pensations be, and are hereby granted to the said officers respectively, from the commencement of the present year; that is to say.
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.
The Comptroller of the Treasury, three thousand five hundred dollars.
The Treasurer, three thousand dollars.
The Auditor of the Treasury, three thousand dollars.
The Commissioner of the Revenue, 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.
And the Assistant Postmaster General, one thousand seven hundred dollars. Which sums shall be respectively paid, quarterly, 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 no longer.
Approved, March 2, 1799.
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Chap. XXXIX.—An Act to erect a Beacon on Boon Island.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Treasury, under the direction of the President of the United States, be authorized, as soon as may be, to cause a beacon or monument to be erected on a ledge of rocks, called Boon Island, on the seacoast of the district of Maine; and that the sum of four hundred dollars be appropriated for the same, out of any monies in the treasury, not otherwise appropriated.
Approved, March 2, 1799.
Statute ⅠⅠⅠ.
Chap. XL.—An Act to regulate and fix the Compensation of Clerks.
Compensations of clerks in the departmetns of state, treasury, war, and the navy, may be varied, so as not to exceed limited sums.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretaries of the Treasury, State, War and Navy departments, shall be, and hereby are authorized and empowered, to vary the compensations heretofore established for clerks in their respective departments, in such manner as the services to be performed shall, in their judgment, require; any thing in any former act to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided always, that the whole amount of compensations for clerks, in the said departments, respectively, shall not exceed the following sums; that is to say: For the department of State, five thousand, nine hundred and fifty dollars: For the Treasury department, forty-two thousand, six hundred and twenty dollars, and thirty-four cents, that is to say, in the office of the Secretary of the treasury, five thousand, eight hundred and thirty-nine dollars, and eighty-one cents; in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, nine thousand and sixty-seven dollars, and eight cents; in the office of the auditor of the treasury, eight thousand, eight hundred and ten dollars, and ninety-three cents; in the office of the treasurer of the United States, two thousand, eight hundred and seventeen dollars and forty-five cents; in the office of the commissioner of the revenue, two thousand, eight hundred and forty-three dollars, and six cents; and in the office of the register of the treasury, thirteen thousand, two hundred and forty-two dollars, and one cents: For the department of War,
