Evening star., 1924-10-29

Any hoy or girl in your school may
some day b. Il m-m3er Of Congress
Many family fre~ds have doubtless
patted you on th" head and said:
Ties fine boy. II. may he Presi-
dent-Som- day and you srinned and
rightly thought tn yourself that your
chances We're pretty slim. But with
- United States Senators and 40
National Representatives el .ctrd
every tW" years your chances arr
about l.00o per cent better for Il
place in Congress than to he "rH
elected in a presidential campaign
hat comes every l. NJ Years
SO each hoy and 2irl ought Ia know
about Congress-. aud ha,'c an ambition
10 help max" TIL country he't"r h"
helping to make the Laws. Even Il
YOU never go To c"ns:le>- y"ursel
II YOU know ahnu. Congress ynuli
be pretty certain to j. more careful
whom You vote to serd th"re.
The Federal city. th- District a.
columbia. was q. Sis.n.d al built u
especially to be the ''s-at "f Govern
lnent." and 50 il is i:f-rent fr"n
any Other city IN the old reeardin"
its government. Congress has eN-
elusive juristii ton over thr National
''arital. as will he explained more
fully in later article in this series
Privilege TRAINED by Law.
But in 1874 law was passed that
he President maN convene Congress,
~ some oth..r place when from the
prevalence. of ,.ontastouS sickness or
;h- existence OF 'other circumstances
Il would IL the opinion Of the ireSi- =
Gcnt b.. hazardous to tie lives or health
nf the menrhors t" meet ~ thu seat OF
Government.
Tn CoustiIu' ion prov ids hat con
%rcsS shall assemble At least onre in
very year. on the first Monday IN
December. unless they shall by law
appoint Il different day. There are
usually two sessions "f each Con-
grasS The President is given au-
thority by the Constitution to con
vcne either or both houses of Con-
l,ress in xtraordinary. session.
The term of a Congress begins on
he 4th Of March Of tn" odd mum
hcrad years. The Constitution does
not fN an hour for thu meeting 81
Congress- Custom alone, which has
come to have the force OF common
law, has sanctioned the practice of
meeting at l. o'clock noon.
The term congressman means
either a Senator or n Representative.
4 man must be - years of age to
be eligible for mem berShip in the
National House of Representatives.
% before he is eligible TO be United
States Senator and 81 before he is
eligible to be President. lie must
he seven wears a citizen of the United
states and an inhabitant of the state
from which elected. but he can be
elected to Congress from any district
in a State without being resident
of that particular district.
Salary Of Congress Members.
All members of Congress, Senators
as well as Representatives. have
salary of $500 year. The Vice
President who presides in the SEN
ate. and the Speaker. who presides
in the House. receive $4,000. the
same as members of the Presidents
cabinet.
Members of Congress are provided
with offices. furnished with desks,
filing cases. typewriters. etc. Each
Senator has specific number of en-
ployes on the statutory roll. Each
member of the House is allowed
salary roll Of $4,000. which he can
split UP, but cannot pay any one en-
ploye more than $1,000 year. Each
member of Congress has an annual
allowance of s125 for stationery.
Members are allowed mileage in
travelling to perform their duties in
Members of Congress are granted
privilege from arrest under certain
conditions by the Constitution-dur-
ing attendance at the sessions OF
their respective houses and in going
to and returning from such sessions.
and for any speech or debate in
either house they shall not be ques-
toned in any other place"
Measures presented in Congress are