United States Statutes at Large/Volume 1/5th Congress/3rd Session/Chapter 38
[Obsolete.]
Chap. XXXVIII.—An Act to augment the Salaries of the Officers therein mentioned.
1802, ch. 25.Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in lieu of the salaries heretofore allowed by law to the officers of the government of the United States, herein mentioned, the following annual compensations 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.