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# 2 U.S.C. § 6592 - Limitation on compensation of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of Senate

## 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.

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

## Notes

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