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inquiry" be reported (except as above stated) unless it be of a private character. A conference report under Rule XXIX is also an exception.

Under the present rules, reports from the Committee of the Whole undisposed of when the House takes a recess at 5 p. m. (see clause 2, RULE XXVI) on Friday, are first in order after the reading of the Journal on the following Friday. See ruling of Speaker Reed.-Journal 1, 51, p —, March 14, 1890.

FURNITURE.

(See WASTE PAPER.)

The Clerk, with the approval of the Committee on Accounts, purchases all necessary furniture and pays for repairs of same, and the Doorkeeper (see RULE V) is required to make an inventory of all furniture, etc., at the commencement and close of each session, and report the same to the House.

GALLERIES.

Regulating admission to the.-RULE XXXV.

Certain portions of, for stenographers and reporters.-RULE XXXVI, clause 2.

"In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the gal leries or lobby, the Speaker (or Chairman of the Committee of the Whole House) shall have power to order the same to be cleared.”—RULE I, clause 2, and RULE XXIII, clause 1. Or the House may order them cleared.-Journal, 1, 24, p. 331. And pending the election of a Speaker the Clerk may direct them to be cleared,

GERMANE.

Provisions in, and amendments to, general appropriation bills, must be germane to the subject-matter of the bill.-RULE XXI, clause 3.

An amendment need not necessarily be germane to the pending paragraph, but must be to the general provisions of the bill.-Journal, 2, 45, p. 1230. This applies only to House bills and not to amendments of the Senate thereto.

It is not in order to amend a pending privileged (or other) proposition by adding instructions to a committee on a matter not privileged and not germane to the original proposition.Journal, 1, 48, p. 389.

A motion to commit with instructions to report a certain amendment is not in order if the proposed amendment is not germane or in order to the pending bill.-Journal, 1, 48, pp. 1247, 1218.

An amendment proposed to an amendment of the Senate must be germane to that amendment, and can not be held in order on the ground that it is germane to the subject-matter of the pending bill, for the reason that the text of the bill, except as amended by the Senate, is not again open to amendment by the House.-Journal, 1, 48, pp. 1653, 1654; see also Record, 2, 50, p. 2454.

HALL OF THE HOUSE.

(See RULE I, clause 3, and RULE XXXIII.) Who shall be admitted to the.-RULE XXXIV.

HOUR RULE.

"No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House or in committee; but a member reporting the measure under consideration from a committee may open and close the debate."-RULE XIV, clauses 2 and 3.

A member is entitled to but one hour on a question of personal privilege.—Journal, 1, 51, p. 1013.

(See DEBATE.)

HOUR OF ADJOURNMENT.

The hour at which the House adjourns shall be entered on the Journal.-RULE XVI, clause 5.

HOUR OF DAILY MEETING.

The hour of daily meeting is fixed by an order of the House— usually on the first day of the session-and continues "until otherwise ordered." At the close of a session it is usual to change the hour of meeting from 12 o'clock m. to 10 or 11 a. m., but limiting the order to the "present session." If this excep

tion be not made the order continues in force at a subsequent session. It is a singular circumstance that there is no constitutional or legal enactment fixing the hour of meeting at a first session of Congress, and that no record of the hour of meeting is to be found in the journals of either house of Congress, except in cases when Congress was convened by the President in extra session.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.

The House of Commons (English Parliament) consists of six hundred and seventy members, distributed as follows: England and Wales, 495; Ireland, 103; Scotland, 72; and a quorum consists of forty members.

IMPEACHMENT.

"The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment."-Const., 1, 2, 3.

The President, Vice-President, and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.-Const., 2, 4, 17.

It has been uniformly held that all propositions to impeach the President, Vice-President, or any civil officer under the foregoing clause of the Constitution are privileged. See rulings of Speaker Carlisle.-Journal, 1, 48, p. 495; 2, 48, pp. 27, 28.

The proceedings in the case of the impeachment of Judge Peck, in the Twenty-first Congress, were as follows:

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The House having resolved that he be impeached of "high misdemeanors in office" (Journal, 1, 21, pp. 265, 566), it was or dered "that Mr. be appointed a committee to go to the Senate, and at the bar thereof, in the name of the House of Representatives and of all of the people of the United States, to impeach James H. Peck, judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Missouri, of high misdemeanors in office, and acquaint the Senate that the House of Representatives will, in due time, exhibit particular articles of impeachment against him and make good the same; and that said committee do demand that the Senate take order

for the appearance of the said James H. Peck, to auswer to said impeachment."

The House then, on motion, appointed a committee of five "to prepare and report to the House articles of impeachment against James H. Peck, district judge of the United States for the dis trict of Missouri, for misdemeanors in said office (p. 567).

A message was received from the Senate notifying the House "that the Senate will take proper order therein, of which due notice shall be given to the House of Representatives" (p. 574).

The committee appointed to prepare articles of impeachment made their report (p. 584), which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union (p. 588), and, having been considered therein, was reported with amendments, and so agreed to by the House (pp. 591 to 595).

It was then ordered "that five managers be appointed by ballot to conduct the impeachment against James H. Peck, judge of the district court of the United States for the district of Missouri, on the part of the House," who were thereupon appointed (p. 595).

It was then ordered "that the articles agreed to by the House to be exhibited in the name of themselves and of all the people of the United States against James H. Peck, in maintenance of their impeachment against him for high misdemeanors in office, be carried to the Senate by the managers appointed to conduct said impeachment." And the Clerk was directed to inform the Senate of the appointment of said managers, and of the last mentioned order of the House (p. 596).

A message was received from the Senate informing the House of the time at which it would resolve itself into a court of impeachment, when it would receive the managers appointed to exhibit the articles of impeachment (p. 603).

The managers having carried said articles to the Senate, made report of the fact to the House (p. 605).

The Senate notified the House of its issue of summons to Judge Peck (p. 606), and of its order that he file his answer and plea with its Secretary by a certain day (p. 625).

The House resolved that it would, on the day above named, "and at such an hour as the Senate shall appoint, resolve itself

into a Committee of the Whole House and attend in the Senate" on the trial of the said impeachment (p. 714).

The Senate on the same day notified the House" that it was ready to proceed upon the impeachment of James H. Peck, judge, etc., in the Senate Chamber, which chamber was prepared with accommodations for the reception of the House of Representatives (p. 717).

Thereupon the House resolved itself into a Committee of the Whole House, and proceeded to the Senate in that capacity. Having spent some time therein, they returned into the chamber of the House, and the Speaker having resumed the chair, the chairman of the Committee of the Whole reported the proceedings which had taken place, and that the Senate, sitting as a high court of impeachment, had adjourned to meet at the next session (p. 717).

At the next session (2, 21) Mr. Buchanan, from the managers, reported to the House a replication to the answer and plea of Judge Peck, which was agreed to by the House; and the said managers were instructed to maintain the same at the bar of the Senate, and the Senate were informed thereof (pp. 47, 48). The Senate notified the House of their readiness to proceed to trial (p. 52), and the House resolved that from day to day it would resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole, and attend the same (p. 97).

Subsequently the House resolved that the managers be instructed to attend the trial, and that the attendance of the House be dispensed with until otherwise ordered (p. 141).

The managers having announced that the testimony had closed (p. 175), the House resolved that during the argument of counsel it would, from day to day, attend in the Senate (p. 186).

The report of the final action of the Senate in the case, made to the House by the chairman of the Committee of the Whole (p. 236).

[The rules of proceedings of the Senate in cases of impeachment will be found in "Trial of Judge Peck," pp. 56 to 59.]

For further information on the subject of impeachment, see "Chase's Trial," and " Trial of Judge Peck."

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