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for the time of such suspension if he shall not be reinstated.-Laws, 2, 43, p. 345.

The Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the Sergeantat-Arms of the House of Representatives are directed to select and regulate the pattern for a uniform for the Capitol police and watchmen, and to furnish each member of the force with the necessary belts and arms, at a cost not to exceed twenty dollars per man, payable out of the contingent fund of the Senate and House of Representatives, upon the certificate of the officers above named.-R. S., Sec. 1824.

The members of the Capitol police shall furnish, at their own expense, each his own uniform, which shall be in exact conformity to that required by regulation of the Sergeants-at-Arms.-R. S., Sec. 1825.

Supervision of The supervision of the Capitol police shall be extended over the Botanical Garden, and, until otherwise ordered, and especially during the period employed for rebuilding the fence surrounding the grounds, additional police force may be employed, if deemed necessary, the expense for which shall be defrayed from the contingent fund of the Senate and House of Representatives; but the additional number of policemen for this purpose shall not exceed three at any time.-R. S., Sec. 1826.

Police to prevent use of grounds of,

By the act of April 29, 1876, (Sess. Laws, 1, 44, p. 41,) as play-grounds. it is provided that it shall be the duty of the Capitol police hereafter to prevent any portion of the Capitol grounds and terraces from being used as play-grounds or otherwise, so far as may be necessary to protect the public property, turf, and grass from destruction or injury.

Telegraph from, to public offices.

By the act of March 3, 1873, an appropriation is made for connecting the Capitol by telegraph, to be used solely for public business, with all the departments of Government, and the Government Printing-Office in the city of Washington: Provided, That the immediate connection of the wires with any of the public buildings shall be made under ground, or in such manner as not to injure the appearance of the Capitol or other public buildings.— Stat. at Large, Vol. XVII, p. 519.

CHAIR.

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"The Speaker shall have a right to name any member Speaker may to perform the duties of the Chair, but such substitution fill, for the day. shall not extend beyond an adjournment: Provided, however, That in case of the personal illness of the Speaker, illness, for not exhe may make such appointment for a period not exceed- ceeding ten days. ing ten days, with the approval of the House at the time

the same is made."-Rule 5.

(See SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE.)

CHAIRMAN OF A STANDING COMMITTEE.

(See COMMITTEES.)

CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

And in case of

the Speaker.

A chairman, to preside in Committee of the Whole, Appointed by shall be appointed by the Speaker.-Rule 105.

leries to be cleared.

The chairman of the Committee of the Whole shall, May cause galhave power to order the galleries or lobby to be cleared in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct therein.-Rule 9.

He is also authorized to administer oaths to wit- May administer nesses.-R. S., Sec. 101.

(See also COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE.)

oaths.

CHARGE UPON THE PEOPLE.

for, to be discussed and must be com

"No motion or proposition for a tax or charge upon No proposition the people shall be discussed the day on which it is made on the day made, or offered, and every such proposition shall receive its mitted. first discussion in a Committee of the Whole.-Rule 110.

CHAPLAINS.

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The practice, which had prevailed for several years, Election of of the election by cach House of a chaplain, who should pensed with. open their daily sessions with prayer, alternating weekly between the House and Senate, was suspended during the 35th Congress. At the first session of that Congress a resolution was adopted by the House, which directed "that the daily sessions of that body be opened

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Clergymen gen- with prayer, and requesting the ministers of the gospel in this city to attend and alternately perform this solemn duty."-Journal, 1, 35, p. 58. The clergymen of Washington generally responded to this request, and for the remainder of the Congress performed the duty of chaplains. At the first session of the 36th Congress the old practice of the election of a chaplain by each house was revived, and it was at that time decided that a proposition to proceed to such election presented a question of privilege.―Journal, 1, 36, pp. 442, 443.

Election of, revived.

House employés shall not be.

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CLAIM AGENTS.

"No person shall be an officer of the House, or continue in its employment, who shall be an agent for the prosecution of any claim against the Government, or be interested in such claim otherwise than as an original claimant."-Rule 140.

Stenographers "No stenographer or reporter shall be admitted to the prohibited from reporters' gallery, or, if admitted, be suffered to retain his seat, if he shall be or become an agent to prosecute any claim pending before Congress."-Rule 135.

Members and employés not to act as.

Every officer of the United States, or person holding any place of trust or profit, or discharging any official function under, or in connection with, any executive department of the Government of the United States, or under the Senate or House of Representatives of the United States, who acts as an agent or attorney for prosecuting any claim against the United States, or in any manner, or by any means, otherwise than in discharge of his proper official duties, aids or assists in the prosecution or support of any such claim, or receives any gratuity, or any share of or interest in any claim from any claimant against the United States, with intent to aid or assist, or in consideration of having aided or assisted, in the prosecution of such claim, shall pay a fine of not more than five thousand dollars, or suffer impris onment not more than one year, or both.-R. S., Sec. 5498. (See also BRIBERY and MEMBERS.)

CLAIMS, COMMITTEE OF-CLAIMS, COURT OF.

CLAIMS, COMMITTEE OF.

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A Committee of Claims, to consist of eleven members, When to be appointed, and shall be appointed at the commencement of each Con- what number. gress.-Rule 74.

"It shall be the duty of the Committee of Claims to Duties of. take into consideration all such petitions and matters or things touching claims and demands on the United States as shall be presented, or shall or may come in question, and be referred to them by the House, and to report their opinion thereupon, together with such propositions for relief therein as to them shall seem expedient.”— Rule 78.

The Committee of Claims is authorized by resolution of February 18, 1843, to employ a clerk.-Journal, 3,27, p. 399.

CLAIMS, COURT OF.

Authorized employ a clerk.

The Court of Claims, established by the act of Febru- Judges of. ary twenty-four, eighteen hundred and fifty-five, shall be continued. It shall consist of a chief justice and four judges, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and hold their offices during good behavior. Each of them shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and to discharge faithfully the duties of his office, and shall be entitled to receive an annual salary of four thousand five hundred dollars, payable quarterly from the Treasury.-R. S., Sec. 1049.

It shall be the duty of the Speaker of the House of Rooms for. Representatives to appropriate such rooms in the Capitol, at Washington, for the use of the Court of Claims, as may be necessary for their accommodation, unless it appears to him that such rooms cannot be so appropriated without interfering with the business of Congress. In that case, the court shall procure, at the city of Washington, such rooms as may be necessary for the transaction of their business.-R. S., Sec. 1051.

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On the first day of every December session of Con- Reports of, to be gress, the clerk of the Court of Claims shall transmit to

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Congress a full and complete statement of all the judg ments rendered by the court during the previous year, stating the amounts thereof and the parties in whose favor they were rendered, together with a brief synopsis of the nature of the claims upon which they were rendered. And at the end of every term of the court, he shall transmit a copy of its decisions to the heads of departments; to the Solicitor, the Comptrollers, and the Auditors of the Treasury; to the Commissioners of the General Land-Office and of Indian Affairs; to the chiefs of bureaus, and to other officers charged with the adjustment of claims against the United States.-R. S., Sec. 1057.

Members of either house of Congress shall not practice in the Court of Claims.-R. S., Sec. 1058.

All petitions and bills praying or providing for the satisfaction of private claims against the Government, founded upon any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an executive department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States, shall, unless otherwise ordered by resolution of the house in which they are introduced, be transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives, with all the accompanying documents, to the Court of Claims.-R. S., Sec. 1060.

The said court shall have power to call upon any of the departments for any information or papers it may deem necessary, and shall have the use of all recorded and printed reports made by the committees of each house of Congress, when deemed necessary in the prosecution of its business. But the head of any department may refuse and omit to comply with any call for information or papers when, in his opinion, such compliance would be injurious to the public interest.-R. S., Sec. 1076.

[Where it is proposed to refer a case, of which the court has no jurisdiction under existing laws, the usual mode is by joint resolution.]

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