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[CITE: 48USC891]

 
              TITLE 48--TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS
 
                         CHAPTER 4--PUERTO RICO
 
                   SUBCHAPTER V--RESIDENT COMMISSIONER
 
Sec. 891. Resident Commissioner; election

    The qualified electors of Puerto Rico shall choose a Resident 
Commissioner to the United States at each general election, whose term 
of office shall be four years from the 3d of January following such 
general election, and who shall be entitled to receive official 
recognition as such commissioner by all of the departments of the 
Government of the United States, upon presentation, through the 
Department of State, of a certificate of election of the Governor of 
Puerto Rico.

(Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, Sec. 36, 39 Stat. 963; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 
Stat. 158; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, Sec. 5, 48 Stat. 879.)

                          Codification

    Section is comprised of second sentence of section 36 of act Mar. 2, 
1917. The first sentence of section 36, providing for election of a 
Resident Commissioner to the United States at the next general election 
for a term commencing with date of issuance of certificate of election 
and terminating Mar. 4, 1921, was omitted. Parts of the third and fourth 
sentences of section 36 are classified to section 893 of this title. The 
other part of the third sentence of section 36, which fixed the salary 
of the commissioner at $7,500 per annum, was superseded by act Feb. 26, 
1907, ch. 1635, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 993, as amended by act Mar. 4, 1925, 
ch. 549, Sec. 4, 43 Stat. 1301. See Prior Provisions note under section 
31 of Title 2, The Congress. The other part of the fourth sentence of 
section 36, which allowed the commissioner $500 as mileage, was 
classified to former section 46 of Title 2 and was omitted from the Code 
as superseded by former section 43b-1 of Title 2. The fifth and sixth 
sentences of section 36 are classified to section 892 of this title.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in act 
Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, Sec. 39, 31 Stat. 86.
    The salary allowed by section 39 of act Apr. 12, 1900, was increased 
by act Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635, Sec. 4, 34 Stat. 993.
    The resident commissioner was allowed traveling expenses in addition 
to his salary, and the commencement of his term was fixed by act July 1, 
1902, ch. 1383, Sec. 3, 32 Stat. 732.
    The manner of paying the salary and traveling expenses of the 
resident commissioner was fixed by a provision of act June 22, 1906, ch. 
3514, Sec. 1, 34 Stat. 417.


                               Amendments

    1934--Act June 5, 1934, changed commencement of term of office from 
Mar. 4 to Jan. 3 following the general election.

                         Change of Name

    ``Puerto Rico'' substituted in text for ``Porto Rico'' pursuant to 
act May 17, 1932, which is classified to section 731a of this title.
