Daily call for. bated. "Reports from the committees having been presented and disposed of, the Speaker shall call for resolutions from the members of each State and Delegates from each Territory, beginning with Maine and the Territory last Not to be de- organized alternately. They shall not be debated on the very day of their being presented, nor on any day assigned by the House for the receipt of resolutions, unless where the House shall direct otherwise; but shall lie on the table, to be taken up in the order in which they were presented; and if, on that day, the whole of the States and Territories shall not be called, the Speaker shall begin on the next day where he left off the previOnly one to be Ous day: Provided, That no member shall offer more than one resolution, or one series of resolutions, all relating to the same subject, until all the States and Territories shall have been called."-Rule 52. Call for, how resumed. offered by a mem ber. thereon. Call for, on al- "All the States and Territories shall be called for ternate Mondays, and no debate bills on leave and resolutions every Monday during each session of Congress; and, if 'to secure the necessary object on said days, all resolutions which shall give rise to debate shall lie over for discussion, under the rules of the House already established; and the whole of said days shall be appropriated to bills on leave and resolutions until all the States and Territories are called through. And the Speaker shall first call, the States and Territories for bills on leave; and all bills so introduced during the first hour after the Journal is read shall be referred, without debate, to their appropriate committees: Provided, however, That a bill so introduced and referred shall not be brought back into the House upon a motion to reconsider."-Rule 130. (See MORNING HOUR ON MONDAYS.) Debate on, may be avoided by de question. It is a common practice, when a resolution is submand of previous mitted, for the mover to immediately demand the previous question, which, if ordered, will prevent debate and bring the House to a direct vote on the resolution, thus avoiding the necessity of its lying over, as would be the case if debate should arise.-Journals, 1, 26, pp. 1064, 1067; 2, 27, p. 429; 1, 28, pp. 558, 1235; 1, 30, p. 326. RESOLUTIONS, ETC.-REVISION OF THE LAWS, COMMITTEE ON. 205 The name of a member who offers a resolution to the, Name of member who offers, enconsideration of the House shall be inserted on the tered on Journal. Journals.-Rule 32. A resolution cannot be amended so as to convert it Amendment of. into a joint resolution.-Journal, 1, 32, p. 679. "No bill or resolution shall, at any time, be amended by annexing thereto, or incorporating therewith, any other bill or resolution pending before the House."Rule 48. [According to the practice, an amendment containing the substance of a pending bill or resolution is in order. (See AMENDMENTS.) Where concur rence of Senate is necessary. "Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate shall be necessary, shall be read to the House and laid on the table on a day preceding that in which the same shall be moved, unless the House shall otherwise expressly allow."-Rule 143. Such resolutions as call for information from the Pres- Calling for inident or heads of Department are required, by Rule 53, to lie on the table one day. (See PRESIDENT and ExECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.) RESOLUTIONS OF STATE AND TERRITORIAL LEGISLA TURES. (See JOINT RESOLUTIONS.) RESTAURANT. formation. To be in charge and Grounds. By resolution of the House of April 8, 1869, it is pro- of Committee on vided that the House restaurant be placed in charge of Public Buildings the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, with the same powers heretofore possessed by the Committee on Revisal and Unfinished Business.-Journal, 1, 41, p. 201. The powers above referred to are to lease the same, and under such rules and regulations as to the said committee may seem expedient.-Journal, 2, 30, p. 111. REVISION OF THE LAWS, COMMITTEE ON. and number of. There shall be appointed at the commencement of each When appointed Congress a Committee on the Revision of the Laws, to consist of eleven members.-Rule 74. 206 REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS, COMMITTEE ON-RULES. When appointed and number of. Its duties. To take charge of pensions to soldiers of 1812. Unappropriated, to be at disposal of Speaker. Each house may determine its. Not to be changed without notice. REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONS, COMMITTEE ON. There shall be appointed at the commencement of each Congress a Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, to consist of eleven members.-Rule 74. "It shall be the duty of the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions to take into consideration all such matters respecting pensions for services in the revolutionary war, other than invalid pensions, as shall be referred to them. by the House."-Rule 92. On the 26th March, 1867, upon the suggestion of the Speaker, it was ordered that all matters relating to pensions to soldiers of the war of 1812 shall be referred to the Committee on Revolutionary Pensions, instead of the Committee on Invalid Pensions, as heretofore.-Journal, 1, 40, p. 117. ROADS AND CANALS, COMMITTEE ON. (The name of this committee changed to that of “RAILWAYS AND CANALS," which see.) ROOMS IN THE CAPITOL. "The unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capitol assigned to the House shall be subject to the order and disposal of the Speaker until the further order of the House."—Rule 5. RULES. "Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings."-Const., 1, 5, 8. "No standing rule or order of the House shall be rescinded or changed without one day's notice being To suspend, re- given of the motion therefor, (see NOTICES;) nor shall except to go into any rule be suspended except by a vote of at least two quires two-thirds, Union, or close de bate in Committee thirds of the members present."-Rule 145. of the Whole. How notice may be given of motion to amend. But a majority may at any time suspend the rules and orders for the purpose of going into the Committee of the Whole on the state of the Union, and for closing debate in Committees of the Whole-(see DEBATE.) — Rule 104. A resolution to amend the rules may be read and referred to the Committee on Rules during the first call of the States and Territories in the morning hour of Monday, and thus constitutes notice, according to the usages of the House.-Journal, 2, 43, pp. 360 to 362. tions to suspend, Except during the last six days of the session the When only mo Speaker shall not entertain a motion to suspend the rules can be made. of the House at any time except on Monday of every week, at the expiration of one hour after the Journal is read, unless the call of States and Territories for bills on leave and resolutions has been earlier concluded, when the Speaker may entertain a motion to suspend the rules.-Rule 145. order. in It is not in order to move a suspension of the rules When motion to while the House is acting under a suspension of the suspend, not rules-Cong. Globe, 2, 27, pp. 58, 142; 1, 31, p. 1225— unless connected with the business immediately before the House-Journal, 2, 36, p. 212; nor while considering a special order, it having been made under a suspension of the rules-Cong. Globe, 2, 29, pp. 401, 430-[unless connected with the consideration of such special order;] nor while the previous question is operating.—Journal, 2, 33, p. 564. to suspend, motion Pending a motion to suspend the rules, so as to take Pending motion an immediate vote on a proposition, a motion for a recess for a recess not in is not in order.-Journal, 2, 39, pp. 572, 573. [This de- order. cision of the Speaker was sustained on appeal by the very decisive vote, by yeas and nays, of yeas 173, nays 4; and would seem to have settled the question that pending a similar motion, dilatory motions, such as had been previously tolerated, would not be entertained hereafter.] tion to suspend, "Pending a motion to suspend the rules, the Speaker Pending a momay entertain one motion that the House do now only one motion to adjourn; but after the result thereon is announced, he adjourn in order. shall not entertain any other dilatory motion till the vote is taken on suspension."-Rule 161. pend, not debat Not amendable. A motion to suspend the rules is not debatable.-Cong. Motion to susGlobe, 2, 27, p. 121; 1, 29, p. 343; nor is it amendable-able. Cong. Globe, 2, 30, pp. 319, 320; Journal, 2, 35, p. 477; nor can it be laid on the table-Cong. Globe, 1, 29, p. 343; Journal, 2, 35, p. 510; nor postponed indefinitely-Cong, poned indefinitely. Globe, 1, 26, p. 121. Cannot be laid on table or post Vote on suspension cannot be reconsidered. Where suspended for a particular purpose. No modification after suspension. Motion to pend, may sus- The vote on a motion to suspend the rules cannot be reconsidered.-Journal, 2, 31, p. 134. Where the rules are suspended to enable a member to submit a particular proposition, if he fail to submit it another member may do so.-Journal, 1, 23, p. 631. But where he submits it and subsequently withdraws it, another member cannot renew it.-Journal, 2, 36, pp. 131 to 140. After the rules have been suspended to allow a proposition to be submitted, it cannot be modified.—Cong. Globe, 1. 31, p. 1727. [But it may be amended by a vote of the House.] The rules may be suspended by a single vote for the brace several bills. purpose of enabling a number of bills to be reported from a committee.-Journal, 3, 34, p. 432. Joint rule suspended by a ma jority. Not in order to change or rescind, amendment. A joint rule, so far as the House is concerned, requires a majority vote only for its suspension.-Journal, 2, 24, p. 574. It is not in order, under color of amendment, to move under color of to change or rescind a rule; and where such is the effect of a motion, one day's notice is necessary.-Journal, 1, 20, p. 647. To continue unless otherwise ordered. What has been customary in regard to. Desks to be re moved and seats "These rules shall be the rules of the House of Representatives of the present and succeeding Congresses unless otherwise ordered."-Rule 147. SEATS OF MEMBERS. Previous to the 2d session of the 35th Congress each member was provided with a desk and seat within the hall, the location of which for the session has of late years been determined by lot. At that session, with a view to try the experiment of dispensing with desks, the following resolution was adopted, viz: "Resolved, That the Superintendent of the Capitol re-arranged. Extension be directed, after the adjournment of the present session of Congress, to remove the desks from the hall of the House, and to make such re-arrangement of the seats of members as will bring them together into the smallest convenient space.-Journal, 2, 35, pp. 580, 583. |