2 USC § 4521 - Mode of payment

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title: "2 USC § 4521 - Mode of payment"
title_number: 2
title_name: "THE CONGRESS"
section_number: "4521"
section_name: "Mode of payment"
chapter_number: 45
chapter_name: "CONGRESSIONAL PAY AND BENEFITS"
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# § 4521. Mode of payment

The compensation of Members and Delegates shall be passed as public accounts, and paid out of the public Treasury.

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**Source Credit**: (R.S. § 46.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

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

R.S. § 46 derived from acts , , and , .