Chapter CXXIII. *to regelate the Compensation of Members of Congress.* Aug. 16, 1856
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Chap. CXXIII.— An Act *to regelate the Compensation of Members of Congress.* Aug. 16, 1856. Compensation of each senator and member of the House of Representatives.*Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the compensation of each senator, representative and delegate in Congress shall be six thousand dollars for each Congress, and mileage as now provided by law for two sessions only, to be paid in manner following, to wit: on the first day of *Post,* p. 367.each regular session each senator, representative and delegate shall receive bis mileage for one session, and on the first day of each month thereafter during such session, compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum during the continuance of such session, and at the end of such session he shall receive the residue of his salary due to him at such time at the rate aforesaid still unpaid; and at the beginning of the second regular session of the Congress each senator, representative, and delegate shall receive *Post*, p. 443.his mileage for such second session and monthly during such session compensation at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum till the fourth day of March terminating the Congress, and on that day each senator, representative, and delegate shall be entitled to receive any balance of the six thousand dollars not theretofore paid in the said monthly instalments as above directed.
Sec. 2. Pay of President of Senate, *pro tempore,* and of the Speaker. *And be it further enacted,* That the President of the Senate *pro tempore* when there shall be no Vice-President, or the Vice-President shall have become President of the United States, shall receive the compensation provided by law for the Vice-President; and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall receive double the compensation above provided for representatives, payable at the times and in the manner above provided for payment of the compensation of representatives.
Sec. 3. This law to apply to this Congress. *And be it further enacted,* That this law shall apply to the present Congress, and each senator, representative, and delegate shall be entitled to receive the difference only between their per diem compensation already received under the law now in force and the compensation provided by this act. Sec. 4. Provision in case of the death of any member. *And be it further enacted,* That in the event of the death of any senator, representative, or delegate prior to the commencement of the first session of the Congress, he shall be neither entitled to mileage or compensation; and in the event of death after the commencement of any session, his representatives shall be entitled to receive so much of his com-THIRTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Sess. I. Ch. 124. 1856.49pensation, computed at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum, as he may not have received; and any mileage that may have actually accrued and be due and unpaid. Sec. 5. *And be it further enacted,* That if any books shall hereafter bePrice of books ordered to be deducted. ordered to and received by members of Congress by a resolution of either or both houses of Congress, the price paid for the same shall be deducted from the compensation hereinbefore provided for such member or members: *Provided, however,* That this shall not extend to books ordered toProviso. be printed by the public printer during the Congress for which the said member shall have been elected.
Sec. 6. *And be it further enacted,* That it shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-ArmsDeduction for absence. of the House and Secretary of the Senate respectively, to deduct from the monthly payments of members as herein provided for, the amount of his compensation for each day that such member shall be absent from the House or Senate respectively, unless such representative, senator, or delegate shall assign as the reason for such absence, the sickness of himself or of some member of his family.
Sec. 7. *And be it further enacted,* That all acts or parts of acts inconsistentInconsistent acts repealed. with or repugnant to the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby repealed. Approved, August 16, 1856. Chapter CXXIV: amend the Acte regulating the Fees, Costs, and other judicial Expenses of the Government in the States, Territories, and District of Columbia, and for other Purposes. 11 Stat. 49 1856-08-16 Chapter CXXIV Little, Brown and Company text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
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