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 THIRTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Rss. 14. 1859. 443 person elected a member of the Senate or House of Representatives shall b°;¤Yf °é mmdie after the commencement of the Congress to which he shall have been dying ai;;?:;: so elected, compensation shall be computed and paid to his widow, or if commencement no widow survive him, to his heirs at law, for the period that shall have gf" mzofvzgfxss; elapsed from the commencement of such Congress as aforesaid, to the keg2s_ time of his death, at the rate of three thousand dollars per annum : Pro- Mode of com vided, however, That compensation shall be computed and paid in all cases P“°“{‘,‘;’_;,S0_ for a period of not less than three months; and, Provided, farther, That To be for not in no case shall constructive mileage be computed or paid. less ththw three Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, That the compensation of each per- m°“P,:vis0_ son elected or appointed afterwards to supply the vacancy so occasioned, Constructive shall hereafter be computed and paid from the time the compensation of aim “°”°b° his predecessor is hereby directed to be computed and paid for, and not pay (fsu0c8s. Otherwise_ SOI to ¢0m¤'18I1C8 Sec. 3. Be it further resolved, That the provisions of this joint res- mm zgfugzgigg olution, so far as the same are beneficial to the widow or heirs at law of the payotpreof members of Congress as aforesaid, shall be extended and applied to the d°§°”°g·i I 0_ widows and heirs at law of members elected to the present Congress, who ,,5,:2: (Q} aim, have died since its commencement. resolutiopi to a.p— Approved, March 3, 1859. elected to the 35th Congress.