Papers Of Abraham Lincoln

30th CONGRESS,
1st Session. S. 119. (Pub.)

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES.
January 31, 1848.

Mr. Niles, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, reported the following bill: which was read and passed to a second reading.

A BILL

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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3 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States of America in Congress
assembled, That the rates of commissions, authorized to
be paid to postmasters by the first section of said act, shall
be allowed and paid to them, on the amount of postage re-
ceived, in each quarter of the year, and in due proportion
for any period less than a quarter, instead of being allowed
and paid on the amount received for a year, as was by
mistake provided for in said act.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all post-
masters, whose commissions have been diminished by
their being allowed and paid on the amount of postage

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5 received in a year, instead of on the amount received in a
quarter, shall be permitted to re-settle and adjust 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 re-settlement of their accounts.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Post-
master General be authorized to employ temporarily such
additional clerks as may be found necessary for the re-set-
tlement of the accounts of postmasters authorized by this
act.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the rates of commissions, authorized to be paid to postmasters by the first section of said act, shall be allowed and paid to them, on the amount of postage re- ceived, in each quarter of the year, and in due proportion for any period less than a quarter, instead of being allowed and paid on the amount received for a year, as was by mistake provided for in said act. Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all post- masters, whose commissions have been diminished by their being allowed and paid on the amount of postage
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4 5 6 7 8 1 2 3 4 5	received in a year, instead of on the amount received in a quarter, shall be permitted to re-settle and adjust 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 re-settlement of their accounts. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the Post- master General be authorized to employ temporarily such additional clerks as may be found necessary for the re-set- tlement of the accounts of postmasters authorized by this act.