Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5602. Tenure of office of Sergeant at Arms
Statutory text
Any person duly elected and qualified as Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives shall continue in said office until his successor is chosen and qualified, subject however, to removal by the House of Representatives.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 51–1256 § 6 · 26 Stat. 645
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5602
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 6, 26 Stat. 646.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 6, 26 Stat. 646.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. That any person duly elected and qualified as Sergeant-at-Arms To continue in office till successor qualifies. of the House of Representatives shall continue in said office Removal. until his successor is chosen and qualified, subject however, to removal by the House of Representatives.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 83 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Credits
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 6, 26 Stat. 646.)