Show THE PRESIDENTS SALARY President salary check was RS for tor tho the sum of ot This la is the pay of ot a President Ire of ot the tha United States for tor or seventeen days day President ent noose Roose Roosevelt velt volt took tho the oath of ot office about 2 in the afternoon of ot September U 14 4 President McKinley having died dIede early arly e In the morning of o the some same d day y Under Un er the law Mr Roosevelt is entitled to o full tull pay ny for tor the tho day on which he bo I N I I W rI I took the oath of at office The Tho estate o of ot President McKinley will bo be paid by bycheck bycheck bycheck check the tho sum oum of ot being the time pay par for tor tho the first eighteen days of ot September Sep September September Prom From this time on President Roosevelt will be paid by tho the day that la is to say aay his chocks checks Ch Ck at nt tho mho end cad of ot each month will vary according to tho the num number bet ber nf of days lu 11 tho the month the sums down doun to the tho cents tents being fixed axed by b the time lal treasury tables which are nN used in paying all nil government employee Hitherto the time President was the tho only exception to this tits system Ills III month monthly ly Iy checks were made mado out for tor one twelfth ot or and varied only to tho the extent of ot a 1 single cent during each quarter This variation was wan always carefully attended attendee to and President Cleveland CI once ones received ft a t treasury warrant for tor 1 cont cant which he still keeps M as a souvenir The sudden BUdden death of at President developed th lh the na us J hW N WW for tor keeping the accounts account of at the chief executive as o carefully as aa those of ot othis his subordinates Owing to the fact tact that President had been paid for tor oven months Instead nd of or at lit the dally dailY rate n a perplexing qUI of ot arithmetic tic came up aa as to dividing the amount for tor the tho month of ot ton Correspondence Chicago Tribune Tribuna |