Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-10-22
ublic Sc.
AN ACT to regulate the compensacn Of members Of Con


Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
bIed That the improvisation of each SENATOR representa-
aud de eatc in Congress shall he six thousand dollars
for each Congress- and mileage provided by law for
sessions only to be paid following to wit
the first day of each regular session each SENATOR repre-
sentative delegate shall receive his mileage for
son and the I'll day of each month thereafter during
such session. compensation the of three Thousand
dollars rer dulng the continuance of such session.
and at the cnd OF such he shall receive the residue
Of his salary due to him such time the rate aforesaid
still and at the BEGINNING of the ond regular
delegate shall receive his mileage for such second session
and monthly during such session a. the rate
of ,hres thousand dollars per till the fourth day of
March terminating the Congress and that day dach
senator, representative and delegate shall be entitled to
ceve balance of the thousand dollars not there
tore paid in the said monthly nstancnts above dir
ected
SEC g. And be further enacted That the President of
the Senate pro tempore when there shall be Vice Pre-
sdent, the Vice President shall have become President
the United ales shall receive the compensation proy-
ded by law the Vice President and the Speaker
House Representatives shall double the comp
sation absve provided for representatives, payable the
and in the above provided payment the
compensation of representatives
SEC. g. And be it further enacted That this law shall
and delegate shall be entitled 10 receive the difference
only between their per dim compensation already received
under the law in force and he compensation provided
SEC And be it further enacted That IN the event of
the death of SENATOR representative delegate prior
he of the first session of the Congress
he shall be neither entitled to mileage compensation and
sion representatives shall be entitled receive much
of his computed the of three thousand
dollars per annum as he not have received and any
mileage that may have actually accrued and be due and I'm.
| paid
SBc 5. And be it further enacted That if any books
shall hereafter be ordered 70 and received by members Of
Congress by resolution Of either or both houses of Con-
gress the price paid for the shall be deducted from
the compensation hereiubeore provided for such member
members: Provided, however, That this shall not
tend to books ordered be printed by the public printer
during the Congress for which the said member shall have
| been elected
SEC. g. And be it further enacted That shall be the
duty of the SergeantaArms of the Bouse and Secretary
Of the Senate respectively deduct from the monthly pay
his compensation for each day such member shall
absent from the House Senate respectively such
representative delegate ssl the
for such absence the sickness of himself or of some
| member of his family "a
SEC. And be further enacted Ths all acs or parts
of inconsistent with repugnant do the provisions
this act, be and the hereby repeald
Approved August 16, 1856.
AN ACT to amend the acts regulating the fees COSTS
other judicial expenses OF the government in the States
Be enacted the Senate and House of
OF the Unit ed States Of America in Congress assembled
That hereafter before the the United States
marshas district attorneys aud clerks presented
ement they shall be examined and certified to by the dis
rct judge of the United States in the district in which thu
officers presenting the accounts ocate whether in th
vision their merits by said accounting officers as ii
case OF other public accounts Provided however That
the order Of any judge commits oner shall reexa
mined as TO charge asy marshal for taxation
Il SEC And be it further enacted That the accounts
the commissonsf the United States circuit courts shall
be examined and to by the district judge 81 the die
ret IN which they are appointed previous
ation t or revision by, the acrcounting officers Of Il,
II lro Pc scehIHgnp.j ass.sH