Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session - 50th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 1 |
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Albert G amendment Andrew Ewing Andrew Johnson Averett Bayly bill Charles Sweetser Committee Daniel Breck Daniel Gott Daniel Wallace David Outlaw David Rumsey desired by one-fifth Edmund Deberry Elbridge G Elijah Risley Fayette McMullen foregoing George Alfred Caldwell George W Harry Hibbard Henry Hiram Walden Hugh White Isaac Wildrick Isham G Jackson Jacob Thompson James H James M. H. Beale James Thompson Jeremiah Morton Job Mann John Freedley John Robbins Johnson George Joseph Cable Joseph Grinnell Lorenzo Burrows Matteson McGaughey McLane motion was disagreed moved Nathan Evans Nathaniel Albertson nays being desired Ordered Paulus Powell petition of citizens petitions be referred praying previous question public lands question being put Ransom Halloway relief resolution Robert rules be suspended Senate Shepherd Leffler Speaker Stanton Thomas H Thomas J. D. Fuller Thomas McKissock unanimous consent Vinton voted Walter Booth Walter Underhill Whole House William F William Sprague Williamson R. W. Cobb
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Page 473 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Page 463 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the...
Page 467 - Upon the call of the House the names of the members shall be called over by the clerk and the absentees noted after which the names of the absentees shall again be called over the doors shall then be shut and those for whom no excuse or insufficient excuses are made may by order of those present...
Page 466 - After a motion is stated by the Speaker, or read by the Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the House, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
Page 68 - Resolved, That as a testimony of respect for the memory of the deceased, the members and officers of this House will wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days.
Page 464 - Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed to the House, shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in his place ; a brief statement of the contents thereof shall be...
Page 475 - After a bill shall have passed both houses it shall be duly enrolled on parchment, by the clerk of the house of representatives, or the secretary of the senate...
Page 475 - When a bill or resolution which shall have passed in one house is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the house in which the same shall have passed.
Page 472 - Upon bills committed to a Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered ; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined ; but all amendments, noting the page...
Page 471 - It shall be the duty of the Clerk to make, and cause to be printed, and delivered to each member, at the commencement of every session of Congress, a list of the reports which it is the duty of any officer or department of the government to make to Congress...