Us Code § 4521 - Mode of payment
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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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