The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1856-08-28
The following is an official copy of the
new Congressional Compensation act:
AN ACT

AN ACT
TO REGULATE TIE CONVERSATION OF MEM
nERs OF CONGRESS.
BE ii enacted by Me Senate md House
of Representatives. Of lie Unifcd States Of
america IN Congress ASsCmJic', That the
COMPENSATION of each Senator, Representa-
tive, and Delegate i'll Congress, shall bc
$4,000 for oach Congress, and mileage, as
now provided by law, for two Sessions only,
TO he paid in manner following, to wit -
On the first day Of each regular Session,
each Senator, Representative, and Delegate,
shall receive his mileage for one Session; !;
and on the first day of each month thereafter,
during such Session, compensation ut the
rate Of $4,000 per annum during the con-
tinuance of such Session; and at the end
Of such Session he shall receive the residue
Of his salary due to him at such time, at
the rate aforesaid, still uapaid; and ut the
beginning of the second regular Session OF
the Congress, each Senator, Representative,
and Delegate, shall receive his mileage for
such second Session, and monthly during
such Session, compensation at the rate of #3,-
900 pcr annun,, till the lll day OF March, ter
minating the Congress; and on that day
each Senator, Representative, and Dele
gate shall he entitled to receive any balance
of the $4,000, not heretofore paid IN the
said monthly irstamcnts rs above directed.
SEC. 9. Ind he IL .1urther cn"cted, That
the President OF the Srnate pro tcmporc,
when there shall he no Nicr-l'rcsldent, or
the Vice. President shall have become prcsi.
dent of the United States, shall receive the
compensation provided by law for the Vice
President; and the Speaker Of the House
of Representatives shall receive double the
COMPENSATION above provided for Erprcscn-
tatives, payable at the times anil in the
manner above provided for payment OF the
compensation of Representatives.
Sec. 5. ind be il .turther enacted, That
this law shall apply to the present Con-
grcss, and each Senator, Representative and
Delegate shall be entitled to receive the
difference only between their per diem
compensation already received under the
law now in force and the compensation
provided by this act.
SEC. 4. Ind dc IL ,1urihcr cnncicd, That
in the event of the death of any Senator,
Representative, or Delegate, prior to the
Congress, lie shall he neither entitled to
mileage or compensation and i'll the event
of dcatl, after the commencement Of any
session, his representatives shall be cntitlcd
to receive so much of Ills compensation,
computed ut the rate OF $4,000 per annum,
rs he may net have received, amd any mile
age that may have actually accrued and bc
due and unpaid.
SEC. S. L1m he II furiAcr enacted, That
if any books shall hereafter hc ordered TO
and received by members Of Congress, hv
n resolution of either or both Houses of
Congress, the price paid for the same shall
lie deducted from the compensation herein
before provided for such member or mem
not extend tc books ordered to be printed
by the public printer during the Congress
for which the said member shall have been
elected.
Sec. G. And he II .furthcr enacted, That
it shall hc the duty of the Scr.cant-;,t-arms
of the House. and Secretary Of the Senate.
respectively, to deduct from the monthly
payments of members us herein provided!
for, the amount Of his compensation for
each day that such member shall bc absent
from the House or Senate respectively, un-
less such Representative, Senator, or Dele,
gate shall assign as the reason for such ab.
sencc the sickness Of himself or Of som,
member Of lis family.
SEC. I. -1nd be IL .turthcr cn"cice', Tha,
all acts or parts Of acts inconsistent witt
or repugnant to the provisions Of this act
be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Portrait efJohm Hlmlrlcn.-Mr. Pcarcc
of Maryland, in the Senate on Thursday
submitted a letter from the Hon. Jainc
Buchanan TO him, enclosing .c;tcr from
John McG"gor, Esq. of London, pr, sent
ing 10 the Congress Of the United States
portrait Of John lIamplcn, the great cham
pion Of civil liberty in England. After ap
propriatc remarks in reference to the Gualii
Of the painting. rs well rs in regard to th
value of the gift, Mr.. l'carrc moved rcso
luton Of acceptance, and that the pnr.r;,i
he framed and placed i'll the executive man
sion. TO this Il unanimous assent was ~ivcr
This portrait Of Il worthy patriot, who's
pame has become the watchwnrl will. n
lovers of civil and religious, rrc,alom AN
popular privilege, was taken n, we ua..cl
stand, from the living snlirct. Some un
certainty seems to l'c attached to lis parent
ago, bu: the inquiry has L,en narrowc
down To- the two eminent painters, ar
thony Vanhyck and Sir Peter Iclv, cor
temporarics not "nIy of each other, hnt {
Cromwell, l1am"lcn and the ChasIcs's. I,
fidelity is un1ncsiioncd, and it therefore bt
comes rare and precious possession t
our government and people. The circuu
stance that Sir Peter Lrly painted Cromwell
rs the latter strictly ordered him, with a
the indnrations, warts and pinples on III;
iron visagc, may favor the idea that III
picture Of 1Iampden, WHO was Cromwell
cousin, is also Sir Peters. If it should S
be found, it cannot dctract from its valu
whilst it may even increase its interest, ft
Lely's merit was great and his rcputatio
deseryedly bigh.-Nqt MtelAgenccr.
The Panama R;ots.-A letter fro,
Washington says that the testimony take
1,v Mr. ft0r0,sr,