Salary of Executive and State House Officers. TITLE II. APPROPRIATIONS. Executive House offi cers An Act taking appropriations for the Executive, Legislative and Judicial expenses of the Government, and for other purposes herein mentioned, for the year eighteen hundred and seventy-six. Compensa SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That the following sums of money tion of the be, and the same are hereby, appropriated to the persons and for and State the purposes respectively hereinafter mentioned: For compensation of the Governor of the State, four thousand dollars; for compensation of the Secretary of State, two thousand dollars; for compensation of the Comptroller General, two thousand dollars; for compensation of State Treasurer, two thousand dollars; for compensation of Clerk for Secretary of State, Clerk for State Treasurer, and two Clerks for Comptroller General, sixteen hundred dollars each; for compensation of the State Librarian, twelve hundred dollars; for compensation of the Attorney General, two thousand dollars; for compensation of the Secretaries of the Executive Department, eighteen hundred dollars each. Legislative SEC. II. Be it further enacted, That the sum of five hundred Compensation of the dollars, in addition to the salary of five hundred dollars allowed by clerical de- the Code, is appropriated to each the Secretary of the Senate and partment the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and neither of said officers shall receive any per diem or mileage-in consideration of which they shall each bring up all the unfinished business of their respective offices, and shall, within twenty days after they are finished, deliver to the Public Printer a full and complete index to the printed journals of their respective houses, and neither of said officers shall receive from the State Treasury any other emoluments or pay whatever; for compensation of the Journalizing Clerks of the House and Senate, seven hundred and fifty dollars each, and the Assistant Secretary of the Senate and the Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, seven hundred and fifty dollars each; for compensation of the Constitutional Clerks of the Senate and House of Representatives for services actually rendered, eight Judicial Department-Sa'aries. dollars per day, and Authorized Clerks, seven dollars per day, without mileage to either, upon the certificate of the Chairman of the Committee of Enrollment of the Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, of the number of days each Clerk has per formed. tion of offi ture SEC. III. Be it further enacted, That for the compensation of Compensathe President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Repre-cers, memsentatives, ten dollars per diem, each, during the session of the bers and employees of General Assembly, and the mileage now allowed by law; for com- the Legislapensation of the members of the General Assembly, during the session, seven dollars per diem, each, and the same mileage as allowed the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives; of the Door Keeper of the Senate and Door Keeper of the House, and Messenger of the Senate and Messenger of the House, eight dollars per diem; for compensation of the Assistant Door and Gallery Keepers, seven dollars per diem, without mileage; for compensation of two porters for sweeping and cleaning the hall and galleries of the Senate and House of Representatives and attendance on committees, four dollars per diem, each; for compensation of one page of the Senate and three pages of the House of Representatives, three dollars per diem, each; for compensation of Isaac Hill for services in keeping the water closets at the Capitol, three dollars per diem; for compensation of Thomas Stafford for attending on committee rooms, two dollars per day; for compensation of the Chaplains of the Senate and House of Representatives, the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars is appropriated by each house. tion of Ju partment SEC. IV. Be it further enacted, That the compensation for the CompensaJudicial Department shall be as follows: For compensation of the dicial deJudges of the Supreme Court, thirty-five hundred dollars, each; for compensation of the Judges of the Superior Courts, twentyfive hundred dollars, each; for compensation of the Solicitors General for the several Circuits, two hundred and fifty dollars, each; for compensation of the Reporter of the decisions of the Supreme Court, one thousand dollars; for compensation of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, for printing, stationery, purchasing record books, and binding the opinions of the Court, seven hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. SEC. V. Be it further enacted, That the appropriation for mis cellaneous purposes shall be as follows: For compensation of the Trustees of the Lunatic Asylum, each three hundred dollars; for compensation of the Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary, two thousand dollars; to defray the expenses of the Academy of the Blind, and for salary of its officers, repairs, etc., thirteen thousand dollars, and for the erection of a workshop and salesroom, four thousand dollars; for the support of the Institution of the Deaf and Dumb, sixteen thousand five hundred dollars; for the support and maintenance of the State Lunatic Asylum and its inmates, Miscellanepriations ous appro Clerical force of Ex. funds Pay of Clerical Force-Executive Department. ninety-nine thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, and the Governor is authorized to make at the commencement and middle of each quarter a safe advance to cover the cost of supplies and incidental expenses needed for that quarter: Provided, that the Governor shall require of the Superintendent and Resident Physician a quarterly itemized statement of all the expenditures, which statement shall be furnished the Board of Trustees for the Asylum; for compensation of the Resident Physician of the State Lunatic Asylum, twenty-five hundred dollars; for compensation of the Superintendent of Public Works, fifteen hundred dollars; for the maintenance and care of the public buildings in Milledgeville, the State House and Governor's Mansion in Atlanta, for coal, wood, gas and insurance, and the hire of servants, ten thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; and that the Superintendent of Public Works is hereby required to render to the Governor, annually, an itemized statement of expenditures under this appropriation; for the payment of the interest on the public debt and to redeem maturing bonds, seven hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary; also, the sum of twenty dollars is hereby appropriated to pay the expenses. of each member of the Joint Committee on the Lunatic Asylum for visiting that institution during the present session; and the sum of fifteen dollars to pay the expenses of each of the Joint Committee on the Deaf and Dumb Asylum for visting that institution during the present session, to be paid out on an itemized account of actual expenses; and the sum of seventy-five dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, on an itemized account of actual expenses, be appropriated to pay the expenses of the committee visiting the Academy of the Blind. SEC. VI. Be it further enacted, That the sum of six thousand Dep't, etc dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for expenses of the clerical force in the Executive Department; that twelve hundred dollars be appropriated to pay the Clerk in Wild Land office; that the sum of twenty Contingent thousand dollars be appropriated for the contingent fund; that the and printi'g sum of twenty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated for the printing fund, and the sum of seven hundred and sixty dollars and fifty-five cents, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated to pay the bill for stationery for the General Assembly; that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be approSafe for priated to purchase a fire-proof safe for the Comptroller General's Generals of office; that the sum of fifteen hundred dollars be appropriated for the Board of Health of the State of Georgia, to be applied in the manner and for the purposes set forth in an act approved February 25th, 1875, and that the sum of three hundred dollars be appropriated for the publication of the report and transactions of said Board of Health; that the sum of five hundred dollars be appro Comptroller fice Board of Health Certain Bonds void. Chemical priated for the purpose of replenishing the apparatus of the chemical laboratory of the Department of Agriculture, and supply chemi- apparatus cals for the soil and mineral analysis, or so much thereof as may be necessary; also, that the sum of one hundred dollars be paid Thomas Spencer for services in taking down testimony before the Thos. SpenJoint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed to investigate the bonds of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company. cer Small SEC. VII. Be it further enacted, That the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to pay Samuel W. Small, steno-Samuel W. graphic reporter of the Joint Committee of Senate and House of Representatives, under resolution of February 9th, 1876, to investigate charge of bribery in procuring the endorsement by the Legislature of 1871-2 of the lease of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, for writing down and copying the testimony before said committee; and to pay A. J. Cameron, for services as sergeant-at- A. J. Camearms of said committee, and for seven dollars and seventy cents expended by him for telegrams-to be paid on itemized accounts duly certified by a member of the committee. SEC. VIII. Repeals conflicting laws. ron SECTION 1 Bonds issued under Act of February 17th, 1854, declared void. An Act to declare invalid, null and void Certain Six per Cent. Currency Bonds of the State of Georgia, issued under an Act approved February 17th, 1854. WHEREAS, under an Act approved February 17th, 1854, Hon. Preamble Herschel V. Johnson, then Governor of the State, was directed to have prepared State Bonds in terms of the Act "not exceeding $375,000 of six per cents, the same to be used in exchange for the outstanding bonds of the Central Bank;" and, whereas, owing Bonds iss'd declared void Bonds vold-Payment past due Coupons authorized. to a supposed disagreement on the part of the holders of the outstanding bonds, which were seven per cent., and for which these new sixes were designed to be given, this $375,000 (or less) of new six per cent bonds were never issued or used; and, whereas, these bonds remained in the treasury vault at Milledgeville, until November, 1864, when they were taken therefrom by unauthorized parties, and attempts are being made to put some of them in circulation in the Western States; therefore, for the protection of the public against fraud and imposition: SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the passage under Act of this Act, that the Bonds issued under an Act approved February 17th, 1854, entitled "An Act to authorize the Governor to issue bonds in lieu of the outstanding bonds of the Central Bank, and to provide for the issue of certain other bonds," be, and the same are hereby declared invalid, null and void. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. pay certain coupons No. IV. (O. No. 481.) SECTION I. Past Due Coupons, Payment of Authorized. An Act to Authorize and Require the State Treasurer to Pay Certain Treasurer SECTION I. Be it enacted, etc., That from and after the passage required to of this Act the State Treasurer shall be authorized and required to past due pay the following named past due Coupons of this State, with the interest due on the same, at the rate of seven per cent. per annum, viz: "Bond of the State of Georgia, No. 71. Warrant, No. 40, for Thirty Dollars, authorized by an Act approved December 22d, 1843, being for six months interest, payable on the first day of March, 1864, at the Treasury of Georgia, dated July 15th, 1844, and now owned and held by Mrs. Louisa M. Whitehead. Also, two Coupons, Nos. 368 and 186, due January, 1866, for the sum of seven and 50-100 dollars each; and one Coupon, No. 926, due February, 1866, for the sum of fifteen dollars, now owned and held by Branch, Sons & Co. SEC. II. Repeals conflicting laws. |