United States Statutes at Large/Volume 5/27th Congress/1st Session/Chapter 22
Chap. XXII.—An Act making appropriations for outfits and salaries of diplomatic agents, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and the same are hereby appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, viz:
Outfits of ministers and charges d’affaires.For outfits of ministers to Russia, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil, and of charges d’affaires to Portugal, Denmark, Sardinia, Naples, Chili, and Texas, sixty-three thousand dollars.
Salaries of ministers.For salaries of ministers to Spain and Brazil, for the residue of the current year, eight thousand dollars.
Secretaries of legation.For salaries of the secretaries of legation to the same places, one thousand eight hundred dollars.
Extra pay to officers of Congress, &c.Also, so much as may be necessary to pay, for compensation, to the clerks and other officers in the service of the two Houses, the librarian and assistant librarians of Congress, the gate-keeper and lamp-lighter for the services rendered by them during the present extra session, three months’ additional pay; and to the messengers, assistant messengers, pages and laborers of the two Houses and Library of Congress, and to the hostler of the House of Representatives, the usual allowances made at the close of each session; and to each of the police of the Capitol, the same as to the messengers, to be paid under the direction of the Committee on the Contingent Fund of each House:Regular pay of messenger, off. Sec. of Senate and off. Clerk House of Reps. And the regular pay of the messenger of the office of the Secretary of the Senate, and office of the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall be equal to the pay of any other permanent messenger employed in the Capitol.
Approved, September 11, 1841.