<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id1ae27a0d-3271-11e3-b17d-c93c66c6eb41" identifier="/us/usc/t2/s40"><num value="40">§ 40.</num><heading> Deductions for withdrawal</heading><content>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">When any Member or Delegate withdraws from his seat and does not return before the adjournment of Congress, he shall, in addition to the sum deducted for each day, forfeit a sum equal to the amount which would have been allowed by law for his mileage in returning home; and such sum shall be deducted from his compensation, unless the withdrawal is with the leave of the Senate or House of Representatives respectively.</p>
</content><sourceCredit id="id1ae27a0e-3271-11e3-b17d-c93c66c6eb41">(R.S. § 41.)</sourceCredit>
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<note style="-uslm-lc:I76" topic="codification" id="id1ae27a10-3271-11e3-b17d-c93c66c6eb41"><heading class="centered smallCaps">Codification</heading>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">R.S. § 41 derived from Res. <date date="1862-07-17">July 17, 1862</date>, No. 68, § 2, <ref href="/us/stat/12/628">12 Stat. 628</ref>.</p>
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