St. Simon

an island off the coast of Georgia, south of Savannah, ceded to James Ogle thorpe by the Creek Indians under the treaty of 1733. In 1742 it was attacked by a Spanish fleet of fifty-one sail Monte a no, Governor of St. Augustine. Ogle thorpe drove off the S iards with a small force. Salaries, Congre ional. Clause 1 of Art. I, Sect. 6, of the stitution provides that ‘‘ the Senators and Representatives shall recqfive a compensation for their services, to be ascertained by law, and gui out of the Treasury of the United States.’ Under the Articles of federation each State provided payment for its own members | Cos gre , but in the convention of 1787 it was thought best that be made independent of their States in this respect. Pinckney? l that the Senate, representing the wealth of the country, be 76 towel salary, but the proposition was voted down. The First Con, as voted that its members be paid $6.00 per day and $6.00 for each twenty. sia oe of travel going and coming. The rates have been repeatedly changed. They were: From 1789 to 1815, $6.00 per day; from 1815 to 1817, $1,500 per year; from 1817 to 1855, $8.00 per day; from 1855 to 1865, $3,000 per year; from 1865 to 1871, $5,000 per year; from 1871 to 1874, $7,500 per year; and since 1874, $5,000 per year. The Senators and Representatives have received the same compensation, except during 1795, when the Senators received $7.00 per day. The Speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate receive $8,000 per year. A mileage of twenty cents is allowed. The change in 1816 from $6.00 per day to $1,500 per year was received with great disfavor, as was that of 1873, to take effect from March 4, 1871, which is known as the ‘salary grab.” All changes in Congre ional salaries have been retroactive, covering from twelve to twenty-four months. Acts affecting salaries prior to ' 1866 were separate acts. Since then they have frequently been sections of an appropriation act. 193