Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-02-21
NJ. .irnnlr. BiR. No. SIS.

This Bill has neSpcetcdly and uiumphantly
passed the House Of Representatives. IL is another
ample of the inyincible power OF perseverance ANY
other man. but Mr.. Arnold would have despaired of
long ago. Not another living man-not Mr.. Clay Mr.
Van Buren, MIR. Cahoun-nor all of them combined
could have brought aid those peculiar appliances
which have secured IL final passage.
The Bill Is tins
\ BILL TO reduce the compensation the Members Of
the Senate, Members of the House of Representatives
OF the United States and the Delegates the Tern.
tones and other officers, and repeating all other laws
the subject.
Be e-a''"a ~ r SHf, ed I's'e Of Rrrscsare' Of
Usisa CssFrsss tire
dss pay and allowed Men,
be Of Hou of Representatives each Senator Representative
and nrate shall hereafter be cut per
day every shah BE- dollars for
every twenty nvage all cases s,an
be ea'' or computed by he shortest mail route according
post Of Government
post SENATOR Repre-en
aue and DELEGATE ana mat ue sane rule for computing distance.
shall apps all other whom ma,
from, his residence u
"o'eh IN an ,s Wherr me session oi 'ougcss shall con
I'VE sha extended
onecr and not exceeding months each
preventative AMI ear sau receive sN dollars day for the
and prn,reed longer than
each Senator and receive
nNe dollars ~I Gay log te T-s'rsfoi the session IL any Sena
member the Hou~, by on la.
journey IRON the OF Congress
the sai OF Government sa be prevented BY sickness from attend
House entitled the daily
The President Of pro. when Wee
President aH o. a or h'n The ONCE OF VICE President shal
shan double The daily winch entitled
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Speaker o. the NOUS OF Aep eniiSes shaH doube the
ai pay which h. entitled Representative every Jay
attend the H1uc Frsrirs. That duty
and OF Representative Delegate before h.
settled and cerh
hernaeany attendance tn senate the Ho. ami
nunoef d" Gays ne ms oeH I ana wheihc sad absence ha>
otherwise. and
been BY knees hnsf family by
the Senate ~ oise hs daiy pay Tor W " WHEN he was thus
shall Be deducted from pr.
rof .rt.f That senator Representative Delegate be
a"'Nei io uiei-e sum 'NHs ue amount OF 81 H'f l-F
Jay from the emf OF meeting the Il his
succeeding meeting he shah have
Uay Travelled The entire distance for which and mileage claim
SEC > Had b E-;hrr 'HaS'rs That the sai compensation
which 1A be- Due To the members OF TIC SENATE shall b. eehd
by President thereof sau Re
personalities and Degaies shaH De- certified by the SPEAKER and
The shall De- passed hie accounts and paid oct of the
public Treasury.
subject members Of
Iiou-e Of Representatives, Delegates of
session Congress.
-, I. Ja-s,- s.a.i That from and amer the pas,
0f & and el1uentso OF ali officers o thu Ped
diplomatic abroad tn Commissioner Of Pensions and
oeTs ~ho-e AM eolH-ns % nj exceed the Of
tholanddlars Ier snnul
p:ohbtei by tt Constitution shall be reduced the foo
E ae 20 Wit Wh~n TIC Jay and ela'aeai- 81 any officer
upwards PER
shall be reduced 20 pr aui when the pay
zud dollars and than tiousaui dollars the
shall De reduced ~ cent Proei& That the AMI
reduced iirln thousand dollars per
AMI Officer excepting to Of the diplomatic
under the Denomination Of salary, other
quie for bs official srees for
thousand di~ that where ofcsr
given per services the shall be
AMI amer the rate q 20 pcrceu'um excepting deputy
who-e compensation than thousand dollars that
contingent expenses Judiciary
cri 20 and AT Ifquise fees AMI costs which the
United may be- required may paid process
suing from or retlrusbe hereby
the al OfceTs 81
COMMISSIONED officers q tie who.s shall exceed
thousand pei -lal reduced PR
ami the pay
fsuf the
supplies, shall be reduced 20
Prordf lgrerr- lhltthe reduction - ratuns shall
con.lc- extend ocerwho does
dly. that officer shall pay
f1 transportation than per mia Pn, That
Recorder and Solicitor General Land
hereby abolished duties required
-la De- performed by The ~ the Land
his office h- designate therefor
sec. IND rayt4 That an par-
be and ID. hcfelI. f.peaIed