2015 US Code
Title 48 - Territories and Insular Possessions (Sections 1 - 2004)
Chapter 4 - Puerto Rico (Sections 731 - 916)
Subchapter V - Resident Commissioner (Sections 891 - 894)
Sec. 891 - Resident Commissioner; election
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 48 - TERRITORIES AND INSULAR POSSESSIONS CHAPTER 4 - PUERTO RICO SUBCHAPTER V - RESIDENT COMMISSIONER Sec. 891 - Resident Commissioner; election |
| Contains | section 891 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Mar. 2, 1917, ch. 145, §36, 39 Stat. 963; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §5, 48 Stat. 879. |
| Statutes at Large References | 31 Stat. 86 32 Stat. 732 34 Stat. 417, 993 39 Stat. 963 43 Stat. 1301 47 Stat. 158 48 Stat. 879 |
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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, §36, 39 Stat. 963; May 17, 1932, ch. 190, 47 Stat. 158; June 5, 1934, ch. 390, §5, 48 Stat. 879.)
CODIFICATIONSection 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The other part of the third sentence of section 36, which fixed the salary of the commissioner at $7,500 per annum, was superseded by act Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635, §4, 34 Stat. 993, as amended by act Mar. 4, 1925, ch. 549, §4, 43 Stat. 1301.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 PROVISIONSProvisions similar to those in this section were contained in act Apr. 12, 1900, ch. 191, §39, 31 Stat. 86.
The salary allowed by section 39 of act Apr. 12, 1900, was increased by act Feb. 26, 1907, ch. 1635, §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, §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, §1, 34 Stat. 417.
AMENDMENTS1934—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.
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