ACTS OF THE TWENTIETH CONGRESS
of the
UNITED STATES,
Passed at the first session, which was begun and held at the City of Washington, in the District of Columbia, on Monday the first day of December, 1828, and ended on the twenty-sixth day of May, 1829.
John Quincy Adams, President; J. C. Calhoun, Vice President of the United States, and President of the Senate; Samuel Smith, President of the Senate, pro tempore; Andrew Stevenson, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Chapter I.—An Act making appropriations for the support of government, for the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine.
Appropriation for service of first quarter, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby, respectively appropriated, for the service of the first quarter of the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine; that is to say:
Compensation to members of Senate, &c.For compensation to the senators and members of the House of Representatives, their officers, and clerks, and for the contingent expenses of both Houses of Congress, four hundred and sixty-five thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight dollars.
Expenses of library and Librarian, &c.For expenses of the library of Congress, including the salary of the librarian, four hundred and eighty-seven dollars and fifty cents.
President.For compensation to the President of the United States, six thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Vice President.For compensation to the Vice President of the United States, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Secretary of State.For compensation to the Secretary of State, one thousand five hundred dollars.
Clerks.
1818, ch. 87.For compensation to the clerks in the Department of State, per act of twentieth April, one thousand eight hundred and eighteen, three thousand nine hundred and seventy-five dollars.
1827, ch. 50.For compensation to clerks in said Department, per act of second of March, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven, one thousand one hundred dollars.
Messengers.For compensation to the messengers in the Department of State, including the messenger in the patent office, in full of all allowances, three hundred and sixty-two dollars and fifty cents.
Machinist in patent office.
1824, ch. 157.For compensation to one machinist in the patent office, per act of twenty-sixth of May, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-four, one hundred and seventy-five dollars.
