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230 THIRTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 43. 1848 peace in the city and county of Washington, in the District of Colum. bia, the said justice and the constable who shall execute the process Faenofjustices shall respectively be entitled to charge and receive the same fees as ¤Y the P¤¤°° Md are, authorized to be charged and l’6GGiV€d in the case of process "°"“"*b]°" issued and served by them respectively in cases of small debts; and the said costs shall be certified by the said justices to the District attorney, for his revision and approval, and when approved shall be paid by the marshal of the District of Columbia. Four members Sm. 16. And be it further enacted, That, in addition to the seven {‘:“(j"f;l_°°’h°L°'Y members new authorized to be appointed to time Levy Court m` the county of Washington, from and after Maya eighteen hundred and forty-eight, the President of the United States IS hereby authorized and required annually to appoint four additional members from the cit) of Washington; and the said court shall thereafter consist of eleven members. C¤rp<>r¤¢i¤n Sm. 17. And be it farther enacted, That the corporation of the

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g "' said city of Washington shall have full power and authority to pass all

laws which may be needful and necessary to carry into full and complete ctfcct the powers granted to the said corporation, or to any of its officers or servants, by this act, or by the act or acts to which this Repeal of in- act is amendatory or supplementary. And all acts or parts of acts in

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repealed. Approved, May 17, 1848. May 17, 1848. Cru?. XLIIL -.9n dat in Amendment of an Act entitled “ .911, xict tc amend the """°’_"" Act entitled ‘ An Act to reduce the Rates of Postage, to limi: the Usa and non-ect the Hhuse of lhs Franking Privilege, and for the Prevention of Fraud an the 1847, 6h_ 33_ Revenues of the Post-Ojicc Departmentf " passed the third of March, one 2/102:- sand eight hundred and fortyjivc _ _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the IHE$;'(;“;f*°’g;t_ United States J America in Congress assembled, That the rates of mum, mp be commissions authorized to be paid to postmasters by the first section ¤¤<=k<>¤¢d ¤¤ the of said act, shall be allowed and paid to them on the amount of postage q°m°'°' received 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. Ad Wade *6* Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That all postmasters whose comr°°P€°m°' missions have been diminished by their being allowed and paid on the amount of postage received in a year, instead of on the amount received in a quarter, shall be permitted to resettle 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 resettlement of their accounts. geE;f;{""jj;’A0t_ SEC: 3. And be it further enacted, That the postmastengencral bé md t,, employ authorized to employ, temporarily, such additional clerks as may be ¤dd**l°¤¤¤l°l¤FkS· found necessary for the resettlement of the accounts of p0stm&Sf€1’S authorized by this act. Ad‘llFi°““l °‘;m‘ Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That, to the postmasters at Oill0€S I,::;T`ms,l;;,;; it Where the mail is regularly to arrive between the hours of nine 0’cl0Gk night. at night and five in the morning, the commission on the first hundred dollars collected in 0ue quarter may be increased by the postmastergeneral to a sum not exceeding fifty per cent. Arvnovzu, May 17, 1848.