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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · Jan. 17, 1811 · Chapter IV

Chapter IV. *to fix the compensation of the additional assistant Postmaster-General.*Jan. 17, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*An additional assistant Postmaster-General to be appointed with a salary of sixteen hundred dollars

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Chap. IV.— An Act *to fix the compensation of the additional assistant Postmaster-General.*Jan. 17, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*An additional assistant Postmaster-General to be appointed with a salary of sixteen hundred dollars.1810, ch. 37. That the additional assistant Postmaster-General, authorized by the act “regulating the post-office establishment,” shall receive an annual salary of sixteen hundred dollars, payable quarter-yearly at the treasury of the United States, to be computed from the time at which he may have entered upon the execution of the duties of his office.
Approved, January 17, 1811. Chapter VII: to authorize the Secretary at War to ascertain and settle by the appointment of Commissioners, the exterior line of the Public Land at West Point, with the adjoining proprietor. 2 Stat. 615 1811-01-22 Chapter VII Charles C. Little and James Brown 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. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 11 3 public
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*to fix the compensation of the additional assistant Postmaster-General.*Jan. 17, 1811. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,*An additional assistant Postmaster-General to be appointed with a salary of sixteen hundred dollars
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