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upon an actual count by the Speaker, that no quorum is present."-Rule 132.

In order before the Journal is read, if no quorum

A call of the House may be moved before the Journal is read if no quorum is present.-Journal, 1, 34, P. present.

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case of.

Roll to be called

Doors shut.
Excuses

Upon calls of the House, the names of the members Proceedings in shall be called over (alphabetically-Rule 35) by the Clerk, and the absentees noted. After which the names of the absentees shall again be called over. The doors twice. shall then be shut, and those for whom no excuse or insufficient excuses are made may, by order of those present, if fifteen in number, be taken into custody as they appear, or may be sent for and taken into custody wherever to be found, by special messengers, to be appointed for that purpose."-Rule 36.

re

ceived.
Order for arrest
of absentees, &c.

when usually made.

Call may be dispensed with at any

arrest.

Issue of war

[The order of arrest is not usually made by the House Order of arrest, unless a quorum cannot otherwise be obtained; and, upon the appearance of a quorum, a motion is usually made and carried that "all further proceedings in the call be dispensed with;" and this motion is held to be in time. order at any period of the proceedings. The order for arrest is usually in this form, viz: "That the Sergeant-Form of order at-Arms take into custody and bring to the bar of the House such of its members as are now absent without the leave of the House;" and, upon its adoption, a war- rant. rant, under the hand and seal of the Speaker, and attested by the Clerk, with a list of the absentees thereto attached, is immediately placed in the hands of the Sergeant-at-Arms. Upon his appearance with members. under arrest, he is announced at the bar of the House by the Doorkeeper, whereupon he makes his return. The members brought in by him are then severally arraigned Arraignment of by the Speaker, and interrogated by him as to what excuses they may have to offer for being absent from the sitting of the House without its leave.]

Return of war

rant.

absent members.

mine as to pay

"When a member shall be discharged from custody House to deter and admitted to his seat, the House shall determine ment of fees. whether such discharge shall be with or without paying fees; and, in like manner, whether a delinquent member, taken into custody by a special messenger, shall or shall

delinquent members.

not be liable to defray the expense of such special mesFees against senger."-Rule 37. In regard to the fees of Sergeant-atArms and special messenger, see SERGEANT-AT-ARMS. Member must Until a member has paid the fees assessed against can be recognized. him, he is not at liberty to address the Chair or make a question of order."-Journal, 1, 36, p. 1025.

pay fees before he

Recess not in It is not in order for the House to take a recess during

order during.

or with reference to call.

Only to adjourn a call of the House.-Journal, 1, 26, p. 843. [Indeed, no motion, except to adjourn or with reference to the call, is ever entertained during a call.]

ment proceedings

By an adjourn [By an adjournment pending a call, all proceedings in in, ordinarily fall. the call are terminated; but where the House has previously passed an order specially directing otherwise, such special direction should doubtless be executed.See Journal, 2, 27, p. 672.]

Speaker has control over hall and other rooms.

ness.

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. The Speaker shall also "have a genHall not to be eral direction of the hall.”—Rule 5. And "no person used except for legitimate busi- shall be permitted to perform divine service in the chamber occupied by the House of Representatives unless with the consent of the Speaker."-Rule 6. The hall of the House shall not be used for any other purpose than the legitimate business of the House, nor shall the Speaker entertain any proposition to use it for any other purpose or for the suspension of this rule: Provided, That this shall not interfere with the performance of divine service therein under the direction of the Speaker, or with the use of the same for caucus-meetings of the members, or upon occasions when the House may, by resolution, agree to take part in any ceremonies to be observed therein.-Rule 155.

uors prohibited in, or grounds,

Spirituous liq- No spirituous or malt liquors or wines shall be offered for sale, exhibited, or kept within the Capitol, or in any room or building connected therewith, or on the public grounds adjacent thereto. And it shall be the duty of the Sergeants-at-Arms of the two houses, under the super

vision of the presiding officers thereof, respectively, to enforce the foregoing provisions. And any officer or employé of either house who shall in any manner violate or connive at the violation of this rule shall be dismissed from office.-Joint Rule 19.

neers to have

The Chief of Engineers shall have charge of the pub- Chief of Engilic buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, charge of. under such regulations as may be prescribed by the President, through the War Department, except those buildings and grounds which are otherwise provided for by law.-R. S., Sec. 1797.

Old hall House of Representa

Suitable structures and railings shall be erected in the old hall of Representatives for the reception and tives. protection of statuary, and the same shall be under the supervision and direction of the Chief of Engineers in charge of public buildings and grounds. And the President is authorized to invite all the States to provide and furnish statues, in marble or bronze, not exceeding two in number for each State, of deceased persons who have been citizens thereof, and illustrious for their historic renown or for distinguished civic or military serv ices, such as each State may deem to be worthy of this national commemoration; and when so furnished, the same shall be placed in the old hall of the House of Representatives, in the Capitol of the United States, which is set apart, or so much thereof as may be necessary, as a national statuary hall for the purpose herein indicated.-R. S., Sec. 1814.

to be exhibited in.

No statuary, painting, or other article, the property No painting, &c., of an individual, shall hereafter be allowed to be exhibited in the rotunda or any other portion of the Capitol building.-R. S., Sec. 1815.

Architect shall

By the act of August 15, 1876, (Sess. Laws, 1, 44, P. have care of, &c. 147,) it is provided that the Architect of the Capitol shall have the care and superintendence of the Capitol, including lighting, and shall submit, through the Secretary of the Interior, estimates thereof; and that all the duties relative to the Capitol building heretofore per- heretofore formed by the Commissioner of Public Buildings and formed by ComGrounds shall hereafter be performed by the Architect

Architect shall perform all duties relative to, as per

missioner.

Exhibition of works of art in, &c.

Repairs, &c., of.

Electrical appa

ratus.

Protection of.

Police of.

of the Capitol, whose office shall be in the Capitol building.

No work of art not the property of the United States shall be exhibited in the Capitol, nor shall any room in the Capitol be used for private studios or works of art without permission from the Joint Committee on the Library, given in writing; and it shall be the duty of the Architect of the Capitol Extension to carry these provisions into effect.-Laws, 2, 43, p. 376.

All improvements, alterations, additions, and repairs of the Capitol building shall hereafter be made by the direction and under the supervision of the Architect of the Capitol Extension, and the same shall be paid for by the Secretary of the Interior out of the appropriations for such extension, and from no other appropriation; and no furniture or carpets for either house shall hereafter be purchased without the written order of the chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, for the Senate, or without the written order of the chairman of the Committee on Accounts of the House of Representatives, for the House.-R. S., Sec. 1816.

The electrical apparatus for lighting the hall of the House, the dome, the rotunda, and the old ball of Representatives, shall be in charge of the chief engineer of the House of Representatives, and operated by the person or persons under his charge, to be designated by him, subject to the control and supervision of the Architect of the Capitol and the Chief of Engineers in charge of public buildings and grounds.-R. S., Sec. 1817.

The Sergeants-at-Arms of the Senate and of the House of Representatives are authorized to make such regulations as they may deem necessary for preserving the peace and securing the Capitol from defacement, and for the protection of the public property therein, and they shall have power to arrest and detain any person violating such regulations, until such person can be brought before the proper authorities for trial.-R. S., Sec. 1820.

There shall be a Capitol police, the members of which

shall be appointed by the Sergeants-at-Arms of the two houses and the Architect of the Capitol Extension. There shall be a captain of the Capitol police, and such other members, with such rates of compensation, respectively, as may be appropriated for by Congress from year to year.-R. S., Sec. 1821.

The Capitol police shall consist of the following members, to be paid at the following rates, respectively, per annum, on the order of the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate and the Sergeant-at-Arms of the House, or of either of them, namely:

One captain, at two thousand four hundred and one dollars and twenty cents; three lieutenants, at two thousand and seventy dollars each; twenty-seven privates, at one thousand eight hundred and twenty-one dollars and sixty cents each; and eight watchmen, at one thousand one hundred and fifty dollars each.-R. S., Sec. 1822.

By the act of August 15, 1876, there was appropriated, "for one captain, one thousand six hundred dollars; three lieutenants, at one thousand two hundred dollars each; twenty-one privates, at one thousand one hundred dollars each; and six watchmen, at nine hundred dollars each; in all, thirty-three thousand and seven hundred dollars, one-half to be paid into the contingent fund of the Senate and the other half to be paid into the contingent fund of the House of Representatives: Provided, That so much of the joint resolution approved July fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, as authorizes the employment of additional police force, is hereby repealed, to take effect from and after the thirtieth day of June, eighteen hundred and seventy-six."-See Sess. Laws, 1, 44, p. 144.

Number and pay

of police.

police.

The captain of the Capitol police may suspend any Suspension of member of the force, subject to the approval of the two Sergeants-at-Arms and of the Architect of the Capitol Extension.-R. S., Sec. 1823.

no compensation

Hereafter, whenever a member of the Capitol police Shall receive or watch force is suspended from duty for cause, said while suspended, policeman or watchman shall receive no compensation

if not reinstated.

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