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Title 2 — The Congress

Part A · Chapter 65 — Senate Officers and Administration

§ 6592. Limitation on compensation of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate

Statutory text

The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees or other compensation or emolument whatever for performing the duties of the office, or in connection therewith, other than the salary prescribed by law.

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.

  1. Pub. L. 42–328 · 18 Stat. 85

    Enacted · 2 U.S.C. § 6592

    (June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 85.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 85.)

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Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 62 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Similar Provisions

Provisions similar to those in this section were also contained in act Mar. 3, 1875, ch. 129, 18 Stat. 344.

Credits

(June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 85.)

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