United States Statutes at Large/Volume 3/16th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 54
Chap. LIV.—An Act to increase the allowance of the judges of the Orphans’ Court in the counties of Washington and Alexandria.
Each judge of the orphans’ court in the District of Columbia, allowed 6 dollars for each day he attends, &c.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the passing of this act, the judge of the orphans’ court for the county of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and the judge of the orphans’ court for the county of Alexandria, in the same district, shall each be entitled to receive, in lieu of his present compensation, the sum of six dollars for every day he shall attend in the execution of his office: to be paid in the same manner as is now by law directed.
Approved, May 1, 1820.