Section VI.--Privileges and Disabilities of Members.

1. "The Senators and Representatives shall receive a compensation for

their services, to be ascertained by law, and paid out of the treasury

of the United States. They shall, in all cases, except treason,

felony, and breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest during their

attendance at the session of their respective Houses, and in going to,

and returning from, the same; and for any speech or debate in either

House, they shall not be questioned in any other place."

2. "No Senator or Representative shall, during the time for which he

was elected, be appointed to any civil office under the authority of

the United States, which shall have been created, or the emoluments

whereof shall have been increased, during such time; and no person,

holding any office under the United States, shall be a member of either

House during his continuance in office."

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