Chapter CLXVIII. *concerning the Pay Department of the Army.* Aug. 12, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Paymaster-General Certain paymasters to be allowed a commission on the sums disbursed by them.be, and he is hereby, a
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Chap. CLXVIII.— An Act *concerning the Pay Department of the Army.* Aug. 12, 1848. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Paymaster-General Certain paymasters to be allowed a commission on the sums disbursed by them.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 Not to exceed $1000.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 Paymasters’ clerks may be allowed an annual salary of $700 in lieu of pay now received.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. Approved, August 12, 1848.