United States Code (Last Updated: May 24, 2014) |
Title 2. THE CONGRESS |
Chapter 45. CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS |
SubChapter I. GENERAL |
Part B. Administration |
§ 4521. Mode of payment
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The compensation of Members and Delegates shall be passed as public accounts, and paid out of the public Treasury.
(R.S. § 46.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 47 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
R.S. § 46 derived from acts Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 3, 3 Stat. 404, and Feb. 10, 1854, ch. 11, § 1, 10 Stat. 267.