BE IT ENACTED by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of American
in Congress assembled, THATthe Pay master General be, and he is hereby, authorized to allow any of the paymasters
of the Army, who shall have been employed in the payment of volunteers during the
late war with Mexico, such a commission, not exceeding one half of one per centum
on all sums disbursed by them as aforesaid, as he shall deem a reasonable compensation
for the risk and labor attending such service: Provided, That the said commission
to any one paymaster shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum from the commencement
to the close of the war.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the said paymaster General may, in his discretion,
allow to any paymaster’s clerk, in lieu of the pay now allowed by law, an annual salary
of seven hundred dollars.
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Secretary.
Passed the Senate, July 7, 1848.
Attest
Asbury Dickins—Attest
Secretary.
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S. 308.
An act concerning the Pay Department of the Army.
An act concerning the Pay Department of the Army.
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Clerk
In the House of Representatives U. S.
August 12 1848
Resolvted That this bill do pass
Attest
Tho J CampbellAugust 12 1848
Resolvted That this bill do pass
Attest
Clerk
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Partially Printed Document, 2 page(s), Volume 469, RG 46, Entry 427: Records of the United States Senate, Thirtieth Congress, 1847-1849, Records of Legislative Proceedings, Bills and Resolutions Originating in the Senate, Senate Bills and Resolutions Upon Which Further Action Was Taken, 1847-1849, NAB