The Washington herald., 1916-11-29
congress RAISED PAY
OF CLERKS y 1866
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s.i.nr nor the present abnormal high
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an it was 80 years ago.
-ent conditions have largely in
-Ased the expenses of the government,
Jut these expenses are small as compared
with the annual expenses that were In
CURED during the four years of the Civil
War. REGULAR READER.
Joint resolution passed by Congress and
approved February Is, 1867, follows:
(No. 3O). Joint resolution giving addi-
tional compensation to certain
employees in the Civil Service OF
the government at Washington
Be 1t resolved by the Senate and House
OF Representatives OF the United States
OF America in Congress assmbled, That
there shall be allowed and paid, out OF
any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated. to the following described
persons. now employed in the civil service
OF the United States at Washington, a
follows: To civil officers, temporary and
all other clerks, messengers and watch
men, including enlisted men detailed az
such. to be computed upon the gross
amount OF the compensation received by
them. and employees, male and female, in
the executive mansion, and in any of the
following named departments or any bu-
reau or division thereof to wit: State
Treasury, War, Navy, Interior, Post
Office, Attorney General, Agricultural
and including civil officers, and tenn
porary and all other clerks and en-
ployes male and female in the Of
fices OF the coast survey naval observa-
tory, navy yard, arsenal. paymaster-gen-
eral. including the division of referred
claims, commissary general OF prisoners
bureau Of refugees. freedmen and aband-
oned lands. Quartermasters. Capitol and
Treasury extension. city postoffice. and
commissioner of public buildings, to the
photographer and assistant photographer
Of the Treasury Department, to the sup
erintendent of meters, and to lamp light
ers under the commissioner Of public
buildings, an additional compensation OF
D per centum on their respective salaries
as fixed by law. or, where no salary is
fixed by law. upon their pay respectively
for one year from and after the thirtietf
day Of June, eighteen hundred and sixty
six, but when any of said persons II OF
shall be only entitled to receive salary
or pay for q part of said year. the said
twenty per centum shall be computed on
The amount such person is SO entitled to
receive for services in any or all of said
departments or offices within said year
Provided, That the above-named addi-
donal compensation to the employees o1
the patent ofrice shall be paid out of the
funds Of said office: Provided further
That this resolution shall not apply tc
persons whose salaries as fixed by Law
exceed $500 per annum.
Section two. And be 1t further provided
That all acts or parts OF acts heretofore
passed authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to apportion or distribute among
the clerks of his department any sum Of
money by way of additional pay or com.
'ensation are hereby repealed.
Approved, February IS, 1867. CU. S
Stat, Vol. 1HP. 569)