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# 2 U.S.C. § 5302 - Salaries payable monthly after taking oath

## Text

Each Member and Delegate, after he has taken and subscribed the required oath, is entitled to receive his salary at the end of each month.

(R.S. § 39.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 35 of this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section. R.S. § 39 derived from Res. Mar. 29, 1867, No. 18, 15 Stat. 24.