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"Jill Pay (born 10 May 1951) is a retired official of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She was Serjeant at Arms in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Pay is the first woman to have held the position. Her appointment was unusual in that the position had hitherto normally been reserved for those with a military background. Pay's position conferred responsibility for security in the House of Commons. She retired on 31 January 2012. Career Pay replaced Major General Peter Grant Peterkin as Serjeant at Arms in 2008. She had previously worked as a business manager in the civil service. She was appointed Head Office Keeper in the House of Commons Service in 1994. She was appointed Deputy Serjeant at Arms in 2004. Before she assumed the role of Serjeant at Arms, the role of the Serjeant in the House of Commons Service had been downgraded through organisational restructuring, something with which the Queen was said to be unhappy, since the position is a Crown appointment. Jill Pay was not granted the traditional audience with the monarch. =Damian Green search= In 2008, Pay became embroiled in political controversy when it was revealed she was the official who had consented to a police search on Damian Green's Commons office. There was some suggestion that Pay was made a scapegoat in order to protect the reputation of the then Commons Speaker Michael Martin. =After being Serjeant at Arms= Since being the Serjeant at Arms, Pay has worked with charities to promote various causes; notably, women's entrepreneurship with the Pink Shoe Club and children's literacy with Coram Beanstalk. She has recently worked on the Women and Enterprise All Party Parliamentary Group report on women's enterprise. See also *Black Rod *Serjeant at Arms of the British House of Commons References Category:1951 births Category:Living people Category:Serjeants-at-Arms of the British House of Commons Category:British civil servants "
"The sixth USS Congress (ID-3698) was a motor launch in commission in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1918 to 1919. Congress was built as the private fishing vessel Congress in 1914 at Gwynn, Virginia. The U.S. Navys 5th Naval District inspected her on 17 May 1918 for possible World War I service. The Navy purchased her from A. Foster of Grimstead, Virginia, in October 1918, having already commissioned her as USS Congress on 25 September 1918. The Navy assigned her Identification Number (Id. No.) 3698 and placed her in service on 18 October 1918. Congress carried out miscellaneous patrol duties in the 5th Naval District until 23 September 1919, when she was stricken from the Navy List. She was sold on 23 September 1919, then possibly resold on 8 December 1919, ultimately being delivered to Sallie S. Thorns of West Norfolk, Virginia, on 24 December 1919. References * *Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Congress (American Fishing Boat, 1914). Served as USS Congress (ID # 3698) in 1918-1919 Category:Patrol vessels of the United States Navy Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States Category:Ships built in Norfolk, Virginia Category:1914 ships "
"Martin Hersrud (9 May 1880 – August 1969) was a Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives from 1911 to 1912. It was his first and only term in the House.Dakota Lawmakers , North Dakota Legislative Council He represented Adams County in the 49th Legislative District. Personal life Martin Hersrud was born in Allamakee County, Iowa. His parents moved to Fillmore County, Minnesota, in 1883, where Hersrud lived and obtained his early education. He moved to South Dakota at age 25. He later settled in Adams County, North Dakota, near the village of Petrel where he homesteaded during 1916.Martin Hersrud 129 N. 093 W. 025. 160. 11/20/1916(Adams county, ND, BLM Records) He was married with one child, a daughter. Political career Hersrud was elected as a Republican to the 12th Legislative Assembly of the North Dakota House of Representatives in 1910 and served one term (1911–1912) representing the 49th Legislative District. He died in Lemmon, Perkins County, South Dakota.Social Security Death Index References Category:Members of the North Dakota House of Representatives Category:1880 births Category:1969 deaths Category:People from Adams County, North Dakota Category:American people of Norwegian descent Category:People from Allamakee County, Iowa Category:North Dakota Republicans Category:People from Fillmore County, Minnesota Category:20th-century American politicians "