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of remarks delivered by another Member, which have been withheld for revision.―Journal, 2, 53, p. 435.

STENOGRAPHIC REPORTERS TO COMMITTEES.

A stenographic reporter to committees of the House to be appointed by the Speaker was authorized by resolution of the House January 5, 1865-Journal 2, 38, pp. 79, 80.

By a resolution of the House of January 18, 1866, the Speaker is directed to appoint "a competent stenographic reporter, to continue in office until otherwise ordered by the House, whose duty it shall be to report in shorthand, on the order of any of the standing or special committees of the House, such proceedings as they may deem necessary, and, when ordered to be printed, properly index and supervise the publication of the same; and who shall receive therefor an annual compensation at the rate now allowed by regulation for reporting court-martial proceedings: Provided, That all such reporting ordered by committees of the House, and all such as he shall be required to do for joint committees, shall be done by said reporter or person employed by him without extra compensation or additional expense; and the reports so taken shall be under the entire control of the committees, respectively, by which such testimony shall be taken, or of the House."-Journal, 1, 39, p. 162.

By resolution of July 25, 1866, an assistant official reporter to committees, to be appointed by the Speaker, was authorized to serve during the Thirty-ninth Congress.-Journal, 1, 39, p. 1117; and was continued until otherwise ordered by resolution of March 6, 1867.-Journal, 1, 40, p. 13.

These positions were declared vacant by resolution of the House of February 7, 1884, and the Speaker was authorized, upon the request of a committee, to employ such reporters to report the proceedings of the committee as should be deemed necessary, at a compensation to be fixed by the Committee on Accounts.-Journal, 1, 48, p. 520.

The position of official stenographer to committees were revived by Legislative appropriation act of March 3, 1885, in which an appropriation is made "For two stenographers to committees to be appointed by the Speaker on or after December 1, 1885."-23 Stat. at L., p. 293. Similar provisions have

REPORTERS-REPORTS.

been repeated in the appropriation acts of each subsequent Congress.

The duties of the reporters to committees may be considered as defined by the resolution, above quoted, of January 18, 1886.

REPORTERS FOR THE PRESS.

Stenographers and reporters other than the official reporters of the House, wishing to take down the debates and proceedings, may be admitted by the Speaker to the reporters' gallery over the Speaker's chair, and to the hall in the rear thereof, under such regulations as he may, from time to time, prescribe; and he may assign seats on the floor to a representative of both the Associated and the United Press Associations, and may admit to the privileges of the floor an assistant to each of such representatives.-Rule XXXVI, clause 2.

By the regulation prescribed by the Speaker, pursuant to this rule, reporters are admitted to the hall in the rear of the Speaker's chair upon the invitation of a Member or Delegate, on condition that they shall thereafter retire from said hall, and not enter the hall of the House.

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The Clerk of the House and Secretary of the Senate are directed to procure and file, for the use of their respective Houses, copies of all reports made by each committee of all succeeding Congresses; and at the close of each session of Congress, to cause said reports to be indexed and bound, one copy to be deposited in the library of each House and one copy in the room of the committee from which the reports emanated. 24, Stat. L., p. 346.

All bills, petitions, memorials, or resolutions reported from a committee shall be accompanied by reports in writing, which shall be printed.-Rule XVIII, clause 2.

The question whether or not a particular report is a full or proper compliance with the foregoing rule must be determined by the House and not by the Chair.-Journal, 1, 48, p. 516.

On all days other than the first and third Mondays in each month as soon as the business on the Speaker's table has been disposed of, there shall be a morning hour for reports from com

mittees, which shall be appropriately referred and printed, and a copy thereof mailed by the Public Printer to each Member and Delegate.-Rule XXIV, clause 2.

There shall be three calendars of business reported from committees, viz:

First. A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union; to which shall be referred bills raising revenue, general appropriation bills, and bills of a public character, directly or indirectly appropriating money or property;

Second. A House Calendar, to which shall be referred all bills of a public character not raising revenue nor directly or indirectly appropriating money or property; and

Third. A Calendar of the Committee of the Whole House, to which shall be referred all bills of a private character.

All reports of committees on private bills, together with the views of the minority, shall be delivered to the Clerk for printing and reference to the proper calendar, under the direction of the Speaker, in accordance with the foregoing clause, and the titles or subjects thereof shall be entered on the Journal and printed in the Record.-Rule XIII, clause 2.

All bills reported adversely shall be laid on the table, unless the committee reporting the same at the time, or any Member within three days thereafter, shall request its reference to the Calendar, when it shall be referred as provided in clause 1 of this rule.-Rule XIII, clause 3.

Reading a report is in the nature of debate and is precluded by ordering the previous question.

The report is usually read by common consent immediately on entering upon the consideration of a measure, but if objected to, it could only be read in the time of the member having the floor.

It is for the House, not the Chair, to determine whether a report in writing is sufficient and should be received.-Congressional Record, 1, 48, p. 926.

Unless authorized by the rules, a committee can not report upon a subject which has not been referred to them.-Journal, 1, 45, p. 527.

It is presumed that a report made, or motion submitted by a member, in behalf of a committee, when it is called, has been

authorized by such committee. The question of such authority is a question of fact not for the Speaker but for the committee itself to decide.-Congressional Record, 2, 49, p. 43.

A bill having been recommitted to a committee with leave to report at any time, and the same being immediately reported by its chairman, is subject to the point that the committee have not considered it.,-Journal, 2, 50, p. 536.

A negative vote on a motion in Committee of the Whole that a bill be reported favorably to the House does not amount to a decision that the bill be adversely reported.-Journel, 1, 46, pp. 421, 422.

(See Committees; Morning Hour; Conference Reports.)

OF COMMISSIONS.

The joint commission established by the act of March 3, 1893, 27 Stat. L. p. 681, for the purpose of investigating the Execu tive Departments with a view to economy and to securing greater efficiency of employés, is authorized to report to the Fifty-third Congress by bill or otherwise.

The joint commission to investigate the Ford Theater disaster is also authorized to report by bill or otherwise.-Stat. at L., vol. 28, p. 392.

PRIVILEGED.

Reports from Committee on Rules may be called up at any time and dilatory motions are not to be entertained pending consideration.-Rule XI, clause 57.

The right to report at any time carries with it the right to consider the proposition when reported.-Journal, 1, 32, p. 195. The right to report at any time bills raising revenue is confined to the Committee on Ways and Means.-Congressional Record, 1, 49, p. 7332.

By clause 57, Rule XI, the following committees have leave to report at any time on the following subjects:

The Committee on Rules-On rules, joint rules, and order of business;

The Committee on Elections-On the right of a Member to his seat;

The Committee on Ways and Means-Bills raising revenue;

The Committee on Appropriations-The legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill; the sundry civil appropriation bill; the fortification appropriation bill; the District of Columbia appropriation bill; the pension appropriation bill, and the deficiency appropriation bill;

The Committee on Agriculture-The bill making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture;

The Committee on Foreign Affairs-The consular and diplomatic appropriation bill;

The Committee on Military Affairs-The Army appropriation bill and the Military Academy appropriation bill;

The Committee on Naval Affairs-The naval appropriation bill;

The Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads-The PostOffice appropriation bill;

The Committee on Indian Affairs-The Indian appropriation bill;

The Committee on Rivers and Harbors-The river and harbor appropriation bill;

The Committee on Banking and Currency-Bills relating to banking and currency;

The Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures-Bills relating to coinage;

The Committee on the Public Lands-Bills for the forfeiture of land grants to railroads and other corporations; bills preventing speculation in the public lands, and bills for the reservation of the public lands for the benefit of actual and bona fide settlers;

The Committee on Enrolled Bills-Enrolled bills;

The Committee on Printing-On all matters referred to them of printing for the use of the House or two Houses;

The Committee on Accounts-On the expenditure of the contingent fund of the House.

A privileged report is in possession of the House for consideration as soon as presented, and while under consideration can not be withdrawn except by unanimous consent.-Journal, 1, 49, p. 442.

A privileged report retains its privileged character until disposed of, notwithstanding an intervening adjournment. It is

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