Section
41, R.S. § 43, provided that no Member or Delegate was entitled to any allowance for newspapers.
Section
42, based on H. Res. No. 420, Ninety-second Congress, May 18, 1971, enacted into permanent law by
Pub. L. 92–184, ch. IV, Dec. 15, 1971,
85 Stat. 636, related to furnishing of postage stamps to Members, committees, and officers of House of Representatives.
A prior section
42, R.S. § 44, which proscribed compensation or allowance to Senators, Representatives, or Delegates for postage, was repealed by
Pub. L. 104–186, title II, § 203(11), Aug. 20, 1996,
110 Stat. 1726. See sections
42a and
46a of this title.