Prohibition against acceptance of salary increases or newly created offices
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/us/usc/t48/s1423e
Title
48 — Territories and Insular Possessions
Chapter
CH8A
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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No member of the legislature shall, during the term for which he was elected or during the year following the expiration of such term, be appointed to any office which has been created, or the salary or emoluments of which have been increased during such term.
(Aug. 1, 1950, ch. 512, § 15, 64 Stat. 388.)
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