RULES OF THE SENATE.

Senate, relating to the Executive proeedings of

votes of, to be entered on Journal

contents of memorials and petitions present-
ed to, to be entered on the Journal

shall be cleared of all persons except their officers,
when acting on Executive business

Executive proceedings of, to be recorded sepa-
rately from the Legislative

officers of, when they shall be elected

Speaking, among members, prohibited during debate,
more than twice in one day on the same sub-
ject, prohibited

Time, longest, first put

T.

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Treaties, proceedings on

to be kept secret until injunction be removed

Vice-President, or President, pro tempore, may appoint
a Chairman

Vote, every, to be entered on the Journal

no member allowed to, after decision is announced

W.

Words, exceptionable, shall be taken down, when a
call to order is made by a Senator

Y.

Yeas and Nays, to be called alphabetically
may be required by one-fifth

to be taken without debate

after being taken, no member allowed
to enter his vote

TO THE

RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

A.

Absent members, their attendance may be compell-
ed by fifteen members

Absent, no member allowed to be, unless on leave 50

Acts and

Addresses

signed by Speaker

Rule. P.

58=

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Adjourn, a motion to, always in order, but not to be
debated
Amendment not to be admitted, if on a subject differ-
ent from that under consideration
Amendments to engrossed bills, by way of ryder, not

to engrossed bills to be kept on separate

paper

to original motions, in Committee of the
Whole

to reports, in Committee of the Whole 98

Appeals, how made and debated

proceedings in case of

Appropriations to be first discussed in Committee of

the Whole

Appropriations for treaties not to be included in bills
making appropriations for other objects

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102

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private, to have preference Fridays and Saturdas 19
how to be introduced or reported

Bill rejected, if enacting words be stricken out
Bills on the table, when taken up

the several readings of

if opposed on first reading, question to reject to
be put, &c.

how to be disposed of on second reading

not more than three to be committed to same
Committee of the Whole

may be recommitted at any time before passage
to be engrossed in a fair round hand
not to be amended on third reading by ryders

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Bills, when passed, to be certified by the Clerk
[in Committee of the Whole] how to be taken up;

not to be interlined; amendments to, how to
be kept and reported; and, after report, may
be again debated and amended
Blanks, rule respecting the filling of
Business on the table, when taken up
daily order of

no debate on priority of

R. P.

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96

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99

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unfinished, at the close of a session, to be re-
sumed at the commencement of a second or
subsequent session of the same Congress 15
private, to have preference on Fridays and
Saturdays

C.

Calls on Departments for information, rule relating to 46
Call of the House, names called alphabetically
rules relative to a

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Clerk to cause resolutions to be delivered to the Presi-
dent, &c.

to make a list of reports to be made by public of-
ficers to Congress

to forward the Journals to the Governors of the
States

to take an oath to act faithfully, and tenure of ap-
pointment, &c.

Committees, how to be appointed

precedence of, in motions for reference 33
appointment of standing
duties of, viz: Of Elections

On Post Office & Post
Roads

For District of Columbia 62
On the Judiciary

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On Revolutionary Claims 64
On Public Expenditures 65
On Private Land Claims 66
On Military Affairs
On Naval Affairs
On Foreign Affairs
On the Territories
On Military Pensions

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Committees, duties of, viz: On Revisal and Unfinished

Business
On Accounts

(standing) may report by bill

R. P.

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not to sit during the sitting of the House 77
Committees on Expenditures, appointment and duties
of the six standing
Committee of the Whole on the Union, a standing order

of the day

Committee of the Whole, how formed

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how to proceed in cases of bills 96
how to report amendments to
original motions

how to report amendments to a
report

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rules of the House to be ob-

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Commitment (of motions) to be at the pleasure of
the House
Confidential communications or proceedings, rules
upon the subject of

Consideration, questions of

Conversation (private) not to be entertained while a
member is speaking

D.

Debate, provisions for the preservation of order and de-

corum in

on appeals, limited nature of

on appeals in calls to order, prohibited
prohibited on motions to adjourn

on motions to lie on the table

prohibited on petitions and other papers on
the day of presentation

prohibited on priority of business

to be precluded by the previous question

Departments, call for information from

Divine service not to be performed in the Hall, unless
by consent of the Speaker

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Division, proceedings when called for

Division of Questions, when and how they may be al-
lowed

Doorkeeper to be sworn to secrecy

Duties or Taxes, rules to be observed respecting their
imposition

Disorder in the Gallery, remedy in cases of

E.

Elections, how to be conducted

Enacting words, stricken out, considered a rejection 32 16
Engrossed bills not to be amended by ryders while on
their passage between the two Houses. (See Bills.)
Engrossments to be in a fair round hand

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Enrolled bills, committee on, may report at any time 105 28
Excused from voting, rule relating to being

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Excused from serving on a committee, a member may be 49 18
Executive Departments, rules to be observed in calling
for information from the heads of

F.

Fees in cases of calls of the House

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Hall to be under the direction of the Speaker
persons who may be admitted within the
not to be used in the performance of Divine ser
vice, unless by consent of the Speaker

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Indefinitely, questions not to be resumed which are post-

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poned
Information, calls on President and Departments for 46 18

J.

Joint Resolutions, or propositions requiring the consent
of the Senate to be laid on the table
one day
signed by the Speaker

to be corrected by the Speaker
L.

Lie on the table, precedence of a motion to

no debate allowed on a motion to
one day, all matters requiring the con-
currence of the Senate, to 44 18
all resolutions calling on Ex-
ecutive officers for informa-
tion shall

Lobby may be cleared in cases of disorder

rules to be observed on the presentation of 45 18

Members, to be called alphabetically

Memorials, when to be presented

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