quarterly; and the sum of two thousand two hundred and fifty dollars is hereby appropriated for the said compensation, during the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve, to be paid out of any monies in the treasury not otherwise appropriated—and the said commissioner shall have the same privilege with the comptroller of the treasury, of sending and receiving letters and packages, and also final certificates and patents for land, free of postage.
Clerks to be employed.
Proviso.Sec. 12. And be it further enacted, That the commissioner of the land-office shall be authorized to employ a sufficient number of clerks: Provided, that their annual compensation shall not exceed in the whole, seven thousand dollars; and the said compensation shall be paid in the following manner during the year one thousand eight hundred and twelve; that is to say: three thousand eight hundred dollars shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for the compensation of clerks, during said year, in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury; one thousand four hundred dollars shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for the compensation of clerks, during said year, in the office of the Secretary of State: and three hundred dollars shall be paid out of the monies appropriated for the compensation of clerks, during said year, in the office of the Secretary of War.
Approved, April 25, 1812.
Statute Ⅰ.
Chap. LXIX.—An Act to revive and continue in force “An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the Revolutionary War,” and for other purposes.[1]
- ↑ Acts relative to Revolutionary Invalid Pensions:—An act providing for the payment of the invalid pensioners of the United States. (Expired.) September 29, 1789, chap. 24.An act further to provide for the payment of the invalid pensioners of the United States. (Expired.) July 16, 1790, chap. 27.An act to provide for the settlement of the claims of widows and orphans, barred by the limitations heretofore established, and to regulate the claims to invalid pensions. (Obsolete.) March 23, 1792, chap. 11.An act to regulate the claims to invalid pensions. (Obsolete.) February 28, 1793, chap. 17.An act concerning invalids. (Obsolete.) June 7, 1794, chap. 57.Resolution. (Obsolete.) June 9, 1794.Resolution. (Obsolete.) April 18, 1796.An act to make provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the revolutionary war. (Repealed.) March 3, 1803, chap. 37.An act for the relief of certain military pensioners in the state of South Carolina. (Obsolete.) March 3, 1804, chap. 18.An act in addition to “an act making provision for persons that have been disabled by known wounds received in the actual service of the United States, during the revolutionary war,” March 3, 1805, chap. 44.An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war, April 10, 1806, chap. 25.An act to revive and continue in force, “an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war,” and for other purposes. (Expired.) April 25, 1812, chap. 69.An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the Untied States, in the revolutionary war, March 18, 1818, chap. 18.An act concerning invalid pensioners. (Expired.) March 3, 1819, chap. 97.An act in addition to an act entitled, “An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, in the revolutionary war,” passed the 18th day of March, 1818, May 1, 1820, chap. 51.An act to revive and continue in force, “an act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war,” and for other purposes. (Expired.) May 15, 1820, ch. 108.An act to revive and continue in force an act entitled, “An act to provide for persons who were disabled by known wounds received in the revolutionary war.” (Expired.) February 4, 1822, chap. 6.An act supplementary to the acts providing for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States, March 3, 1823, chap. 58.An act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution, May 15, 1828, chap. 53.An act supplementary to the “act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the army of the revolution,” June 7, 1832, chap. 126.
