234 FORTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 456. 1874. Second class- less than three thousand dollars; the second class shall embrace all those whose annual salaries are less than three thousand dollars but not mmm dm, less than two thousand dollars; the third class shall embrace all these whose annual salaries are less than two thousand dollars but not less Fourth claw than one thousand dollars; the iburth class shall embrace all postmas. ters whose annual compensation, exclusive of their commissions on the m0uey—0rder business of their offices, amounts to less than one thousand dollars." Agpoantmsnt s “Sec. 80. That the Eostmaster at New York City and postmnsters of ¥·?¥¤¤¤»m“” °f“‘° “£F°zf“€§“de““qd2 i§"b°‘”;?§3’$€€§‘t?§ 3§9?é§t§§}£‘2S¤§‘;%l SP3` · move y e res1 n , y e tnE—;is:i¤;;2g?d' and Senate, and shall hold their office for four years unless sooner removed Fourth class. or suspended according to law; and postmasters of the fourth class shall be appointed and may be removed by the Postmaster—Gencral, by whom all appointments and removals shall be notified to the Auditor for the Post—Office Department." " Sec. 81. That the compensation of the postmaster at New York City shall be six thousand- dollars per annum, and the respective compensa- Annualsalaries of tions of postmasters of the iirst, second, and third classes shall be an-
°f“;h3 nnal salaries, assigned in even hundred of dollars, and payable in
· ’ ’. quarterl payments, to be ascertmned and fixed, by the Postmasterthird classes, how Y, _ _ _ dmymmd, General, irom their respectwe quarterly returns to the Auditor for the Post-Oiiicc Department, or copies or duplicates thereof, for four quarters immediately preceding the adjustment or re-adjustment, by adding to the whole amount of box—re11ts, not exceeding two thousand dollars Commissions. per annum, commissions also not to exceed two thousand dollars per annum on the other postal revenues of the office, at the 1`ollowin g rates, R¤*¢¤· namely: On the first one hundred dollars per quarter, fifty per centum; on all over one hundred dollars and not over iour hundred dollars per quarter, forty per centum; on all over four hundred dollars and not over two thousand four hundred dollars per quarter, thirty per centum ; and on all over two thousand four hundred dollars per quarter, ten per A¥¤<;¤¤*f°f P{>¤¤;} centum. And in order to ascertain the amount of the postal receipts of fiii9E1L;; ;‘;"c‘6‘;_; each office, the Postmaster·Genera1 may require postmasters to furnish »,,,;,,Q,d_ duplicates of their quarterly returns to the Auditor at such times and Proviso. for such periods as he may deem necessary in each case: Provided, That whenever, by reason of the extension of free delivery of letters, the boxrents of any post offnce aredccreased, the Postmaster-General may allow, out of the receipts of such office, a sum sufficient to maintain the salary · thereof atvthe amount at which it had been fixed before the decrease in ox ren . C<>¤;¤v¤¤¤¤:i<>¤ ¤£ “SEc.S82. That the compensation of postmasters of the fourth class }’0gfm’Q1:*;_ °‘“ ° shall be the box-rents collected at their ciiice and commissions ou other postal revenues of their offices at the rate of sixty per centum on the first one hundred dollars or less per quarter; fifty per eentum on the next three hundred dollars or less per quarter; forty per centum on the excess above four hundred dollars per_qua.rter; the same to be ascertained and allowed by the Auditor in the settlement of the quarterly Proviso. accounts of such postmasters: Provided, That when the aggregate annual compensation, exclusive of commissions on money·order business, of any postmaster of this class shall amount to one thousand dollars, the Auditor shall report such fact to the Postmaster-General, in order thatisucth posltmagzter may belagsyigned to his proper class, and his sal· _ ary xe as ere ore provide . _£;gjs¤¤¢¤¤¤¤¤ °*` f‘ Sec. 83. That the salaries of postmasters of the first, second, and ‘ thirdclasses, except that of the postmaster at New York City, shall be re-admsted by the Postmaster·Genera1 once in two years, and in special _ _ cases as much oftener as he may deem expedient."’ Gb€;¤*{‘L¤r1Sg§Lri2s <}_ ‘* SEO. 84. fllhat the Postmaster-General shall make all orders a signg *= ‘ ing or changing the salaries of postmasters in writing, and record them m his Jyourual, and_notify the change to the Auditor; and any change made m such salaries shall not take effect until the first day of the
