
	on such resettlement of their accounts.^]^
	^[^Sec. 3 And be it further enacted, That the
	Postmaster General be authorized to employ
	temporarily such additional clerks as may be
	found necessary for the re-settlement of the
	accounts of postmasters authorized by this act.^]^
	^“ Sec 4 And be it &c^

1 In Section 1.^st Line 8.	Strike out the words “by mistake”. ^not conc^d in^
2	^[^Strike out “Sections 2 and 3,” and^]^ insert- ^not concurred in.^
	^concurred in^“Sec. 2. ^4^ And be it further enacted, That to the –
	Postmasters at offices where the mail is regularly
	to arrive between the hours of nine o’clock at
	night and five in the morning, the commission
	on the first hundred dollars collected in one
	quarter may be increased by the Post Master General
	to a sum not exceeding fifty per cent.