Whenever any deceased Senator or Member of the House of Representatives shall be actually interred in the Congressional Cemetery, so-called, it shall be the duty of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, in the case of a Senator, and of the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, in the case of a Member of the House, to have a monument erected, of granite, with suitable inscriptions, and the cost of the same shall be a charge upon and paid out either from the contingent funds of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, to whichever the deceased may have belonged, and any existing omissions of monuments or inscriptions, as aforesaid, are directed and authorized to be supplied in like manner.
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CHAPTER 41— CONGRESSIONAL OFFICERS AND ADMINISTRATION
§ 4101. Authority of officers of Congress over Congressional employees
§ 4102. Purchase of supplies for Senate and House
§ 4104. American goods to be preferred in purchases for Senate and House
§ 4105. Purchase of paper, envelopes, etc., for stationery rooms of Senate and House
§ 4106. Stationery rooms of House and Senate; specification of classes of articles purchasable
§ 4107. Withdrawal of unexpended balances of appropriations