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 | | The general interests of the country required it, and the compensation should therefore be made by a general appropriation from the treasury, as this department presumes to have been the intention of the law. |
 | | If other compensation is due to a postmaster beyond his commissions, it should be in the discretion of the Postmaster General, not exceeding - percent additional to that now allowed, that it may go to the intelligent and faithful, not to the shrewd and unscrupulous, as it chiefly does under the existing law. |
 | | By the existing laws all postmasters and mail-carriers, and all other persons engaged in handling the mails of the United States, or in clerical service, were, required to take the usual oath of allegiance to this government, as well as for the faithful performance of their duties. |
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