Travel expenses for legislators were approved at the following rate in 1938: Montserrado County and Marshall Territory $10; Maryland, $72; Sinoe, 49.68; Grand Bassa, $43.92; and Grand Cape Mount, $43.92. One year later, resident A. R. Chinoweth, Sr., was granted an annuity of $120 for his service as commissary for 15 years and military duty from 1890 to 1910, including the Gbesseh expedition, under R. A. Sherman, and the Gleemah battle.
The Wakolo Ferry Transport Company, Incorporated, was granted a ferry franchise in 1938 for ten years with a maximum charge of 48 cents between Robertsport and Deah, 24 cents between Robertsport and Sawilor and 12 cents between Robertsport and Mecca Point and between Towele and Sulima. Named as officers were N. B. Baxton, I. L. Hoff, E. O. K. Freeman, Mambu Kia Howo, A. H. Butler and J. J. Greene, to operate along the Maffar River, from Sawilor to Deah, and along Lake Piso, from Robertsport, Mecca Point, Sulima and Towele. In the same bill, the legislature repealed ferry franchises previously awarded to J. C. Johns Company and I. L. Hoff and Company.
Footnote: Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1938, pp. 1-2; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1938, p. 65; Acts of the Liberian Legislature, 1938, pp. 72-73.
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