Chapter 117.
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CHAP. 117.— Joint Resolution Authorizing and directing the payment of the usual compensation of Representatives in Congress to those Members of the House who have been discharged from their military or naval duties. March 3, 1919.[[H. J. Res. 358](/us/bill/65/hjres/358).][[Pub. Res., No. 56](/us/65/pubres/56).] Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,House of Representatives.Members of, in armed war service to receive pay from discharge to resuming duty in Congress.
That the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to pay to those Members of the House of Representatives of the Sixty-fifth Congress who have been serving with the military or naval forces of the United States in the present war with Germany and her allies, compensation from and after the day of their discharge from military or naval duty at the rate provided by law for Representatives in Congress, upon the resumption and during the continuance of their duties as Representatives in Congress.
Approved, March 3, 1919.