                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
            CHAPTER 3--COMPENSATION AND ALLOWANCES OF MEMBERS
 
Sec. 48. Certification of salary and mileage accounts

    Salary and mileage accounts of Senators shall be certified by the 
President of the Senate, and those of Representatives and Delegates 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. Secs. 47, 48; July 28, 1866, ch. 296, Sec. 17, 14 Stat. 323; Jan. 
20, 1874, ch. 11, 18 Stat. 4.)

                          Codification

    R.S. Sec. 47 derived from acts July 28, 1866, ch. 296, Sec. 17, 14 
Stat. 323, and Jan. 22, 1818, ch. 5, Sec. 3, 3 Stat. 404.
    R.S. Sec. 48 derived from act Sept. 30, 1850, ch. 90, Sec. 1, 9 
Stat. 523.
    R.S. Sec. 47 constitutes first clause and R.S. Sec. 48 constitutes 
remainder.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 50 of this title.
