Title 2 — The Congress
Chapter 55 — House of Representatives Officers and Administration
§ 5603. Symbol of office of Sergeant at Arms
Statutory text
The symbol of his office shall be the mace, which shall be borne by him while enforcing order on the floor.
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 § 2 · 26 Stat. 645
Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 5603
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 2, 26 Stat. 645.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 2, 26 Stat. 645.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. That the symbol of his office shall be the mace, which Symbol of office, etc. shall be borne by him while enforcing order on the floor.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 79 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.
Credits
(Oct. 1, 1890, ch. 1256, § 2, 26 Stat. 645.)