Laws of the Republic of Texas, in two volumes. Volume 01. Page: 70
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ceive the same compensation and milage as the members and
officers of the present congress.
Chief Clerks of both houses, per diem, six dollars.
Foreign Ministers, four thousand five hundred dollars outfit:
five thousand dollars salary per annum.
Consuls, perquisites.
Secretary of Legation, two thousand dollars.
Assistant Clerks, per diem, six dollars.
RB porter, per diem, eight dollars.
Sergeant-at-Arms, per diem, five dollars.
Translator for Congress, per diem, five dollars.
Door Keeper, per diem, five dollars.
SEc. 2. Be it further enacted, That the heads of departments
be furnished with offices, stationary, fuel, lights, &c., at the expense
of government.
SEC. 3. Be it further enacted, That no portion of the above
salaries, or pay of members of congress, shall be allowed except
.in equal ratio with the payments made the officers and soldiers
of the army and navy. Provided, however, that this section
shall not extend to the reporters and clerks of either house of
,congress, or to the clerks of any of the departments of the government,
or the translator and interpreter, the sergeant-at-arms.
and the door keepers of either house of congress.
SEC. 4. 1nd be it further enacted, That all secretaries of
legation be excluded from the operation of the third section of
this act,
IRA INGRAM,
Speaker of the house of representatives.
RICHARD ELLIS,
President pro. tern. of the senate.
Approved, Dec. 9, 1836.
SAM. HOUSTON.
AN ACT,
Relinquishing one league and labor of Land to Michael B. MJenard
and others, on the east end of Galveston Island.
SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives
of the republic of Texas, in congress assembled, That all the
right, title, and claim which the government of Texas has to one
league and one labor of land, lying and situate on, and including
the east end of Galveston Island, be, and the same is hereby re
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