§ 48. Certification of salary and mileage accounts

Salary and mileage accounts of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified 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. §§ 47, 48; July 28, 1866, ch. 296, § 17, 14 Stat. 323; Jan. 20, 1874, ch. 11, 18 Stat. 4; Pub. L. 108–447, div. G, title I, § 11, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 3171.) Codification

R.S. § 47 derived from acts July 28, 1866, ch. 296, § 17, 14 Stat. 323, and Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, § 3, 3 Stat. 404.

R.S. § 48 derived from act Sept. 30, 1850, ch. 90, § 1, 9 Stat. 523.

R.S. § 47 constitutes first clause and R.S. § 48 constitutes remainder.

Amendments

2004—Pub. L. 108–447 substituted “of Representatives and Delegates shall be certified” for “of Senators shall be certified by the President of the Senate, and those of Representatives and Delegates”.