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§ 4521. Mode of payment

Type Statute

Publication 2026-01-12

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Department United States Congress

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§ 4521. Mode of payment

The compensation of Members and Delegates shall be passed as public accounts, and paid out of the public Treasury.

(R.S. § 46.)

Editorial Notes

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.

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