Description: TO PASS THE AMENDED BILL, (1 STAT 216, APP. 3-3-1791), IN ADDITION TO AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SALARIES OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF THE GOVERNMENT, WITH THEIR ASSISTANTS AND CLERKS, WHICH BILL INCREASES THE SALARY OF THE CHIEF CLERK OF THE AUDITOR $200 A YEAR, AND THAT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY $400, A YEAR AND ALLOWS TO THE CLERKS EMPLOYED IN THE GOVERNMENT THEIR REASONABLE AND NECESSARY EXPENSES INCURRED BY THE REMOVAL OF CONGRESS FROM N.Y. TO PHILADELPHIA.
Original source documents: Annals of Congress vol. 2, p. 1778; Senate Journal vol. 1, p. 307;