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of "Congressional Globe," occupy chairs in front of Clerk's desk,
and to be furnished with printed bills, &c..

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stenographic, and duties of...

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appointment of assistant stenographic.

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of the associated press..

Reports of committees, undetermined at the close of a session. (See Committees)
Reports of Court of Claims. (See Claims, Court of.)

Reports of officers of the Government, list of, to be made to Congress, to be pre-

Resignation of a member, right of...

pared by the Clerk..

Resolutions, distinction between "orders" and..

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daily call for.....

not debatable on day of presentation..

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call for, when resumed...

only one to be offered until all States and Territories called..

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name of member who offers, to be entered on Journal..

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calling for information from the President or Departments. (See
President and Executive Departments) .

Resolutions of State and Territorial legislatures. (See Joint Resolutions.)
Restaurant, in charge of Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Revision of the Laws, Committee on, when appointed, and number of..
Revolutionary Claims, Committee on, when appointed, and number of..

its duties..

Revolutionary Pensions, Committee on, when appointed, and number of..

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Rooms in the Capitol, unappropriated, to be at the disposal of the Speaker...
Rules, each House may determine its...

not to be changed without one day's notice..
motion to suspend, requires two-thirds, generally.

majority may suspend, to go into Committee of the Whole on the state
of the Union, &c....

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no modification after suspension of...
motion to suspend, may embrace several bills.
joint, may be suspended by a majority vote...

cannot be changed under color of amendment.
present, to continue, unless otherwise ordered

S.

Saturday. (See Private Bills and Private Business.)
Scats of members, what has been customary in regard to....
removal of desks and seats...

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Seats of members, restoration of the desks and seats...

form of resolution for the selection of..

Secret session, held when confidential communication made by the President,

or upon suggestion by Speaker

officers sworn to keep the secrets of the House..
House need not publish Journal of proceedings of.

Seeds, may be franked

Senate, orders, &c., requiring concurrence of, to lie over one day.
members of, and their Secretary, admitted within the hall. (See also
Messages from the Senate).

Sergeant-at-arms, when to be elected, and term of office.

oath of office of.

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excess of stationery to be deducted by, from pay of mem-
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to discharge certain duties of Clerk in case of vacancy.
to appoint Capitol police, &c., and make rules concerning
the Capitol..

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to enforce 19th joint rule..

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to make full return of Government property in his posses-
sion

Smithsonian Institution, Regents of, to be appointed by the Speaker..
report of, to be made to Congress annually..

Speaker, House shall choose..

when elected...

oath of.......

by whom oath of, to be administered. (See Meeting of Congress)..
oath to be administered to members and Clerk by.
when, to act as President of the United States...

compensation of. (See Compensation)..........

his duties, &c., when to call House to order.

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shall preserve order...

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has preference in speaking to questions of order only.
may submit questions as to proper practice in a
given case

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decorum of members while, putting question or ad-
dressing the House...

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shall decide point of order during a division peremp-
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shall call to order member transgressing rules in
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Speaker, his duties, &c., where ill, Speaker pro tempore may be appointed...
may be removed and Speaker pro tempore appointed.
shall appoint chairman of the Committee of the
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may order the galleries or lobby cleared in case of
disorder.

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shall have direction of petitions presented.
estimates of appropriations to be addressed to..
may admit reporters and stenographers to the gal-
lery....

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shall sign acts, writs, &c..

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shall sign checks for compensation of members...
amount of compensation and mileage of members to
be certified by..

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certificates of, as to compensation, to be conclusive
at the Treasury

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shall fix amount and approve bond of Sergeant-at-

arms.

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divine service in the hall not permitted without
consent of.....

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shall have disposal of rooms in the Capitol.

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with the Vice-President, prescribes rules in regard
to the Capitol..

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shall prescribe rules for part of Capitol occupied by
House

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with the Vice-President, shall fix pay of police of
Capitol

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duty of, where witness fails to appear or testify.
pending election of, Clerk to preserve order, &c.
Speaker pro tempore, the Speaker may name, for the day..

where Speaker ill, House may appoint.....
where House removes Speaker, it may appoint....

Speaker's table. (See Business on Speaker's Table.)
Special orders, made under a suspension of the rules..

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require two-thirds, except in case of general appropriation

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State legislatures, resolutions of. (See Joint Resolutions.)

Stationery, to be procured by contract..

Clerk to advertise for proposals for.

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preference to be given to American manufacture in purchase of.

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Strike out, motion to, and insert, not divisible.....

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Strike out, motion to, effect of, being lost..

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before put, paragraph may be perfected.

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and insert agreed to, to strike out words inserted not in

order...

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portion of original paragraph including what was in-
serted, in order. (See Amendment).

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Strike out enacting clause. (See Enacting Clause, motion to strike out.)
Subpanas, to be under hand and seal of Speaker, &c....
Sunday, House may determine whether to sit on..

Suspension of the rules. (See Rules.)

T.

Taxes, motion for, to be first discussed in Committee of the Whole.
Tellers, when vote to be taken by.

of the vote in elections..

Territories, Committee on, when appointed, and number of.

its duties

Thanks to the Speaker, resolution of, in order at any time.
Tie vote, in case of, Speaker to vote.

Speaker to vote where his vote will make.
effect of...

who may move reconsideration in case of..

U.

Unfinished business, when to be resumed..

of previous session, when to be resumed.
from the Court of Claims....

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Veto, return of bill with objection...

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objections to be entered on the Journal and bill considered..
proceedings in case of...

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yeas and nays shall be taken on vote of reconsideration.
bill must be returned in ten days

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no reconsideration of vote taken on passage of vetoed bill..

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Viva voce, in election of officers, vote to be taken...

where President is prevented by adjournment from returning bill.

Voting, different modes of........

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while engaged in, point of order to be decided peremptorily.
every member in House shall vote unless excused.

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no member to vote if without the bar. (See Bar of the House).
where Speaker shall vote

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member has right to change vote before result announced..

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record of vote cannot be amended because of misapprehension of
question...

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Warrants, writs, &c., to be under hand and seal of Speaker, &c.
Ways and Means, Committee of, when appointed, and of what number.

its duties

authorized to employ a clerk.

Withdrawal of motions, when in order....

Withdrawal of papers. (See Papers.)

Witnesses, are summoned by authority of the House.....
subpoenas for, to be under hand and seal of Speaker..
Sergeant-at-arms shall execute subpœnas.
who may administer oaths to..

fees of....

failure of, to appear or testify-penalties.

duty of Speaker on failure of, to appear or testify.
testimony of, not to be used against

official paper produced by.

may be punished for perjury

Writing, motions to be reduced to, if required.

words excepted to, to be reduced to..

Y.

Yeas and Nays, may be entered on Journal, if desired by one-fifth of mem-

bers....

required to be taken on passage of vetoed bill.

when demand for, may be made..

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record of, not to be changed because of misapprehension of
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