Postmaster

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Postmaster \Post"mas`ter\, n.
     1. One who has charge of a station for the accommodation of
        travelers; one who supplies post horses.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. One who has charge of a post office, and the distribution


        and forwarding of mails.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  postmaster
       n : the person in charge of a post office

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  postmaster n. The email contact and maintenance person at a site
     connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the same as
     the {admin}. The Internet standard for electronic mail ({RFC}-822)
     requires each machine to have a `postmaster' address; usually it is
     aliased to this person.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  postmaster
       
          The {electronic mail} contact and maintenance person at a site
          connected to the {Internet} or {UUCPNET}.  Often, but not
          always, the same as the {admin}.  The Internet standard for
          electronic mail ({RFC} 822) requires each machine to have a
          "postmaster" address; usually it is aliased to this person.
          See also {webmaster}.
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  POSTMASTER, or DEPUTY POSTMASTER. An officer of the United States appointed 
  by the postmaster general to hold his office. during the, pleasure of the 
  former. Before entering on the duties of his office, he is required to give 
  bond with surety to be approved by the postmaster general. Act of 3d March, 
  1825, s. 3. 12. Every postmaster is required to keep an office in the place 
  for which he may be appointed; and it is his duty to receive and forward by 
  mail, without delay, all letters, papers, and packets as directed; to 
  receive the mails and deliver, at all reasonable hours, all letters, papers 
  and packets to the persons entitled thereto. 
       3. In lieu of commissions allowed deputy postmasters by the 14th 
  section of the act of 3d March, 1845,.the postmaster general is authorized 
  by the act of March 1, 1847, s. 1, to allow, on the proceeds of their 
  respective offices, a commission not exceeding the following rates on the 
  amount received in any one year, or a due proportion thereof for less than a 
  year: On a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, forty per cent; on a sum 
  over the first hundred and not exceeding four hundred dollars, thirty-three 
  and one-third per cent; on a sum over and above the first four hundred 
  dollars and not exceeding twenty-four hundred dollars, thirty per cent.; on 
  a sum over twenty-four hundred dollars, twelve and one-half per cent.; on 
  all sums arising from the postage on newspapers, magazines, and pamphlets, 
  fifty per cent.; on the amount of postages on letters or packets received 
  for distribution, seven per cent.: Provided, That all allowances, 
  commissions, or other emoluments, shall be subject to the provisions of the 
  forty-first section of the act which this is intended to amend; and that the 
  annual compensation therein limited shall be computed for the fiscal year 
  commencing on the first of July and ending the thirtieth of June each year, 
  and that for any period less than a year the restrictions contained in said 
  section shall be held to apply in a due proportion for such fractional 
  period: And, provided further, That the compensation to any,, deputy 
  postmaster under the foregoing provisions to be computed upon the receipt at 
  his office of a larger sum shall in no case fall short of the amount to 
  which he would be entitled under a smaller sum received at his office. 
       4. By act of congress approved March 3, 1851, Sec. 6, it is enacted, 
  That to any postmaster whose commissions may be reduced below the amount 
  allowed at his office for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, 
  eighteen hundred and fifty-one, and whose labors may be increased, the 
  postmaster general shall be authorized, in his discretion, to allow such 
  additional commissions as be may deem just and proper Provided, That the 
  whole amount of commissions allowed such postmaster during any fiscal year, 
  shall not exceed by more than twenty per centum the amount of commissions at 
  such office for the year ending the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred 
  and fifty-one. 
       5. Although not subject to all the, responsibilities of a common 
  carrier, yet a postmaster is liable for all losses and injuries occasioned 
  by his own default in office. 3 Wils. Rep. 443; Cowp. 754; 5 Burr. 2709; 1 
  Bell's Com. 468; 2 Kent. Com. 474; Story on Bailm. Sec. 463. 
       6. Whether a postmaster is liable for the acts of his clerks or 
  servants seems not to be settled. 1 Bell's Com. 468, 9. In Pennsylvania it 
  has been decided that he is not responsible for their secret delinquencies, 
  though perhaps he is answerable for want of attention to the official 
  conduct of his subordinates. 8 Watts. R. 453. Vide Frank; Post Office.