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More about The Grab Law.
We have shown 10y citations from the act
Of March 3. 1873 Making appropriations
Tor the Legislative. Executive. and Judicial
rNpcr.cS Of the Government for the year
ending June -. 1sil," how the regular
salaries and the increased salaries of the
President Nicc-irc-idout, cabinet. Su-
pt,mc Court, Assistant Secretaries Au-
ditur-, Rogisttr Commissioners, Architect,
aud uincr evil officers, were voted dis
tiuctly and separately in the same law.
They stand side by side rs if to rchukc
each other, and to make TIA, shame more
hrnlcn.
In order TO complete the examination of
this most anomalous statue, which stands
without parallel in the history Of lcgi.la-
ton, and is moustrous H. precedent. it
only rcunius To- exhibit that part of it
which refers 10 Congress aud the en-
ployc,s of the senate and House Of Repre-
scntativcs. The lill rs originally prcscut-
cd contained the usual giants FOR pay and
mileage. and they stand now precisely as
reported from the Committee on Appro-
priations. See appendix to congressional
Glob,, Laws of the United states, page 2js.l
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"ror comrcn.aiion and mileage ofscnator. tourhun.
drc1 ANA u,t thousand dollars
"uoVsE oF HErRrsENr,rtvrs.
" For CONDENSATION and mileage IT members - The
r % H' M s Ss@id @Hi and Ia, & ra
lar, TIE same to be available from and after the nrst
And icr@aJ T RcSfcscntatv,s snd narsntcs sieet To-
Be- & eG ' w ne S'e ecR K t Sf S iS II e 70 IN e eSrc S
Hniaitgs 10 na,.otanc, With tr iryssions of the aci
Gampcr,a9n @ moniny fTgm tue b. 'einqsri Of .lsir
sirui M un ans psph'S v f@t, w. 15't m t 'ssi9h @
row in w.. 90 tc sisucl - ~. % o'ut Ho. 70
scycn 10 jhc ccrtncate ~ he ,Ht,r under EXISTING
E% i. lhal TO- ss,f ,... g 4, m OF g. & -
such holder Of certificate ~ c,ruun vu b. contest.
Ses cect a so i.'5 q. 10 G' eS'c i' r. % H. dSi c
have D'gn .Horn n a. member or until such contest
I'm these lat clauses, the usage of the
House OF Representatives is entirely set
aside, ana the clerk, a subordinate and
not member, l. clothed with an author-
Is superior to that hithcrto exercised by
the speaker. III, certificate entities Il per-
sou rot yet qualified rs n member Ia draw
pay hom the beginning of tho term until
the ilst session of the Cougrcs, without
question; while formerly and properly the
member could only draw pay after being
sworn in a. such. and hc NJ 80 certified lay
the speaker. There was a partisan as well
rs pccmiary purpose in this radical
Caau-v winch j. consistent with the other
t,atul,- of this b,ll of ahomiuatiou~.
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rr.u,h on,c NJ me rasslrc ~ ms ret ana whose
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sc,t a nv i.I W M ily ,,.1 ana I,,%GTNSy tr,
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can rum mp when they are 10 be footed 10y
'"N's cAl"ltt"l from thc people Tor scauda-
i'n' 'A'I"N1t ah'r'
l''Ir' lh'h' are TWO sets of nprlopria-
~ ''' i'i the pay 81 congress ia the same
10 ana upon the sam" page. Ana what il
most remarkable. there is no repeating
clause 'th'.'d I" either. They both stand
"h"h am 'Iu" Io"ilng in LEGAL cont"mpla-
u'h' 10 max" the complication greater,
the clause Increasing tie salary ana allow
ne the back pay Is jumhlcd in between
tie regular appropriation for the Senate
ana that Tor the House, 50 that It follow, II
III one case ana prccodc~ If in the other.
NOW what Incomes OF senator tARPEN-
TER argument IN presence Of these facts