Show THE PRESETS PRESIDE SUM SALARY the question was asked three intelligent individuals the other day how much does the president ot of the united states slates receive each ye year ar as salary and traveling expenses and three different I 1 answers was the result none of the ans answers iNers being correct should the same ques question tion bo be propounded in tho the midst of a gathering of citizens upon any oc occasion cason without any previous announcement no so that none could take the time to look it up it would be interesting te to know just how many possessed the information the matter of s salary ilary of the president vice president senators and representatives cabinet officers and other public officials ought to he be of sufficient interest to every american so that he be would take the trouble to look it up and fix the answer firmly in his mind an employer usually knows how much he is paying tor for his help but citizens generally pay day no attention to the amount paid their public servants in looking over the world almanac for 1913 wo find the following the salary ot of tho the president ot of the united states was the cause of 0 discussion in the first congress in view of the tha fact act that the constitution declared that the president should receive compensation for his services washington had notified his fellow citizens that he desired no salary the limits suggested in congress ranged from to the salary was finally placed at and this remained the compensation until president grants second term march 3 1873 when it was increased to chapter ot of the laws ot of the second session of the fifty ninth congress approved march 1907 appropriated for traveling expenses of the president of the united states to be expended at his discretion and accounted for by his certificate solely in the second session of the sixtieth h congress the matter of increasing the presidents salary was again considered and it was decided that the presidents salary be fixed at a year president IV it 11 tatt tart was the first to enjoy the raise in wages as well as the special fund for traveling expenses the salary of the vice president is the salaries of the cabinet officers aro arc eacil each salaries cs of representatives are per annum and mileage leage of 0 20 cents per mile each way to and from seat of government salary of the speaker Is the salary of a senator is per annum and 20 20 cents per mile for traveling from and to the seat or of government ern ment the salary of the members of tho the supreme court is per annum for the chief justice and for each of the associate justices |