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tellers, for Vice-President of the United States, 

 is, for Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts, 286 

 votes; for B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri, 47 

 votes ; for Nathaniel P. Banks, of Massachu- 

 setts, 1 vote ; for George W. Julian, of Indiana, 

 5 votes; for Alfred H. Oolquit, of Georgia, 5 

 votes ; for John M. Palmer, of Illinois, 3 votes ; 

 for Thomas E. Br.imlette, of Kentucky, 3 votes ; 

 for William 8. Groesbeck, of Ohio, 1 vote; and 

 for Willis B. Machen, of Kentucky, 1 vote. 



"Wherefore, I do declare that Ulysses S. 

 Grant, of the State of Illinois, having received 

 a majority of the whole number of electoral 

 votes, is duly elected President of the United 

 States for fonr years, commencing on the 4th 

 d:iy of March, 1873 ; and that Henry Wilson, 

 of the State of Massachusetts, having received 

 a majority of the whole number of electoral 

 votes for Vice-President of the United States, 

 \i duly elected Vice-Preside nt of the United 

 Stutes for four years, commencing on the 4th 

 day of March, 1873. 



"The object for which the House and Sen- 

 ate have assembled in joint convention having 

 been accomplished, the Senate will retire to 

 its chamber." 



The Senate accordingly retired from the 

 Ilall of the House of Representatives. 



In the House, on February 21th, the Appro- 

 priation Bill being under consideration, Mr. 

 Jiutler, of Massachusetts, moved to amend the 

 meadment reported from the Committee of 

 the Whole, and to substitute for it the follow- 

 ing: 



The Clerk read as follows : 



That on and after the 4th day of March, A. D. 1873, 

 the President of tlie United States shall receive for 

 hU services during the term for which he shall have 

 been elected the sum of $50,000 per annum in full 

 tor his service*, to be paid quarterly at the Treasury ; 

 the Vice-President of the United States shall also 

 i for his services during the term for which ho 

 shall have been elected the sura of $10,000 per annum 

 in full for his services, to be paid quarterly at the 

 Treasury; and the Chief-Justice of the Supreme 

 Court of the United States shall receive the sum of 

 810,500 per annum, and the justices of the Supremo 

 Conrt of the United States shall receive the sum of 

 $10,000 per annum each, to bo paid quarterly at the 

 Treasury; the Secretary of State, the Secretary of 

 the Treasury, the Secretary of War, the Secretary 

 of the Navy, the Secretary of the Interior, the At- 

 torney-General, and the Postmaster-General, shall 

 receive $10,000 per annum each for their services; 

 and each Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, State, 

 and Interior Departments shall receive as annual 

 compensation, to be paid quarterly, $8,500 ; and the 

 Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive 

 compensation at the rate of $10,000 per annum, and 

 Senators and Representatives in Confess and Dele- 

 gate* from the Territories admitted to a seat in Con- 

 gress, including Senators, Representatives, and Dele- 

 gates in the Forty-second Conjress, shall receive 

 compensation at the rate of $7.500 per annum each, 

 and in lieu of mileage there shall be allowed to each 

 Senator. Representative, and Delegate, including 

 those of the Forty-second Congress, his actual ex- 

 penses from his place of residence to Washington 

 City, at the commencemant of each session of Con- 

 gress, and return, to be certified in a bill of items, to 



be filed as a voucher; and the sum of $1,300,000, or 

 BO much thereof as may be necessary, U hereby ap- 

 propriated therefor. 



Mr. Hawley, of Connecticut: "I raise the 

 point of order on the amendment of the gentle- 

 man from Massachusetts (Mr. Butler), that it is 

 not germane to the amendment reported from 

 the Committee on Appropriations." 



Mr. Holman, of Indiana, said: "I raise the 

 point of order that it is new legislation." 



The Chairman: "One point of order only 

 can be entertained at a time. The Chair over- 

 rules the point of order of the gentleman from 

 Connecticut (Mr. Hawley), that this amend- 

 ment is not germane. The Chair will now 

 hear the point of order of the gentleman from 

 Indiana (Mr. Holman). 



Mr. Holman: "I raise the point of order 

 that each one of the salaries enumerated in 

 this proposed amendment is fixed by law ; and 

 the effect of this amendment is to change ex- 

 isting law." 



The Chairman : " The Chair rules that so 

 much of this amendment as provides for an 

 increase of existing salaries is in order." 



Mr. Butler, of Massachusetts, said : " I desire 

 to say a few words on this amendment. The 

 first part of it raises the salary of the President 

 of the United States. When that matter was 

 first brought before the Committee on the Judi- 

 ciary I was opposed to it, because I thought that 

 although the salary of the President has never 

 been directly increased, yet that we had by 

 legislation at various times added to the furni- 

 ture of the White House and the perquisites 

 of the President so as to make a substantial 

 increase of salary. I took groat pains to ascer- 

 tain the facts on this point, and I obtained a 

 copy of an inventory of property furnished to 

 the White House for the use of the President 

 in the time of John Adams. I find by this in- 

 ventory, which I shall make a part of my re- 

 marks, that we not only in those days pro- 

 vided liberally for the furniture of the White 

 House, but that we stocked the President's 

 stable. Among the items in this inventory I 

 find the following: 



Stable Seven well-looking horses, chiefly ad- 

 vanced in years, one set elegant plated harness, for 

 four horses, in good order, one set brass harness for 

 four horses, one elegant chariot, one good coach, one 

 saddle and holsters, one market-wagon. 



" Thus it appears that at that time it was 

 thought proper and right for the Government 

 not only to provide furniture for the Executive 

 mansion, but to provide the President with 

 his horses and his carriages. 



"Twenty-five thousand dollars in 1801 was 

 a much greater sum than $50,000 now. One 

 thing further. It has been said everywhere 

 what an outrage that the present Congress 

 should raise their own salary I mean by said 

 everywhere, said in several newspapers which 

 think they go everywhere. Now, I want to state 

 this fact. Every increase of salary of members 

 of Congress which ever has been made, since 



