Excerpt from The Statutes at Large and Treaties of the United States of America, Passed at the First Session of the Thirty-Eighth Congress, 1863-1864: Carefully Collated With the Originals at WashingtonMembers of Congress, go, not to receive Money. An act relating to members of congress, heads of departments, and other officers of the government. June 11, 1864, ch. 119.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.