Chapter XXX. *providing a Commission to examine and report as to the Compensation of all Officers of the Government, and for other Purposes.* July 31, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That for the purpose of scaling,Board of
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Chap. XXX.— An Act *providing a Commission to examine and report as to the Compensation of all Officers of the Government, and for other Purposes.* July 31, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That for the purpose of scaling,Board of Commissioners to equalize and reduce pay of officers of Government, appointment and duty of equalizing, and reducing the compensation of the various officers of the Government, a Board of Commissioners is hereby organized, to be composed as follows:
Of two members of the Senate, to be appointed by the presiding officer of the Senate; three members of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by the Speaker of the House; one officer of the navy and one officer of the army, to be appointed by the President. That said Board shall examine and report, as soon as practicable: First, a fair and just compensation for each officer of the Government; second, such provisions of law as will regulate the expenditure of all indefinite1862, ch. 52. *Post*, p. 316. and contingent appropriations, including those for the courts of the United States; third, regulations for the more economical collection of the revenue; fourth, what officers or employments, if any, may be dispensed with without detriment to the public service.
Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted,* That said commission have leave 284THIRTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 31, 32, 33, 34. 1861May report to next session of Congress, and employ a clerk.to report by bill or bills or otherwise, to each House at the next session of Congress, and have leave to employ a clerk, at a compensation not to exceed four dollars per day for the time actually needed. Approved, July 31, 1861. Chapter XXXI: to increase the Medical Corps of the Navy. 11 Stat. 284 1861-07-31 Chapter XXXI Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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*providing a Commission to examine and report as to the Compensation of all Officers of the Government, and for other Purposes.* July 31, 1861. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That for the purpose of scaling,Board of
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