Pay-roll

A roll or list of persons entitled to payment, with the sums which are to be paid on them. In the U. S. army, commanders of companies are required to prepare at each regular muster, beside one muster-roll, three copies of the “muster and pay-roll,” two for the paymaster, and one to be retained in the company files. When the paymaster’s rolls have been computed and returned to the company for examination and signature, the calculations thereon will be transcribed on the triplicate muster and pay-roll, under the direction of or by the company commander, who is responsible for the correct performance of this duty.