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Cap. 3. such session before he was elected or after he ceased to be a member; but if he is a member for only thirty days or less, then he shall be entitled only to six dollars for each day's attendance at such session, whatever be the length thereof.

Allowance for mileage. 6. There shall be also allowed to each member of the Senate and of the House of Commons ten cents for each mile of the distance between the place of residence of such member and the place at which the session is held, reckoning such distance going and coming, according to the nearest mail route, which distance shall be determined and certified by the Speaker of the Senate or House of Commons (as the case may be).

Final payment at the close of Session. Declaration to be made. 7. The sum due to each Member at the close of any Session shall be calculated and paid to him by the Clerk of the House of which he is a Member, on his making and signing, before the Clerk or Accountant or Assistant Accountant of the House, or a Justice of the Peace, a solemn declaration to be kept by the Clerk, stating the number of days' attendance and the number of miles of distance according to the nearest mail route as determined and certified by the Speaker, for which such Member is entitled to the said allowance, and the amount of such allowance after deducting the number of days (if any) which are to be deducted under any preceding section of this Act; and such declaration may be in the form A hereunto annexed, and shall have the same effect as an affidavit in the same form.

Grant for paying the allowance. 8. There is hereby granted to Her Majesty out of any unappropriated moneys forming part of the consolidated Revenue Fund of Canada an annual sum, sufficient to enable Her Majesty to advance to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Commons respectively, such sums as are required to pay the estimated amount of the sessional allowance hereinbefore mentioned.

Clerks to account for monies received by them. 9. The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Commons shall respectively account for all monies received by them under this Act, in the same manner as for monies advanced to them for the contingent expenses of the said Senate and House of Commons, and they may, respectively, apply any surplus thereof to the payment of such contingent expenses, and may supply any deficiency of such estimated amount out of any monies in their hands respectively applicable to the payment of such contingent expenses.

Special provision for the present session as to allowance. As to residue of session after adjournment. 10. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained, for the present session of Parliament and up to the day of any adjournment for thirty days or upwards, (if such there should be) there shall be allowed to each member of the Senate and of the House of Commons attending at such session, six dollars for each day's attendance for the period of such session prior to Rh