section 26 of this titleRepresentatives and Delegates-elect to Congress, whose credentials in due form of law have been duly filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, in accordance with the provisions of , may receive their compensation monthly, from the beginning of their term until the beginning of the first session of each Congress, upon a certificate in the form now in use to be signed by the Clerk of the House, which certificate shall have the like force and effect as is given to the certificate of the Speaker.
Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 130, § 118 Stat. 389(R.S. § 38; , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 34 of this titleSection was formerly classified to prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
act Mar. 3, 1873, ch. 226, § 117 Stat. 488R.S. § 38 derived from , .