The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1848-08-25
CONGRESS.
SONUhES3.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SATURDAY, August {, ls4s.
Extra allowance, 10 Gen Co,,

:. Extra allowances 10 Gen Cas-.
mr. Sewart. OF Pa, moved a suspen.
sion OF the rules to enable him to offer
the following resolution:
ResOLced, That the Secretary of the
Treasury be directed To send to this
House. forthwith, the letters and youch.
erS IN support of the claims and extra al.
lowances of Lewis Cass, over and above
his regular salary Of $4,000 year, as
Governor and ex-ofiicio Superintendent
OF Indian Affairsfor Territory of Mich.
igan, to wit: The letters and vouchers in
support Of the extra allowances paid
him
/. For Clerk hire, office rent, &c,
from the 9th October, 1913, to the 3Ist
July, 1881. at $500 per annurn. US
per Doc. No. 244, 3d session 25th
Congress. page 9, amounting 10. s2G.7I5 90
! 2 For ratiOns, To wit: Ten rations
day, at 20 cents each, from the 9Th
October, 1918, To the 29th NAV, 1922
as per same doc. and page .-....... 6,6lO 90
! 3 For services as Superintendent of
Indian Affairs, said to have been ren.
dered out ofthe Territory OF Michigan,
gust. 1882, at 81 500 per annum, as Der
doc No. 6, 3d session, 9th Congress,
page i3.---:. ..........:.... 1895 OO
+ For aiding in the negotiation of
sundry treaties, whilst Governor and
ex Officio Superintendent of Indian Az
ialrs, as Aforesaid, 772 days. at So per
day aud 40 cents per mile travelledby
MN, as per same doc pages IL and l2 9,74i 90
! q For attending at Washington to
settle his own accounts for extra pay.
&C., 2O8 days, to wit: from the Dist
October 1921, to the 29h May, 1920,
ior mileage, ten rations per day, &c..
same d doc page H.: :.----; :.--.... i,448 90
! For alleged services whilst Gov.
ernor and Superintendent OF Indian AZ
lars, in preparing code for the reg
ulatlon OF Indian Affairs" III days 10
/ vii: from the 22d October, 1928. 10
lOth February. 1929, as per same doc
page y -ff-....-..;,..;..;-...-... l,52O 90
For Extra pay whilst Governor,
&c as aforesaid las Deputy Quarter
master General" in tile army. for Que
year, as per doc Is, 1st session, 2Sth
Congress, page 23..--.; .;;,--..-...... l,OOl. 80
For extra pay aud allowances as
Captain Ill the regular army, whilst
Governor. as aforesaid, to wit: from
the 18th May, l9l II, TO tue 28th June,
1921; as per same doc same page. 1886 66
! Letters aud vouchers filed in sup.
port of the following items in the ac.
count rendered by Governor Cass
against the United Staes, the 2Ist of
July, 1882, (about one year after his ap-
pointment as Secretary of WARY and
said not to be embraced in any of the
| previous quarterly settlements of his
accounts with the Government, to wit:
For alleged balances and over pay.
ments by him as Superintendent of
Indian Affairs, as per doc No. 1l2, Sd
session 25th Congress, page IL, on the
following accounts, TO wit:
For over payments on ac-
count of contingencies for
Indian department. 49,. ..s3,39S 55
For over payments 10 In-
dian sub-agenls. -..... 1863 Is
For overpuyments on ac-
count ofpresents to Indians 4l6 so
For overpayments on ac-
count ofnnnuities under the
appropriation act OF May Is,
1920 O-.--.....--....... $3.50 Is
FOR overpaymenls ON ac-
count of anuuties under act
Of I'd March, 1899. ..-. 245 43
| For overpayments on ac-
count of annnities under the
act of March IS. l83O..... b. s9,7lI OF
For alleged balances on
account of the treaty at Prai-
RE du ChIen- --....-.. l0,l33 6l