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Show ' 5Pf " ' '"""" v Pay of United States Officials. For seventy-seven years the pay of a congressman of the United States was $G a day whllo In attondanco upon a session and for $0 for each twenty miles in going and coming. Doublo pay was granted to tho speaker speak-er of the house. The president's salary sal-ary until 1S73 was $25,000, when It was lncrpnsod (for Grant's Becond terra) to $50,000, Tho vice-president received $5,000, tho chief justlco $4,000 and department heads less. In 180C tho pay of senators and representatives representa-tives was raised to $5,000 a year, with mileage at 20 cents a mile going and coming. Tho salaries of the speaker and vice-president was raised to $8,000. Dolegato Jonah K. Knlanlana-olo Knlanlana-olo of Hawaii has to traved nearly 10,-900 10,-900 mtles to get to Washington and hack, and his mileage is $2,180. |