I. Each member of the general court shall at the organizational session of the legislature furnish to the committee on mileage a statement of the distance from his home to the state house in Concord. The committee on mileage shall then compute the mileage allowance to be allowed said member and said committee shall be arbiters of all disputes and claims involving payment of mileage to members. Said committee may consult with the department of transportation relative to the distances as set forth in the statement furnished by the member but the establishment of the distance shall be made by the committee, from its study and investigation.
II. If a member’s body convenes at a location other than the state house in Concord, the committee shall use that location in computing distance for that day.