I must still say that this claim wears a very suspicious aspect. It has been depending since 1856. now twenty years. and I believe that this act will be found to have no precedent in the legislation of this country. The uniform custom is that. no matter how large nLy he the receipts or however much in excess of the maxi.u rrrr the fccs of the office may be. the registers and receivers shall receive a stated coinpensation. out of which they shall pay clerk hire in their respective offices. and to allow this bill to pass at this time under these circumstances. in my judgment. would make an immediate demand upon the Treasury by the register and receiver of every land oflice in this country. hecaise there is not one. certainly not one ill my State. I presume riot one in the State of Nebraska. whiere they have not been subjected to extraordinary labor and to the employnenit of an extra amount of clerk hire by the incursion of settlers and immigrants and purchasers upon the public lands. I hope that this hill will not be urged upon the consideration of the Senate. because it establishes. in my opinion. a precedent that is as vicious in theory as it wilt be pernicious in practice.
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