COST OF A PRESIDENT
It costs the people of the United States l U,S(ia dollars a year for a Chief Executive. His salary is oO.IJOOdoIs and " found." • The President's finding is rather comprehensive, covering about every possible requirement of a family. His private secretary, the clerks, doorkeepers, messengers anil steward, and three other servants, cost us 33,5(i5d01s a year. Then there is a contingent fund of SOOOdols a year which the President may use according to his discretion.
In furniture and repairs to the While House the sum of lO.UOOdols more, to be used by the direction of the President, is provided by the nation, and is always expended. For fuel alone 3000clols 'is allowed, and for necessary repairs to the greenhouse there is ■lOOOrtolf.
Altogether the Presidential "finding" amounts to the snug sum of G4,565d01 , nearly 15,000d01. a year more than his salary. The two aggregate 114,865d01. This is an imposing aggregate, but it is small compared with other Presidents. The President of the French Republic receives a salary of 12C,000d01. a year, and 32,000d01. for contingent purposes, and a handsome house, rent free. So we get our President rather cheaply, after all. — American paper.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8448, 21 February 1899, Page 4
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196COST OF A PRESIDENT Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 8448, 21 February 1899, Page 4
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