United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/24th Congress/2nd Session/Chapter 43
Chap. XLIII.—An Act to continue the office of Commissioner of Pensions.
1840, ch. 4.
Continued to March 4, 1840.Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the office of commissioner of Pensions shall be, and the same is hereby continued, until the fourth day of March, eighteen hundred and forty.
A commissioner to be appointed by the President, &c.Sec. 2. And be it further enacted, That a Commissioner of Pensions shall be appointed by the President of the United States, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate; and that he shall execute, under the direction of the Secretary of War, such duties in relation to the various pension laws as may be prescribed by the President.
His salary, &c.
Act of March 3, 1845, ch. 43.Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, That the said Commissioner shall receive an annual salary of three thousand dollars; and have the privilege of sending and receiving letters and packets by mail free of postage.
Approved, March 3, 1837.