If Congress had no money, and delegates were chosen by the states, who paid their salaries? (1770s)

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Cynthia Patterson

21 December, 21:11

If Congress had no money, and delegates were chosen by the states, who paid their salaries? (1770s)

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Geovanni Mclean · Answer 1

The short answer is nobody. The delegates were largely unpaid for most of there time, but Congress did eventually allocate a meager chunk of money for their salaries.

Kaitlynn Dixon · Answer 2

If Congress had no money, and delegates were chosen by the states, then nobody pays them. The Congress was not paid.