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Chap. XCIX. — An Ad to authorize the Postmaster General to erect an additionalbuilding, and employ jive additional clerks.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America, in Congress assembled, That the Postmaster Genera]be authorized to have erected an additional building for the use of thedepartment of the general post-office, and of the patent office; and thathe be also authorized to employ five additional clerks, with a salary of onethousand dollars each.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That the sum of twelve thousanddollars be appropriated to defray the cost of erecting the aforesaid build-ing, and the sum of five thousand dollars to pay the salaries of the afore-said clerks; to be paid out of any money in the treasury not otherwiseappropriated.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. C.— An Act allowing compensation to the members of the legislature of theterritory of Arkansas , and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America , in Congress assembled , That there shall be paidto each member of the two branches of the legislature of the territory ofArkansas three dollars a day for each day he shall actually attend the.session thereof; and, also, three dollars for every twenty-five miles’ travel,in going to and returning from such session; to be computed by theactual distance from the place where such member resides to the placewhere the session of the legislature shall be held, which said distance shallbe distinctly certified by the governor of said territory : Provided , however,That no member shall be entitled to, or shall receive compensation, fordaily attendance, for more than thirty days in every two years; or forgoing to and returning from said legislature, more than once in said twoyears.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That there shall be paid once intwo years, seven hundred and twenty dollars, to the governor of saidterritory, to be applied towards defraying the incidental expenses of thelegislature, in such manner as the said legislature shall direct.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted , That there be, and is hereby,appropriated out of any moneys not otherwise appropriated, the sum offour hundred and eighty dollars to the district judge of the state of Mis-souri , and to each of the judges of the superior court for the territory ofArkansas , for their extra services as land commissioners from the twenty-sixth day of May, eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, to the thirty-firstday of December next.
Sec. 4. And be it further enacted , That for the contingent expensesof the Senate for the year eighteen hundred and twenty-eight, in additionto the sum heretofore appropriated, the sum of fifteen thousand dollarsbe, and the same hereby is, appropriated, to be paid out of any unappro-priated money in the treasury.
Approved, May 24, 1828.
Chap. CL— An Act to provide for opening and making a military road in thestate of Maine .
Pe it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the UnitedStates of America , in Congress assembled , That the President of the Uni-ted States be, and he is hereby, authorized to cause a military road to be
Statute I.
May 24, 1828.
An additionalbuilding to beerected, andfive clerks to beappointed.
Appropriationfor the erectionof the building,&c.
Statute I.May 24, 1828.
Compensationof the membersof the legisla-ture of the ter-ritory of Arkan-sas for attend-ance.
Proviso.
720 dollars tobe paid the go-vernor bienni-ally for certainpurposes.
480 dollars ap-propriated tothe districtjudge of thestate of Mis-souri , &c.
Statute I.
May 24, 1828.
President tocause a mili-tary road to beopened.