National opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1865-1874, 1870-12-23
Pay Of Government Officials.

An interesting tabular statement is in
course of preparation from authentic
sources, which will exhibit at a glance
the pay Of officers of the United States
government at various periods from 1889
down to the present time. 1t will show
that while the pay of some officers has
been increased three and four fold, other
salaries remain as they We're in 1889, and
still others as they were in 1929, without
an increase. The first change is that
which took place two years after the or
ganiZation of the government. At that
time members of Congress received rs
per day heads of departments 5000
and $4,000; Acknowledgement and the
Postmaster-Gene So, 600 each Comp
trollor, $500; Auditor, 5000 Regis
ter, 81, 400; Treasurer, $1,000; chief
clerks, $1,000; other clerks, $500; Sec
retary of the Senate l,750 Clerk of
the House of Representatives, 81 400 ;
Serleant-at-arms, 81 per day. In 1919,
bv an act of Congress, the pay of navy
officers was increased members of Con
gress received SS per day, or about ST.
800 per annum Secretary of tire Senate,
80, 900; Clerk of the House of Repre-
1000; Serjeant-at-Arms, 81 800 Cabi-
net officers, $1,000 Attorney General,
S3,5O0 Postmaster-General, $4,000 !;
Comptroller of the Treasury, the same
as i'll 1899; Register increased to the
same as Auditor, $1,000, and the Treas
urer the same. In 1853. Congress in
creased their pay to S3, 900, and the Cab
met to s., 900, leaving the bureau officers
without any increase. At this time sala-
ries are found relatively very greatly
changed. Secretaries or heads of de
partments receive IS, 900 per year mem
bers of Congress, 5000 Serleant-at-
Arms, 81, 800 an increase of over four
hundred per cent Bureau officers in the
War Department in 1920 received as fol-
lows: diutant-General, 81, 7SS in
1870, S6,S9O. Paymaster-General, in
1920, $500; in 1870, $3.50 others,
the same Auditors IN the Treasury De
partmelt in 1870 received 5000 in
1870, the same, 5000 Second Comp
troller in 1920, $1,000; in 1870, $4,000,
The Treasurer received i'll 1870, 5000
in 1870, s.. 800 The Register received
i'll 1920, 81, 600 the same in 1870. The
Solicitor of the Treasury and the AssIs-
tant Secretaries have had no increase foI
over half a century and now receive
only -, 800. while all the officers APP
pointed under laws passed since the WA
are more literally paid. Commissioners
nf internal Revenue, $4,000; Deputy
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue, So,
800. Comptroller of the Currency re.
ceives 5000. Solicitor of Internal Rev
enue. 81, 600, being $500 more than the
Solicitor OF the Treasury Department
receives. Bureau officers of the Interior
Department, Commissioners of Indian
Affairs, of the Land Office, and of Pen
sious, receive $500, the same that was
given when the Office was created. In
the Postofiice Department are found the
same salaries to the assistants as were
given to them when the offices were Gre
ntcd, without any increase, namely So
900 In 1899 ordinary clerks received
only $500 per wear now clerks receive
from 81 2O0 To $1,000. The table from
which these facts are derived will be val
liable for reference, as it embraces al
the important offices at the seat of gov.
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