Nevada has biennial sessions limited to 60 days, but special
sessions limited to 20 days may be held. Senators and representatives
receive $10 a day and mileage during sessions.
New Hampshire has biennial sessions, which last until prorogued by the governor. The duration is usually about three months. Senators and representatives receive $200 for the session and mileage.
New Jersey has an annual session, unlimited in length. Senators and members of the General Assembly receive $500 a year.
New Mexico has biennial sessions of 60 days. Members of the Council and representatives receive $4 a day.
New York has an annual session. Members of the Senate and of the Assembly receive $1500 a year.
North Carolina has biennial sessions limited to 60 days. Senators and representatives receive $4 a day during the session, and mileage.
North Dakota has biennial sessions limited to 60 days. Senators and representatives receive $5 a day during the session and mileage.
Ohio has biennial sessions not limited in length. Senators and representatives receive $1000 a year.
Oklahoma has biennial sessions. Senators and representatives receive $6 a day for the first 60 days—thereafter $2 a day—and mileage (10 cents a mile).
Oregon has biennial sessions limited to 240 days. Senators and representatives receive $3 a day and mileage during the session.
Pennsylvania has biennial sessions. Senators and representatives receive $1500 for the session with mileage, with an extra allowance of $150 for stationery and postage.
Rhode Island has an annual session unlimited in length. Senators and representatives receive $5 a day during the session.
South Carolina has an annual session unlimited in length. Senators and representatives receive $4 a day for the first 40 days.
South Dakota has biennial sessions of 60 days. Senators and representatives receive $5 for each day’s attendance, and travelling expenses.
Tennessee has biennial sessions. Senators and representatives receive $4 a day for not more than 75 days a session and mileage (16 cents a mile). If absent they do not receive pay, unless they are physically unable to be present.
Texas has biennial sessions, unlimited in length. Senators and representatives receive mileage and $5 a day for the first 60 days of the session; for succeeding days $2 a day.
Utah has biennial sessions limited to 60 days. Senators and representatives receive $4 a day during the session, and mileage.
Vermont has biennial sessions unlimited in length. Senators and representatives receive $4 a day during the session and mileage.
Virginia has biennial sessions limited to 60 days. Senators and delegates receive $500 for the session and mileage.
Washington has biennial sessions limited to 60 days. Senators and representatives receive $5 a day for each day’s attendance and travelling expenses.
West Virginia has biennial sessions limited to 45 days, which can be added to by a two-thirds majority. Senators and delegates receive $4 a day during the session and mileage.
Wisconsin has biennial sessions. Senators and members of the Assembly receive $500 for the session, and travelling expenses at the rate of 10 cents a mile.
Wyoming has biennial sessions limited to 40 days. Senators and representatives receive $8 a day during the session and mileage.
Foreign Countries
Argentina.—Both senators (30) and members of the House of Deputies (120) receive £1060 a year.
Austria.—Members of the Lower House (516) receive 16s. 8d. for each day’s attendance, with travelling expenses.
Belgium.—Members of the Chamber of Representatives (166) receive £160 a year and a free pass over railways.
Bolivia.—Senators (16) and deputies (69) receive £40 a month during sessions, which last from 60 to 90 days.
Bulgaria.—Members of the Legislature receive 16s. a day during the session, which nominally lasts from the 15th of October to the 15th of December.
Denmark.—Members both of the Landsthing (66) and of the Folkething (114) receive 11s. 1d. a day for the first six months of the session, and 6s. 8d. for each additional day of the session. They receive also second-class free passes on all railways.
France.—Members of both the Senate (300) and of the Chamber of Deputies (584) receive £600 a year.
German Empire.—Members both of the Bundesrat (58) and of the Reichstag (397) receive £150 for the session, but have deducted £1 for each day’s absence. They receive also free passes over the German railways during the session.
Baden pays members of its Second Chamber and such members of the Upper Chamber as have not got hereditary seats 12s. a day and travelling expenses, but to those members who reside in the capital 9s. a day only.
Bavaria pays members of the Lower House (163) £180 for a regular session. They are also allowed free travel over the government railways.
Hesse.—Members of the Second Chamber (50) and nonhereditary members of the Upper Chamber who reside more than 112 m. from the place of meeting receive 9s. a day and 3s. for each night, besides a refund of their travelling expenses.
Prussia.—Members of the Lower Chamber (433) receive travelling expenses and diet money (according to a fixed scale) of 15s. a day.
Saxe-Coburg.—Members of the Second Chamber residing in Coburg or Gotha receive 6s. a day; other members receive 10s. a day and travelling expenses.
Saxony.—Members of the Second Chamber (82) and nonhereditary members of the Upper Chamber receive 12s. a day (6s. a day if they live in the place of meeting) and an allowance for travelling.
Württemberg.—Members of both chambers receive 15s. a day for actual attendance; also free passes over the railways.
Greece.—The members (235) receive £72 for the session, also free passes on railway and steamship lines.
Hungary.—Members of the House of Representatives (453) receive £200 a year, with allowance of £66 13s. for house rent.
Italy.—Members of the Legislature receive no payment, although attempts have been made from 1862 onwards to introduce payment of members. It was last brought forward in 1908, the amount suggested being 24s. for every sitting attended.
Japan.—Members of the House of Representatives (379) and non-hereditary members of the House of Peers receive £210 a year, besides travelling expenses.
Mexico.—Both senators (56) and representatives (340) receive $3000 a year.
Netherlands.—Members of the First Chamber (50) not residing in the Hague receive 16s. 8d. a day during the session; members of the Second Chamber (100) receive £166 a year, besides travelling expenses.
Norway.—Members of the Storting (123) receive 13s. 4d. a day during the session, besides travelling expenses.
Paraguay.—Both senators and deputies receive £200 a year.
Portugal.—Deputies have been unpaid since 1892, but deputies for the colonies, whose homes are in the colonies, receive £20 a month or 13s. 4d. a day during sittings of the Chamber, and £10 a month when the Chamber is not sitting.
Rumania.—Both senators (120) and deputies (183) receive 16s. 8d. for each day of attendance, besides free railway passes.
Russia.—Members of the Duma receive 21s. a day during the session, and travelling expenses.
Servia.—Deputies (120) receive 12s. a day and travelling expenses.
Spain.—Members of the Legislature receive no salary, but deputies on their election receive a railway ticket for 2480 m. travel.
Sweden.—Members of both the First Chamber (150) and the Second Chamber (230) receive £66 for each session of 4 months, besides travelling expenses.
Switzerland.—Members of the State Council are paid by the canton they represent, and their salary varies according to the wealth or liberality of the canton. The salary ranges thus from 12s. 6d. to 25s. a day, the average of the whole being 16s. a day. Members of the National Council (167) are paid from Federal funds. They receive 16s. 8d. a day for each day they are present, with travelling expenses. (T. A. I.)
END OF TWENTIETH VOLUME
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