§ 48. — Certification of salary and mileage accounts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC48]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
Sec. 48. Certification of salary and mileage accounts
Salary and mileage accounts of Senators shall be certified by the
President of the Senate, and those of Representatives and Delegates by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives; and such certificates shall
be conclusive upon all the departments and officers of the Government.
(R.S. Secs. 47, 48; July 28, 1866, ch. 296, Sec. 17, 14 Stat. 323; Jan.
20, 1874, ch. 11, 18 Stat. 4.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 47 derived from acts July 28, 1866, ch. 296, Sec. 17, 14
Stat. 323, and Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, Sec. 3, 3 Stat. 404.
R.S. Sec. 48 derived from act Sept. 30, 1850, ch. 90, Sec. 1, 9
Stat. 523.
R.S. Sec. 47 constitutes first clause and R.S. Sec. 48 constitutes
remainder.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 50 of this title.
