[Cannon's Precedents, Volume 10]
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Facts......................... 373 Farm.................. 374
Fairbanks, C.W., Vice- 373 Farr.................. 374
President.
Fairchild..................... 373 Farrow................ 374
Falsehood..................... 373 Farwell............... 374
False publications............ 373 Father of the House... 374
Falsification................. 373 Faulkner.............. 374
Fame, common.................. 373 Fearing............... 374
Families...................... 374 Featherston........... 375
Farlee........................ 374 Federal aid........... 375
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Federal buildings............. 375 Follett............... 390
Federal commissioner.......... 375 Food.................. 390
Federal inspector............. 375 Foot, S., President 391
pro tempore.
Federal Power Commission...... 375 Ford.................. 391
Federal Reserve Act........... 375 Foreign affairs....... 391
Federal supervisors........... 375 Foreigners............ 395
Fees.......................... 376 Foreign government.... 396
Felony........................ 376 Foreign ministers..... 396
Felton........................ 376 Forest reserves....... 396
Fenn.......................... 376 Forestry.............. 396
Fenning....................... 376 Forms................. 396
Ferguson...................... 376 Forney, J.W., Clerk... 406
Ferris, S., Chairman.......... 377 Forsyth............... 406
Ferry, T.W., President pro 377 Forthwith. See
tempore. ``Recommit, motion
Fess, S.D., Chairman.......... 377 to.''
Field......................... 377 Fortieth Congress..... 406
Field guns.................... 377 Fortifications........ 406
Files of the House............ 377 Forty minutes of 407
debate.
Filibustering................. 379 Foster D.J., Chairman. 408
Fillmore, M................... 379 Foster, election cases 408
of.
Final arguments in an Foster, L.S., 408
impeachment President pro tempore.
trial. See ``Impeachment.'' Foster, M.D., Speaker 408
pro tempore.
Final judgment in an Fouke................. 408
impeachment trial.
See ``Impeachment.'' Fowler................ 408
Final right. See ``Elections Frank................. 409
of Repre-
sentatives.'' Franking privilege.... 409
Finances...................... 379 Franklin.............. 409
Fines......................... 379 Fraud in elections.
See ``Elections
Finley........................ 380 of
Representatives.''
Fire.......................... 380 Fraudulent bill....... 409
Fischer, I.F., Speaker pro 380 Frederick............. 409
tempore.
Fish.......................... 380 Free conference....... 410
Fishback...................... 380 Free ships............ 410
Fish Commissioner............. 380 Freedman's Bank....... 410
Fisher........................ 380 Freedom of press...... 410
Fisheries..................... 380 Freedom of speech..... 410
Fitch......................... 381 Frelinghuysen, J.S.,
President pro
Fitzgerald.................... 381 tempore............. 410
Fitzgerald, J.J., Speaker pro 381 French spoliation 410
tempore. claims.
Five-minute rule.............. 381 Friday................ 410
Fix the day to which the House Frost................. 412
shall adjourn............... 384 Frothingham, L.A.,
Speaker pro
Flag.......................... 385 tempore............. 412
Flanders...................... 385 Frye, W.P. President 412
pro tempore.
Fletcher, D.U. Presiding 385 Fuel.................. 412
Officer.
Flood......................... 386 Fuller................ 412
Flood control, Committee on... 386 Fuller, C.E., Speaker 412
pro tempore.
Flood, H.D., Chairman......... 386 Fuller, M.W., Chief 413
Justice.
Floor......................... 386 Funerals.............. 413
Florida....................... 389 Funston............... 413
Floyd, J.C., Chairman......... 390 Furniture............. 413
Fog signals................... 390 Fur-bearing animals... 413
Folding room.................. 390 Futures............... 413
FACTS.
Reference to practice of agreeing to questions of fact in contested-
election cases as liable to abuse. Volume I, section 525.
In impeachment trials witnesses are ordinarily required to state facts,
not opinions. Volume III, sections 2248-2251.
FAIRBANKS, CHARLES W., of Indiana, Vice-President.
Decisions on questions of order relation to--
Conference report. Volume V, sections 6426, 6427.
Questions of order. Volume II, section 1340.
FAIRCHILD.
The New York election case of Fairchild v. Ward in the Fifty-fifth
Congress. Volume II, section 1106.
FALSEHOOD.
Charges of falsehood made in debate against one not a Member of the
House were held not to constitute a breach of order. Volume VIII,
section 2532.
Statements charging falsehood in debate involve a question of
privilege. Volume VI, section 2532.
Statements charging falsehood in debate involve a question of
privilege. Volume VI, section 607.
A pamphlet charging falsehood in connection with statements made in
debate was held to support a question of personal privilege. Volume VI,
section 618.
Intimation of lack of veracity on the part of a Member was held to give
rise to a question of privilege. Volume VI, section 600.
Newspaper charges impugning the veracity of a Member in statements made
on the floor support a question of privilege. Volume VI, section 613.
Newspaper assertions that statements made on the floor are false do not
give rise to a question of privilege unless imputing dishonorable
motives. Volume VI, section 616.
The statement in a telegram, published in a newspaper, that a
resolution introduced by a Member was ``a tissue of misrepresentation''
was held to involve a question of personal privilege. Volume VI,
section 563.
Newspaper statements that a Member voted for or against certain
measures, although false, do not give rise to a question of privilege.
Volume VI, section 608.
Misrepresentations in newspaper reports of remarks in the House do not
maintain a question of privilege. Volume VI, section 612.
For testifying falsely before a congressional committee of
investigation a witness was certified to the district attorney and
indicted by a Federal grand jury. Volume VI, section 355.
FALSE PUBLICATIONS.
The House declined to consider false publications, neither party being
shown to be concerned therein, and no deception of voters being shown,
as a reason for changing an election return. Volume II, section 1129.
FALSIFICATION.
The falsification of a House document was made the subject of
examination by a select committee. Volume V, section 7329.
FAME, COMMON.
A Member having stated upon the authority of ``common rumor'' that
another Member had been menaced, there was held to be ground for
action. Volume III, section 2678.
A contention that common fame was sufficient basis for the House to
entertain a proposition relating to its privileges. Volume III, section
2701.
English precedents reviewed in the Chase case on the question of
ordering an investigation on the strength of common rumor. Volume III,
section 2342.
In the case of Mr. Justice Chase the House, after long debate and a
review of precedents, decided to order investigation, although Members
could give only hearsay evidence as to the facts. Volume III, section
2342.
FAME, COMMON--Continued.
It being declared by common fame that Judge Humphreys had joined the
foes of the Government, the House voted to investigate his conduct.
Volume III, section 2385.
Instance wherein the House ordered an investigation of the conduct of a
judge without a statement of charges, but in a case wherein common fame
had made the facts known. Volume III, section 2506.
FAMILIES.
A portion of the east gallery is assigned to the use of families of
Members, the Speaker issuing a card to each Member for his family and
visitors. Volume V, section 7302.
FARLEE.
The New Jersey election case of Farlee v. Runk in the Twenty-ninth
Congress. Volume I, section 813.
FARM.
Bills to discourage fictitious and gambling transactions in farm
products have been considered within the jurisdiction of the Committee
on Agriculture, even when an internal revenue question was included.
Volume IV, section 4161. Volume VII, section 1861.
An appropriation providing for the daily issue of a price list
reporting prices of farm products received by producers was held to be
authorized by the organic act creating the Department of Agriculture.
Volume VII, section 1305.
The cooperative marketing and distribution of farm products, the
disposition of surplus agricultural products abroad, proposed
legislation for the stabilization and control of prices of foodstuffs,
and for the establishment of governmental agencies for the
administration of such legislation are within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Agriculture. Volume VII, section 1871.
Subjects relating to rural credits and farm-loan legislation, including
the extension of rural-credit legislation to the territories, come
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Banking and Currency.
Volume VII, section 1791.
Bills providing for loans to farmers under emergency conditions have
been reported by the Committee on Agriculture. Volume VII, section
1866.
Bills relating to the subject of farm risk insurance have been referred
to the Committee on Agriculture. Volume VII, section 1875.
FARR.
The Pennsylvania election case of Farr v. McLane in the Sixty-sixth
Congress. Volume VI, section 75.
FARROW.
The Senate election cases of Whitely and Farrow v. Hill and Miller,
from Georgia, in the Fortieth and Forty-first Congresses. Volume I,
section 391.
FARWELL.
The Illinois election case of Le Moyne v. Farwell in the Forty-fourth
Congress. Volume II, sections 908-910.
FATHER OF THE HOUSE.
Origin of the title ``Father of the House,'' as applied to the Member
of longest continuous service. Volume II, section 1140.
The title ``Father of the House'' as applied to the member of longest
continuous service. Volume VI, section 234.
FAULKNER.
The Senate election case of Lucas v. Faulkner, from West Virginia, in
the Fiftieth Congress. Volume I, section 632.
FEARING.
The election case of Paul Fearing, Delegate from the Territory
northwest of the River Ohio, in the Seventh Congress. Volume I, section
402.
FEATHERSTON.
The Arkansas election case of Featherston v. Cate in the Fifty-first
Congress. Volume II, sections 1022-1024.
FEDERAL AID.
A bill providing for the establishment of a Memorial National Highway
and authorizing Federal aid therefor was held to belong to the
Committee on Roads and not the Committee on Agriculture. Volume VII,
section 2068.
Legislation authorizing Federal aid to the States in the construction
of rural post roads and Federal highways is within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on Roads. Volume VII, section 2066.
FEDERAL BUILDINGS.
The acquisition of property for Federal building purposes and the
relinquishment of such property belonging to the United States are
subjects within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds. Volume VII, section 1963.
Legislative provisions for the construction of Federal buildings in the
Territories have been reported by the Committee on Public Buildings and
Grounds. Volume VII, section 1964.
FEDERAL COMMISSIONER.
Votes received at an outside poll by a United States commissioner and
confirmed by evidence of the voters themselves were counted by the
House. Volume II, section 1026.
FEDERAL INSPECTOR.
As to proving a vote aliunde by testimony of a United States inspector
who distributed tickets and saw them voted. Volume II, section 1038.
The Elections Committee held that wherever a United States inspector
was prevented from performing his legal duties at the poll the return
should be rejected. Volume II, section 1039.
Although illiterate election officers seemed to have been appointed
purposely, yet the House was reluctant to reject their returns when the
safeguard of Federal inspectors had existed. Volume II, section 973.
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION.
The investigation of water resources, the creation of a Federal Power
Commission, the leasing of power sites, and the supervision and
development of water power 10 are subjects which have been
committed to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Volume
VII, section 1808.
FEDERAL RESERVE ACT.
Legislation relating to establishment and operation of Federal Reserve
Banks, including authorization of construction of Federal Reserve bank
buildings, belongs within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Banking
and Currency. Volume VII, section 1793.
Propositions to amend the Federal Reserve Act are within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Banking and Currency. Volume VII,
section 2113.
The investigation of the Federal Reserve Board in 1917. Volume VI,
section 469.
A resolution of inquiry addressed to the Federal Reserve Board is not
privileged. Volume VI, section 406.
FEDERAL SUPERVISORS.
Discussion as to the clause of the Constitution under which Federal
supervisors of elections acted. Volume II, section 931.
The House rejected a return of State election officers on the evidence
of the returns of United States supervisor of elections. Volume I,
section 736.
The regular returns being lost or invalidated and not canvassed, the
House took into account a statement of the United States supervisors as
to the state of the vote. Volume II, section 1014.
Reference to a discussion of the return of United States supervisors as
evidence of the vote cast. Volume II, section 960.
FEDERAL SUPERVISORS--Continued.
Discussion as to whether or not a result corroborated by Federal
supervisors might be set aside by a recount by State officials. Volume
II, section 931.
FEES.
The Sergeant-at-Arms receives no fees, and the Clerk receives them only
for certified extracts of the Journal. Volume I, section 259.
Instance wherein Members in custody on a call of the House were
discharged on payment of fees. Volume IV, section 3025.
The law regulating the fees of witnesses and officers in the
preparation of an election case. Volume I, section 706.
Allowances for witness fees in an election case must be in strict
conformity to section 128, Revised Statutes. Volume I, section 676.
Affidavits of persons who did not appear at cross-examination because
of failure of returned Member to pay witness fees were not rejected as
ex parte. Volume II, section 1004.
It was not thought necessary that mileage and fees should be tendered a
witness before arresting him for contempt in declining to answer.
Volume III, section 1701.
Legislative propositions relating to the fees and salaries of officers
and employees of the Government have been considered by the various
committees on expenditures. Volume IV, section 4317.
An amendment prohibiting payment of fees to officials under certain
contingencies was held to retrench expenditures and to come within the
exception to the rule against admission of legislation on appropriation
bills. Volume VII, section 1515.
FELONY.
Interpretation of word ``felony'' as related to the privilege of a
Member from arrest. Volume III, section 2676.
The words ``treason, felony, and breach of the peace'' in the
constitutional guaranty of privilege have been construed to mean all
indictable crimes. Volume III, section 2673.
Prior rights of the House when a Member is accused of treason, felony,
or breach of the peace. Volume II, section 1260.
All criminal offenses are comprehended by the terms ``treason, felony,
and breach of the peace,'' as used in the Constitution, excepting these
cases from the operation of the privilege from arrest therein conferred
upon Senators and Representatives during their attendance at the
sessions of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from
the same. Volume VI, section 589.
FELTON.
The California election case of Sullivan v. Felton, in the Fiftieth
Congress. Volume II, sections 1016, 1017.
The Georgia election case of Felton v. Maddox, in the Fifty-fourth
Congress. Volume II, sections 1084, 1085.
The Senate case relating to qualifications of Rebecca Latimer Felton,
of Georgia, in the Sixty-seventh Congress. Volume VI, section 156.
FENN.
The election case of Fenn v. Bennett, from the Territory of Idaho, in
the Forty-fourth Congress. Volume II, section 915.
FENNING.
The investigation into the conduct of Frederick A. Fenning, a
commissioner of the District of Columbia, in 1926. Volume VI, section
548.
FERGUSON.
The election case of Chapman v. Ferguson, from the Territory of
Nebraska, in the Thirty-fifth Congress. Volume I, section 834.
FERRIS, SCOTT, of Oklahoma, Chairman.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Appropriations. Volume VII, sections 1433, 1459, 1626, 1637.
Special orders. Volume VII, section 781.
Tellers. Volume VIII, section 3104.
FERRY, T. W., of Michigan, President Pro Tempore.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Argument in an impeachment trial. Volume III, section 2188.
Cross-examination in an impeachment trial. Volume III, section 2208.
Decision in an impeachment trial. Volume III, sections 2140, 2141,
2146.
Electoral count. Volume III, sections 1955, 1956.
Evidence in an impeachment trial. Volume III, sections 2195, 2201,
2226-2229, 2252, 2276.
Examination in an impeachment trial. Volume III, sections 2177-2179.
Motion to adjourn. Volume III, section 2074.
Motions in an impeachment trial. Volume III, sections 2136-2139, 2147.
Questions in an impeachment trial. Volume III, sections 2180, 2181.
Tellers for the electoral count. Volume III, section 1954.
FEES, SIMEON D., of Ohio, Chairman.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Amendment. Volume VI, section 250. Volume VIII, sections 2845, 2846.
Amendment, germaneness of. Volume VIII, sections 2935, 3002, 3046.
Appropriations. Volume VII, sections 1127, 1211, 1213, 1214, 1215,
1228, 2154.
Enacting clause, strike out. Volume VIII, section 2367.
Roll call. Volume VI, section 669.
FIELD.
The Louisiana election case of A.P. Field in the Thirty-eighth
Congress. Volume I, section 376.
The Louisiana election cases of Bonanzo, Field, Mann, Wells, and
Taliaferro in the Thirty-eighth Congress. Volume I, section 381.
The Massachusetts election case of Dean v. Field in the Forty-fifth
Congress. Volume II, section 931.
FIELD GUNS.
The appropriations for field guns and their appurtenances belong within
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations. Volume IV,
sections 4042-4044.
FILES OF THE HOUSE.
(1) Custody, protection, etc.
(2) Leave to withdraw papers from.
(3) Officers not to furnish papers from, unless by authority.
(4) Officers not to produce papers from, on order of a court.
(5) Relations of papers on, to current business.
(6) Requests of other House for papers from.
(1) Custody, Protection, etc.
A resolution relating to the protection of the records of the House
presents a question of privilege. Volume III, section 2659.
The charge that the minority views of a committee had been abstracted
from the Clerk's office by a Member was investigated as a question of
privilege. Volume III, section 2603.
At the time of final adjournment of a Congress the clerks of committees
are required to deliver to the Clerk of the House the bills and other
papers referred to the committee. Volume V, section 7260.
FILES OF THE HOUSE--Continued.
(1) Custody, Protection, etc.--Continued.
The statutes provide that so much of the files of the House as are not
required for immediate use shall be kept in the custody of the
Librarian of Congress. Volume V, section 7256.
The statutes require the binding for the files of copies of bills and
resolutions of each Congress. Volume V, sections 7325, 7326.
A bill introduced in a Member's name in his absence was ordered by the
House to be removed from the files. Volume IV, section 3388.
(2) Leave to Withdraw Papers From.
Except in certain cases no paper presented to the House shall be
withdrawn from its files without its leave. Volume V, sections 7256-
7258.
When leave is given for the withdrawal of a paper from the files of the
House a certified copy of it is to be left in the office of the Clerk.
Volume V, section 7256.
The House usually allows the withdrawal of papers only in cases where
there has been no adverse report. Volume V, section 7259.
The rules for the order of business give no place to a motion to
withdraw papers, and hence it is made by unanimous consent. Volume V,
section 7259.
The House has found the necessity of strictness in the rule relating to
the withdrawal of papers from the files. Volume V, sections 7257, 7258.
The House declined to allow the testimony in an election case to be
withdrawn from its files. Volume V, section 7262.
(3) Officers Not to Furnish Papers From, Unless by Authority.
No officer or employee of the House should furnish, except by authority
of the House or a statute, any copy of any paper belonging to the files
of the House. Volume III, section 2663.
When an act passes for the settlement of a claim the Clerk may transmit
the papers relating thereto to the officer charged with the settlement.
Volume V, section 7256.
The Clerk may loan to officers or bureaus of the Executive Departments
papers from the files of the House, taking a receipt therefor. Volume
V, section 7256.
An instance wherein the Clerk of the House, without an order from the
House, produced before a Senate committee of investigation, after the
expiration of the statutory period provided for their preservation,
statements filed in his office in compliance with the provisions of the
Federal corrupt practices act. Volume VI, section 353.
(4) Officers Not to Produce Papers From, on Order of a Court.
No officer or employee of the House may produce any paper belonging to
the files of the House before a court without permission of the House.
Volume III, section 2663.
The House in maintenance of its privilege has refused to permit the
Clerk to produce in court, in obedience to a summons, an original paper
from the files, but has given the court facilities for making certified
copies. Volume III, section 2664.
No officer or employee of the House may produce before a court, either
voluntarily or in obedience to a subpoena duces tecum, any paper from
the files without permission of the House first obtained. Volume VI,
section 587.
Instance wherein permission was given the clerk of a committee and the
Clerk of the House, to respond to subpoena or subpoena duces tecum and
to make deposition with proviso that they should take with them none of
the files. Volume VI, section 585.
The Clerk of the House having been subpoenaed to produce before the
Supreme Court of the District of Columbia certain papers from the
files, reported to the House, and failing to receive permission
disregarded the order of the court. Volume VI, section 587.
(5) Relations of Papers on, to Current Business.
A Member may not offer as an amendment a paper already in possession of
the House, and consequently a part of the files of the House. Volume V,
section 7265.
FILES OF THE HOUSE--Continued.
(5) Relations of Papers on, to Current Business--Continued.
A Member may not offer as an amendment a paper already offered by
another Member and in possession of the Clerk. Volume V, sections 7266,
7267.
A proposition to refer to a committee the papers and testimony in an
impeachment of the preceding Congress was admitted as a matter of
privilege. Volume V, section 7261.
The House may take from its files papers of a preceding Congress and
refer them to a committee with instructions. Volume V, section 7261.
The House may refer to a committee a report made in a preceding
Congress. Volume IV, section 4679.
An investigating committee sometimes reports testimony to the House,
with the recommendation that it be sealed and so kept in the files
until further order of the House. Volume III, section 1782.
(6) Requests of Other House for Papers From.
One House requiring papers from the files of the other asks for them by
resolution. Volume V, sections 7263, 7264.
The House by resolution authorized its Clerk to produce papers and its
Members to give testimony before a court of impeachment. Volume III,
section 1796.
The Secretary of the Senate being subpoenaed to appear before a
committee of the House with certain papers from the files, the Senate,
after a discussion as to privilege, empowered him to attend with the
papers in his custody. Volume III, section 2665.
The Secretary of the Senate being subpoenaed to produce a paper from
the files of the Senate, permission was given him to do so after a
discussion as to whether or not he was exempted by privilege from the
process. Volume III, section 2666.
FILIBUSTERING.
Rulings of Mr. Speaker Reed which destroyed the power to ``filibuster''
successfully. Volume IV, sections 2895, 2909. Volume V, section 5713.
Instance illustrating the extent to which the right of obstruction was
cherished as a privilege of the minority. Volume V, section 6047.
Instance wherein the minority party in the course of obstruction left
the Hall in a body. Volume II, section 1034.
Instance of obstruction on an election case which forced a compromise
as to another matter of legislation. Volume II, section 999.
Instance wherein final action in an election case was prevented by
obstruction. Volume II, section 1017.
FILLMORE, MILLARD.
Casting vote as Vice-President. Volume V, section 5972.
Ceremonies at the administration of the oath of office to Millard
Fillmore, President of the United States. Volume III, section 1997.
FINAL ARGUMENTS IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. See ``Impeachment.''
FINAL JUDGMENT IN AN IMPEACHMENT TRIAL. See ``Impeachment.''
FINAL RIGHT. See ``Elections of Representatives.''
FINANCES.
While the Ways and Means Committee has jurisdiction as to the revenues
and bonded debt of the United States, its claims as to the subject of
``National finances'' and ``preservation of the Government credit''
have been resisted successfully. Volume IV, section 4023.
FINES.
Those present on a call of the House may prescribe a fine as the
condition on which an arrested Member may be discharged. Volume IV,
sections 3013, 3014.
FINES--Continued.
During a call, but after the appearance of a quorum, penalties were
once imposed which contemplated the future appearance of absent Members
at the bar. Volume IV, section 3024.
The House once established a fine for absence (footnote). Volume IV,
section 3011.
FINLEY.
The Florida election case of Finley v. Walls in the Forty-fourth
Congress. Volume II, sections 902-904.
The Florida election case of Finley v. Bisbee in the Forty-fifth
Congress. Volume II, sections 932-934.
The Florida election case of Bisbee, jr., v. Finley in the Forty-
seventh Congress. Volume II, sections 977-981.
FIRE.
Protection from fire on vessels is a subject which, under the later
practice, has been considered by the Committee on Merchant Marine and
Fisheries. Volume VI, section 4141.
An appropriation for fire protection of forested watersheds of
navigable streams, in cooperation with a State, was held to be
authorized by existing law. Volume VII, section 1170.
FISCHER, ISRAEL F., of New York, Speaker Pro Tempore.
Decision on question of order relating to--
Motion to recommit. Volume V, section 5561.
FISH.
Bills for the protection of fish and game within the District of
Columbia have been reported by the Committee for the District of
Columbia. Volume IV, section 4282.
The Committee on Territories has exercised a general but not exclusive
jurisdiction as to game and fish in Alaska, including the salmon
fisheries. Volume IV, section 4211.
An appropriation for demonstrating uses of fish as food was held not to
be authorized by the organic act creating the Bureau of Fisheries.
Volume VII, section 1259.
A provision of law authorizing Commissioners of the District of
Columbia to take over and operate fish wharves was held not to
authorize an appropriation to reconstruct such wharves. Volume VII,
section 1187.
FISHBACK.
The Senate election cases of Fishback and Baxter from Arkansas in the
Thirty-eighth Congress. Volume I, section 382.
FISH COMMISSIONER.
A bill for the protection of game and other birds through the
instrumentality of the Fish Commission was reported by the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Volume IV, section 4148.
FISHER.
The New York election case of Wright, jr., v. Fisher, Volume I, section
650.
FISHERIES.
The jurisdiction of subjects relating to the ``merchant marine and
fisheries'' is given by the rule to the Committee on Merchant Marine
and Fisheries. Volume IV, section 4129.
The authorization of fish culture stations and the regulation of
fisheries generally are within the jurisdiction of the Committee on
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Volume IV, section 4147.
The treaty rights of American fishermen in waters adjacent to foreign
shores are within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Volume IV, section 4171.
Bills relating to Alaskan fisheries belong to the Committee on the
Merchant Marine and Fisheries rather than to the Committee on the
Territories. Volume VII, section 1850.
An appropriation for demonstrating uses of fish as food was held not to
be authorized by the organic act creating the Bureau of Fisheries.
Volume VII, section 1259.
FITCH.
The Senate election case of Lane and McCarthy v. Fitch and Bright, from
Indiana, in the Thirty-fourth and Thirty-fifth Congresses. Volume I,
sections 545, 546.
FITZGERALD.
The Massachusetts election case of Tague v. Fitzgerald in the Sixty-
sixth Congress. Volume VI, section 96.
FITZGERALD, JOHN J., of New York, Speaker Pro Tempore.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Amendment, germaneness of. Volume VIII, sections 2710, 2993.
Debate. Volume VIII, section 2487.
Voting. Volume VIII, section 3136.
FIVE-MINUTE RULE.
(1) Debate under.--Rule and practice.
(2) Debate under.--Use of pro forma amendment.
(3) Debate under.--Closing of.
(4) Debate under.--During electoral count.
(5) Amendment under.--Reading for.
(6) Amendment under.--Returning to paragraphs.
(6) Amendment under.--Points of order.
(1) Debate Under.--Rule and Practice.
The rule governing the five-minute debate on amendments in Committee of
the Whole. Volume V, section 5221.
In Committee of the Whole under the five-minute rule the right to
explain or oppose an amendment has precedence over a motion to amend
it. Volume IV, section 4751.
In debate under the five-minute rule the Member must confine himself to
the subject. Volume V, sections 5240-5256. Volume VIII, section 2591.
Members may not yield time during the five-minute debate. Volume V,
sections 5035-5037.
During the five-minute debate recognitions are not necessarily
alternated between the political divisions of the House, but are
governed by conditions relating to the pending question. Volume V,
section 5223.
When, after a speech in favor of an amendment under the five-minute
rule, no one claimed the floor in oposition, the Chairman recognized
another Member favoring the amendment. Volume VIII, section 2557.
A Member proposing an amendment may offer an amendment to such
amendment during the five minutes allotted him under the rule but may
not thereby secure additional time for debate. Volume VIII, section
2562.
In Committee of the Whole the motion to strike out the enacting clause
is debatable and in later usage is governed by the five-minute rule.
Volume V, sections 5333-5335. Volume VIII, sections 2628-2631.
Debate on an appeal in the Committee of the Whole is under the five-
minute rule. Volume VII, section 1608. Volume VIII, sections 2375,
3453-3456.
Debate on appeal in the Committee of the Whole is under the five-minute
rule, and is within the discretion of the Chair. Volume VIII, section
2347.
In the early days of the House the times for general debate and
amendment in Committee of the Whole were not so rigidly fixed as at
present. Volume IV, section 4760.
The only distinction between consideration in the House and
consideration in the House as in Committee of the Whole is that in the
latter, debate proceeds under the five-minute rule and there is no
general debate. Volume VI, section 639.
Debate under the five-minute rule is had in the Committee of the Whole
or in the ``House as in Committee of the Whole'' but not in the House.
Volume VIII, section 2565.
FIVE-MINUTE RULE--Continued.
(2) Debate Under.--Use of Pro Forma Amendment.
Pro forma amendments were in use in five-minute debate as early as
1868. Volume V, section 5778.
The formal amendment, striking out the last work is not in order in
considering an amendment to a substitute, being in the third degree.
Volume V, section 5779.
A Member who has occupied five minutes on a pro forma amendment may
not, by making another pro forma amendment, lengthen his time. Volume
V, section 5222. Volume VIII, section 2560.
In debate under the five-minute rule the Member must confine himself to
the subject, even on pro forma amendments. Volume VIII, section 2591.
(3) Debate under.--Closing of.
The Committee of the Whole may, after the five-minute debate has begun,
close debate on the section, paragraph, or pending amendments, but this
does not preclude further amendment. Volume V, section 5266.
A motion to close debate under the five-minute rule is not in order
until such debate has begun. Volume V, section 5225.
The five-minute debate may be closed after one speech of five minutes.
Volume V, section 5226.
The five-minute debate may be closed after one speech, however brief,
and it is not necessary that an entire five minutes be consumed to make
the motion to close debate in order. Volume VIII, section 2573.
Debate under the five-minute rule, however brief, was held to exhaust
the time allotted and another Member was denied recognition for the
unexpired time. Volume VIII, section 2571.
The motion to close the five-minute debate is not debatable. Volume
VIII, section 2575.
The motion to close the five-minute debate, while not debatable, is
amendable. Volume V, section 5227. Volume VIII, section 2578.
The right to limit debate on the pending section of a bill pending in
the Committee of the Whole under the five-minute rule may be exercised
by the House as well as by the Committee of the whole. Volume V,
section 5229.
A motion is not in order in the House to close debate on a paragraph of
a bill in Committee of the Whole until such debate has begun. Volume V,
section 5231.
A motion fixing the time of five-minute debate in Committee of the
Whole has been ruled out when dilatory. Volume V, section 5734.
The closing of debate on the last section of a bill considered under
the five-minute rule does not preclude debate on a substitute for the
whole text of the bill. Volume V, section 5228.
An exceptional instance wherein the House closed the five-minute debate
on a section of a bill in Committee of the Whole before all of the
section had been read for amendment. Volume V, section 5230.
Under the 5-minute rule time for debate may be fixed but may not be
allotted even by unanimous consent. Volume VIII, section 2559.
A proposition for control or division of time is not in order as a part
of a motion to limit debate under the five-minute rule. Volume VIII,
section 2570.
After debate under the five-minute rule has begun on an amendment the
motion to close debate is privileged. Volume VIII, section 2567.
When time for debate under the five-minute rule is limited in Committee
of the Whole without provision for its control, the Chairman divides
the time, where practicable, between those favoring and those opposing
the proposition. Volume VIII, section 2558.
Closing debate under the five-minute rule on a section does not
preclude the offering of amendments. Volume VIII, section 2579.
FIVE-MINUTE RULE--Continued.
(4) Debate Under.--During Electoral Count.
When the two Houses separate to pass on a question arising during the
electoral count there may be two hours of debate, each Member or
Senator being confined to five minutes. Volume III, section 1992.
(5) Amendment Under.--Reading for.
In Committee of the Whole revenue and general appropriation bills are
read by paragraphs for amendment, instead of by sections. Volume IV,
sections 4739, 4740.
A bill being alleged to be improperly before the Committee of the
Whole, a motion to report it with recommendations was held in order
before it had been considered for amendment. Volume IV, section 4784.
In Committee of the Whole a Senate amendment, even though it be very
long, is considered as an entirety and not by paragraphs or sections.
Volume V, section 6194.
Senate amendments considered in Committee of the Whole are each subject
to general debate and amendment under the five-minute rule. Volume V,
section 6196.
A Senate bill with a proposed committee amendment in the nature of a
substitute being under consideration in Committee of the Whole, the
bill was first read by sections for amendment and then the substitute
was perfected. Volume IV, section 4741.
An instance wherein a substitute text for a bill was offered as a
substitute for the first section and agreed to, the remaining sections
being stricken out afterwards. Volume V, section 5796.
Consideration ``in the House as in Committee of the Whole'' comprises
reading for amendment and debate under the five-minute rule without
general debate. Volume VIII, section 2431.
When a bill is considered ``in the House as in Committee of the Whole''
it is read the first time by title only and immediately thereafter by
sections for amendment under the five-minute rule. Volume VIII, section
2433.
Union Calendar bills considered in the House as in the Committee of the
Whole are read for amendment under the five-minute rule by section and
not by paragraphs. Volume VIII, section 2434.
In reading a bill under the five-minute rule, a section or paragraph is
considered as having been passed for amendment or debate when an
amendment in the form of a new section or paragraph is taken up for
consideration. Volume VIII, section 2357.
In reading a bill for amendment under the five-minute rule a paragraph
is passed when an amendment proposing the adoption of a new section is
entertained, but if such amendment is ruled out on a point of order,
the paragraph last read is still pending. Volume VIII, section 2867.
In considering a bill for amendment under the five-minute rule an
amendment offered as a separate paragraph or section is not in order
until the pending paragraph has been perfected and disposed of. Volume
VIII, section 2356.
(6) Amendment Under.--Returning to Paragraphs.
In considering a bill for amendment under the five-minute rule it is in
order to return to a paragraph already passed only by unanimous
consent. Volume IV, sections 4746, 4747.
When, in considering a bill by paragraphs or sections, the Committee of
the Whole has passed a particular paragraph or section it is not in
order to return thereto. Volume IV, sections 4742, 4743.
During a consideration of a bill by sections for amendments the Chair
may direct a return to a section where, by error, no action was had on
a pending amendment. Volume IV, section 4750.
The reading of a bill for amendment being concluded in Committee of the
Whole and a motion to rise being negatived, a motion to return to a
particular portion of the bill was offered and admitted. Volume IV,
section 4748.
FIVE-MINUTE RULE--Continued.
(7) Amendment Under.--Points of Order.
A bill being considered under the five-minute rule, a point of order
against a paragraph should be made before the next paragraph is read.
Volume V, section 6931.
A point of order against a paragraph of bill being read for amendment
under the five-minute rule comes too late after the reading of the
following paragraph. Volume VIII, section 2351.
FIX THE DAY TO WHICH THE HOUSE SHALL ADJOURN.
(1) Motion to, no longer privileged.
(2) Motion to, not debatable.
(3) The motion to, in relation to amendments.
(4) Repetition or reconsideration of motion to.
(5) The motion to, and its relation to quorum and Journal.
(6) Use of the motion before organization of the House.
(7) As to fixing the hour as well as the day.
(1) Motion to, No Longer Privileged.
The motions to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn and for a
recess are no longer in the list of privileged motions. Volume V,
section 5301.
The motion to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn is not
privileged against a demand for the regular order, but if no objection
is made may be entertained and agreed to by the House. Volume VIII,
section 2611.
No question being under debate, a motion to fix the day to which the
House should adjourn, already made, was held not to give way to a
motion to adjourn. Volume V, section 5381.
In the Johnson trial the Chief Justice held that the motion to adjourn
took precedence of a motion to fix the day to which the Senate should
adjourn. Volume III, section 2072.
No question being under debate and a motion to adjourn having been
made, motions for a recess and to fix the day to which the House should
adjourn were not entertained. Volume V, section 5302.
The rule making the motions to adjourn, to fix the day to which the
House shall adjourn, and for a recess in order at any time was dropped
to prevent the continued use of those motions for purposes of
obstruction. Volume V, section 6740.
Under the former rule, which made the motion to fix the day to which
the House should adjourn ``always in order,'' it was admitted during a
division, i.e., before the result of a vote had been announced. Volume
V, section 5387.
When the motion to fix the day to which the House should adjourn had
the highest privilege the consideration of a conference report was held
to displace it. Volume V, section 6451.
(2) Motion to, Not Debatable.
Under the custom of the House, which differs somewhat from the general
parliamentary law, the motion to fix the day to which the House shall
adjourn is not debatable. Volume V, sections 4379, 5380. Volume VIII,
section 2648.
As to the extent of debate under the general parliamentary law on a
motion to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn. Volume V,
sections 5379, 5380.
When privileged, the motion to fix the day to which the House should
adjourn was not debatable. Volume V, section 5305.
(3) The Motion to, in Relation to Amendments.
The motion to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn may be
amended. Volume V, section 5383.
The motions to postpone, refer, amend, for a recess, and to fix the day
to which the House shall adjourn may be amended. Volume V, section
5754.
FIX THE DAY TO WHICH THE HOUSE SHALL ADJOURN--Continued.
(3) The Motion to, in Relation to Amendments--Continued.
The motion to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn may not be
amended by substituting the day on which it would meet after agreeing
to a simple motion to adjourn. Volume V, section 5382.
In the House the motion to adjourn may not be amended as by specifying
to a particular day. Volume V, section 5360.
(4) Repetition or Reconsideration of Motion to.
When privileged the motion to fix the day to which the House shall
adjourn may be repeated after intervening business. Volume V, sections
5383, 5384.
A motion to adjourn is not of itself such intervening business as to
allow the repetition of a motion to fix the day to which the House
shall adjourn. Volume V, sections 5385, 5386.
A motion to reconsider the vote whereby the House refused to fix a day
to which the House should adjourn has been the subject of conflicting
rulings. Volume V, sections 5623, 5624.
(5) The Motion to, and Its Relation to Quorum and Journal.
The absence of a quorum being disclosed, a motion to fix the day to
which the House shall adjourn may not be entertained. Volume IV,
section 2954.
A motion to suspend the rules and approve the Journal was held in
order, although the Journal had not been read and the then highly
privileged motion to fix the day to which the House should adjourn was
pending. Volume IV, section 2758.
Before the reading of the Journal a simple motion to adjourn is in
order, but a motion to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn,
being the transaction of business, is not in order. Volume IV, section
2757.
(6) Use of the Motion Before Organization of House.
The question as to whether or not the House before its organization may
adjourn over for more than one day. Volume I, section 221.
The House may adjourn for more than one day before the election of a
Speaker. Volume I, section 89.
(7) As to Fixing the Hour as Well as the Day.
A motion fixing the hour as well as the day to which the House shall
adjourn was held not privileged when the simple motion to fix the day
was privileged. Volume V, section 5388.
Before the House had fixed the hour of daily meeting the motion
providing for adjournment to a given hour is in order. Volume V,
section 5363.
FLAG.
The House by resolution accepted the gift of a flag made of American
silk. Volume V, section 7105.
The Committee on the Judiciary has reported bills prohibiting the
descretation of the National flag and dealing with refusal of public
officers to execute acts of Congress. Volume IV, section 4055.
FLANDERS.
The Louisiana election cases of Flanders and Hahn in the Thirty-seventh
Congress. Volume I, section 379.
FLETCHER, DUNCAN U., of Florida, Presiding Officer.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
President, message of. Volume VIII, section 3339.
FLOOD.
The rule gives to the Committee on Flood Control jurisdiction of
subjects relating ``to flood control, other than appropriations
therefor.'' Volume VII, section 2069.
A bill authorizing an appropriation for the straightening and
broadening of a river for the purpose of relieving flood conditions was
referred to the Committee on Flood Control. Volume VII, section 2073.
The Committee on Flood Control has reported legislation authorizing
surveys and construction with a view to flood control. Volume VII,
section 2070.
Under the statute exempting appropriations for rivers and harbors from
the operation of the law requiring unexpended balances to be covered
into the Treasury, a provision that an appropriation for flood control
should remain available until expended was held to be in order. Volume
VII, section 1401.
A bill providing relief for loss of property resulting from flood due
to failure of an irrigation dam erected under authorization of
legislation reported by the Committee on Public Lands was transferred
from that committees to the Committee on Claims. Volume VII, section
2000.
Plans for flood protection and the extent to which the United States
should cooperate with the States therein are subjects within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Flood Control rather than of the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Volume VII, section 2071.
FLOOD CONTROL, COMMITTEE ON.
The creation and history of the Committee on Flood Control, section 39
of Rule XI. Volume VII, section 2069.
The rule gives to the Committee on Flood Control jurisdiction of
subjects relating ``to flood control, other than appropriations
therefor.'' Volume VII, section 2069.
The Committee on Flood Control has reported legislation authorizing
surveys and construction with a view to flood control. Volume VII,
section 2070.
A bill authorizing an appropriation for the straightening and
broadening of a river for the purpose of relieving flood conditions was
referred to the Committee on Flood Control. Volume VII, section 2073.
Plans for flood protection and the extent to which the United States
should cooperate with the States therein are subjects within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Flood Control rather than of the
Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Volume VII, section 2071.
The Committee on Rivers and Harbors and not the Committee on Flood
Control was deemed to have jurisdiction over proposed legislation
relating to the erosion of banks along navigable streams. Volume VII,
section 1838.
FLOOD, HENRY D., of Virginia, Chairman.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Reading. Volume VIII, section 2344.
FLOOR.
(1) Privilege of.--Rule as to, and application of.
(2) Privilege of.--Classes of persons enjoying.
(3) Privilege of.--Abuse of, especially by ex-Members.
(4) Privilege of.--For contestants in election cases.
(5) Privilege of.--For Members of the President's Cabinet.
(6) Privilege of.--As a special honor.
(7) Privilege of.--For persons to address the House.
(8) Duties of Speaker and Doorkeeper as to.
(9) The bar of the House.
(1) Privilege of.--Rule as to, and Application of.
The rules limit strictly the classes of persons having the privileges
of the floor during sessions of the House. Volume V, section 7283.
Volume VIII, section 3634.
The Speaker is forbidden to entertain a request for the suspension of
the rule relating to the privilege of the floor. Volume V, section
7283. Volume VIII, section 3634.
FLOOR--Continued.
(1) Privilege of.--Rule as to, and Application of--Continued.
The rule forbidding the Speaker to entertain requests for the
suspension of the rule relating to admission to the floor is held to
apply also to the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole. Volume V,
section 7285.
Rigid enforcement of the rule forbidding requests for extension of the
privileges of the floor. Volume V, section 7284.
It has been held that the rule relating to admission to the floor does
not apply to joint sessions of the two Houses. Volume V, section 7292.
The rule relating to admission to the floor is construed, broadly, on
the occasion of ceremonies. Volume V, section 7290.
A motion instructing the Sergeant at Arms to exclude all persons not
entitled to the privileges of the floor was entertained as privileged.
Volume VIII, section 3637.
The House has adopted a rule relating to the privilege of the floor
before the election of a Speaker. Volume I, sections 96-98.
(2) Privilege of.--Classes of Persons Enjoying.
The President and Vice-President of the United States and their
secretaries have the privilege of the floor. Volume V, section 7283.
``Heads of Departments,'' meaning members of the President's Cabinet,
have the privilege of the floor. Volume V, section 7283. Volume VIII,
section 3634.
The judges of the Supreme Court have the privilege of the floor. Volume
V, section 7283. Volume VIII, section 3634.
Members of Congress, Members-elect and under certain conditions ex-
Members of the House and contestants in election cases, have the
privilege of the floor. Volume V, section 7283. Volume VIII, section
3634.
Clerks of committees other than the clerk of the committee in charge of
the bill under consideration are not entitled to the privileges of the
floor. Volume VIII, section 3636.
The Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate, Superintendent of the
Capitol, the Librarian of Congress, and his assistant in the law
library have the privilege of the floor. Volume V, section 7283. Volume
VIII, section 3634.
Ministers from foreign governments and governors of States (but not of
Territories), have the privilege of the floor. Volume V, section 7283.
Volume VIII, section 3634.
The resident commissioner to the United States from Porto Rico has the
privilege of the floor. Volume V, section 7283.
The Resident Commissioners to the United States from Porto Rico and the
Philippine Islands have the privilege of the floor. Volume VIII,
section 3634.
The privileges of the floor with the right to debate were extended to
Resident Commissioners in the Sixtieth Congress. Volume VI, section
244.
By general acquiescence the Resident Commissioners of the Philippine
Islands have been permitted the privilege of debating. Volume VI,
section 246.
Persons who have by name received the thanks of Congress have the
privilege of the floor. Volume V, section 7283. Volume VIII, section
3634.
The privileges of the floor incident to receiving the thanks of
Congress are limited to those who have been designated by name. Volume
VIII, section 3638.
Accredited members of the press having seats in the gallery and
employees of the House may go upon the floor of the House until within
fifteen minutes of the hour of meeting. Volume V, section 7346.
With certain exceptions all persons not entitled to the privileges of
the floor during a session are excluded from the floor of the House at
all times. Volume V, section 7346.
Representatives of certain specified news associations are admitted to
the floor of the House under regulations prescribed by the Speaker.
Volume V, section 7304. Volume VIII, section 3642.
A register of persons other than Members who are entitled to the
privileges of the floor was authorized in 1853. Volume V, section 7291.
FLOOR--Continued.
(2) Privilege of.--Classes of Persons Enjoying--Continued.
The privileges of the floor do not extend to departmental employees
assisting committees in the preparation of bills. Volume VI, section
579.
(3) Privilege of.--Abuse of, Especially by ex-Members.
Conditions on which ex-Members of the House have the privilege of the
floor. Volume V, section 7283.
While former Members of Congress are entitled to the privilege of the
floor they may not manifest approval or disapproval of the proceedings.
Volume VIII, section 3635.
It being alleged that an ex-Member was violating the privileges of the
floor, the Speaker declared it a matter for the House and not the Chair
to consider. Volume V, section 7286.
An ex-Member who was abusing the privileges of the floor was excluded
by direction of the Speaker. Volume V, section 7288.
An alleged abuse of the privilege of the floor by an ex-Member was
inquired into by a special committee. Volume V, section 7287.
The meaning of the rule relating to admission to the floor has been
interpreted by a committee. Volume V, section 7289.
In a former Congress exclusion from the privileges of the floor was
made a penalty for attempting to corrupt Members of Congress. Volume V,
section 7294.
An alleged violation of the rule relating to admission to the floor
presents a question of privilege. Volume III, sections 2624, 2625.
Volume VI, section 579.
A resolution relating to an alleged abuse of the privileges of the
floor does not present a question of higher privilege than an election
case. Volume III, section 2626.
A question of order being raised against the presence of unauthorized
persons on the floor of the Senate, the Vice President directed the
Sergeant at Arms to remove all persons not entitled to the privileges
of the floor. Volume VIII, section 3639.
In 1929 a Senate committee recommended the denial of the privilege of
the floor to a newspaper reporter charged with publication of
proceedings of an executive session. Volume VI, section 334.
(4) Privilege of.--For Contestants in Election Cases.
Contestants in election cases have the privilege of the floor. Volume
V, section 7283.
The practice of giving general permission to claimants for seats to
enjoy the privileges of the floor was embodied in a rule in 1880.
Volume I, sections 669-672.
The House in early years gave the privileges of the floor to
contestants during discussion of the reports on their cases, with leave
to speak on the merits. Volume I, sections 663-665.
The House in one case included the right to speak to the merits, with a
general permission to contestants to enjoy the privileges of the floor.
Volume I, section 669.
A contestant having the privilege of the floor, with leave to speak
``to the merits of said contest and the report thereon,'' was permitted
to speak on a preliminary question. Volume I, section 668.
Form of resolution used in 1848 to give to a contestant the right to be
heard in person at the bar of the House. Volume I, section 667.
Instance wherein the House denied the privileges of the floor to a
claimant for a seat. Volume I, section 315.
In 1859 the Senate declined to admit claimants of seats to the
privileges of the floor. Volume I, section 546.
The Senate has declined to permit a contestant to be heard on the floor
of the Senate in his own case. Volume I, section 392.
(5) Privilege of.--For Members of the President's Cabinet.
Members of the President's Cabinet have the privilege of the floor.
Volume V, section 7283.
FLOOR--Continued.
(5) Privilege of.--For Members of the President's Cabinet--Continued.
The House decided early in its history that the secretaries of the
President's Cabinet should not be called to give information personally
on the floor of the House. Volume III, section 1880.
The proposition to have the heads of the Executive Departments occupy
seats on the floor and participate in the proceedings. Volume II,
section 1587.
While Cabinet officers are frequently summoned to testify before
committees either voluntarily or by subpoena, they are no longer called
to give information on the floor of the House. Volume VI, section 432.
(6) Privilege of.--As a Special Honor.
A special admission to the privileges of the floor is a rare honor.
Volume V, section 7293.
The House formally extended the privileges of the floor to the widow of
President Madison. Volume V, section 7081.
(7) Privilege of.--For Persons to Address the House.
Persons not Members and not claiming to be Members have been permitted
to address the House only in early and rare instances. Volume V,
sections 7296-7301.
In the earlier but not the later practice counsel have been admitted to
the floor to make arguments in election cases. Volume I, sections 657-
659, 660, 661, 765.
Judge Peck, threatened with impeachment, was permitted to make to the
House a written or oral argument. Volume III, section 2366.
At a special session of the House Charles Stuart Parnell was introduced
by the Speaker and addressed the House. Volume V, section 7084.
In 1974 the House admitted a Delegate on the theory that it might admit
to the floor for debate merely anybody whom it might choose. Volume I,
section 400.
The House declined to allow a Delegate to introduce an interpreter on
the floor. Volume II, section 1296.
(8) Duties of Speaker and Doorkeeper as to.
The Speaker preserves order on the floor and in the galleries and
lobby. Volume II, section 1343.
The Doorkeeper is required to enforce strictly the rules relating to
the privileges of the Hall, and is responsible for the official conduct
of his employees. Volume I, section 260.
The Doorkeeper is required to clear the floor fifteen minutes before
the hour of meeting of all persons not privileged to remain, and keep
it cleared until ten minutes after adjournment. Volume V, section 7295.
Extreme disorder arising on the floor, the Speaker directed the
Sergeant-at-Arms to enforce order with the mace. Volume VI, section
258.
(9) The Bar of the House.
The bar of the House is within the doors leading into the Hall. Volume
V, section 7272.
FLORIDA.
House election cases from:
Twenty-seventh Congress.--David Levy. Volume I, Sections 422, 423.
Twenty-ninth Congress.--Brockenbrough v. Cabell. Volume I, section 812.
Forty-second Congress--Niblack v. Walls. Volume II, sections 890, 891.
Forty-fourth Congress.--Finley v. Walls. Volume II, sections 902-904.
Forty-fourth Congress.--Finley v. Bisbee. Volume II, sections 932-934.
Forty-sixth Congress.--Bisbee v. Hull. Volume I, section 57.
Forty-sixth Congress.--Bisbee v. Hull. Volume II, section 952.
Forty-seventh Congress.--Bisbee, jr., v. Finley. Volume II, sections
977-981.
Forty-seventh Congress.--Witherspoon v. Davidson. Volume I, section
753.
Fifty-first Congress.--Goodrich v. Bullock. Volume II, sections 1037,
1038.
Sixty-ninth Congress.--Brown v. Green. Volume VI, section 167.
Seventy-first Congress.--Lawson v. Owen. Volume VI, section 184.
FLORIDA--Continued.
Senate election cases from:
Fortieth Congress.--Marvin v. Osborn. Volume I, section 390.
Forty-first Congress.--Hart v. Gilbert. Volume I, section 392.
Fifty-second Congress.--Davidson v. Call. Volume II, section 1060.
Conflicting electoral certificates being presented from Florida in
1877, a decision was reached that the regularly signed certificate from
the governor, acting at the time the votes were cast, should stand.
Volume III, section 1971.
The allegation that a Florida elector was disqualified was disregarded
by the Electoral Commission in 1877 in the absence of proof. Volume
III, section 1971.
FLOYD, JOHN C., of Arkansas, Chairman.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Amendment. Volume VIII, section 2356.
FOG SIGNALS.
Bills establishing light-houses and fog signals and authorizing light-
ships are reported by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Volume IV, section 4104.
FOLDING ROOM.
The Doorkeeper appoints superintendents to have charge of the folding
and documents rooms. Volume I, section 262.
The approved phraseology for making documents available through the
folding room is ``Distributed through the House folding room;'' for
distribution through the document rooms is ``For the use of the House
document room.'' Volume VIII, section 3661.
Hearings, bills, resolutions, documents, etc., distributed through the
document room, are dispensed on application without reference to the
number received by any one Member, while those distributed through the
folding room are credited to the accounts of Members pro rata and are
issued only on the order of Members to whom assigned. Volume VIII,
section 3666.
Provisions for distribution of documents through the folding room allot
an equal number to each Member of the House, to be issued on his order
only; distribution through the document room renders them subject to
application without limitation on the number which may be issued to any
one applicant. Volume VIII, section 3661.
Reprints may be ordered for the use of the document room in any number,
but when ordered for the folding room require a minimum of 2,471
copies. Volume VIII, section 3666.
The accumulation of obsolete documents in the folding room becoming
burdensome, the House authorized distribution of all for which there
was demand and directed that the remainder be sold as waste paper.
Volume VIII, section 3669.
FOLLETT.
The Ohio election case of Follett v. Delano in the Thirty-ninth
Congress. Volume II, section 862, 863.
FOOD.
Bills to prevent the adulteration, misbranding, etc., of foods and
drugs have been reported by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce. Volume IV, section 4112.
Bills to prevent the adulteration, misbranding, manufacture, sale, or
transportation of foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors have
occasionally been reported by the Committee on Agriculture. Volume VII,
section 1874.
The subject of adulteration of food, drugs, etc., in the District is
within the jurisdiction of the Committee for the District of Columbia.
Volume IV, section 4280.
An appropriation for investigation of foods in their relation to
commerce and consumption is not so authorized by law as to sanction an
appropriation on an appropriation bill. Volume VII, section 1298.
The Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures has jurisdiction over
the establishment of standard weights and measures for cereal mill
products, foodstuffs, and commercial feeds. Volume VII, section 1800.
FOOD--Continued.
The cooperative marketing and distribution of farm products, the
disposition of surplus agricultural products abroad, proposed
legislation for the stabilization and control of prices of foodstuffs,
and for the establishment of governmental agencies for the
administration of such legislation are within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Agriculture. Volume VII, section 1871.
An appropriation for completing governmental activities undertaken
during the war under the food control act was held in order on an
appropriation bill. Volume VII, section 1151.
FOOT, SOLOMON, of Vermont, President Pro Tempore.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Appeals. Volume III, section 2088.
Division of question. Volume III, section 2397.
Voting on the articles of impeachment. Volume III, section 2396.
FORD.
The Senate election case of Ford V. Newberry, from Michigan, in the
Sixty-seventh Congress. Volume VI, section 72.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
(1) Prerogatives of the House as to.--Declarations and practice.
(2) Prerogatives of the House as to.--In relation to President's
Prerogatives.
(3) Prerogatives of the House as to.--The treaty-making power in
general.
(4) Prerogatives of the House as to.--Commercial treaties.
(5) Prerogatives of the House as to.--In general.
(6) Committee on.--History of.
(7) Committee on.--Jurisdiction of.
(8) Jurisdiction of other committees over matter relating to.
(9) Matters relating to, not necessarily privileged.
(1) Prerogatives of the House as to.--Declarations and Practice.
The House has declared its ``constitutional right to an authoritative
voice in declaring and prescribing the foreign policy of the United
States, as well in the recognition of new powers as in other matters.''
Volume II, section 1539.
The House has usually had a voice in the recognition of the
independence of a foreign nation, when such recognition has affected
relations with another power. Volume II, sections 1541-1544.
Arguments in the Senate that the power or recognizing foreign
governments is vested in the President. Volume II, section 1545.
In 1811 the House originated and the Senate agreed to a resolution
declaring the attitude of the United States on a question of foreign
policy. Volume II, section 1538.
The joint resolution of 1898 declaring the intervention of the United
States to remedy conditions existing in the island of Cuba originated
in the House. Volume II, section 1540.
The House has, by resolution, extended its sympathy to foreign peoples
desirous of greater liberty. Volume II, sections 1553-1555.
Congratulations of the House on the adoption of a republican form of
government by Brazil. Volume II, section 1550.
Congratulations of the House at the appearance of a new nation. Volume
II, section 1552.
The House has expressed its interest in the establishment of
constitutional government in other lands. Volume II, section 1551.
Instance wherein the House declared its attitude on a question of
foreign policy and expressed its readiness to participate in the
enactment of legislation relative thereto. Volume VI, section 326.
Instance wherein a committee of the House reported a resolution
declaring the attitude of the United States on a question of foreign
policy. Volume VI, section 328.
FOREIGN AFFIARS--Continued.
(1) Prerogatives of the House as to.--Declarations and Practice--
Continued.
While conceding that its prerogative relative to participation in
foreign relations has not been definitely established, the House
asserted its right to originate legislation relating to foreign affairs
upon which the injunction of secrecy is not imposed and questions
appertaining to an international judiciary in particular. Volume VI,
section 326.
(2) Prerogatives of the House as to.--In Relation to President's
Prerogatives.
Resolutions originating in the House and making an exchange of
compliments with certain Republics were disapproved by President Grant
as infringing on executive prerogative. Volume II, section 1556.
While not questioning the right of the House to decline to appropriate
for a diplomatic office, President Grant protested against its
assumption that it might give directions as to that service. Volume II,
section 1548.
In 1846 President Polk, for reasons of public policy, declined to
inform the House as to expenditures from the secret or contingent fund
of the State Department. Volume II, section 1561.
After full discussion of its relations to the Executive, the House
inserted a qualifying clause in its request for information as to
certain foreign relations. Volume II, section 1547.
Discussion as to the right of the House to withhold an appropriation to
pay the expenses of diplomatic agents appointed by the Executive.
Volume II, sections 1546, 1547.
In 1825 the House, after long debate, made an unconditional
appropriation for the expense of the ministers to the Panama Congress.
Volume II, sections 1546, 1547.
In 1825 the House, after long discussion, declined to make a
declaration of policy or give express approval of a diplomatic service
instituted by the President. Volume II, sections 1546, 1547.
An authorization of diplomatic relations with a foreign nation
originated in the House in 1882. Volume II, section 1549.
In 1920 the Senate requested the concurrence of the House in a
resolution proposing to restrict the power of the President in the
negotiation of foreign affairs. Volume VI, section 327.
The power of the President to appoint diplomatic representatives to
foreign governments and to determine their rank is derived from the
Constitution and may not be circumscribed by statutory enactments.
Volume VII, section 1248.
(3) Prerogatives of the House as to.--The Treaty-Making Power in
General.
Discussion of the right of the House to share in the treaty-making
power. Volume II, section 1509.
Discussion of the prerogatives of the House in relation to treaties,
commercial and otherwise, and its obligation in the enactment of
supplementary legislation. Volume VI, section 326.
In 1820 the House considered, but without result, its constitutional
right to a voice in any treaty ceding territory. Volume II, section
1057.
In 1796 the House affirmed that when a treaty related to subjects
within the power of Congress it was the constitutional duty of the
House to deliberate on the expediency of carrying such treaty into
effect. Volume II, section 1509.
In 1816, the House after discussion with the Senate, maintained its
position that a treaty must depend on a law of Congress for its
execution as to such stipulations as related to subjects
constitutionally intrusted to Congress . Volume II, section 1506.
In 1868, after discussion with the Senate, the House's assertion of
right to a voice in carrying out the stipulations of certain treaties
was conceded in a modified form. Volume II, section 1508.
The House sometimes requests the Executive to negotiate a treaty,
although the propriety of the act has been questioned. Volume II,
sections 1514-1517.
President Washington, in 1796, declined the request of the House that
he transmit the correspondence relating to the recently ratified treaty
with Great Britain. Volume II, section 1509.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS--Continued.
(3) Prerogatives of the House as to.--The Treaty-Making Power in
General--Continued.
The House has requested the President to lay before it information as
to the carrying out and the violation of treaties, and the information
has been furnished. Volume II, sections 1510, 1511.
In 1822 the House called generally and specifically for papers relating
to the Treaty of Ghent and obtained them, although the Executive
advised against their publication. Volume II, sections 1512, 1513.
In 1848 President Polk declined, on constitutional grounds, to honor
the unconditional request of the House for a copy of the instructions
to the minister sent to negotiate a treaty with Mexico. Volume II,
sections 1518, 1519.
(4) Prerogatives of the House as to.--Commercial Treaties.
Discussion of the prerogatives of the House in relation to treaties,
commercial and otherwise. Volume II, sections 1546, 1547.
In 1880 the House declared that the negotiation of a treaty affecting
the revenue was an invasion of its prerogatives. Volume II, section
1524.
After long and careful consideration the Judiciary Committee of the
House decided, in 1887, that the executive branch of the Government
might not conclude a treaty affecting the revenue without the assent of
the House. Volume II, sections 1528-1530.
Argument that duties are more properly regulated with the publicity of
Congressional action than by treaties negotiated by the Executive and
ratified by the Senate in secrecy. Volume II, section 1532.
In 1884 and 1886 the Ways and Means Committee assumed that the right of
the House to a voice in making treaties affecting the revenue had been
conceded. Volume II, sections 1526, 1527.
The House has at times advised the Executive in regard to treaties
affecting the revenue. Volume II, sections 1520-1522.
Reference to discussion in the Senate over right of the House to a
voice in making treaties affecting the revenue (footnote). Volume II,
section 1528.
(5) Prerogatives of the House as to.--In General.
The House has expressed its regret at attempts on the lives of foreign
rulers. Volume II, sections 1557-1558.
A resolution of the House expressing regret at the death of a statesman
of a foreign country caused offense to the government of that country.
Volume V, section 7221.
Instance wherein a foreign executive declined to communicate to the
legislative assembly of the nation certain resolutions of the House of
Representatives. Volume V, section 7221.
The Congress, by joint resolution, expressed its abhorrence of
massacres reported in a foreign nation. Volume II, section 1560.
Messages of a foreign government acknowledging an action of the House
were printed in full in the Journal without special order. Volume II,
section 1557.
The Senate expressed its disapproval of the attempt to destroy the
English Parliament houses. Volume II, section 1559.
In 1909 the House originated, and the Senate agreed to, a resolution
requesting the President to negotiate by treaty or otherwise with a
foreign government. Volume VI, section 323.
In 1916 the House originated and the Senate agree to a measure
authorizing the President to invite a conference of Governments of the
world to consider the establishment of a Court of Arbitration. Volume
VI, section 329.
(6) Committee on.--History of.
The creation and history of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Section
11 of Rule XL. Volume IV, section 4162.
Recent history of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, section 11 of Rule
XL. Volume VII, section 1878.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS--Continued.
(7) Committee on.--Jurisdiction of.
The rules give to the Committee on Foreign Affairs jurisdiction of
``the relations of the United States with foreign nations, including
appropriations therefor.'' Volume IV, section 4162.
The general affairs of the consular service and the acquisition of land
and buildings for legations in foreign capitals are within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV, section
4163. Volume VII, section 1879.
Questions relating to the protection of American citizens abroad and
expatriation belong to the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. Volume IV, section 4169. Volume VII, section 1883.
Resolutions of intervention abroad and declarations of war are within
the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV,
section 4164. Volume VII, section 1880.
Bills to carry out the stipulations of treaties are often reported by
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV, section 1478.
The enforcement of treaty regulations as to the protection of the fur
seals has been considered by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume
IV, section 4170.
The treaty rights of American fishermen in waters adjacent to foreign
shores are within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Volume IV, section 4171.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs has exercised jurisdiction of the
subjects of commercial treaties and reciprocal arrangements. Volume IV,
section 4174.
Measuring for fostering commercial intercourse with foreign nations and
for safe-guarding American business interests abroad have been
considered by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV, section
4175.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs has general jurisdiction of the
subject of international conferences and congresses. Volume IV, section
4177. Volume VII, section 1884.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs has exercised a general but not
exclusive jurisdiction over projects of general legislation relating to
claims having international relations. Volume IV, section 4168. Volume
VII, section 1882.
Bills creating courts of the United States in foreign countries are
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV,
section 4167.
The boundaries between the United States and foreign nations, and naval
strength, bridges and dams on waters along such boundaries are subjects
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV,
section 4166.
The subjects of extradition with foreign nations, international
arbitration, and violations of neutrality have been within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV, section
4178a.
Preliminary jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs as to the
canal between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Volume IV, section 4176.
The incorporation of the American National Red Cross and the protection
of its insignia are subjects within the jurisdiction of the Committee
on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV, section 4173.
The subject of immigration of Chinese and Japanese is within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV, section
4172.
Although there is a specific rule giving to the Committee on Insular
Affairs the jurisdiction of matters relating to Cuba, the House has
decided that they belong rather to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Volume IV, section 4215.
Control of the waters, and preservation of natural resources, of
international boundary streams are within the general but not the
executive jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume VII,
section 1881.
The participation by the United States in a World Court of
International Justice is a subject within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume VI, section 326.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS--Continued.
(7) Committee on.--Jurisdiction of--Continued.
Mandates over foreign countries and authorization to the Executive to
accept mandates are within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign
Affairs. Volume VII, section 1888.
Reception of gifts from foreign powers and acceptance of decorations
and orders conferred by foreign governments and subjects within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume VII, section
1889.
Bills providing for the appointment of commissions to confer with
foreign governments relative to matters of common interest between such
government and the Government of the United States have been reported
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume VII, section 1887.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs exercises general but not exclusive
jurisdiction of authorizations to receive medals or decorations from
foreign governments, extension of thanks of Congress to foreign
governments and erection of monuments in foreign lands. Volume VII,
section 1885.
Measures authorizing relief of distress in foreign countries have been
reported by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume VII, section 1886.
(8)--Jurisdiction of Other Committees Over Matters Relating to.
Legislation relating to the construction of bridges over boundary
streams between the United States and foreign countries have been
reported by the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Volume
VII, section 1811.
Authorization to conduct negotiations relating to obligations of
foreign governments to the United States is a subject within the
jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee. Volume VII, section 1736.
Control and disposition of alien property held by the United States,
and the adjudication of conflicting claims of American subjects against
foreign governments and foreign subjects against the United States are
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means. Volume VII,
section 1737.
Punishment of sedition, espionage, and seditious interference with
foreign relations and commerce are subjects within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1751.
The Committee on the Judiciary exercises jurisdiction over legislation
regulating legal process and procedure relating to vessels in foreign
jurisdictions. Volume VII, section 1771.
Bills authorizing the receipt by naval personnel of decorations,
orders, medals, and other insignia and the acceptance of offices with
compensation and emoluments from foreign Governments have been reported
by the Committee on Naval Affairs. Volume VII, section 1909.
(9) Matters Relating to, Not Necessarily Privileged.
A resolution relating to the recognition of a foreign State, no
invasion of the House's prerogatives being alleged, does not present a
question of privilege. Volume III, section 2567.
Subjects relating to the relations of the United States with other
nations or peoples do not constitute questions of privilege. Volume
III, sections 2568-2571.
FOREIGNERS.
A protest by the minister of a foreign power against proposed action of
the House was held to be an invasion of privilege. Volume II, section
1592.
The House and Senate, in joint session, received the King of Hawaii.
Volume V, section 7087.
Louis Kosssuth was welcomed by a joint resolution signed by the
President. Volume V, section 7083.
The House has usually refused to receive the petitions of the subjects
of a foreign power not residing in the United States. Volume IV,
sections 3330-3335.
Petitions from foreigners are properly transmitted through the
Executive. Volume IV, sections 3336-3340.
FOREIGNERS--Continued.
A communication from a foreigner to the House is properly transmitted
through the Executive. Volume V, section 6662.
A communication to the House from a foreign sovereign was transmitted
through the State Department, read to the House, and entered on the
Journal. Volume V, section 7223.
Reference to Senate rule that no alien may offer a petition directly to
the Senate. Volume IV, section 3328.
The House has, in a few cases, paid honor to the memory of the
champions of liberty in foreign lands. Volume V, sections 7220-7222.
FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.
Awards of money to foreign nations in pursuance of treaties for the
adjustment of claims or as acts of grace have been reported by the
Committee on Appropriations. Volume IV, section 4050.
A Member having been a pensioner of a foreign government, the House
considered his case and declared him entitled to his seat, but declined
to affirm that he was qualified. Volume I, section 442.
A joint resolution is the proper vehicle for authorization of
invitations to foreign Governments. Volume VII, section 1037.
A bill to indemnify a foreign government for injury to its nationals
was held to be a public bill. Volume VII, section 865.
The House has on rare occasions transmitted messages of felicitation to
foreign countries. Volume VIII, section 3544.
Adjournment in honor of memory of the deceased sovereign of a foreign
nation. Volume VIII, section 3597.
Bills authorizing indemnity of foreign governments for death of
subjects in the United States are properly referred to the union
calendar. Volume VII, section 1882.
FOREIGN MINISTERS.
Ministers from foreign governments have the privilege of the floor of
the House. Volume V, section 7283.
Question raised as to the reception and seating of the diplomatic corps
at ceremonies in the Hall of the House (footnote). Volume V, section
7180.
FOREST RESERVES.
The Committee on Public Lands exercises jurisdiction as to such forest
reserves as are created out of the public domain. Volume IV, section
4197.
The Committee on Agriculture has jurisdiction of subjects relating to
timber and forest reserves other than those created from the public
domain. Volume IV, section 4160.
The Committee on Agriculture has reported bills providing for the
purchase of land to be used for quarantine stations, experiment
stations, forest reserves, and watersheds. Volume VII, section 1864.
FORESTRY.
The rules give to the Committee on Agriculture the jurisdiction of
subjects relating ``to agriculture and forestry'' and the
appropriations for the Department of Agriculture. Volume IV, section
4149.
FORMS.
(1) Of putting the question on various motions.
(2) Of messages.--Reception of.
(3) Of messages.--Resolutions for distributing the President's.
(4) Of messages.--For transmitting business from House to Senate.
(5) Of reports.--From Committee of the Whole.
(6) Of reports.--From standing, select, and joint committees.
(7) Of reports.--When managers of a conference agree.
(8) Of reports.--When managers of a conference fail to agree.
FORMS.--Continued.
(9) Of statement accompanying a conference report.
(10) Of petitions, etc.
(11) Of bills and joint resolutions.
(12) Of concurrent resolutions.--Resolving clauses.
(13) Of concurrent resolutions.--Relating to adjournment and recess.
(14) Of concurrent resolutions.--Creating a joint committee.
(15) Of orders.--The ordering word.
(16) Of orders.--Special.--For consideration of business generally.
(17) Of orders.--For consideration of business in Committee of the
Whole.
(18) Of orders.--For consideration of Senate bills and Senate
amendments.
(19) Of orders.--For consideration of conference reports, instruction
of conferees, etc.
(20) As to investigations.--Resolutions authorizing.
(21) As to investigations.--Subpoenas for witnesses.
(22) As to investigations.--Subpoena duces tecum.
(23) As to investigations.--Questions as to form, return, etc., of
subpoenas.
(24) Orders of arrest.--Of Members, witnesses, etc.
(25) Orders of arrest.--Warrants.
(26) Of arraignment and trial at bar of House.
(27) Of censure administered by the Speaker.
(28) As to membership--Resignations.
(29) As to membership--Announcement of deaths, etc.
(30) Of oaths.
(31) At the meeting of Congress.
(32) Of designation of a Speaker pro tempore and clerk pro tempore.
(33) Of addressing the President of the United States.
(34) Of resolution of thanks to the Speaker.
(35) At various ceremonies.
(36) At the electoral count.--Resolution providing for.
(37) At the electoral count.--Reports of tellers.
(1) Of Putting the Question on Various Motions.
Rule as to form in which the Speaker shall put the question and method
of determining the result. Volume II, section 1311.
The old and the present form of putting the previous question
(footnote). Volume V, sections 5443, 5754.
Form of motion made in the House to limit general debate in Committee
of the Whole (footnote). Volume V, section 5207.
Form of the resolution by which general debate was closed in Committee
of the Whole in former years. Volume V, section 6738.
Form of putting the question on the passage of a bill returned with the
objections of the President (footnote). Volume IV, section 3534.
The motion to agree or concur should be put in the affirmative and not
in the negative form. Volume V, section 6166.
(2) Of Messages.--Reception of.
Messengers are saluted by the Speaker of the House. Volume V, section
6590.
Practice as to the reception in the House of messages from the Senate
as founded on former joint rules. Volume V, section 6592.
The ceremony of receiving a messenger from the President of the United
States in the House. Volume V, section 6591.
(3) Of Messages.--Resolutions for Distributing the President's.
Form of resolutions for the distribution of the President's annual
message. Volume V, sections 6621, 6622.
FORMS--Continued.
(4) Of Messages.--For Transmitting Business from House to Senate.
Forms of messages in use by the Clerk of the House in transmitting
business from the House to the Senate. Volume V, section 6596.
Form of message by which one House announces to the other the face of
its disagreement to an amendment of the other House to one of its
bills. Volume V, section 6321.
Form of message where the House disagrees to certain amendments of the
Senate to a House bill and agrees to others with amendments. Volume V,
section 6287.
Forms of messages announcing disagreements, insistence as to amendments
and asking conferences. Volume V, sections 6597-6799.
Form of resolution requesting of the Senate a duplicate copy of one of
its bills. Volume IV, sections 3470-3472.
The Senate having requested the return of a bill which had been
enrolled, signed by the Speaker, and transmitted to the Senate, a
resolution was passed directing that the Senate be informed thereof.
Volume IV, section 3480.
(5) Of Reports.--From Committee of the Whole.
Modern forms and ceremony of the report by the Chairman of the
Committee of the Whole and the reception thereof by the Speaker
(footnote). Volume IV, section 4898.
The old form of report from the Committee of the Whole House on the
state of the Union. Volume IV, section 4889.
Form of report from Committee of the Whole on a bill considered under a
restrictive special order. Volume IV, section 3265.
(6) Of Reports.--From Standing, Select, and Joint Committees.
Forms of written reports submitted by committee (footnote). Volume IV,
section 4652.
Form of a report by a joint committee. Volume V, section 7075.
Form of report on bill recommitted with instructions. Volume VIII,
section 2735.
(7) Of Reports.--When Managers of a Conference Agree.
Form of conference report wherein the House recedes from its amendment
to a Senate bill. Volume V, section 6499.
Form of conference report on House amendments to a Senate bill where
the House recedes from some of its amendments and the Senate recedes
from its disagreement as to others. Volume V, section 6503.
Form of conference report wherein one House recedes from certain
amendments, while the other recedes from its disagreement to certain
others. Volume V, section 6323.
Form of conference report wherein an entirely new text is reported in
place of an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Volume V, section
6426.
Form of conference report wherein differences as to an amendment are
settled by amending it. Volume V, section 6323.
Form of conference report wherein the Senate recedes from certain of
its amendments to a House bill, while the House recedes from its
disagreement as to others and agrees to certain others with amendment.
Volume V, sections 6500-6502.
Form of conference report in a case wherein the House had disagreed to
a Senate amendment to a House amendment to a Senate bill. Volume V,
section 6504.
(8) Of Reports.--When Managers of a Conference Fail to Agree.
Form of report by which the mangers of a conference announce to their
respective Houses their inability to agree. Volume V, sections 6322,
6570.
Form of written statement that managers of a conference have failed to
agree. Volume V, sections 6568, 6569.
Form of report of conferees on general disagreement. Volume VIII,
section 3299.
(9) Of Statement Accompanying a Conference Report.
Form of statement accompanying report of the House managers of a
conference. Volume V, sections 6504, 6514, 6515.
FORMS--Continued.
(10) Of Petitions, etc.
Papers in the nature of petitions or memorials should be addressed to
the House, but may be received if addressed to the Representative when
the subject is already before the House. Volume IV, sections 3321,
3322.
A petitioner who preferred charges against a Federal judge furnished
the certificate of a notary to his signature (footnote). Volume III,
section 2030.
The complaint of a Member that he had been assaulted for words spoken
in debate was made in the form of a letter to the Speaker accompanied
by an affidavit. Volume II, section 1616.
Instance of the presentation in the Senate of a petition for the
expulsion of a Senator. Volume II, section 1241.
(11) Of Bills and Joint Resolutions.
Forms of bills and joint resolutions. Volume IV, section 3367.
Forms and conditions of bills making declaration of war. Volume IV,
section 3368. Volume VII, section 1038.
As to the division of bills into sections and the numbering thereof.
Volume IV, section 3367.
The examination of bills for verbal and technical alterations has been
proposed, but never adopted by the House as a system. Volume IV,
section 3369.
Form of a substitute amendment for the text of an entire bill
(footnote). Volume V, section 5785.
The statutes and the practice of the House prescribe the style of
titles and form of bills. Volume VII, section 1035.
The statutes prescribe the form of enacting and resolving clauses of
bills and joint resolutions. Volume VII, section 1034.
It is the function of the Speaker to enforce the provision of the
statutes prescribing forms of bills. Volume VII, section 1034.
(12) Of Concurrent Resolutions.--Resolving Clauses.
Forms of resolving clauses of concurrent resolutions. Volume IV,
section 3378.
The present form of concurrent resolution appears about 1839. Volume V,
section 6731.
(13) Of Concurrent Resolutions.--Relating to Adjournment and Recess.
Forms of resolutions for adjournment of Congress sine die and for a
recess (footnote). Volume IV, section 4031.
Form of concurrent resolutions of the two Houses terminating a session
of Congress. Volume V, section 6722.
Form of resolution authorizing a joint committee to notify the
President of the approaching.
adjournment of Congress. Volume V, section 6723.
(14) Of Concurrent Resolutions.--Creating a Joint Committee.
Form of concurrent resolution creating a joint committee. Volume IV,
section 4410.
(15) Of Orders.--The Ordering Word.
Form of ordering word of an order. Volume IV, section 3380.
(16) Of Orders.--Special.--For Consideration of Business Generally.
Forms of special orders. Volume V, section 5821.
Forms of special orders authorizing legislative provision on general
appropriation bills. Volume IV, sections 3260-3263. Volume VII, section
844.
Form of special order conferring a privileged status on a bill. Volume
IV, section 3264. Volume VII, section 837.
Form of special orders for assigning a day for consideration in the
House of bills reported from a certain committee. Volume IV, sections
3252, 3253.
FORMS--Continued.
(16) Of Orders.--Special.--For Consideration of Business Generally--
Continued.
Forms of special order for considering in Committee of the Whole and
the House, within certain limits of time, a general tariff bill. Volume
IV, sections 3258, 3259. Volume VII, section 829.
Form of rule providing for consideration of a general tariff bill.
Volume VII, section 794.
Forms of special orders providing a series of rules to regulate the
consideration of a bill and fix its relations to other business. Volume
IV, section 3265.
Forms of special orders for limiting the time of consideration of a
bill in the House and restricting amendments. Volume IV, sections 3231-
3236.
Form of special order providing for consideration of a bill with
reservation as to days set apart by the rules for classes of business.
Volume VII, section 808.
Form of resolution providing for consideration of a bill taken from the
Committee on Rules under motion to discharge and providing for
consideration of a bill adversely reported by the committee to which it
was referred. Volume VII, section 1012.
Form of special order for consideration of a resolution declaring war.
Volume VIII, section 2460.
Form of special order authorizing a committee to call up a bill for
consideration with reservations as to certain privileged business.
Volume VII, section 842.
Form of special rule making in order all provisions of a bill pending
in the House, and all portions of the bill as reported and previously
stricken out on points of order. Volume VII, section 814.
Form of special order authorizing consideration of amendments not
otherwise in order. Volume VII, section 831.
Form of special order conferring upon a bill for the current session
the status enjoyed by bills reported from committees having leave to
report at any time. Volume VII, section 841.
Form of special order for assigning a day for consideration in the
House of bills reported from a certain committee. Volume VII, section
818.
Form of special order providing for the consideration of a joint
resolution in the House. Volume VII, section 804.
Form of special order providing for consideration of report of a
committee of investigation. Volume VI, section 374.
Example of special order providing for temporary modification of a
rule. Volume VII, section 835.
Form of resolution making in order motions to suspend the rules during
the remainder of a session. Volume VII, section 836.
Form of special order providing temporarily for an additional
suspension day. Volume VII, section 834.
(17) Of Orders.--Special.--For Consideration of Business in Committee
of the Whole.
Form of special order authorizing consideration of a bill in Committee
of the Whole without intervention of points of order either against
provisions of the original bill or certain amendments recommended by
the committee reporting the bill. Volume VII, section 832.
Form of special order for consideration of a resolution and report
thereon in Committee of the Whole with provision for vote on a
substitute. Volume VII, section 802.
Form of special order authorizing the motion to resolve into Committee
of the Whole for consideration of a bill, with provision for
termination of consideration on a day certain. Volume VII, section 812.
Form of special order for the consideration, successively, of a number
of bills in at designated order in Committee of the Whole and in the
House, excepting days set apart by the rules for certain classes of
business and providing against interference with other business
privileged under the rules. Volume VII, section 817.
FORMS--Continued.
(17) Of Orders.--Special.--For Consideration of Business in Committee
of the Whole--Continued.
Form of special order for resolving automatically into Committee of the
Whole for consideration of a bill with the usual provisions as to limit
and control of debate. Volume VII, section 805.
Form of special order resolving the House automatically into the
Committee of the Whole for the consideration of a bill. Volume VII,
section 806.
Form of special order authorizing motion to resolve into Committee of
the Whole for the consideration of a bill with the usual provisions,
for limitations on debate, control of time, and disposition in the
House. Volume VII, section 797.
Form of special order for consideration of a bill in Committee of the
Whole, providing for hour at which House shall meet during
consideration. Volume VII, section 809.
Form of special order consideration of a bill in Committee of the Whole
and in the House, with provisions for daily recess and evening
sessions. Volume VII, section 816.
Form of special order making it in order to consider in the Committee
of the Whole a bill on the House Calendar. Volume VII, section 811.
Form of special order providing for the consideration successively of
certain joint resolutions in Committee of the Whole. Volume VII,
section 815.
Form of special order for considering a bill in Committee of the Whole,
with clause exempting provisions from points of order. Volume VII,
section 813.
Form of special order providing for the consideration, within certain
limits of time, of a substitute in lieu of a pending bill, in the
Committee of the Whole in the House. Volume VII, section 810.
Form of special order providing for the consideration of two distinct
bills successively, either in the House alone or in Committee of the
Whole. Volume IV, sections 3254-3257.
Form of special order for consideration of an omnibus claims bill in
the House and in Committee of the Whole, with arrangement for purging
the bill of unauthorized items. Volume IV, section 3251.
Form of special order for considering a bill in Committee of the Whole
with provision for a report and action in the House at a certain time.
Volume IV, sections 3238-3241.
Form of special order limiting the time of consideration of a bill in
Committee of the Whole and in the House. Volume IV, section 3229.
Form of special order for considering a class of bills in Committee of
the Whole, with a limit of debate for each bill. Volume IV, section
3237.
(18) Of Orders.--Special.--For Consideration of Senate Bills and Senate
Amendments.
Form of special order providing for consideration of House substitute
for Senate bill regardless of the rule requiring germaneness. Volume
VII, section 803.
Form of special order authorizing a motion to consider Senate
amendments in Committee of the Whole. Volume VII, section 825.
Form of special order discharging committee from consideration of House
bill with Senate amendments and providing for consideration in
Committee of the Whole. Volume VII, section 819.
Form of special order for consideration of a House bill with provision
for substitution of Senate bill in Committee of the Whole. Volume VII,
section 843.
Form of special order for consideration of committee amendment to a
Senate bill on the House Calendar. Volume VII, section 801.
Form of special order for taking Senate bill from Speaker's table and
considering House bill in lieu thereof in Committee of the Whole.
Volume VII, section 800.
Form of special order for considering a Senate bill in the Committee of
the Whole making in order House committee amendments and providing for
separate vote on each. Volume VII, section 799.
FORMS--Continued.
(19) Of Orders.--Special.--For Consideration of Conference Reports,
Instruction of Conferees, etc.
Form of a special order reported from the Committee on Rules providing
for consideration of a resolution instructing conferees. Volume VIII,
section 3245.
Form of resolution for consideration of conference report invalidated
on point of order. Volume VIII, section 3270.
Form of special order providing for consideration of two conference
reports as one report. Volume VII, section 775.
Form of special order taking from the Speaker's table and sending to
conference a House bill with Senate amendments. Volume VII, section
826.
Forms of special order making in order a motion to take from the
Speaker's table and send to conference bill with Senate amendments.
Volume VII, section 822.
Form of special order for consideration of a conference report without
intervention of points of order. Volume VII, section 828.
Form of special order discharging committee from consideration of bill
with Senate amendments and providing for conference. Volume VII,
sections 820, 821.
Form of special order for considering numerous Senate amendments to a
House bill without permitting debate and a vote on each separate
amendment, and for asking a conference at the same time. Volume IV,
sections 3243-3249.
Form of special order for amending a Senate bill and asking a
conference with the Senate thereon. Volume IV, section 3242.
Form of special order for discharging managers of a conference and
disposing of amendments in dispute. Volume V, section 6526.
(20) As to Investigations.--Resolutions Authoring.
Forms of resolutions for directing a standing committee to make an
investigation or for creating a select committee for that purpose.
Volume IV, section 4322.
Form of resolution for investigating charges of corruption among
Members. Volume II, section 1275.
Resolutions of the House authorizing a committee to make an
investigation. Volume III, section 1751.
Form of resolution authorizing investigation of published statements
that Members had entered into corrupt combinations in relation to
legislation. Volume III, section 1669.
Form of resolution authorizing the investigation of the ``silver pool''
in 1891 (footnote). Volume III, section 1701.
Form of resolution authorizing a general investigation of the
Departments of the Government in 1876. Volume III, section 2444.
Form of resolution providing for the Kansas investigation of 1856.
Volume I, section 826.
The resolutions of the House creating, empowering, and instructing the
select committee which in 1856 investigated affairs in the Territory of
Kansas. Volume III, section 1752.
Form of resolution providing for a congressional investigation. Volume
VI, section 354.
Form of resolution authorizing an investigation by select committee of
the House. Volume VI, section 382.
Form of resolutions of the House creating, empowering, and instructing
the select committee which investigated charges that Members have been
improperly influenced in their official capacity. Volume VI, section
396.
Form of resolution providing for an investigation by the Judiciary
Committee and authorizing a subcommittee to exercise powers delegated
to the committee. Volume VI, section 530.
Form of resolution providing for investigation of charges against a
Senator. Volume III, sections 1837, 1838. Volume VI, section 399.
Form of resolution authorizing the investigation of the right and title
of Reed Smoot to a seat in the Senate. Volume I, section 481.
In the Kilbourn case the court decided that the resolution authorizing
the investigation was in excess of the constitutional power of the
House. Volume II, section 1611.
FORMS--Continued.
(20) As to Investigations.--Resolutions Authorizing--Continued.
It is not essential that a resolution authorizing an investigation of
the conduct of Senators shall specify censure or expulsion in order
that the Senate may constitutionally compel testimony. Volume II,
section 1614.
Form of resolution authorizing continuance of an investigation beyond
the expiration of the Congress in which instituted. Volume VI, section
386.
Form of resolution providing for expenses of a select committee of
investigation. Volume VI, section 388.
(21) As to Investigations.--Subpoenas for Witnesses.
Form of subpoena for summoning witnesses to testify before a committee
of the House and of the return thereon. Volume III, section 1807.
Form of a subpoena issued to secure the attendance of a Senator. Volume
III, section 1794.
Form of subpoena served on a Member of the House. Volume VI, section
537.
A form of subpoena issued in 1834 and criticised as defective. Volume
III, section 1732.
Form of subpoena and return used in the case of Williamson. Volume III,
section 1673.
Forms of subpoenas used at different times. Volume III, sections 1808,
1809.
Form of subpoena and return thereon used for summoning witnesses by a
Senate committee. Volume III, section 1702.
Form of subpoena issued by a joint committee. Volume III, section 1721.
(22) As to Investigations.--Subpoena Duces Tecum.
Form of subpoena duces tecum issued by order of the House. Volume III,
section 1699.
Form of subpoena duces tecum issued in the Kilbourn case. Volume II,
section 1608.
Form of subpoena duces tecum used for compelling production of
telegrams in 1877, but criticised as too general and verbally
defective. Volume III, section 1695.
Form of subpoena duces tecum issued by order of the Senate. Volume VI,
section 336.
(23) As to Investigations.--Questions as to Form, Return, etc., of
Subpoenas.
In the Whitney case the validity of a subpoena signed only by the
chairman of a committee was challenged but sustained. Volume III,
section 1668.
In the Kilbourn case the subpoena was attested for the Clerk by deputy.
Volume II, section 1608.
The Sergeant-at-Arms indorses on a subpoena his authorization of his
deputy to act in his stead. Volume III, section 1673.
A subpoena having been served by a deputy sergeant-at-arms, a
certificate of his appointment should accompany a report requesting
arrest of the witness for contempt. Volume III, section 1701.
Should the Sergeant-at-Arms make the return on a subpoena served by his
deputy? Volume III, section 1702.
(24) Orders of Arrest.--Of Members, Witnesses, etc.
Form of resolution for directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest absent
Members (footnote). Volume IV, section 3018.
Form of resolution for directing the Sergeant-at-Arms to arrest absent
Members. Volume VI, section 684.
Form of resolution for the arrest of Members absent without leave.
Volume VI, section 686.
Instance wherein the Sergeant-at-Arms reported at the bar of the House
his proceedings under a continuing order of arrest. Volume IV, section
3017.
An early discussion as to form of resolution ordering the arrest of a
contumacious witness. Volume III, section 1714.
Form of order for attachment of delinquent witness. Volume VI, section
486.
The order of arrest sometimes specifies that it shall be made either by
the Sergeant-at-Arms or his special messenger. Volume III, section
1688.
Verbal return of the Sergeant-at-Arms on presenting a witness under
arrest for contempt. Volume III, section 1697.
FORMS--Continued.
(24) Orders of Arrest.--Of Members, Witnesses, etc.--Continued.
The Sergeant-at-Arms, having arrested Williamson by order of the House,
made his return verbally. Volume III, section 1673.
In the latest practice a committee, in reporting the contempt of a
witness, shows that the testimony required is material, and presents
copies of the subpoena and return. Volume III, section 1701.
(25) Orders of Arrest.--Warrants.
Form of warrant for the arrest of absent Members under the old rule for
a call of the House (footnote). Volume IV, section 2982.
Form of warrant issued under the new rule for a call of the House
(footnote). Volume IV, section 3041.
Form of warrant and return in case of arrest of a witness for
contumacy. Volume III, section 1671.
In the Wolcott case the House provided that the resolution ordering him
to be taken into custody should be a sufficient warrant. Volume III,
section 1671.
Form of warrant and return used by the Senate in compelling the
attendance of witnesses. Volume III, section 1702.
Form of warrant signed by the President of the Senate for taking
William Duane into custody. Volume II, section 1604.
Form of the warrant for commitment of John Nugent. Volume II, section
1640.
A discussion distinguishing between the serving of a warrant by deputy
and the serving of a subpoena in the same way. Volume III, section
1702.
In 1860 the Massachusetts court decided that a warrant directed only to
the Sergeant-at-Arms of the United States Senate might not be served by
deputy in that State. Volume III, section 1718.
Form of Speaker's warrant for commitment of a person in contempt and of
Sergeant-at-Arms' return theron. Volume II, section 1628.
A warrant of commitment ``need not set forth the particular facts which
constitute the alleged contempt.'' Volume II, section 1640.
(26) Of Arraignment and Trial at Bar of House.
Form of arraignment of Randall and Whitney in 1795. Volume II, section
1600.
Form of arraignment adopted in the case of Williamson. Volume III,
section 1673.
Form of arraignment adopted in the Wolcott case. Volume III, section
1671.
Form of arraignment of a recalcitrant witness at the bar of the House.
Volume III, section 1669.
For the trial of Samuel Houston for contempt a committee on privileges
reported on a method of procedure. Volume II, section 1617.
The House adopted a committee of privileges to determine the procedure
in the Anderson contempt case. Volume II, section 1606.
The House being about to examine a person at its bar, a form of
procedure as to questions was agreed on. Volume II, section 1633.
An instance wherein a person was arraigned at the bar without a
previous order of the House fixing the form of procedure. Volume III,
section 1689.
A contumacious witness arraigned at the bar of the House was required
to answer in writing and under oath. Volume III, section 1670.
A witness arraigned at the bar of the House for contempt was permitted
to answer orally. Volume III, section 1669.
In an arraignment in 1877 the answer of the respondent prepared by his
counsel was attested. Volume III, section 1696.
A person arraigned at the bar for contempt was permitted to amend his
answer. Volume III, section 1696.
FORMS.--Continued.
(26) Of Arraignment and Trial at Bar of House.--Continued.
In 1894 the certification of alleged cases of contempt before a Senate
committee was made without action of the Senate declaring the witnesses
in contempt. Volume II, section 1612.
Form of proceedings at the arraignment and censure of Charles C.
Glover. Volume VI, section 333.
(27) Of Censure Administered by the Speaker.
Form of censure administered by the Speaker to a Member by order of the
House. Volume II, section 1259. Volume VI, section 236.
(28) As to Membership.--Resignations.
Forms of letters tendering a Member's resignation to the House or the
governor of a State. Volume II, sections 1177, 1178.
Form of resignation of a resident commissioner and notification of the
appointment of his successor. Volume VI, section 231.
Forms of resignations from committees. Volume VIII, section 2197.
(29) As to Membership.--Announcement of Deaths, etc.
Form of resolutions offered at the death of a Member. Volume V, section
7107.
Form of procedure when the Senate informs the House of the death of a
Senator. Volume V, sections 7131-7133.
Form of memorial resolutions for deceased Members. Volume V, section
7157.
Form of resolution offered at the death of a former Speaker. Volume
VIII, section 3564.
(30) Of Oaths.
The Member's oath, its form, and the constitutional requirement. Volume
I, section 128.
Form of oath administered by the Speaker to a person about to be
examined at the bar of the House. Volume II, section 1633.
Forms of resolutions authorizing and accepting oaths administered away
from the House. Volume VI, section 14.
Form of resolutions relating to the administration of affirmation.
Volume VI, section 17.
Form of oath administered to witnesses before a committee. Volume III,
section 1822.
Forms of oaths taken by clerks of committees. Volume IV, sections 4580-
4582.
(31) At the Meeting of Congress.
Proceedings and forms at the organization of the House in a new
Congress. Volume I, section 81.
Forms of procedure at the opening of the second or subsequent sessions
of a Congress. Volume I, section 81.
(32) Of Designation for Speaker Pro Tempore and Clerk Pro Tempore.
Form of Speaker's designation of a Speaker pro tempore. Volume II,
sections 1378, 1401.
Form of resolution approving designation of Speaker pro tempore. Volume
VI, section 278.
Form of resolution approving designation of Speaker pro tempore and
authorizing him to sign enrolled bills and appoint committees. Volume
VI, section 272.
Form of resolution naming a Speaker pro tempore. Volume VI, section
268.
Form of designation of a clerk pro tempore. Volume VI, section 26.
(33) Of Addressing the President of the United States.
Form decided on by the two Houses for addressing the President of the
United States (footnote). Volume V, section 6629.
(34) Of Resolution of Thanks to the Speaker.
Form of resolution thanking the Speaker at the adjournment of a
Congress. Volume V, sections 7046-7048. Volume VIII, sections 3509,
3513.
FORMS--Continued.
(35) At Various Ceremonies.
Form used in presenting Lafayette to the House. Volume V, section 7082.
Form at the reception of visiting bodies on the occasion of a public
ceremonial in the House. Volume V, section 7148.
Forms of receiving public bodies on the occasion of ceremonies in the
House. Volume V, sections 7178-7180.
Form of resolution accepting from a State a statue for Statuary Hall.
Volume V, sections 7089-7099.
Ceremonies attending a visit of the House to the Senate. Volume V,
section 7045.
When the House attends in the Senate the Sergeant-at-Arms does not bear
the mace. Volume V, section 7045.
(36) At the Electoral Count.--Resolution Providing For.
In 1901 the concurrent resolution providing for the electoral count was
changed in form to meet the requirements of the electoral law. Volume
III, section 1962.
(37) At the Electrical Count.--Reports of Tellers.
Form of the duplicate reports made by the tellers at the electoral
count. Volume III, section 1962. Volume VI, section 443.
FORNEY, JOHN W., Clerk.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Adjournment. Volume V, section 5364.
Call of the House. Volume VI, section 2981.
General parliamentary law. Volume V, section 6761.
Motion to rescind. Volume V, section 5325.
Previous question. Volume V, section 5453.
Question of order. Volume I, section 91.
Tellers. Volume I, section 90.
Yeas and nays. Volume I, section 91.
FORSYTH, J.
The election case of John Forsyth, of Georgia, in the Eighteenth
Congress. Volume I, section 433.
FORTHWITH. See ``Recommit, Motion to.''
FORTIETH CONGRESS.
In the Fortieth Congress the Speaker did not appoint the committees,
except a few, until the closing days of the first session. Volume IV,
section 4454.
FORTIFICATIONS.
The Appropriations Committee reports the appropriations for
fortification and coast defenses, the District of Columbia, and
Pensions. Volume IV, section 4032.
Appropriations for barracks and quarters for troops of the seacoast
artillery are within the jurisdiction of the Committee on
Appropriations, and not of the Committee on Military Affairs. Volume
VI, section 4049.
An appropriation for torpedoes for harbor defense is within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations (footnote). Volume IV,
section 4042.
While the fortifications appropriations bill carries general
appropriations for a plan of work in progress, specific appropriations
for individual works not authorized by law and not in progress are not
in order thereon. Volume IV, sections 3611, 3612. Volume VII, section
1271.
Treaty stipulations providing for protection of the Panama Canal and
enactments in conformity therewith were held to authorize
appropriations for canal fortifications. Volume VII, section 1137.
FORTY MINUTES OF DEBATE.
(1) After the previous question is ordered.
(2) On motion to suspend the rules.
(1) After the Previous Question is Ordered.
When the previous question is ordered ``on any proposition on which
there has been no debate,'' forty minutes are to be divided in debate.
Volume V, sections 5495, 6821.
Forty minutes of debate are allowed on a proposition on which the
previous question is ordered without debate, one-half for those
favoring and one-half for those opposing, and where it developed, after
recognition, that both favored the proposition the Speaker required
each to yield half his time to those opposing the motion. Volume VIII,
section 2689.
The motion for the previous question when agreed to has the effect of
cutting on all debate (except forty minutes on questions not before
debated) and of bringing the House to a vote. Volume V, sections 5443,
5444.
The word ``proposition'' in the rule providing as to debate after the
previous question is ordered means the main question and does not refer
to incidental motions. Volume V, sections 5497, 5498.
If there has been debate, even though brief, before the previous
question is ordered, the forty minutes of debate provided for in Rule
XXVIII is precluded. Volume V, sections 5499-5501.
The rule permitting forty minutes debate does not apply when the
question on which the previous question is ordered without debate is
otherwise undebatable. Volume VII, section 2690.
The debate which justifies a refusal of the right to the forty minutes
after the previous question is ordered should be on the merits. Volume
V, section 5502.
The rule permitting forty minutes of debate was held to apply to an
amendment on which the previous question had been ordered before there
had been debate either in the House or in Committee of the Whole.
Volume V, section 5503.
The rule for the forty minutes of debate does not apply to an amendment
on which there has been no debate in a case wherein the motion for the
previous question covers both the amendment and the original
proposition, which has been debated. Volume V, section 5504.
Where the previous question is ordered on a proposition which has been
debated in Committee of the Whole, the rule permitting forty minutes of
debate does not apply. Volume V, section 5505.
When the previous question is ordered on a conference report which has
not been debated, the forty minutes of debate is not allowed if the
subject-matter of the report was debated before being sent to
conference. Volume V, sections 5506, 5507.
Before the adoption of rules the previous question of general
parliamentary law does not permit forty minutes of debate on question
on which there has been no debate. Volume V, section 5509.
Prior to adoption of rules, the motion for the previous question is
admissible under general parliamentary law, but if ordered without
prior debate the 40 minutes' debate prescribed by the rules of the
previous Congress is not in order. Volume VII, section 3386.
The previous question having been ordered on a resolution to correct an
error in an enrolled bill, the forty minutes of debate was not allowed.
Volume V, section 5508.
When the previous question is ordered on the motion to close debate,
the rule providing for forty minute debate on propositions on which the
previous question has been ordered without prior debate does not apply,
and no debate is in order. Volume VIII, section 2555.
(2) On Motion to Suspend the Rules.
Forty minutes of debate are allowed on a motion to suspend the rules,
one-half for those favoring and one-half for those opposing. Volume V,
section 6821.
FORTY MINUTES OF DEBATE--Continued.
(2) On Motion to Suspend the Rules--Continued.
Debate on a motion to suspend the rules is limited to 20 minutes on
each side, and if adjournment is taken before the 40 minutes have been
consumed, the time remaining is available when the motion is again
considered. Volume VIII, section 3412.
On a motion to suspend the rules the Member demanding a second divides
with the mover the forty minutes of debate. Volume V, sections 6823,
6824.
On a motion to suspend the rules the forty minutes of debate are
allowed, although the proposition presented may not be debatable
otherwise. Volume V, section 6822.
Instance in which the 40 minutes of debate allowed on a motion to
suspend the rules were increased by unanimous consent. Volume VIII,
section 3414.
Time yielded by a Member in control of half of the 40 minutes of debate
on a motion to suspend the rules may not be reserved or yielded to a
third Member. Volume VIII, section 3417.
FOSTER, DAVID J., of Vermont, Chairman.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Authorizations of appropriations. Volume IV, sections 3647, 3648, 3650,
3652, 3895.
Continuation of public work. Volume IV, section 3722.
Limitations on appropriations. Volume IV, section 3930.
On appropriations. Volume IV, section 3964.
Order of business. Volume IV, section 4732.
Points of order. Volume IV, section 3652. Volume V, section 6876.
FOSTER, ELECTION CASES OF.
The North Carolina election case of Charles Henry Foster in the thirty-
seventh Congress. Volume I, section 362.
The Pennsylvania election case of Covode v. Foster in the Forty-first
Congress. Volume I, sections 559-562.
FOSTER, LAFAYETTE S., of Connecticut, President Pro Tempore.
Decision of, on question of order relating to text to which both Houses
have agreed. Volume V, section 6433.
FOSTER, MARTIN D., of Illinois, Speaker Pro Tempore.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Amendment. Volume VIII, sections 2354, 2563, 2887, 3452.
Amendment, germaneness of. Volume VIII, sections 2930, 2963.
Appropriations. Volume VII, sections 1152, 1295, 1297, 1324, 1326,
1337, 1583 1655.
Debate. Volume VIII, sections 2543, 2576.
Dilatory motions. Volume VIII, section 2817.
Enacting clause, strike out. Volume VII, section 787.
Enacting clause, strike out. Volume VIII, section 2625.
Journal. Volume VI, section 629.
Private Calendar. Volume VII, section 855.
Reading. Volume VIII, sections 2337, 2864.
Reference. Volume VII, section 863.
Reference. Volume VIII, section 2373.
FOUKE.
The Illinois case of Fouke v. Trumbull in the Thirty-fourth Congress.
Volume I, section 415.
FOWLER.
The North Carolina election case of Fowler v. Thomas in the Fifty-
seventh Congress. Volume II, section 1124.
FRANK.
The Missouri election case of Frank v. Glover in the Fiftieth Congress.
Volume II, section 1011.
The New York, election case of Frank v. LaGuardia, in the Sixty-eighth
Congress. Volume VI, section 164.
FRANKING PRIVILEGE.
Conditions under which the franking privilege is exercised by the
Member. Volume II, section 1163, Volume VI, section 217.
Subject matter eligible to the franking privilege. Application of the
law governing the franking privilege. Volume VI, section 222.
Limit of weight of matter mailed under frank is specified by law.
Volume VI, sections 217, 218.
There is no statutory provision for the mailing of matter under the
frank of a deceased Member. Volume VI, section 224.
There is no provision of law, under which the frank may be used for
return reply. Volume VI, sections 217, 219.
Instance wherein a Member delegated to another not in the service of
the House the use of his frank and occupancy of a room in the Capitol.
Volume VI, section 397.
The statute authorizing the addressing of franked matter ``on behalf
of'' a Member does not authorize the extension of such privilege to
purchasers of frankable documents. Volume VI, section 221.
Boxes are provided for the mailing of frankable matter. Volume VI,
section 215.
While speeches or reports printed in the Congressional Record are
frankable, the addition of price lists, indices, or any other matter,
written, printed, or stamped, destroys the privilege. Volume VI,
section 221.
A Member, having inserted articles from a magazine under leave to
extend his own remarks, was given unanimous consent to expunge the
unauthorized matter on condition that it not reprinted by the Public
Printer as frankable. Volume VIII, section 3475.
The franking privilege does not extend to air mail, or with certain
exceptions to foreign mails unless forwarded by Department of State.
Volume VI, section 217.
Ex-Members of Congress are entitled to the franking privilege until the
first day of December following expiration of their term of office.
Volume VI, section 217.
The franking privilege is authorized by statute, and denial or
curtailment of the privilege to any particular Member may not be made
by simple resolution. Volume VI, section 223.
The franking privilege extends to telegraph service relating to
official business. Volume VI, section 217.
The Committee on Accounts reserves the right to limit the franking
privilege on telegrams and declines to authorize the franking of
cablegrams. Volume VI, section 220.
In conformity with custom, widows of former Presidents of the United
States are granted the franking privilege. Volume VIII, section 3581.
FRANKLIN.
The sword of Washington and the staff of Franklin were presented to
Congress, with addresses by Members. Volume V, section 7100.
FRAUD IN ELECTIONS. See ``Elections of Representatives.''
FRAUDULENT BILL.
The fraudulent introduction of a bill was held to involve a question of
privilege. Volume IV, section 3388.
A bill introduced in a Member's name in his absence was ordered by the
House to be removed from the files. Volume IV, section 3388.
FREDERICK.
The Iowa election case of Frederick v. Wilson in the Forty-eighth
Congress. Volume II, sections 997-999.
FREE CONFERENCE.
Vice-President Hamlin's definition of free and simple conferences.
Volume V, section 6403.
The House having asked for a free conference it is not in order to
instruct the managers. Volume V, section 6384.
The Senate having learned indirectly that the House had instructed its
conferees declared that the conference should be full and free and
instructed its own conferees to withdraw if they should find the
freedom of the conference impaired. Volume V, section 6406.
FREE SHIPS.
The general subjects of shipbuilding, admission of foreign-built ships,
registering and licensing of vessels are within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Volume IV, section 4134.
FREEDMAN'S BANK.
The Committee on Banking and Currency has jurisdiction of subjects
relating to the Freedman's Bank. Volume IV, section 4085.
FREEDOM OF PRESS.
References to debate in the Senate on Freedom of the press (footnote).
Volume III, section 2640.
FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
As to the meaning of the words ``freedom of speech'' as used in the
first amendment to the Constitution. Volume VI, section 57.
FRELINGHUYSEN, JOSEPH S., of New Jersey, President Pro Tempore.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Conference report. Volume VIII, section 3304.
FRENCH SPOLIATION CLAIMS.
The jurisdiction of French spoliation claims belongs to the Committee
on Claims. Volume IV, section 4264.
The Committee on Claims has reported general as distinguished from
special bills providing for disposition of classes of claims, like the
French spoliation claims, by the Court of Claims. Volume IV, section
4263.
Appropriations for payment of French spoliation claims being included
in a private bill reported by the Committee on War Claims, the Chairman
of the Committee of the Whole House ordered them stricken out as
belonging to the jurisdiction of the Committee on Claims. Volume IV,
section 4265.
FRIDAY.
(1) Set apart for private business.
(2) Standing orders relating to claim and pension bills.
(3) Consideration of public business on.
(1) Set Apart for Private Business.
Friday of each week is set apart for private business unless otherwise
determined by the House. Volume IV, section 3266.
Each Friday after the unfinished business is disposed of the motion to
go into Committee of the Whole House to consider business on the
Private Calendar is in order. Volume IV, section 3267.
On a Friday devoted to private business the unfinished private business
must be considered before a motion to go into Committee of the Whole
House is in order. Volume IV, sections 3276-3280.
The motion to go into Committee of the White House to consider business
on the Private Calendar being decided in the negative may not be
reported on the same day. Volume IV, section 3275.
FRIDAY--Continued.
(1) Set Apart for Private Business--Continued.
Business in order on Friday and on which the previous question was
pending at adjournment on that day comes up as the unfinished business
on the next legislative day. Volume VIII, section 2694.
(2) Standing Orders Relating to Claim and Pension Bills.
By a standing order long in force private business from the Committees
on Claims and War Claims alternate on all Fridays devoted to private
business except the second and fourth of each month. Volume IV, section
3266.
A standing order of the House, superseding the existing rule as to
Friday evening sessions, provides that the second and fourth Fridays of
each month shall be devoted to pension bills and bills removing charges
of desertion and political disabilities. Volume IV, section 3281.
A question has arisen as to the class of business in order when the
Friday evening session, provided for by the rules, has been prolonged
to the next day by a recess. Volume V, section 6668.
In practice an adjournment before 5 p.m. on a Friday was held to vacate
the evening session formerly provided for by the rule. Volume IV,
section 3283.
If the terms of a special order seem to abrogate a rule for a recess
and an evening session for special business, the question of order
should be raised before the House goes into recess and not after the
House has met in evening session. Volume IV, section 3284.
(3) Consideration of Public Business on.
A motion to lay aside private business is in order on Friday and may be
agreed to by majority vote. Volume IV, sections 3270-3272.
If the House on a Friday votes down a motion to go into committee of
the Whole House to consider the Private Calendar, public business is
then in order as on other days. Volume IV, section 3267.
When the House by special order devotes Friday entirely to business
other than private business the special rules governing the use of the
day are thereby suspended. Volume IV, section 3282.
A motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider general
appropriation bills is in order Friday as on other days. Volume IV,
section 3081.
The motion to go into the Committee of the Whole to consider general
appropriation bills on Friday takes precedence of a motion to go into
the Committee of the Whole to consider the Private Calendar only when
authorized by the committee having jurisdiction. Volume VI, section
721.
A motion to change the reference of a public bill when made immediately
after the reading of the Journal is in order on Friday, as on other
days. Volume VII, section 2128.
The motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider general
appropriation bills has precedence on Friday of a motion to go into
Committee of the Whole to consider the Private Calendar. Volume VI,
section 719.
The motion to go into Committee of the Whole to consider general
appropriation bills has precedence on a Friday of a motion to go into
Committee of the Whole to consider the Private Calendar. Volume VI,
sections 3082-3085.
A special order which provides for the consideration of a bill from day
to day until disposed of includes, unless exception be made, a day,
such as Friday, set apart by the rules for a class of business. Volume
IV, sections 3201, 3202. Volume VII, sections 772, 791.
A special order providing for the consideration of a bill from day to
day until disposed of includes Mondays and Fridays, but not Wednesdays.
Volume VII, section 789.
An appeal pending at an adjournment on Friday but related to public and
not private business does not go over to the next Friday but comes up
on the next legislative day. Volume V, section 6945.
FRIDAY--Continued.
(3) Consideration of Public Business--Continued.
Form of special order providing for consideration of a bill with
reservation as to days set apart by the rules for classes of business.
Volume II, section 808.
Form of special order for the consideration, successively, of a number
of bills in designated order in Committee of the Whole and in the
House, excepting days set apart by the rules for certain classes of
business and providing against interference with other business for
certain classes of business and providing against interference with
other business for certain classes of business and providing and
providing against interference with other business for certain classes
of business and providing against interference with other business
privileged under the rule. Volume VII, section 816.
FROST.
The Massachusetts election case of Abbott v. Frost in the Forty-fourth
Congress. Volume II, sections 916-918.
The Missouri election case of Frost v. Metcalfe in the Forty-fifth
Congress. Volume II, section 935.
The Missouri election case of Sessinghaus v. Frost in the Forty-seventh
Congress. Volume II, sections 975, 976.
FROTHINGHAM, LOUIS A., of Massachusetts, Speaker Pro Tempore.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Appropriations. Volume II, section 2151.
FRYE, WILLIAM P., OF MAINE, PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Amendments. Volume V, section 6133.
Amendments between the House. Volume V, section 6176.
Conference reports. Volume V, section 6545. Volume VIII, section 3295.
Conference. Volume V, section 6401.
Contempt. Volume II, section 1665.
Debate. Volume V, sections 5041, 5098, 5151.
Yeas and nays. Volume V, section 6100.
FUEL.
General provisions of the statutes as to concerts, operation of street
cars, delivery of fuel, and landscape features of the Capitol grounds.
Volume V, section 7312.
Standards of quality and regulations for the control of interstate
distribution of coal and other fuels and the procuring and publication
of statistics relative thereto, are subjects within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Volume VII, section
1830.
Legislation relating to Government fuel yards in the District of
Columbia has been considered to be within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on Mines and Mining. Volume VII, section 1961.
FULLER.
The Pennsylvania election case of Wright v. Fuller in the Thirty-second
Congress. Volume I, sections 821, 822.
The Maine election case of Milliken v. Fuller in the Thirty-fourth
Congress. Volume I, section 828.
The election case of Fuller v. Kingsbury, from the Dakota portion of
the old Territory of Minnesota, in the Thirty-fifth Congress. Volume I,
sections 408, 409.
The Pennsylvania election case of Fuller v. Dawson in the Thirty-ninth
Congress. Volume I, sections 556-558.
FULLER, CHARLES E., of Illinois, Speaker Pro Tempore.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Order of business. Volume VI, sections 721, 725.
Question of order. Volume VIII, section 3444.
FULLER, MELVILLE W., Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Fuller received the thanks of Congress for his oration at
the centennial of the inauguration of Washington (footnote). Volume V,
section 7060.
FUNERALS.
(1) Of Members of the House and Senate.
(2) Of Officers of the House.
(1) Of Members of the House and Senate.
Since the earliest days the expenses of the funerals of Members have
been defrayed from the public funds. Volume V, sections 7142, 7143.
Ceremonies at funerals of Members in the Hall of the House in early
days. Volume V, sections 7144-7147.
The Journal entry of a funeral of a Member in the Hall of the House in
early days. Volume V, sections 7144-7147.
Later funeral ceremonies, including the elaborate observances at the
burial of John Quincy Adams. Volume V, sections 7148-7151.
The Journal entry of the funeral of John Quincy Adams. Volume V,
section 7148.
Ceremonies at the funeral of William D. Kelley in 1890. Volume V,
section 7152.
The ceremonies at the state funeral of Nelson Dingley. Volume V,
section 7153.
Ceremonies at the state funeral of a deceased Senator. Volume V,
section 7155. Volume VIII, section 3570.
The House sometimes authorizes the funeral of a deceased Member in the
Hall. Volume V, section 7154. Volume VIII, section 3567.
Forms at the reception of visiting bodies on the occasion of a public
ceremonial in the House. Volume V, section 7148.
(2) Of Officers of the House.
The House appointed a committee to attend the funeral of its deceased
Chaplain. Volume V, section 7172.
In 1838 the House adjourned to attend the funeral of its Doorkeeper.
Volume I, section 266.
On the death of an employee of long service, the House appointed a
committee to attend the funeral. Volume VIII, section 3573.
FUNSTON.
The Kansas election case of Moore v. Funston in the Fifty-third
Congress. Volume II, sections 1052, 1053.
FUNITURE.
The Doorkeeper has the custody of all the furniture, books, and public
property in the committee and other rooms under his charge. Volume I,
section 261.
At the commencement and close of each session of Congress the
Doorkeeper is required to make and submit to the House for examination
by the Committee on Accounts an inventory of furniture, books etc.
Volume I, section 261.
FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.
The Committee on Ways and Means has exercised jurisdiction as to the
seal herds and other revenue producing animals of Alaska. Volume IV,
section 4025.
The enforcement of treaty regulations as to the protection of the fur
seals has been considered by the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume
IV, section 4170.
Jurisdiction over bills relating to the protection of seals and other
fur-bearing animals of Alaska, formerly exercised by the Committee on
Ways and Means, has now been transferred to the Committee on the
Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Volume VII, section 1851.
FUTURES.
Bills to discourage fictitious and gambling transactions in farm
products have been considered within the jurisdiction of the Committee
on Agriculture, even when an internal-revenue question was included.
Volume IV, section 4161.