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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 2 STAT. · February 20, 1804 · Chapter XII

Chapter XII. *continuing far a limited time, the salaries of the officers if government therein mentioned.*(*a*)(*a*) See vol. i. 67Feb. 20, 1804. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That from and after theSalaries of Civil List

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Chap. XII.— An Act *continuing far a limited time, the salaries of the officers if government therein mentioned.*(*a*)(*a*) See vol. i. 67Feb. 20, 1804. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That from and after theSalaries of Civil List.Secretary of State.Secretary of the Treasury.Secretary at War.Secretary of the Navy.Attorney-General.Comptroller of the Treasury.Treasurer.Auditor of the Treasury.Register of the Treasury.Accountant of the War department.Accountant of the Navy department.Postmaster-General.Assistant Postmaster-General.Limited to three years. last day of December, one thousand eight hundred and three, the following annual compensations, and no other, be, and they are hereby granted to the officers herein enumerated, respectively, that is to say :
To the Secretary of State, five thousand dollars. The Secretary of the Treasury, five thousand dollars. The Secretary of War, four thousand five hundred dollars. The Secretary of the Navy, four thousand five hundred dollars. The Attorney-General, three thousand dollars.(*b*)(*b*) See vol. i. 72, 497, 730. The Comptroller of the Treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars. The Treasurer, three thousand dollars. The Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand dollars. The Register of the Treasury, two thousand four hundred dollars.
The Accountant of the War department, two thousand dollars. The Accountant of the Navy department, two thousand dollars. The Postmaster-General, three thousand dollars,(*c*)(*c*) See vol. i, 235, 358. and The Assistant Postmaster-General, one thousand seven hundred dollars; which sums shall be respectively paid quarter-yearly, at the treasury of the United States. Sec. 2. *And be it further enacted*, That this act shall continue in force for three years, and from thence until the end of the next session of Congress thereafter, and no longer.
Approved, February 20, 1804.
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