Constitution of the United States, Jefferson's Manual, the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-third Congress and a Digest and Manual of the Rules and Practice of the House of Representatives of the United States (with an Appendix).

Military Affairs, Committee on-Continued.

Subjects that shall be referred to. (Rule X1, 12).
Militia, Committee, on. (See COMMITTEES.)
Shall consist of thirteen Members.
Subjects that shall be referred to.

Mines and Mining, Committee on.

(Rule x, 1)

(Rule XI, 26).
(See COMMITTEES.)

Shall consist of thirteen Members and one Delegate.

X, 1, XII) ...

Subjects that shall be referred to. (Rule XI, 20)..

Minority, Views of the-

(Kules

On private bills may be presented to the Clerk and printed.
(Rule XIII, 2)

Minority can not make a report...

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210

207

211

207, 214
211

215, 437

437

When a report is presented a minority may be permitted to
submit their views....

437

Minority can not originate proposition......

437

Substitute or amendment by, not treated as pending until for-
mally moved in the House...

437

Mississippi River. (See LEVEES AND IMPROVEMENTS OF MISSIS-
SIPPI.)

Modification. (See also MOTIONS; SUSPENSION OF RULES.)
When motions may and may not be modified....
Mondays. (See BUSINESS, ORDER OF.)
Morning Hour. (See also HOUR FOR CONSIDERATION OF BILLS.)

437

There shall be a, for reports of committees. (Rule XXIV, 2) 226, 438
Shall not be dispensed with except by vote of two-thirds pres-
ent. (Rule XXIV, 3)...................

After the, there shall be an hour for call of committees for
consideration of business on the calendars. (Rule XXIV, 4)
Business in order after, prescribed. (Rule XXIV, 5)...........................
Motion to dispense with, expires with day on which made.
Only bills of public character to be reported during....
On Friday for reports on public bills....
Privileged proposition reported during, loses privilege...
Otherwise where privilege is not dependent upon right to

report at any time......

Bills reported during, how referred...

226

227

438

439

438

439

Bills reported during, may be referred to other committees..

439

Adverse report during..

439

What business in order during

439

Not in order during, to entertain a motion or request to pro-
ceed to the consideration of a bill when reported..
Distinction between, and consideration hour.

439

Origin and History of the..

439-441

Originally bills considered in, for one hour as soon as re-

ported......

439-440

Morning Hour-Continued.

Page.

Origin and History of the-Continued.

Modifications of the rule in the Seventeenth, Twenty-second,

Twenty-fifth, and Thirty-fifth Congresses....

440

In the Forty-sixth rule changed so as to devote the hour to
reports for reference only..

441

Recent changes in

441

....

Consideration hour under present practice analogous to morn-
ing hour under the early practice.....

Motions-

441

Shall be reduced to writing if demanded. (Rule XVI, 1).....
Question of considering, not to be put unless demanded.
(Rule XVI, 3)

218

Shall be stated by Speaker or read by Clerk before debated.
(Rule XVI, 2)...........

218

May be withdrawn before decision or amendment. (Rule
XVI, 2)

218, 442

Shall be entered on Journal unless withdrawn same day.
(Rule XVI, 1) .............

218, 442

What, in order when question under debate. (Rule XVI, 4)..
For previous question. (Rule xvii, 1)

218

219

recess.

To adjourn; to fix day to which the House adjourns; for a
(Rule XVI, 4, 5, 8)..

218

To amend.

To commit.

(Rule XVI, 4, 7; Rule XVII, 1; Rule XIX).. 218, 219, 221
(Rule XVI, 4; Rule XVII, 1)

218, 220

To rescind or change rules. (Rule XXVIII).

To strike out. (Rule XVI, 7; Rule XXIII, 7)

To suspend rules. (Rule XVI, 8; Rules XXVIII, XXXIII,
XXXIV)

To amend title (Rule XIX).

Dilatory, not in order pending motion to suspend rules, or
pending report of Committee on Rules. (Rule XVI, 8; Rule
XI, 57)...

229

219, 442

219,231

221

213, 214

May be withdrawn at any time before decision or amendment.
Can not be withdrawn after previous question is ordered....
May be withdrawn while House is dividing on demand for
previous question...

442

To dispense with morning hour, and incidental to daily order
of business expire with day on which made..
Order of yeas and nays on, a mode of division, not a decision.
Member may without yielding floor submit more than one, if
latter of higher dignity than former...

442

Motions-Continued.

Speaker may suggest alterations in..........

Bill considered in House as in Committee of the Whole sub-
ject to all....

When and how motion to suspend the rules may be modified. 443

What are debatable and what are not.

Are not subject to previous question if not amendable.
Of motion to reconsider....

443

444

Motion to fix day may be renewed on same legislative day... 444
Motion to suspend rules, when in order, has precedence over

motion to fix day..

Motions for consideration of Revenue and of Appropriation

bills are of equal privilege......

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers-

Managers of, to be elected by Congress..
Allowed copy of each public document...

444

Naval Academy-

Appointments to fill vacancies in, how, and when to be made 444, 445
Candidates at large and for district selected by the President.
Speaker appoints three visitors to

Appropriations for, reported in the Navy appropriation bill..

Naval Affairs, Committee on. (See COMMITTEES.)

Shall consist of fifteen Members.
Subjects that shall be referred to.

(Rule X, 1)..

(Rule XI, 13).

Notice-

Oath-

One day's notice required of motion to rescind or change a
rule previous to Fifty-third Congress....

Provision now eliminated; rules may be changed without
notice

Customary to give, prior to consideration of important measure

Officers of the House shall take oath to support Constitution
of the United States, discharge their duties, and keep se-
crets of House. (Rule II)...................

When, may and may not be administered to Member-elect..

447

In case of inability of Member to attend, oath may by author-
ity of House be administered elsewhere.

447

Officers of the House. (See also under respective titles.)

The House shall choose its Speaker and other officers. (Rule
II).....

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202

Clerk, Sergeant-at-Arms, Doorkeeper, Postmaster, and Chap-
lain to be elected by a viva voce vote at commencement of
each Congress. (Rule II).

202

Shall continue in office until successors chosen and qualified.
(Rule II)...

Shall take oath of office. (Rule II)..

Shall appoint employés of their departments. (Rule II)
May be present during secret sessions. (Rule xxx)
Shall not be interested in claims. (Rule XLIII)..
Term of Speaker expires with the Congress

Suits against, to be defended under direction of Attorney-
General...

202

230

235

447

439, 447, 448

Official Reporters. (See also REPORTERS and CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD.)

Shall be furnished by Clerk with transcript of reference of
private bills, petitions, and memorials. (Rule XXII, 1)..........
Shall be appointed and removed by Speaker (Rule XXXVI, 1)

Order. (See also QUESTIONS OF ORDER.)

223

232

Shall be preserved by Speaker. (Rule 1, 2).

201, 448

Shall be preserved by Clerk pending election of Speaker.
(Rule III, 1)

203, 450

Shall be maintained by Sergeant-at-Arms. (Rule IV, 1).... 204, 449
Words for which Members called to order shall be taken
down in writing. (Rule XIV, 4, 5)..

216, 448

General rules of. (Rule XIV, 7)..................

216, 217

Chairman of Committee of the Whole may enforce, in galleries
and lobby. (Rule XXIII, 1)...................

223, 448

Procedure when words used out of order are taken down....
Question of, affecting honor, dignity, or privileges of House

448

must be decided by the House..

449

Committee of the Whole can not punish breach of..
Speaker may call by name a Member persisting in breach of..
Instances of enforcement of, by Speaker..

449

How enforced in Committee of the Whole

449

Sergeant-at-Arms to enforce, subject to direction of Speaker,

etc.

449

Question of, arising out of another question must first be
decided..

450

Clerk to preserve, and decide questions of, pending election
of Speaker....

450

Speaker to decide question of, peremptorily during a division.
Objection to proceeding waived if not made at time of occur-

450

rence

Demand for regular order equivalent to objection..

450

Order-Continued.

Page.

Resolution directing House officers to remove obstructions in

Senate wing against order

450

Order of business. (See BUSINESS.)

Pacific Railroads, Committee on- (See COMMITTEES.)
Shall consist of fifteen Members.

Pairs-

Subjects that shall be referred to.

(Rule X, 1)....

(Rule XI, 22)..

Written notice of, shall be furnished Clerk. (Rule VIII, 3)..
Notice of, shall be signed by Member reporting. (Rule VIII, 2)
Shall be announced by Clerk after second roll call.
VIII, 2)

(Rule

Shall be announced but once same legislative day. (Rule
VIII, 2)

Shall be published in Record. (Rule VIII, 2) ..........
Not recognized in rules, before Forty-sixth Congress

Papers. (See also FILES.)

Before committees at close of a Congress shall be delivered to
Clerk. (Rule xxxvIII)..

Reading of-

When objection made to, shall be determined by House with-
out debate. (Rule XXXI)..........

Withdrawal of—

207

211

206

Leave of House required for. (Rule XXXIX).......
Certified copies shall be filed in case of. (Rule XXXIX)..............
Clerk may furnish papers from files to Executive Departments.
(Rule XXXIX)...............

Request for conference must be by House having...
Disposition of, when conference asked after disagreement....
Must be in possession of House asking further conference....
Papers accompanying Senate bills to be returned to Senate at
close of Congress..

Must be read that House may determine whether question of
privilege presented by

451

Law on disposition of useless, in Executive Departments... 451, 452
Paragraphs-

House or the Committee of Whole may by a majority vote
close debate on at any time after consideration has begun
under five-minute rule. (Rule XXIII, 6) .......
Revenue and general appropriation bills are considered by...
Debate may be closed on section containing numerous.
Previous question may be moved on, when considered in House
as in Committee of the Whole....

Parliamentary Practice-

Rules of, comprised in Jefferson's Manual shall govern when
applicable and not inconsistent with standing rules. (Rule
XLIV)......

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452

235, 453

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