ON BILLS-Continued. reference ............................................... Claims and private bills referred to certain committees, unless unanimously ordered otherwise ................. OF PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, BILLS, AND RESOLUTIONS: Private bills and petitions introduced by delivering to Clerk. ....... diction .................................................. Public bills, etc., and legislative memorials, referred by Speaker................................................. Resolutions of inquiry to be reported in one week......... Committee of the Whole; Speaker to leave chair and appoint chairman...................................... considered in Committee of the Whole.... but precedence given revenue and appropriation bills... Question of consideration in Conimittee of the Whole; how decided.................................................. Five-minute rule on amendments after general debate closed ..... Amendment not to be withdrawn except by unanimous consent .......... Debate on amendment or paragraph; how closed ......... Motion to strike out enacting clause; precedence orer motions to amend ............ Effect of House disagreeing to adverse recommendation of Committee of the Whole House; bill recommitted....... But motion to otherwise refer first in order.............. House rules applicable observed in Committee of the Whole House........... ......... ORDER OF BUSINESS: Approval of Journal ..... third Mondays................................. tion ....... ......... 228 cum ORDER OF BUSINESS-Continued. Rule. Clause. Page. Unfinished business at a previous adjournment .......... XXIV 5 227 Other unfinished business ................................ XXIV 228 Consideration of revenue and appropriation bills and other business on the Union Calendar .......... ........... XXIV Business on the House Calendar........... XXIV On Fridays, after morning hour, Private Calendar; or public business if House so desires XXIV 228 PRIORITY OF BUSINESS : Priority of business decided without debate .............. XXV 228 PRIVATE AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA BUSINESS: Fridays set apart for private business ...... XXVI 228 Second and fourth Mondays for District of Columbia busi. ness..................................................... XXVI. 2 228 Recess on Fridays and night session for pension bills, etc... XXVI. 3 228 CXFINISHED BUSINESS OF THE SESSION : Unfinished business of the session resumed at commencement of next session ........ XXVII 228 CHANGE OR SUSPENSION 07 RI'LES: Two-thirds may suspend rules on first and third Mondays XXVIII 229 Thirty minutes' debate on notion to suspend rules ....... XXVIII 229 CONFERENCE REPORTS: When in order; detailed statement of, required........... XXIX 220 SECRET SESSION : Secret session, when to be held.................... XXX 20 READING OF PAPERS : Privilege of reading paper; how decided ... XXXI 230 DRAWING OF SEATS: Drawing of seats; low conducted............ XXXII 230 Seats to ve racated before drawing........... XXXII 231 HALL OF THE HOUSE: Use of the Hall of the House...... XXXIII 231 OF ADMISSION TO THE FLOOR: Who admitted to the floor of the House ..... XXXIV 231 OF ADMISSION TO THE GALLERIES: Admission to reserved galleries ; liow obtained............. XXXV 232 OFFICIAL AND OTHER REPORTERS: Official reporters, appointment and removal of, by Speaker XXXVI 233 Press reporters, admission of to floor and reporters gallery and hall in rear of Speaker's chair... XXXVI 233 PAY OF WITNESSES : Witness fees and mileage...... ... XXXVII 233 PAPERS: Clerks of committees must deliver papers to Clerk of the 233 WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS: Papers, how withdrawn from the files...... XXXIX 234 When Clerk may loan papers to Department officers...... XXXIX 234 BALLOT: On ballot, majority required to elect......... XL 234 i MESSAGES: Passage and approval of bill, entered in Journal and in Record........ EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS: All executive communications shall be addressed to the Speaker................................................. QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYÉS: Officers and employés shall not be agents in claims against the Government. JEFFERSON'S MANUAL: Jefferson's Manual to govern procedure of House, when not inconsistent with standing rules....... As To PRINTING OF BILLS: Five hundred copies of public bills and 100 of private and river and harbor bills to be printed........ How distributed............ Estimates of cost required before reprinting ordered ..... RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. [With marginal reference to date of origin and modification.) RULE I. DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER. Speaker. Apr. 7, 1789. order. Mar. 14, 1794 appropriated 1. The Speaker shall take the chair on every Calls House to order and aplegislative day precisely at the hour to which the proves Journal House shall have adjourned at the last sitting, Dec. 23, 1811. immediately call the Members to order, and on the appearance of a quorum, cause the Journal of the proceedings of the last day's sitting to be read, having previously examined and approved the same. 2. He shall preserve order and decorum, and in Shall preserve case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the Apr. 7, 1789. galleries, or in the lobby, may cause the same to be cleared. 3. He shall have general control, except as pro. Control of un: vided by rule or law, of the Hall of the House, and rooms in Capitol. of the corridors and passages, and the disposal of Sept. 6, 1893. the unappropriated rooms in that part of the Capi. tol assigned to the use of the House until further order. 4. He shall sign all acts, addresses, joint resolu. witamente tions, writs, warrants, and subpenas of, or issued fox: by order of, the House, and decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal by any Member, on cisione which appeal no Member shall speak more than Dec. 23, 1811. once, unless by permission of the House. 5. He shall rise to put a question, but may state question; how it sitting; and shall put questions in this form, to Apr. 7, 1789. wit: “As many as are in favor (as the question may Dec. 23, 1811. Shall sign acts, A pr. 7, 1789. Appeal from de put. Division. Tellers. quired to vote. be) say Aye”; and after the affirmative voice is expressed, “As many as are opposed say No”; if he doubts, or a division is called for, the House shall divide; those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and then those in the negative; if he still doubts, or a count is required by at least one-fifth of a quorum, he shall name one from each side of the question, to tell the Members in the affirmative and negative; which being reported, he shall rise and state the decision. When not re. 6. He shall not be required to vote in ordinary Apr. 7, 1789. legislative proceedings, except when his vote would be decisive, or where the House is engaged in voting by ballot; and in all cases of a tie vote the question shall be lost. May name 7. He shall have the right to name any Member May 26, 1824. to perform the duties of the Chair, but such sub stitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment: Provided, however, That in case of his illness he may make such appointment for a period not exceeding ten days, with the approval of the House at the time the same is made; and in his absence When Speaker and omission to make such appointment, the House elected. shall proceed to elect a Speaker pro tempore, to act Mar. 2, 1880. during his absence. Speaker pro tem. Apr. 28, 1876. pro tem. to be oath of officers. RULE II. Officers. . ELECTION OF OFFICERS. Election and There shall be elected by a viva voce vote at the Mar. 16, 1860. commencement of each Congress, to continue in office until their successors are chosen and qualified, a Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, and Chaplain, each of whom shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States, and for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office, to the best of his knowledge and ability, and to keep the secrets of the House, Appointment and each shall appoint all of the employés of his Mar. 2. 1880. department provided for by law. of employés. |