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Jacks......................... 603 Joint resolutions..... 612
Jackson, A., President........ 604 Joint rules........... 614
Jackson, election cases of.... 604 Jones, election cases 614
of.
Jacobs........................ 604 Jones, J.W., Speaker.. 614
Jamieson...................... 604 Jones, W.L., presiding 615
officer.
Japan......................... 604 Journal............... 615
Japanese...................... 604 Journal Clerk......... 630
Jayne......................... 604 Joy................... 630
Jefferson's Manual............ 604 Judges. See
``Elections of
Representa-
Jenkins, J.J., Chairman....... 605 tives.'' and
`'impeachment.''
Jenkins, Judge................ 605 Judging elections. See
``Elections of Rep-
Jennings...................... 605 resentatives.''
Jodoin........................ 605 Judicial expenses..... 630
Johnson, A., President........ 605 Judicial precedings... 630
Johnson, B., Chairman......... 605 Judiciary, Committee 630
on the.
Johnson, Benjamin............. 605 Judgment. See
``Impeachment.''
Johnson, election case of..... 606 Julian................ 634
Johnston...................... 606 Jurisdiction. See
``Committees.''
Joint address................. 606 Justice of peace...... 634
Joint commissions............. 606 Justices.............. 635
Joint committees.............. 606 Juvenile courts....... 635
Joint meeting. See also 611
``Electoral count''.
JACKS
The Arkansas election cases of Johnson, Jacks, and Rogers, in the Thirty-
eighth Congress. Volume I, section 380.
JACKSON, ANDREW, PRESIDENT.
President Jackson having sent to the Senate a protest against its
censure of his acts, the Senate declared the protest a breach of
privilege and refused it entry on the Journal. Volume II, section 1591.
Even in the case of an application for papers relating to an Indian
treaty President Jackson asserted the Executive prerogative as opposed
to the contention of the House. Volume II, section 1534.
President Jackson declined to furnish to the Senate a copy of a paper
purporting to have been read by him to the heads of Executive
Departments. Volume III, section 1887.
President Jackson resisted with vigor the attempt of a committee of the
House to secure his assistance in an investigation of his
administration. Volume III, section 1737.
In 1842 a committee of the House discussed the act of President Jackson
in writing above his signature of approval a memorandum as to his
construction of the bill. Volume IV, section 3492.
JACKSON, ELECTION CASES OF.
The Georgia election case of Jackson v. Wayne in the Second Congress.
Volume I, sections 708, 709.
The New York election case of Monroe v. Jackson in the Thirteenth
Congress. Volume I, section 814.
The West Virginia election case of Smith v. Jackson in the Fifty-first
Congress. Volume I, sections 581-588.
The Maryland election case of Jackson v. Smith in the Fifty-ninth
Congress. Volume I, section 711.
JACOBS.
The South Carolina election cases of Jacobs v. Lever, Meyers v.
Patterson, and Prioleau v. Legare in the Fifty-ninth Congress. Volume
II, section 1135.
JAMIESON.
The Iowa election case of Hepburn v. Jamieson in the Sixth-first
Congress. Volume VI, section 120.
JAPAN.
The embassies of China and Japan were received by the House. Volume V,
sections 7085, 7086.
JAPANESE.
The subject of immigration of Chinese and Japanese is within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Volume IV, section
4172.
JAYNE.
The election case of Jayne and Todd, from Dakota, in the Thirty-eight
Congress. Volume I, section 619.
The election case of Todd v. Jayne, from the Territory of Dakota, in
the Thirty-eighth Congress. Volume II, sections 852, 853.
JEFFERSON'S MANUAL.
The House is governed by the rules of Jefferson's Manual in all cases
in which they are applicable and in which they are not inconsistent
with the standing rules and orders of the House. Volume V, section
6757. Volume VII, section 1029. Volume VIII, section 3330.
A motion to suspend the rules applies to the parliamentary law of
Jefferson's Manual as well as to the rules of the House. Volume V,
section 6796.
Discussion of the authority and importance of Jefferson's Manual in the
law of the House. Volume VII, section 1049.
Discussion of the importance of Jefferson's Manual as an authority in
congressional procedure. Volume VIII, section 2518.
JEFFERSON'S MANUAL--Continued.
Jefferson's Manual and Hinds' Precedents are cited by the Supreme Court
as authorities in parliamentary procedure. Volume VI, section 343.
Although not formally adopted as a part of the rules of the Senate,
Jefferson's Manual has been cited as authoritative in Senate decisions
on parliamentary procedure. Volume VIII, section 2517.
In the Senate it was held that while Jefferson's Manual was not to be
regarded as a direct authority, it was to be considered as exercising
an influence in Senate procedure. Volume VIII, section 3382.
Jefferson's Manual is recognized, in as far as applicable, as a part of
the rules of the Senate. Volume VIII, section 2501.
JENKINS, JOHN J., of Wisconsin, Chairman.
Decision on question of order relating to--
Amendments. Volume V, section 5774.
JENKINS, JUDGE.
The inquiry into the conduct of J. G. Jenkins, United States circuit
judge for the seventh circuit. Volume III, section 2519.
JENNINGS.
The election case of Randolph v. Jennings, from Indiana Territory, in
the Eleventh Congress. Volume I, section 766.
JODOIN.
The Connecticut election case of Jodoin v. Higgins in the Sixty-second
Congress. Volume VI, section 90.
JOHNSON, ANDREW, PRESIDENT.
President Johnson contended that he might not approve bills during a
recess of Congress. Volume IV, sections 3493, 3494.
On request President Johnson furnished to the House the minutes of a
meeting of the Cabinet. Volume III, section 1888.
The first attempt to impeach Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States. Volume III, sections 2399-2407.
In the first inquiry the House decided not to impeach President
Johnson. Volume III, section 2407.
On the report from the Committee on Reconstruction the House voted the
impeachment of President Johnson. Volume III, section 2412.
The impeachment and trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United
States. Volume III, sections 2408-2443.
The answer of President Johnson to the articles of impeachment. Volume
III, section 2428.
The answer of the President took the articles one by one, denying some
of the charges, admitting others but denying that they set forth
impeachable offenses, and excepting to the sufficiency of others.
Volume III, section 2428.
JOHNSON, BEN, of Kentucky, Chairman.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Amendment. Volume VIII, section 3182.
Appropriations. Volume VII, section 1552.
Conferences. Volume VIII, section 2320.
JOHNSON, BENJAMIN.
The investigation of the conduct of Benjamin Johnson, a judge of the
superior court of the Territory of Arkansas, in 1833. Volume III,
section 2493.
JOHNSON, ELECTION CASES OF.
The Virginia election case of Draper v. Johnson in the Twenty-second
Congress. Volume I, sections 781-783.
JOHNSON, ELECTION CASES OF--Continued.
The Arkansas election cases of Johnson, Jacks, and Rogers, in the
Thirty-eighth Congress. Volume I, section 380.
The Senate election case of Johnson v. Schall, of Minnesota, in the
Sixty-ninth Congress. Volume VI, section 171.
JOHNSTON.
The South Carolina election case of Johnston v. Stokes in the Fifty-
seventh Congress. Volume II, section 1126.
JOINT ADDRESS.
A joint rule formerly prescribed the method of presenting a joint
address of the two Houses to the President. Volume V, section 6630.
JOINT COMMISSIONS.
A Senator, member of a joint commission created by law and appointed by
the Presiding Officers of the two House, respectively, tendered his
resignation in the Senate. Volume IV, section 4446.
JOINT COMMITTEES.
(1) In general.
(2) Authorization of.--By joint or concurrent resolution.
(3) Authorization of.--By simple and separate resolutions.
(4) Authorization of.--By statute.
(5) Appointment, membership, and voting.
(6) Quorum, chairman, and clerk.
(7) Duration of, sittings in recess, etc.
(8) Reference of matters to, instructions, etc.
(9) Reports of.
(10) Of investigation.
(11) Of ceremony.
(12) On the Library.
(13) On Printing.
(14) On Disposition of Useless Executive Papers.
(15) On Enrolled Bills.
(1) In General.
Joint committees are used infrequently in the legislative practice of
the two Houses of Congress. Volume IV, section 4408.
An instance wherein credentials of persons claiming to be Members-elect
were referred to a joint committee of the two Houses. Volume I, section
361.
A joint committee was chosen in 1821 to consider and report to the two
Houses whether or not it was expedient to make provision to admit
Missouri to the Union. Volume IV, section 4471.
An instance where a joint committee asked of the President the return
of a bill. Volume IV, section 3505.
In early days a joint committee took enrolled bills to the President of
the United States. Volume IV, section 3432.
Functions delegated to a joint committee by statute may not be usurped
by the House. Volume VII, section 2165.
Regulations established by a joint committee under prerogatives
conferred by law are not subject to modification by either House.
Volume VII, section 2165.
Suit having been filed against members of a joint committee, the House
granted permission to the members of the part of the House to enter
appearance in response to judicial process, while the Senate declared
it to be an invasion of constitutional privilege and directed the
Senate members of the committee to make no appearance in response
thereto. Volume VII, section 2164.
JOINT COMMITTEES--Continued.
(1) In General.--Continued.
Jurisdiction over proposals for the creation of joint committees and
commissions has been held, but not invariably, to rest with the
Committee on Rules. Volume VII, section 2050.
(2) Authorization of.--By Joint or Concurrent Resolutions.
A joint committee should be provided for by a concurrent and not a
joint resolution, and the resolution should not prescribe rules for the
proceedings of either House. Volume IV, section 4409.
Joint committees should be authorized by concurrent and not by joint
resolutions. Volume III, section 1999.
Form of concurrent resolution creating a joint committee. Volume IV,
section 4410.
Sometimes the two Houses, by concurrent action, join two of their
standing committees and constitute them a joint committee. Volume IV,
sections 4412-4416.
By joint resolution a joint committee was created, empowered, and
instructed to make an investigation. Volume VI, section 371.
The two Houses, by concurrent resolution, constituted a joint select
committee of investigation, with power to send for persons and papers
and sit during the recess of Congress. Volume VI, section 380.
(3) Authorization of.--By Simple and Separate Resolutions.
The two Houses, by simple and separate resolutions, sometimes appoint
committees to confer and report. Volume III, section 1936.
When a joint committee is authorized by simple resolution the
resolution itself does not have the concurrent action of the two
Houses. Volume IV, section 4411.
The House sometimes appoint a committee to act with a similar committee
from the Senate in relation to some question of moment. Volume I,
section 3.
In 1877 the House and Senate appointed committees to act jointly to
devise a method of counting the electoral vote. Volume III, section
1953.
An early instance wherein committees of the two Houses held a
conference, not over disagreements to amendments, but over proposed
legislation. Volume V, section 6257.
The conference managers from the two Houses constitute practically two
distinct committees, each of which acts by a majority. Volume V,
section 6334.
The Senate has specially empowered its Committees on Printing, Enrolled
Bills, and Library to act in conjunction with similar House committees.
Volume IV, section 4416.
(4) Authorization of.--By Statute.
The statutes provide for the appointment of a joint committee of the
two Houses to consider reports as to destruction of useless papers in
the Executive Departments. Volume IV, section 4419.
The Joint Committee on the Library is a creature of the laws rather
than the rules, the statutes providing for it originally and conferring
on it several duties. Volume IV, section 4337.
The membership of the Joint Committee on the Library is fixed by law.
Volume IV, section 4338.
The Joint Committee on Printing, while recognized by the rules, was
created by the statutes. Volume IV, section 4347.
The Joint Committee on Printing has executive duties conferred by
statute. Volume IV, section 4347.
The statutes empower either branch of the Joint Committee on Printing
to act in case of the nonexistence of the other. Volume IV, section
4347.
A joint committee created by statute is not susceptible to control by
one House and its duties may not be enlarged or diminished by either
House acting independently. Volume VII, section 2164.
JOINT COMMITTEES--Continued.
(5) Appointment, Membership, and Voting.
The Speaker sometimes appoints the House's portion of a proposed joint
committee before the Senate has concurred in consitituting the
committee. Volume IV, section 4426.
The House by special order provided for election of House members of a
joint select committee previously authorized by law. Volume VI, section
371.
Each House notifies the other by message of appointments of or changes
in its membership on a joint committee. Volume IV, sections 4417, 4418.
In 1821 the House ordered that its members of the select committee on
the admission of Missouri be elected by ballot. Volume IV, section
4471.
A joint committee votes per capita, and not as representatives of the
two Houses. Volume IV, section 4425.
Although a joint committee votes per capita, the membership from the
House is usually larger than that from the Senate. Volume IV, sections
4426-4430.
In the early days the House insisted on the larger portion of the
membership of a joint committee, and that the quorum and votes should
be on a per capita basis. Volume IV, section 4431.
The joint committee which arranged for the electoral count of 1857
consisted of a larger number of Representatives than Senators as had
been the practice previously in reference to similar committees. Volume
III, section 1946.
Instance wherein the Senate insisted on an equal representation on a
joint committee. Volume IV, section 4410.
Membership on joint committees created by statute is not an office in
the contemplation of the constitutional provision prohibiting Members
of Congress from holding simultaneously other offices under the United
States. Volume VII, section 2164.
A vacancy on a special committee created by joint resolution was filled
by a further joint resolution. Volume VI, section 552.
While the House is without power to remove members of joint committees
created by law, or to accept or reject resignations from such offices,
such resignations are properly addressed to the joint committee or to
the House having authority to fill these vacancies. Volume VII, section
2170.
The resignation of a member from a joint select committee created by
law is made either to the House or to the committee and, while the
House has no power either to accept or to refuse to accept such
resignation, it may fill the vacancy so occasioned. Volume VI, section
371.
Resignations addressed to the Speaker or the House may be withdrawn at
any time before action is taken thereon. Volume VII, section 2170.
Forms of resignations and of resolutions providing for election of
Members to fill vacancies on joint committees. Volume VII, section
2170.
(6) Quorum, Chairman, and Clerk.
The constitution of a joint committee, its quorum, chairman, etc.
Volume IV, section 4424.
A quorum of a joint committee seems to have been considered to be a
majority of the whole number rather than a majority of the membership
from each House. Volume IV, section 4424.
The first named of the Senate Members acted as chairman of the Joint
Committee on Conduct of the War. Volume IV, section 4424.
An instance wherein a joint select committee elected its chairman.
Volume IV, section 4424.
The clerk of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War was sworn.
Volume IV, section 4424.
(7) Duration of, Sittings in Recess, etc.
A joint select committee expires with the session. Volume IV, section
4420.
A joint select committee expires on submitting its final report. Volume
VII, section 2167.
JOINT COMMITTEES--Continued.
(7) Duration of, Sittings in Recess, etc.--Continued.
The two Houses by concurrent resolution have assumed to extend the
powers of a joint committee beyond the adjustment of Congress, but
later action seems to recognize a law as the proper instrumentality for
such purpose. Volume IV, sections 4437-4444.
Instance wherein a joint rule provided a joint committee for the next
Congress. Volume IV, section 4445.
Joint committees are authorized to sit during recess of Congress by
concurrent resolution. Volume IV, sections 4434, 4435.
While the Joint Committee on Printing is empowered by law to discharge
certain executive duties when Congress is not in session, this
committee may not be authorized to perform legislative functions prior
to its election in an ensuing Congress. Volume VII, section 2098.
(8) Reference of Matters to, Instructions, etc.
It was held in order to refer a matter to a joint committee, although a
law directed that such matters be referred to the House Members of the
said joint committee. Volume IV, section 4433.
A joint committee may be instructed by the two Houses acting
concurrently or by either House acting independently. Volume IV,
sections 4421-4423.
A House of Congress may not make reference to a joint committee when
such reference is not contemplated by the act creating the committee.
Volume VII, section 2163.
A bill introduced by a member of a joint committee, on the subject for
consideration of which the committee had been created, properly would
be referred to such joint committee and when reported would be referred
to its appropriate calendar. Volume VII, section 2167.
(9) Reports of.
A joint committee may report to both Houses, or to either House,
according to its instructions. Volume VI, sections 4421-4423.
A joint committee may report in either House. Volume IV, section 4432.
Volume VII, section 2167.
Form of a report by a joint committee. Volume V, section 7075.
An example of a joint report signed by Members of the two Houses.
Volume III, section 1953.
Committees of the two Houses acting jointly to devise a plan for the
electoral count of 1821 reported different propositions, whereat
misunderstanding arose. Volume III, section 1936.
Discussion of the procedure in the presentation and reference of
reports from commissions created by law and from joint committees of
the two Houses. Volume VI, Section 371.
(10) Of Investigation.
The two Houses by concurrent resolution constituted a joint committee
of investigation, with power to send for persons and papers and sit
during the recess of Congress. Volume II, sections 1763, 1764.
A joint committee has ordered a contumacious witness into custody.
Volume III, section 1720.
A witness having declined to testify before a joint committee, a
question arose as to whether one House or both should take proceedings
to punish for contempt. Volume III, section 1721.
A joint committee having taken testimony which incidentally related to
the right of a Member to his seat, the same was reported to the House.
Volume I, section 607.
Testimony taken before a joint select committee tending to impeach the
official characters of a Senator and a Representative, the committee
ordered the testimony to be reported to each House. Volume III, section
1854.
The Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War ordered that less than a
quorum should be sufficient to take testimony. Volume IV, section 4424.
JOINT COMMITTEES--Continued.
(10) Of Investigation--Continued.
Expenditures by various select and joint committees of investigation,
as reported by the Clerk of the House. Volume VI, section 390.
(11) Of Ceremony.
Joint committees of ceremony are provided for by simple and not
concurrent resolution. Volume VI, section 7176.
Arrangements for the inauguration of the President of the United States
(but no Vice-President) made by a joint committee of the two Houses.
Volume III, sections 1998, 1999.
Form of resolution authorizing a joint committee to notify the
President of the approaching adjournment of Congress. Volume V, section
6723.
Instance wherein a joint committee was authorized and appointed to
attend a ceremony occurring after the joint adjournment of a Congress.
Volume V, section 7054.
The House and Senate appointed a joint committee to attend the opening
of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Volume V, section 7054.
Arrangements for the inauguration of the President elect and Vice-
President of the United States made by a joint committee of the two
Houses. Volume VI, section 451.
The concurrent resolution creating a joint committee authorized to
arrange for the quadrennial inauguration ceremonies is considered
sufficient authorization for the necessary appropriations for that
purpose. Volume VI, section 452.
(12) On the Library.
The creation and history of the Joint Committee on the Library. Section
56 of Rule XI. Volume IV, sections 4337, 4338.
Recent history of the Joint Committee on the Library, section 41 of
Rule XI. Volume VII, section 2081.
The rule gives to the Joint Committee on the Library jurisdiction
``touching the Library of Congress, statuary, and pictures.'' Volume
IV, section 4337.
The Library of Congress (except the law library, which is controlled by
the Supreme Court) is under supervision of the Joint Committee on the
Library. Volume V, section 7268.
The acceptance of works of art for the Capitol and control of the
Botanic Garden are vested in the Committee on the Library. Volume IV,
section 4337.
No work of art not the property of the Government shall be exhibited in
the Capitol and no room shall be used for private studios without
permission of the Joint Committee on the Library. Volume V, section
7312.
The control of the Botanic Garden is vested by law in the Joint
Committee on the Library. Volume VII, section 2090.
The general affairs of the Smithsonian Institution, excepting
appropriations therefor, and the incorporations of similar
institutions, are within the jurisdiction of the House branch of the
Joint Committee on the Library. Volume VII, section 2084.
The powers of the Joint Committee on the Library reside with the Senate
portion in the recess after the expiration of a Congress. Volume IV,
section 4337.
Bills providing for location and construction of memorials belong to
the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the Library rather than the
jurisdiction of the Committee on Appropriations. Volume VII, section
2085.
A bill relative to the marking and preservation of a battlefield was
held to the within the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee on the
Library rather than the Committee on Military Affairs. Volume VII,
section 2089.
(13) On Printing.
The creation and history of the Joint Committee on Printing. Section 57
of Rule XI. Volume IV, section 4347.
Recent history of the Joint Committee on Printing, section 42 of Rule
XI. Volume VII, section 2092.
JOINT COMMITTEES--Continued.
(13) On Printing--Continued.
The Joint Committee on Printing has exercised an infrequent
jurisdiction as to the pay of employees a the Government Printing
Office. Volume VII, section 2096.
The Joint Committee on Printing have power to regulate the printing of
documents to the demand, with certain limits. Volume V, section 7327.
The Joint Committee on Printing may order printed extra copies of a
bill, document, etc., at a cost not to exceed $200 in any one instance.
Volume V, section 7319. Volume VIII, section 3665.
The insertion of maps and diagrams in the Congressional Record is
within the control of the Joint Committee on Printing. Volume V,
section 7024. Volume VIII, section 3500.
The statute requires that requests for permission to insert
illustrations in the Record be submitted to the Joint Committee on
Printing through the chairman of the respective House in which the
speech desired to be illustrated may be delivered, and motions for the
insertions of illustrations are not in order in the House. Volume VIII,
section 3501.
The arrangement, style, etc., of the Congressional Record is prescribed
by the Joint Committee on Printing. Volume V, section 7024. Volume
VIII, section 3500.
The Congressional Directory is compiled under the direction of the
Joint Committee on Printing. Volume V, section 7342.
Neither House may by order or simple resolution infringe upon the
prerogatives vested by law in the Joint Committee on Printing. Volume
VII, section 2097.
The printing of reports by the Board of Engineers relating to rivers
and harbors is a subject within the jurisdiction of the Joint Committee
on Printing and not the Committee on Rivers and Harbors. Volume VII,
section 2095.
Discussion of the functions of the Joint Committee on Printing. Volume
VI, section 371.
(14) On Disposition of Useless Executive Papers.
The creation and history of the Joint Committee on Disposition of
Useless Executive Papers, section 44, Rule XI. Volume VII, section
2100.
The Joint Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers, while
recognized by the rules, was created by the statutes. Volume VII,
section 2100.
The rule gives to the Joint Committee on Disposition of Useless
Executive Papers jurisdiction over ``all proposed legislation
concerning the disposition of useless executive papers.'' Volume VII,
section 2100.
The statutes provide for the appointment of a joint committee of the
two Houses to consider reports as to the destruction of useless papers
in the executive departments. Volume VII, section 2166.
(15) On Enrolled Bills.
Recent history of the Joint Committee on Enrolled Bills, section 43 of
Rule XI. Volume VII, section 2099.
JOINT MEETING. See also ``Electoral Count.''
The centennial of the inauguration of George Washington was observed by
exercises at a joint session of the two Houses. Volume V, section 7060.
Washington's farewell address was read at a joint session of the two
Houses in 1862. Volume V, section 7070.
The House and Senate, in joint session, received the King of Hawaii.
Volume V, section 7087.
Ceremonies at a joint meeting of the two House in celebration of the
centennial of the Capitol. Volume V, section 7058.
The time occupied by a joint meeting of the two Houses is not counted
in the time of the House's legislative session. Volume IV, section
3069.
It has been held that the rule relating to admission to the floor does
not apply to sessions of the two Houses. Volume V, section 7292.
JOINT MEETING--Continued.
In 1913 President Wilson resumed the custom of delivering messages in
the form of an address before the joint session of the two Houses.
Volume VIII, section 3333.
A concurrent resolution providing for a joint session to receive the
President's message was held to be of the highest privilege. Volume
VIII, section 3335.
A Member rising to interrogate the President during the delivery of a
message before a joint session of the two Houses would address the
President and not the Speaker. Volume VIII, section 3337.
By concurrent action an invitation was extended to the President of the
United States to address a joint session of the two Houses on the
subject of the birth of George Washington. Volume VII, section 3532.
At joint sessions of the two Houses the presiding officer of the House
extending the invitation occupies the Chair. Volume VIII, section 3333.
Instance wherein a concurrent resolution was passed on the last day of
one session providing for a joint meeting of the two Houses on the
second day of the next session of the same Congress. Volume VIII,
section 3336.
Ceremonies at the joint session to receive General Pershing. Volume
VIII, section 3535.
JOINT RESOLUTIONS.
(1) Nature of, as related to bills.
(2) Uses of.
(3) When not used.
(4) Forms of.
(5) Consideration and passage of.
(1) Nature of, as Related to Bills.
A joint resolution is a bill within the meaning of the rules. Volume
IV, section 3375. Volume VII, section 1036.
The relative uses of bills and joint resolutions discussed. Volume IV,
sections 3370-3373.
To a bill proposing one mode of arranging the Presidential succession
an amendment proposing a joint resolution for submitting a
constitutional amendment on a plan differing as to details was held
germane. Volume V, section 5582.
A joint resolution may be changed to a bill by amendment. Volume IV,
section 3374.
Under rules of the House which have now disappeared it was held that a
resolution of the House might not by amendment be changed to a joint
resolution or bill. Volume IV, sections 3376, 3377.
(2) Uses of.
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States are submitted by
joint resolutions. Volume V, sections 7029, 7040.
Missouri was admitted to the Union by a joint resolution. Volume IV,
section 4471.
The act of the Government in intervening to stop the war in Cuba was
authorized by a joint resolution. Volume V, section 6321.
Notice to a foreign government of the abrogation of a treaty is
authorized by a joint resolution. Volume V, section 6270.
Self-appropriating orders for printing extra copies of bills,
documents, etc., are required to be by joint resolution. Volume V,
section 7319.
Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers are
elected by joint resolution of Congress. Volume V, section 7336.
The Congress, by joint resolution approved by the President, invited
Lafayette to visit America (footnote). Volume V, section 7082.
Louis Kossuth was welcomed by a joint resolution signed by the
President. Volume V, section 7083.
An error in a bill that has gone to the President of the United States
may be corrected by a joint resolution. Volume VI, section 3519. Volume
VII, section 1092.
JOINT RESOLUTION--Continued.
(2) Uses of--Continued.
Authorization to deviate from the form prescribed for bills is properly
conferred by joint resolution. Volume VII, section 1035.
Disposition of Government property is effected by bill or joint
resolution only, and a simple resolution is inadequate for that
purpose. Volume VII, section 1039.
A joint resolution is the proper vehicle for authorization of
invitations to foreign Governments. Volume VII, section 1037.
(3) When Not Used.
Joint committees should be authorized by concurrent and not by joint
resolutions. Volume III, sections 1998, 1999.
A joint committee should be provided for by a concurrent and not a
joint resolution, and the resolution should not prescribe rule for the
proceedings of either House. Volume IV, section 4409.
Joint resolutions are not required for calling for information from the
Executive Departments. Volume III, section 1876.
(4) Forms of.
Forms of bills and joint resolutions. Volume IV, section 3367.
The statutes prescribe the form of enacting and resolving clauses of
bills and joint resolutions. Volume IV, section 3367. Volume VII,
section 1034.
Forms of resolving clauses used in joint resolutions proposing
amendments to the Constitution (footnote). Volume V, section 7029.
The Clerk is required to certify to the passage of all bills and joint
resolutions. Volume I, section 251.
A joint resolution was substituted for a bill in amending the census
act. Volume VII, section 1040.
A joint resolution may be changed to a concurrent resolution by
amendment. Volume VII, sections 1043, 1044, 1046.
A concurrent resolution may be changed to a joint resolution by
amendment. Volume VII, sections 1037, 1045.
A Senate joint resolution changed by amendment of the House to a
concurrent resolution is still a Senate measure and the enacting clause
conforms to that requirement. Volume VII, section 1044.
(5) Consideration and Passage of.
A joint resolution may not be divided for reference. Volume IV, section
4376.
A division of the question may not be demanded on the passage of a
joint resolution. Volume V, sections 6145, 6146.
The preamble of a bill or joint resolution may be agreed to most
conveniently after the engrossment and before the third reading. Volume
VI, section 3414. Volume V, sections 5469, 5470.
On the passage of a joint resolution with a preamble a separate vote
may not be demanded on the preamble. Volume V, section 6148.
Joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution, although
not requiring the approval of the President, have their several
readings and are enrolled and signed by the Speaker (footnote). Volume
V, section 7029.
Joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution are, when
passed, filed with the Secretary of State by the Committee on Enrolled
Bills. Volume V, section 7041.
The filing with the Secretary of State and the transmission to the
States of joint resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution.
Volume V, section 7041.
It has been conclusively settled that a joint resolution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution should not be presented to the President
for his approval. Volume V, section 7040.
JOINT RULES.
In 1876 the joint rules were abrogated, the action being accompanied by
discussion in both Houses, and subsequent efforts to restore them have
failed. Volume V, sections 6782-6787.
History of certain of the joint rules and their abrogation in 1876.
Volume IV, section 3430.
The rule gives to the Committee on Rules jurisdiction of all proposed
action touching the rules, joint rules, ``and order of business.''
Volume IV, section 4321.
The right of the Committee on Rules to report at any time is confined
strictly to reports pertaining to the rules, joint rules, and order of
business. Volume VIII, sections 2254-2256.
Instance wherein a joint rule provided a joint committee for the next
Congress. Volume IV, section 4445.
A concurrent resolution, suspending a joint rule, is agreed to by
majority vote. Volume V, sections 6788, 6789.
In the days of reconstruction the two Houses, by joint rule, excluded
Members-elect with credentials in due form, some entirely, others until
the States were declared by law entitled to representation. Volume I,
section 361.
When enrolled bills are printed on parchment in accordance with the
provisions of joint rules confirmed by statute. Volume IV, sections
3433-3437.
The printing, enrolling, signing, and certification of bills on their
passage between the two Houses are governed by usages founded on former
joint rules. Volume IV, section 3430.
The manner of delivering and receiving messages between the two Houses
was early arranged by a joint rule. Volume V, section 6595.
Practice as to the reception in the House of messages from the Senate,
as founded on former joint rules. Volume V, section 6592.
A joint rule formerly prescribed the method of presenting a joint
address of the two Houses to the President. Volume V, section 6630.
The former joint rule providing for the electoral count (footnote).
Volume III, section 1951.
JONES, ELECTION CASE OF.
The prima facie election case of Doty and Jones, from Wisconsin
Territory, in the Twenty-fifth Congress. Volume I, section 569.
The election case of Doty v. Jones, from Wisconsin Territory, in the
Twenty-fifth Congress. Volume I, section 403.
The Virginia election case of Botts v. Jones, the Speaker, in the
Twenty-eight Congress. Volume I, sections 809-811.
The Louisiana election case of Jones v. Mann in the Fortieth Congress.
Volume I, sections 326, 327.
The Alabama election case of Jones v. Shelley in the Forty-seventh
Congress. Volume I, section 714.
The Virginia election case of McDonald v. Jones in the Fifty-fourth
Congress. Volume I, section 436.
The Senate election case of Jones and Garland v. McDonald and Rice,
from Arkansas, in the Fortieth Congress. Volume I, section 389.
JONES, JOHN W., of Virginia, Speaker.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Adjournments. Volume V, sections 6709, 6715.
Call of House. Volume IV, section 2983.
Committee of the Whole. Volume IV, sections 4708, 4743, 4761, 4883.
Debate. Volume V, sections 5192, 5198.
Disorder. Volume II, section 1651.
Disqualifying personal interest. Volume V, section 5958.
General debate. Volume V, section 5214.
Hour of daily meeting. Volume I, section 115.
Investigations. Volume III, section 2679.
Journal. Volume IV, sections 2804, 2858.
JONES, JOHN W., of Virginia, Speaker--Continued.
Lay on table, motion to. Volume V, section 5417.
Petitions. Volume IV, section 3357.
Previous question. Volume V, sections 5459, 5479, 5481, 5516.
Reconsider. Volume V, sections 5644, 5667, 5669, 5672, 5686.
Speaker. Volume II, sections 1359, 1360, 1368.
Vetoed bills. Volume IV, section 3544.
Voting. Volume IV, section 2829. Volume V, section 5931.
Warrant. Volume I, section 287.
Yeas and nays. Volume V, section 6016 (footnote), 6038.
JONES, WESLEY L., of Washington, Presiding Officer.
Decisions on questions of order relating to--
Conferences. Volume VIII, sections 3273, 3324.
Revenue bills. Volume VI, section 317.
JOURNAL.
(1) The constitutional, official record.
(2) Form and style of.
(3) Preparation and distribution of.
(4) A record of proceedings only.
(5) Power of the House to control the entries in.
(6) Rescinding and expunging entries in.
(7) Matters in, and assumptions as to quorum.
(8) Matters entered in.--Its own amendment and approval.
(9) Matters entered in.--Correction of the Congressional Record.
(10) Matters entered in.--Adjournment, meeting, organization, etc.
(11) Matters entered in.--Communications to the House.
(12) Matters entered in.--Addresses, etc., of Speaker and Members.
(13) Matters entered in.--Motions.
(14) Matters entered in.--Objections.
(15) Matters entered in.--Votes in general.
(16) Matters entered in.--Votes by yeas and nays.
(17) Matters entered in.--Votes by ballot.
(18) Matters entered in.--Names of Members answering on call.
(19) Matters entered in.--Petitions and bills.
(20) Matters entered in.--Reports in general.
(21) Matters entered in.--Conference reports.
(22) Matters entered in.--Reports of Speaker as to duty performed.
(23) Matters entered in.--Messages.
(24) Matters entered in.--Questions of order and decisions thereon.
(25) Matters entered in.--Calls to order.
(26) Matters entered in.--Censure of a Member.
(27) Matters entered in.--Answer of a person arranged at the bar.
(28) Matters entered in.--Oaths and examination of witnesses at the
bar.
(29) Matters entered in.--Speaker's certificate as to a contumacious
witness.
(30) Matters entered in.--In general.
(31) Reading of.--General requirements.
(32) Reading of.--Business before and during.
(33) Amendment of.--Speaker's preliminary revisal.
(34) Amendment of.--Not usual after approval.
(35) Amendment of.--The motion, its precedence, etc.
(36) Amendment of.--Matter not to be placed in, by indirection.
(37) Amendment of.--To correct a vote.
(38) Amendment of.--In general.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(39) Approval of.
(40) Protest not entered in, as of right.
(41) Entries for occasions of ceremony.
(42) Entries for electoral count and administration of the oath to the
President.
(43) As to impeachments.--Entries in House Journal.
(44) As to impeachments.--Of the Senate sitting for the trial.
(45) Of a select or standing committee.
(1) The Constitutional, Official Record.
The Constitutional requires the House to keep and publish a Journal,
excepting from publication such parts as require secrecy. Volume IV,
section 2726.
The Journal, and not the Congressional Record, is the official record
of the proceedings of the House. Volume IV, section 2727.
A discussion of the nature and functions of the Journal (footnote).
Volume IV, section 2730.
The written Journal of the House has been preserved, either in the
original draft or in a copy. Volume IV, section 2730.
Certified extracts of the Journal are admitted as evidence in the
courts of the United States. Volume IV, section 2810.
A Senate committee concluded that the Journal entries of a legislative
body were conclusive as to all the proceedings had, and might not be
contradicted by ex parte evidence. Volume I, section 563.
A charge by a Member that the Journal of the House had been mutilated
by the Speaker was made a question of privilege. Volume II, section
1363.
(2) form and Style of.
The House in early days fixed the title of the Journal. Volume IV,
section 2728.
The title of the Journal indicates whether or not the Congress was
convened by law. Volume IV, section 2729.
While the Journal ought to be a correct transcript of proceedings the
House has not insisted on a strict chronological order of entries.
Volume IV, section 2815.
In a single instance, at the close of a session, the Journal was dated
on the calendar rather than the legislative day, in order to conform to
the Senate records. Volume IV, section 2746.
The Senate, in 1867, discontinued the use in the Journal of the word
``Honorable'' before the name of a Senator. Volume IV, section 2883.
(3) Preparation and Distribution of.
It is the duty of the Clerk to print and distribute the Journal. Volume
I, section 251.
The preparation and reading of the Journal is not prevented by the
death of the officer having it in charge. Volume I, section 237.
The office of Journal Clerk and its requirements (footnote). Volume
III, section 2644.
The Sergeant-at-Arms receives no fees, and the Clerk receives them only
for certified extracts of the Journal. Volume I, section 259.
(4) A Record of Proceedings Only.
The Journal records acts, but not the reasons thereof. Volume IV,
section 2811.
The Journal records the proceeding simply, and not the circumstances
attending it. Volume IV, section 2812.
The Journal is a record of proceedings simply, and does not record the
statements or opinions of Members. Volume IV, sections 2817-2820.
The House once allowed a Member to insert in the Journal a declaration
of his reasons for a vote. Volume IV, section 2825.
The declaration of a Delegate on a public question being presented for
insertion in the Journal and read was recorded in the Journal,
whereupon the House declined to expunge it. Volume IV, section 2808.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(4) A Record of Proceedings Only--Continued.
A Member, in a letter asking to be excused from committee service, gave
reasons derogatory to another Member, whereupon it was held that the
Journal should record only the fact that the request was made in
writing. Volume IV, section 2873.
An instance wherein the House by vote allowed an explanation of a
motion to be entered on the Journal. Volume IV, section 2783.
On a rare occasion, and by special direction of the House, the Journal
was made to state the reason of an adjournment. Volume V, section 7122.
While the Journal does not record the reasons for an adjournment, such
reasons may be inserted by special direction of the House. Volume IV,
section 2816.
(5) Power of the House to Control the Entries in.
In amending the Journal the House may decide as to what are
proceedings, even to the extent of omitting things actually done or of
recording things not done. Volume IV, section 2784.
The Journal being correct, the Speaker nevertheless entertained a
motion to amend it so as to cause it to state what was not the fact,
leaving the House to decide on the propriety of the action. Volume IV,
section 2785.
The Speaker held that he could not prevent a majority of the House from
so amending the Journal as to undo an actual transaction. Volume IV,
sections 3091-3093.
Instance wherein an act performed by the Speaker under the rules was
reversed by an amendment changing the Journal. Volume IV, sections
3091-3093.
The House has nullified an order by rescinding the record of it in the
Journal. Volume IV, section 2787.
The House declined to allow amendment of the Journal entry of a motion
which was recorded exactly as made. Volume IV, section 2783.
An instance wherein the Senate, after discussion, declined so to amend
the Journal as to state what was not the actual fact. Volume IV,
section 2786.
Instance wherein the Speaker ruled out of order a motion to amend the
Journal by inserting a record of proceedings that became null through
errors. Volume IV, section 2814.
It is in order to move to amend the Journal by inserting what the House
has refused to hear read. Volume IV, section 2804.
Because of the rule requiring every motion made and not withdrawn to be
entered on the Journal, it was held not in order to amend the Journal
by striking out a resolution actually offered. Volume IV, section 2789.
(6) Rescinding and Expunging Entries in.
The House has rescinded a resolution recorded in the Journal of a
preceding Congress. Volume IV, sections 2792, 2793.
The House expunged from the Journals of preceding Congresses its
censure of Simon Cameron and John Young Brown. Volume III, sections
2792, 2793.
The Speaker has ruled out of order a motion to expunge a portion of the
Journal. Volume IV, sections 2790, 2791.
Reference to the consideration of the resolution expunging from the
Senate Journal the censure of President Jackson (footnote). Volume IV,
section 2730.
(7) Matters in, and Assumptions as to Quorum.
The absence of a quorum should appear from the Journal, if a
legislative act is to be vacated for such reason. Volume IV, section
2962.
The assumption that a quorum was present when the House acted being
uncontradicted by the Journal, it may not be overthrown by expressions
of opinion by Members individually. Volume IV, section 2961.
(8) Matters Entered in.--Its Own Amendment and Approval.
The Journal makes no mention of its own approval except when a question
is raised and a vote taken. Volume IV, section 2780.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(8) Matters Entered in.--Its Own Amendment and Approval--Continued.
It was the early practice to record in the Journal all motions to
amend the Journal, but in later years the rule has not been adhered to
always. Volume IV, sections 2775-2779.
Instance wherein a correction of the Journal was recorded in the
Journal. Volume IV, section 2816.
(9) Matters Entered in.--Correction of the Congressional Record.
A correction of the Congressional Record, which involves a motion and a
vote, is recorded in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2877.
(10) Matters Entered in.--Adjournment, Meeting, Organization, etc.
The hour at which the House adjourns each day is entered on the
Journal. Volume V, section 6740.
An early instance wherein the proclamation of the President convening
Congress was not printed in the Journal (footnote). Volume I, section
12.
In the later practice the proclamation of the President convening
Congress appears in full in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2878-2882.
The Journal specifies by name, the Members taking the oath, and at
times the form of oath taken. Volume IV, section 2866.
The Journal announces the return of a Member to whom leave of absence
for the remainder of the session has been granted. Volume IV, section
2867.
The Journal of the Senate made no mention of the withdrawal of Senators
by reason of the secession of their States. Volume II, section 1219.
Where the Speaker names a Member to preside during the remainder of a
day's sitting the Journal properly records the fact. Volume IV,
sections 2849, 2850.
(11) Matters Entered in.--Communications to the House.
A letter from the head of an Executive Department, responding to a
resolution of inquiry, is not printed in full in the Journal, but a
brief summary of its contents is printed. Volume IV, section 2858.
Only on special occasions are communications addressed to the Speaker
recorded in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2835.
A paper presented in the House by a Member in response to the order of
the House is mentioned in the Journal, but not printed in full. Volume
III, section 1811.
The practice is not uniform as to whether or not a Member's letter of
resignation should appear in full in the Journal. Volume IV, sections
2868-2872.
The executive of a State having notified the House of the death of a
Member, the Speaker directed the notice to be inserted in the Journal.
Volume V, section 7130.
A letter from a Senator read to the House was described, but not
printed in full in the Journal. Volume V, section 6654.
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.
Instance wherein resolutions of thanks from a foreign nation were
ordered to be entered on the Journal. Volume II, section 1550.
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.
A letter from a foreign artist, presenting to Congress a bust of
Lafayette, was communicated to the House by message from the President,
and with that message appears in the Journal. Volume V, section 7106.
While it is the practice to print memorials from State legislatures in
the Senate proceedings, it is not the custom in the Houe, and such
memorials are presented by filing with the Clerk, and are noted by
title in the Record and the Journal. Volume VII, section 1024.
(12) Matters Entered in.--Addresses, etc., of Speaker and Members.
The address of the Speaker on taking the chair, as well as his remarks
on leaving it, is often entered on the Journal without special order
(footnote). Volume II, section 1362.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(12) Matters Entered in.--Addresses, etc., of Speaker and Members--
Continued.
The practice has not been uniform as to the recording of the addresses
of Speakers in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2851.
The farewell address of the Speaker appears in full in the Journal.
Volume I, section 233.
The remarks of the Speaker announcing the death of John Quincy Adams
were printed in full in the Journal by order of the House. Volume V,
section 7160.
The Speaker having appealed to the House for an investigation, the
House ordered his address to be entered on the Journal. Volume II,
section 1362.
The Speaker having made a verbal statement concerning a communication
returned by him to the governor of a State, the Journal simply recorded
the fact that such a statement was made. Volume IV, section 2834.
When Members apologize for disorderly proceedings which the House has
allowed to pass without taking action, the apology has not usually been
entered on the Journal. Volume II, sections 1658-1662.
An apology of Members for an assault committed the Committee of the
Whole was not placed in the Journal. Volume II, section 1652.
The refusal of leave to make a personal explanation is not recorded in
the Journal, but as to the granting of such leave the practice is not
uniform. Volume IV, sections 2863, 2864.
An attempt of a Member to speak when debate is not in order is not
noticed in the Journal. Volume IV, sections 2861, 2862.
The Senate declined to permit an ex-Member to print in the Journal or
Record a defense of his conduct. Volume II, section 1276.
(13) Matters Entered in.--Motions.
Every motion entertained by the Speaker shall be entered on the
Journal, with the name of the Member making it, unless it be withdrawn
the same day. Volume V, section 5300.
It is the usual practice that motions, points of order, and appeals not
entertained by the Speaker shall not appear in the Journal. Volume IV,
sections 2844-2846.
A motion which is not entertained by the Speaker is not entered on the
Journal. Volume IV, section 2813.
(14) Matters Entered in.--Objections.
The Journal does not record the name of a Member objecting to a request
for unanimous consent. Volume IV, section 2865.
(15) Matters Entered in.--Votes in General.
The Journal should record every vote and state in general terms the
subject of it. Volume IV, section 2804.
The Journal records the result of a vote in figures only when the yeas
and nays are taken. Volume IV, section 2827.
The request of a Member to be excused from voting, or his refusal to
vote, may be recorded in the Journal, but his reasons therefor, or even
the fat that he offered reasons, may not be recorded. Volume IV,
sections 2821-2824.
The Journal does not record the names of Members not voting. Volume VI,
section 637.
(16) Matters Entered in.--Votes by Yeas and Nays.
The Constitution provides that the yeas and nays shall be entered on
the Journal at the desire of one-fifth of those present. Volume IV,
section 2726. VolumeV, section 6011.
In 1890 Mr. Speaker Reed directed the Clerk to enter on the Journal as
part of the record of a yea and nay vote names of Members present but
not voting, thereby establishing a quorum of record. Volume IV, section
2895.
The Speaker's vote is recorded at the end of the roll or after it.
Volume V, section 5965.
Where a vote is recorded by yeas and nays the nature of the question on
which they are taken should be clearly stated in the Journal, even
though thereby the summary of an exceptionable petition be printed.
Volume IV, section 2826.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(16) Matters Entered in.--Votes by Yeas and Nays--Continued.
The refusal of the yeas and nays by the House is not recorded in the
Journal. Volume IV, section 2828.
In early and rare instances the names of absent Members have been by
consent of the House recorded in the Journal among the yeas and nays.
Volume IV, section 2825.
There is no rule requiring the names of those not voting on a call of
the yeas and nays to be entered on the Journal. Volume IV, section
2739.
By practice founded on a former rule the names of those not voting on a
roll call are recorded in the Record. Volume V, section 6046.
On a vote on passing a bill, returned with the objections of the
President, the yeas and nays are required to be entered on the Journal.
Volume IV, section 3520.
(17) Matters Entered in.--Votes by Ballot.
In the earlier practice, when a series of ballots were taken, the
Journal recorded only the bare result of the decisive ballot. Volume I,
section 232.
A Speaker being elected by ballot the Journal should show not only the
fact but the state of the ballot or ballots. Volume IV, section 2832.
Early practice in journalizing a vote by ballot. Volume V, section
6007.
Instance wherein the Journal recorded the names of the tellers on a
vote by ballot. Volume III, section 2368.
(18) Matters Entered in.--Names of Members Answering on Call.
The House Journal records the names of Members answering on a call of
the House. Volume IV, section 2833.
The Senate Journal has shown the number of Senators answering to a call
of the Senate, but not the names. Volume IV, section 2833.
When the roll is called in Committee of the Whole on the failure of a
quorum, the names of the absentees are entered on the Journal. Volume
IV, section 2966.
(19) Matters Entered in.--Petitions and Bills.
Blanks for briefing petitions for the Record and the Journal may be
obtained from the Clerk at the desk. Volume VII, section 1026.
In briefing petitions for the Record and the Journal, the full list of
petitioners is not given, and Members indorse on the back, or on slips
attached, the name of the first petitioner only or the locality from
which received. Volume VII, section 1026.
Petitions, memorials, and bills referred by delivery to the Clerk are
entered on the Journal and Record. Volume IV, section 3364.
The Journal should record the name of the first signer of a petition,
the number of other signers, and the general place of their residences.
Volume IV, section 2857.
Memorials of State legislatures were for a time spread on the Journal
in full, but the practice has ceased. Volume IV, sections 2855, 2856.
Bills and resolutions presented in the House for reference under the
rule are entered in the Journal and Record by title only. Volume IV,
section 2853.
A bill on its introduction is entered on the Journal by its number and
title, but is not printed therein in full. Volume IV, section 2854.
Although a Member in introducing a bill may read it in full to the
House, yet it would not therefore appear in full in either the Journal
or Congressional Record. Volume V, section 6967.
The Committee on Enrolled Bills reports, for entry on the Journal, the
date of presentation of bills to the President. Volume IV, section
3430.
(20) Matters Entered in.--Reports in General.
The record of reports filed with the Clerk is entered in the Journal
and printed in the Record. Volume IV, section 3116.
The House may by vote agree to the report of a committee, in which case
it appears in the Journal. Volume IV, section 4675.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(20) Matters Entered in.--Reports in General.--Continued.
The report of a committee which investigated the charge that the
Speaker had mutilated the Journal was, by order of the House, printed
in full in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2836.
A report on certain charges against the Speaker appears in the Journal
in full without special order. Volume IV, section 4660.
The report of a select committees on the conduct of the Speaker was
voted on by the House, although it contained no order or resolution,
and was spread on the Journal without direction of the House. Volume
II, section 1364.
The report of an investigating committee exonerating the Clerk was
printed in full in the Journal. Volume I, section 295.
Instance wherein a report was ordered printed in the Journal. Volume
III, section 2664.
A committee sometimes makes a report prescribing ceremonies in report
form simply, in which case it is acted on by the House and appears in
full in the Journal. Volume V, section 7177.
(21) Matters Entered in.--Conference Reports.
Since 1846 conference reports have generally been signed and appear in
the Journal. Volume V, sections 6481-6487.
In the early practice it was not essential that conference reports
should be either signed or printed in the Journal. Volume V, sections
6472-6480.
The Journal does not record in full a conference report presented
merely for printing in the Record under the rule. Volume IV, section
2860.
(22) Matters Entered in.--Reports of Speaker as to Duty Performed.
The Speaker having been directed to communicate with relatives of
George Washington concerning the removal of his remains, copies of the
correspondence were entered in the Journal without special order.
Volume V, section 7075.
The Speaker having been ordered by the House to communicate a
resolution to the last surviving signer of the Declaration of
Independence, laid before the House a copy of the letter, and it was
entered in the Journal. Volume V, section 7088.
(23) Matters Entered in.--Messages.
The House decided that the Journal should record not only the delivery
of a message but also the withdrawal of the messenger. Volume IV,
section 2859.
Reference to the custom of the House of recording messages of the
President in the Journal (footnote). Volume V, section 7176.
Accompanying documents, although referred to in a message from the
President, are not read or entered on the Journal. Volume VII, section
1108.
Messages from the Senate and President giving notice of bills passed or
approved are entered in the Journal and published in the Record. Volume
V, section 6593.
Correspondence submitted as part of a President's message and relating
to a ceremonial of the House was printed in full in the Journal
(footnote). Volume V, section 7176.
Veto messages of the President are required by the Constitution to be
spread on the Journal. Volume IV, section 2726.
The House to which a bill is returned with the objections of the
President enters the objections on the Journal and proceeds to
reconsider it. Volume IV, section 3520.
The ``House'' to which a bill is to be returned by the President is a
House in session with authority to receive the return and enter the
President's objections on its Journal and no return can be received
when the House is not in session. Volume VII, section 1115.
The Senate having communicated the report of a breach of the Senate's
privilege by a Member of the House, the House Journal records the fact
but not the report. Volume II, section 1622.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(24) Matters Entered in.--Questions of Order and Decisions Thereon.
The Clerk is required to note all questions of order and the decisions
thereon, and print the record thereof as an appendix to the Journal.
Volume I, section 251.
The Journal records the rulings but not the remarks of the Speaker.
Volume IV, section 2840.
It was the early (but is not the present) practice that a decision on a
point of order should not be recorded in the Journal unless an appeal
had been taken. Volume IV, section 2847.
In later years, although not in the very earliest practice, the Journal
has recorded the reasons for the decisions of the Speakers. Volume IV,
section 2841.
The Journal does not record the response of the Speaker to a
parliamentary inquiry. Volume IV, section 2842.
The Speaker having ruled a resolution out of order, and an appeal
having been taken from the decision, it was held that the resolution
should appear in the Journal in full. Volume IV, section 2843.
The demand of a Member for an alleged constitutional right was held to
be sufficiently journalized as point of order. Volume IV, section 2852.
(25) Matters Entered in.--Calls to Order.
When the Speaker calls a Member to order for irrelevancy in debate, and
the House votes that the Member may proceed, the Journal should contain
a record of the transaction. Volume IV, section 2839.
The Journal does not always give in full disorderly words spoken in
debate and ordered to be taken down. Volume II, section 1251.
The Journal may record the simple fact that a Member makes an
explanation, but it does not record the act of the Speaker in calling
him to order for irrelevancy. Volume IV, section 2837.
It was held in the Senate that when a Senator, called to order for
words spoken in debate, appealed to the Senate, the Journal should
record the words. Volume IV, section 2838.
(26) Matters Entered in.--Censure of a Member.
The Speaker having, by order of the House, censured a Member, the words
of censure were spread on the Journal. Volume II, section 1249, Volume
VI, section 236.
The Speaker having censured a Member by order of the House, the words
of censure appeared in the Journal. Volume II, section 1251.
Censure inflicted on a Member by the Speaker, by order of the House,
appears in full in the Journal. Volume II, section 1656.
(27) Matters Entered in.--Answer of a Person Arraigned at the Bar.
The Journal recorded the substance of the oral answer of an officer of
the House arraigned at the bar for neglect of duty. Volume I, section
291.
The Clerk being arraigned and addressing the House in his defense, the
Journal merely records the fact. Volume I, section 287.
Being arraigned for contempt, George F. Seward presented a written
statement signed by himself and counsel, but not attested, and this
answer appears in full in the Journal. Volume III, section 1699.
In the Wolcott case the respondent when arraigned presented two
answers, each in writing, sworn and subscribed, one of which appears in
the Journal while the other does not. Volume III, section 1671.
A witness arraigned for contempt, having in his answer questioned the
power of the House, was permitted to file an amended answer, which was
printed in full in the Journal. Volume III, section 1673.
In the earlier practice the response of witness arraigned at the bar of
the House was never recorded in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2874.
The written and sworn answer of a witness arraigned for neglecting a
summons did not appear in the Journal. Volume III, sections 1674, 1675.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(27) Matters Entered in.--Answer of a Person Arraigned at the Bar--
Continued.
Instance wherein the answer of a person arraigned for contempt was in
writing but not sworn to and not recorded in the Journal. Volume III,
section 1687.
A person arraigned for contempt submitted a statement in writing which
did not appear in full in the Journal. Volume II, section 1635.
The answers at the arraignment in the Woolley case were in writing and
one was sworn to, but neither appears in the Journal. Volume III,
section 1685.
When arraigned the witness Kilbourn submitted a written, unsworn
answer, which does not appear in the Journal. Volume II, section 1609.
In the Irwin case the respondent, on being arraigned, made an oral
unsworn answer, which does not appear in the Journal. Volume III,
section 1690.
(28) Matters Entered in.--Oaths and Examination of Witnesses at the
Bar.
The oath administered to a witness at the bar of the House is not
recorded in full in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2874.
According to the parliamentary law questions asked a witness are
recorded in the Journal. Volume III, section 1768.
The parliamentary law provides that the answer of witnesses before the
House shall not be written down, but such is not the rule before
committees. Volume III, section 1768.
In the Irwin case the Journal does not record the responses of the
witness to questions put by the Speaker. Volume III, section 1690.
In the Stewart case the questions and answers at the examination were
recorded in the Journal, the answers being oral and not under oath.
Volume III, section 1689.
In a trial at the bar of the House both questions to witnesses and
their answers were reduced to writing and appear in the Journal. Volume
III, section 1668.
A person being under examination at the bar, the questions and answers
were recorded in the Journal. Volume II, section 1635.
A person under examination at the bar was allowed to state his reasons
why he should not answer a question and also to have entered on the
Journal a statement. Volume II, section 1633.
(29) Matters Entered in.--Speaker's Certificate as to a Contumacious
Witness.
The Speaker, without order of the House and under the law, certifies
the case of a contumacious witness to the district attorney, but the
Journal may contain no record of his act. Volume III, section 1691.
The Journal did not record the Speaker's act in certifying the Wolcott
case to the district attorney. Volume III, section 1672.
(30) Matters Entered in.--In General.
Proceedings of the House rendered null through discovery of errors are
not properly entered on the Journal. Volume IV, section 2814.
The Journal records proceedings subsequently vacated. Volume VI,
section 635.
The Journal and the Record record proceedings vacated under the rules.
Volume VI, section 636.
Proceedings expunged from the Record by order of the House are not
journalized. Volume VI, section 582.
A request for unanimous consent that the Journal show proceedings which
did not take place was denied by the House. Volume VI, section 229.
Censure inflicted by the Speaker on a citizen and his apology to the
House appear in full in the Journal. Volume VI, section 333.
When a majority of the membership of the House has signed a motion it
is entered on the Journal and referred to the Calendar of Motions to
discharge committees. Volume VII, section 1007.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(30) Matters Entered in.--In General--Continued.
Signatures to a motion to discharge committees are not made public
until the requisite number have signed and the motion appears in the
Journal and Record. Volume VII, section 1008.
(31) Reading of.--General Requirements.
The reading of the Journal is dispensed with only by unanimous consent
or a suspension of the rules. Volume IV, sections 2747-2750.
Duties of the Speaker regarding the opening of the session and the
reading of the Journal. Volume II, section 1310.
The only Journal which may be read to the House is one that has been
examined and corrected by the Speaker under the rule. Volume IV,
section 2734.
The reading of the Journal must be in full whenever demanded by a
Member. Volume IV, sections 2739, 2740, 2741. Volume VI, sections 627,
628.
While the Journal must be read in full on the demand of any Member such
demand comes too late after the Journal has been approved. Volume VI,
section 626.
The Speaker declined to entertain a motion to approve the Journal
without reading in full. Volume VI, section 628.
The granting by the House of unanimous consent to dispense with the
reading of the Journal implies unanimous consent of its approval.
Volume VI, section 625.
The reading of the Journal may be dispensed with by unanimous consent.
Volume VI, section 625.
The Journal may neither be read nor approved until a quorum has
appeared. Volume IV, section 2732.
If a question as to a quorum is raised before the reading of the
Journal a quorum should be ascertained to be present before the reading
should begin. Volume IV, section 2733. Volume VI, section 625.
The Journal having been read and approved it is too late to make the
point of order that a quorum was not present when it was done. Volume
IV, section 2927.
The question as to whether or not the Journal of the preceding day
should be read until the Journals of days prior to that day have been
approved. Volume IV, sections 2771-2773.
The Journal of the last day of a session that has adjourned without day
is not read on the first day of the succeeding session. Volume IV,
section 2742.
On the last legislative day of a session the Journal is sometimes read
and approved as far as completed, but the practice is very unusual.
Volume IV, section 2745.
The presentation of a conference report is always in order, except when
the Journal is being read, when the roll is being called, or when the
House is dividing. Volume V, section 6443.
During the interim preceding the election of speaker and adoption of
rules the Journal of the proceedings is read and approved daily. Volume
VI, section 623.
(32) Reading of.--Business Before and During.
The transaction of business is not in order before the reading of the
Journal, even for the purpose of amending the title of a bill which has
passed on the preceding day. Volume IV, section 2751.
No business is in order until the Journal has been approved. Volume VI,
section 637.
The transaction of business is not in order before the reading and
approval of the Journal. Volume VI, section 629.
The transaction of business, however highly privileged, is not in order
before the reading and approval of the Journal. Volume VI, section 630.
An arraignment of impeachment may interrupt the reading of the Journal
or business proceeding under a unanimous consent agreement. Volume VI,
section 469.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(32) Reading of.--Business Before and During--Continued.
The reading of the Journal may be interrupted by a parliamentary
inquiry. Volume VI, section 624.
Administration of the oath before the reading of the Journal and while
a point of no quorum was pending. Volume VI, section 21.
The point of no quorum may be made while the Journal is being read.
Volume VI, section 624.
Ordinarily no business may be transacted before the reading and
approval of the Journal, although for a brief period another rule
prevailed as to certain highly privileged matters. Volume IV, sections
2752-2756.
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.
Members have been sworn in before the reading of the Journal. Volume I,
section 172.
The reading of the Journal being interrupted by disorder was resumed as
soon as the House had taken action to restore order. Volume IV, section
2759.
A breach of privilege which occurred during the reading of the Journal
was at once disposed of, after which the reading of the Journal was
concluded. Volume II, section 1630.
(33) Amendment of.--Speaker's Preliminary Revisal.
The Speaker's right to examine and correct the Journal after it is made
up by the Clerk has always been affirmed. Volume IV, sections 2735-
2737.
Discussion of the scope of the Speaker's power to correct the Journal
before it is read. Volume IV, section 2734.
The preliminary right of the Speaker to correct the Journal should be
exercised before it is read to the House. Volume IV, section 2738.
The duty of preliminary approval of the Journal, the reference of bills
to committees and calendars, and similar matters of clerical routine
are largely delegated by the Speaker to the Clerk at the Speaker's
table. Volume VI, section 626.
(34) Amendment of.--Not Usual After Approval.
After the Journal has been approved amendments should not be ordered.
Volume IV, section 2781.
The correction of the Journal of a day preceding the last legislative
day is usually made only by unanimous consent. Volume IV, sections
2794-2797.
While the regular time for amending the Journal expires with its
approval, yet this rule has sometimes been waived for the correction of
a yea-and-nay vote. Volume IV, sections 2767-2769.
The House having approved the Journal of the preceding day, a
resolution to correct an alleged error in a vote of that day, which had
been discussed before the vote of approval, was held not to be of
privilege. Volume III, section 2620.
Although the Journal had been approved, the Speaker admitted as
privileged a motion to correct a manifest error which would deprive a
Member of certain rights as to the pending question. Volume IV, section
2788.
(35) Amendment of.--The Motion, Its Precedence, etc.
A motion to amend the Journal takes precedence of the motion to approve
it. Volume IV, section 2760.
The motion to amend the Journal takes precedence of the motion to
approve it, but the motion to amend is not admitted after the previous
question has been demanded on the motion to approve. Volume IV, section
633.
A motion to amend the Journal may not be admitted after the previous
question is demanded on a motion to approve. Volume IV, section 2770.
Volume VIII, section 2684.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(35) Amendment of.--The Motion, Its Precedence, etc.--Continued.
It has been held that the administration of the oath to a Member takes
precedence of a motion to amend the Journal. Volume I, section 171.
The motion to commit provided for in the rule for the previous question
may be applied to a motion to amend the Journal. Volume V, section
5574.
A proposed amendment to the Journal being laid on the table, the
Journal does not accompany the amendment to the table. Volume V,
sections 5435, 5436.
An expression of opinion as to a decision of the Chair is not in order
as an amendment to the Journal. Volume IV, section 2848.
(36) Amendment of.--Matter Not to be Placed in, by Indirection.
It is not in order to place on the Journal indirectly what the House
has refused to place there directly. Volume IV, section 2805.
While a proposed correction of the Journal may be recorded in the
Journal, yet it is not in order to insert in full in this indirect way
what has been denied insertion in the first instance. Volume IV,
section 2782.
The House having declined to permit protests to be entered on the
Journal, the Speakers have declined to entertain motions to amend the
Journal which would have effected the purpose indirectly. Volume IV,
section 2805.
In 1843 the House finally decided that a protest which had been refused
admission to the Journal might not appear there indirectly. Volume IV,
section 2804.
In the earlier practice protests which the House refused to allow in
the Journal appeared there indirectly as part of the rejected motion.
Volume IV, sections 2801-2803.
(37) Amendment of.--To Correct a Vote.
The House amends the Journal where a vote is recorded erroneously, even
though the result be changed thereby. Volume IV, sections 2761-2765.
An error in a vote may be corrected in the Journal of the succeeding
day, even though the result be changed thereby. Volume IV, sections
2829-2831.
A vote having been erroneously announced in such a way as to change the
true result, subsequent proceedings in connection therewith fall, and
the Journal is amended accordingly. Volume V, sections 6086-6088.
A vote having been incorrectly announced through error on the part of
the Clerk, it is in order to move that the Journal and Record be
amended to conform to the facts, or the Speaker may of his own
initiative announce the correction and direct that the Journal be
corrected. Volume VIII, section 3162.
The correction in the Journal, before its approval, of the erroneous
record of a Member's vote is made as a matter of right and not by vote
of the House. Volume IV, section 2766.
Where a Member votes and the Journal fails to include his name among
the yeas and nays he may demand a correction as a matter of right
before the approval of the Journal. Volume V, section 5969.
Where a vote actually given fails to be recorded it is the right of the
Member to have the proper correction made before the approval of the
Journal. Volume V, sections 6061-6063.
When the Clerk in calling the roll fails to note a Member's vote, the
Member may, at any time, before the approval of the Journal, demand as
a matter of right that it be recorded. Volume VIII, section 3143.
A Member having stated on his responsibility that another Member
recorded as voting on a preceding day was not then present, the Speaker
ordered the correction of the Journal before its approval. Volume V,
section 6099.
Instance wherein the House declined to permit a change in the Journal
record of persons noted as present and not voting on the statement of
certain ones, not numerous enough to change the result, that they had
been improperly noted. Volume III, section 2620.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(39) Amendment of.--In General.
The parliamentary method of raising a committee to investigate an
alleged error in the Journal has not been utilized. Volume IV, section
2809.
It has been held that the Journal of the last day of a session may not
be amended on the first day of the succeeding session; but this
principle has not been followed uniformly. Volume IV, sections 2743,
2744.
Proceedings in correcting an error where the Speaker had signed the
enrolled copy of a bill which had not passed. Volume IV, section 3459.
After the Journal had been printed it was held to be too late to amend
it. Volume VI, section 632.
In amending the Journal the House may decide as to what are
proceedings, even to the extent of omitting things actually done or of
recording things not done. Volume VI, section 634.
It having been erroneously announced that a quorum had voted when the
roll later disclosed the absence of a quorum on the vote, the Speaker
declared subsequent proceedings in connection therewith vacated, and
the Journal was amended accordingly. Volume VIII, section 3161.
While correction of the Record to conform with actual facts is by
right, such correction of the Journal is by motion or unanimous
consent. Volume VI, section 631.
(39) Approval of.
It is the uniform practice of the House to approve its Journal for each
legislative day. Volume IV, section 2731.
Journals of more than one session remaining unapproved, they are taken
up for approval in chronological order, although the opposite ruling
has once been made. Volume IV, sections 2771-2773.
In 1839 the difficulties at organization prevented the daily approval
of the Journal, until finally on one day the Journals of several days
were approved. Volume I, section 92.
An adjournment taking place after the election of a Speaker, but before
the Members had taken the oath, the Journal was read on the next day
but was not approved until the oath had been administered. Volume I,
section 171.
In ordinary practice the Journal is approved by the House without the
formal putting of the motion to vote. Volume IV, section 2774.
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.
The amendment of the Record is not in order pending the approval of the
Journal. Volume V, section 6989.
The Journal may not be approved until a quorum has appeared. Volume VI,
section 629.
(40) Protests Not Entered in, as of Right.
A Member may not, as a matter of right, enter a protest in the Journal.
Volume IV, section 2798.
The demand of a Member that a protest against certain parliamentary
practices of the House be placed on the Journal does not present a
question of privilege. Volume IV, sections 2799, 2800.
The Clerk, presiding at the organization, has declined to entertain a
protest, although it related to the organization. Volume I, section 80.
Summary of precedents relating to the placing of protests on the
Journal. Volume III, section 2597.
Practice of House and Senate as to admitting protests to the Journal
(footnote). Volume IV, section 2805.
In 1868 a protest was entered in the Journal by unanimous consent.
Volume IV, section 2807.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(40) Protests Not Entered in, as of Right--Continued.
In 1826 the House authorized the Representatives from the State of
Georgia to enter a protest in the Journal. Volume IV, section 2806.
The written protest of a Member against his proposed expulsion does not
go into the Journal except by order of the House. Volume II, section
1275.
An instance wherein a Member, against whom a resolution of censure was
pending, was allowed to insert in the Journal his demand for a
constitutional trial. Volume II, section 1255.
President Jackson having sent to the Senate a protest against its
censure of his acts, the Senate declared the protest a breach of
privilege and refused it entry on the Journal. Volume II, section 1591.
The House ordered spread on its Journal a paper in which Samuel Houston
protested against the right of the House to punish him for contempt.
Volume II, section 1619.
(41) Entries for Occasions of Ceremony.
The Journal entry of a funeral of a Member in the Hall of the House in
early days. Volume V, sections 7144-7147.
The Journal entry of the funeral of John Quincy Adams. Volume V,
section 7148.
The entry in the Journal recording the reception of Louis Kossuth by
the House. Volume V, section 7083.
The oration of John Quincy Adams on the occasion of the death of
Lafayette appears in full in the appendix of the Journal. Volume V,
section 7219.
The address of the ambassador of Japan to the House on the occasion of
the reception of the embassy was ordered to be entered on the Journal.
Volume V, section 7085.
(42) Entries for Electoral Count and Administration of the Oath to the
President.
The proceedings of the joint meeting to count the electoral vote are
journalized in the same form as the proceedings of the House alone.
Volume IV, section 2876.
At the conclusion of the electoral count the President of the Senate
merely announces the state of the vote, which, with the list of the
votes, is entered on the Journals of the two Houses. Volume III,
section 1918.
The report by tellers is made and signed in duplicate, and is entered
upon the Journal of each of the two Houses. Volume VI, section 444.
The House declined to amend its Journal so as to include the letter of
a Presidential elector explaining his inability to give his vote.
Volume IV, section 2875.
During the prolonged proceedings of the electoral count of 1877 the
House and Senate caused each calendar day to be journalized as a
legislative day. Volume III, section 1927.
The entry in the Journal recording the administration of the oath of
office to President Millard Fillmore. Volume III, section 1997.
(43) As to Impeachments.--Entries in House Journal.
Form of Journal entry describing the attendance of the House in
Committee of the Whole at the Peck trial. Volume III, section 2374.
The House having heard judgment in the Pickering impeachment, the
managers made no report, and no record appears on the House Journal.
Volume III, section 2338.
The articles of impeachment in the Blount case appear in the House
Journal on the day of their adoption and in the Senate Journal on the
day of their presentation. Volume III, section 2302.
The articles of impeachment in the Chase case appear in the House
Journal in full at the time of their adoption. Volume III, section
2344.
The article in the Peck impeachment appears in the House Journal on the
day of its adoption. Volume III, section 2368.
The forms of summons and subpoena in the Pickering case were
communicated to the House and entered on its Journal. Volume III,
section 2329.
The Senate communicated to the House its form of summons in the Blount
impeachment and it was entered in the House Journal. Volume III,
section 2304.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(43) As to Impeachments.--Entries in House Journal--Continued.
The Senate communicated to the House its rules for the trial of William
Blount, and they appear in the House Journal. Volume III, section 2309.
(44) As to Impeachments.--Of the Senate Sitting for the Trial.
Impeachment trials in the Senate have from the first been recorded in a
separate Journal. Volume III, section 2307.
The journal of the Pickering trial was kept separate from the regular
Senate journal. Volume III, section 2328.
The Secretary of the Senate records proceedings in impeachments as he
records legislative proceedings. Volume III, section 2090.
The Chief Justice held, in the Senate sitting for the trial of
President Johnson, that the Journal should be read before other
proceedings. Volume III, section 2424.
The article of impeachment in the Peck case was read by the chairman of
the managers and appears in full on the journal of the trial. Volume
III, section 2370.
The oath taken by the returning officer in an impeachment case is
spread on the records. Volume III, section 2128.
Form of oath taken by the Sergeant-at-Arms and entered on the Record on
the making of the return of service of summons on Judge Pickering.
Volume III, section 2331.
The person impeached being called to appear and answer, a record is
made as to appearance or nonappearance. Volume III, section 2129.
The person impeached may appear to answer the articles in person or by
attorney, and a record is made as to the mode of appearance. Volume
III, section 2129.
When the person accused in articles of impeachment appears by agent or
attorney a record is made naming the person appearing and the capacity
in which he appears. Volume III, section 2129.
The Senate Journal included in full the bond given by a respondent for
his appearance to answer articles of impeachment. Volume III, section
2118.
The Senate rule in the Blount case required that respondent's answer
should be spread on the Journal. Volume III, section 2309.
The answer of the respondent in the Chase trial does not appear in the
journal of the court. Volume III, section 2351.
The journal of an impeachment trial records the names of witnesses but
not their testimony, except when it is subject of objection. Volume
III, section 2354.
The proceedings in the Senate consultation chamber during the Johnson
trial appear in the Journal and Globe, but the debates are not given
(footnote). Volume III, section 2430.
The proceedings of secret sessions of the Senate in the Johnson trial
appear in the Journal, but the debates were not recorded. Volume III,
section 2425.
Form of acquittal entered in the Journal of the trial of President
Johnson. Volume III, section 2443.
The proceedings of the Senate, sitting in the impeachment trial of
Judge Archbald, were recorded in a separate journal. Volume VI, section
503.
The writ of summons issued for the appearance of Judge Archbald to
answer articles of impeachment does not appear in the Journal. Volume
VI, section 479.
(45) Of a Select or Standing Committee.
The journal of a committee shows those present at each meeting. Volume
IV, section 4575.
A committee controls its journal and sometimes grants leave to Members
to incorporate in it signed statements of their views. Volume IV,
section 4579.
It is not the right of a Member to enter on the journal of a committee
his reasons for objecting to certain procedure. Volume IV, section
4576.
The House may direct a committee to submit its journal to the House,
but the proper method seems to be by a motion to recommit the pending
report with instructions to incorporate in it the desired record.
Volume IV, sections 4680, 4681.
JOURNAL--Continued.
(45) Of a Select or Standing Committee--Continued.
The House sometimes orders the journal of a committee to be printed
with the report. Volume IV, sections 4682-4686.
A committee not being able to decide the question of issuing certain
subpoenas authorized a member of the committee to exhibit its journal
so that the House might act. Volume III, section 1802.
It is not in order for the minority to present to the House the records
of a committee to show that the committee is disregarding its duty.
Volume IV, section 4619.
At the first meeting of a select committee the resolution of the House
creating it and defining its duties is spread on its journal. Volume
IV, section 4406.
The House authorized the clerk of a committee to disclose by deposition
the proceedings of the committee. Volume III, section 2604.
JOURNAL CLERK.
The office of Journal clerk and its requirements (footnote). Volume
III, section 2644.
JOY.
The Missouri election case of O'Neill v. Joy in the Fifty-third
Congress. Volume II, section 1047.
JUDGES. See ``Elections of Representatives'' and ``Impeachment.''
JUDGING ELECTIONS. See ``Elections of Representatives.''
JUDICIAL EXPENSES.
The Committee on Appropriations has jurisdiction of legislative,
executive, judicial, and sundry civil expenses of the Government.
Volume IV, section 4032.
JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS.
The rule assigns to the Judiciary Committee jurisdiction of subjects
relating to ``judicial proceedings, civil and criminal law.'' Volume
IV, section 4054.
JUDICIARY, COMMITTEE ON THE.
(1) Creation and history of.
(2) Jurisdiction of.--The courts and the law.
(3) Jurisdiction of.--Crimes, criminals, etc.
(4) Jurisdiction of.--Corporations, trusts, securities, etc.
(5) Jurisdiction of.--Amendments to the Constitution.
(6) Jurisdiction of.--As to impeachments. See also ``Impeachment.''
(7) Jurisdiction of.--Claims.
(8) Jurisdiction of.--General subjects.
(1) Creation and History of.
The creation and history of the Committee on the Judiciary, section 4
of Rule XI. Volume IV, section 4054.
Recent history of the Committees on the Judiciary, section 4 of Rule
XI. Volume VII, section 1746.
(2) Jurisdiction of.--The Courts and the Law.
The rule assigns to the Judiciary Committee jurisdiction of subjects
relating to ``judicial proceedings, civil and criminal law.'' Volume
IV, section 4054.
The Committee on the Judiciary has exercised jurisdiction of bills
relating to local courts in the District of Columbia and Alaska, and
the Territories. Volume IV, section 4068.
The Committee on the Judiciary often reports as to questions of law on
subjects naturally within the jurisdiction of other committees. Volume
IV, section 4063.
The Committee on the Judiciary reports legislative propositions
relating to the service of the Department of Justice, and even of other
Departments. Volume IV, section 4067.
JUDICIARY, COMMITTEE ON THE--Continued.
(2) Jurisdiction of.--The Courts and the Law--Continued.
Appointment of Federal judges and other court officials and legislation
pertaining to their salaries are subjects within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1750.
Subjects relating to the jurisdiction of the courts are referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1760.
The Committee on the Judiciary have exercised jurisdiction of bills
relating to insular courts. Volume VII, section 1767.
Legislation construing acts of Congress is within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1762.
Provisions for establishment of code of law for the District of
Columbia are under the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Volume VII, section 1761.
(3) Jurisdiction of.--Crimes, Criminals, etc.
The subjects of criminals, crimes, penalties, and extradition are
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV,
section 4069.
The management of national penitentiaries and the authorization of
buildings therefor are within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume IV, section 4070.
The Committee on the Judiciary has jurisdiction of the general subject
of counterfeiting. Volume IV, section 4071. Volume VII, section 1753.
Legislation relating to juvenile offenders in the District of Columbia
is considered by the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section
1755.
Bills proposing punishment of crimes against interstate or foreign
shipments belong within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1757.
The punishment, prevention, and definition of crime and the
organization of courts are subjects within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1747.
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 study of criminal, pauper, and defective classes is a subject under
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section
1756.
Enforcement and administration of national prohibition laws is a
subject under the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee. Volume VII,
section 1773.
(4) Jurisdiction of.--Corporations, Trusts, Securities, etc.
The general subject of Federal control of corporations has been
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section 4059.
Matters relating to the investigation and regulation of trusts and
corporations are within the jurisdiction of the Judiciary Committee.
Volume IV, section 4060. Volume VII, section 1764.
Bills of incorporation are referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Volume IV, section 4057. Volume VII, section 1763.
Jurisdiction of legislation providing penalties for commercial bribery
and other corrupt trade practices belongs to the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1754.
The protection of trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and
monopolies is a subject within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1748.
Bills relating to the fraudulent or unethical sale of securities were
taken from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and
referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1782.
The sale of fraudulent stocks and bonds and other ``blue sky''
securities is a subject considered by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Volume VII, section 1781.
A bill limiting effects of regulating Interstate and Foreign Commerce
was transferred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section
1776.
JUDICIARY, COMMITTEE ON THE--Continued.
(4) Jurisdiction of.--Corporations, Trusts, Securities, etc.--
Continued.
Bills relating to trusts and monopolies (except common carriers) come
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII,
section 1749.
Bills authorizing associations of producers of agricultural products
and limiting the effect of the Clayton Antitrust Act with reference to
agricultural associations have been reported by the Judiciary
Committee. Volume VII, section 1765.
(5) Jurisdiction of.--Amendments to the Constitution.
The Committee on the Judiciary has a general but no exclusive
jurisdiction over joint resolutions proposing amendments to the
Constitution of the United States. Volume IV, section 4056. Volume VII,
section 1779.
A bill proposing amendments to the Constitution in relation to polygamy
was by the House committed to the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume V,
section 5476.
A joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing
mutual taxation of salaries between State and Federal Governments was
held to come within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary
rather than that of the Committee on Ways and Means. Volume VII,
section 1780.
(6) Jurisdiction of.--As to Impeachments. See also ``Impeachment.''
Charges against judges of the United States courts are usually
investigated by the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section
4062.
The work of drawing up the articles impeaching Secretary Belknap was
referred to the Judiciary Committee. Volume III, section 2444.
In the first attempt to impeach President Johnson the investigation was
made by the Judiciary Committee. Volume III, section 2400.
The House referred to the Committee on Reconstruction the evidence
taken by the Judiciary Committee in the first attempt to impeach
President Johnson. Volume III, section 2408.
The impeachment proceedings were set in motion through a resolution
introduced by delivery to the Clerk and referred to the Committee on
the Judiciary. Volume VI, section 513.
A resolution proposing investigation with a view to impeachment was
introduced by delivery to the Clerk and was referred to the Committee
on Rules, on request of which committee it was re-referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VI, section 544.
A memorial addressed to the Speaker and setting forth charges against a
civil officer was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, which
recommended an investigation. Volume VI, section 543.
A resolution providing for investigation with a view to impeachment was
transferred from the Committee on Rules to the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1787.
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.
A Member having risen in his place and impeached Judge Wilfley and
offered a resolution providing for an investigation, the House referred
the matter to the Judiciary Committee. Volume VI, section 525.
The Judiciary Committee authorized to make an investigation committed
the matter to a subcommittee, the report of which was made a part of
the committee report to the House. Volume VI, section 529.
Conflicting views of the majority and minority of the Judiciary
Committee, in 1921, as to offenses justifying impeachment. Volume VI,
section 535.
(7) Jurisdiction of.--Claims.
The Judiciary Committee has reported propositions of general
legislation to regulate the adjudication of claims of various kinds
against the Government. Volume IV, section 4078.
The Committee on the Judiciary has reported general legislation as to
claims against the United States and as to procedure and jurisdiction
of the Court of Claims. Volume VII, section 1752.
JUDICIARY, COMMITTEE ON THE--Continued.
(7) Jurisdiction of.--Claims--Continued.
Claims of States against the United States and the adjustment of
accounts between the States and the United States have been considered
by the Judiciary Committee. Volume IV, section 4080.
General Legislation for the relief of Government employees injured in
the discharge of their official duties is within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on the Judiciary and not the Committee on Claims. Volume
VII, section 1777.
The Judiciary Committee has reported general legislation as to claims
of laborers, Territorial and district claims, war claims, etc. Volume
IV, section 4079.
The jurisdiction of general legislation relating to international
claims has been exercised frequently by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Volume IV, section 4081.
A private bill providing for a rehearing and a readjudication in the
Court of Claims belongs to the jurisdiction of a claims committee, and
not to the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section 4268.
(8) Jurisdiction of.--General Subjects.
The Committee on the Judiciary has jurisdiction of legislation relating
to bankruptcy. Volume IV, section 4065.
The settlement of boundary lines between States or between a State and
a Territory is within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume IV, section 4064.
Bills relating to jurisdiction of boundary waters between the States or
within the several States are reported by the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1768.
The forfeiture of land grants and alien ownership of land have been
considered by the Public Lands Committee, although the Judiciary
Committee has also participated in the jurisdiction of certain land
questions. Volume IV, section 4201.
A bill legalizing the conveyance of public lands was considered to be
within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII,
section 1783.
The subjects of holidays and celebrations have been reported by the
Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section 4073.
The Committee on the Judiciary has exclusive jurisdiction of bills
providing for the adoption of a national anthem. Volume VII, section
1775.
The Committee on the Judiciary has reported bills prohibiting the
desecration of the national flag and dealing with refusal of public
officers to execute acts of Congress. Volume IV, section 4055.
Regulation of the traffic in intoxicating liquors, etc., through
control of interstate commerce relations, is within the jurisdiction of
the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section 4061.
Conferring of jurisdiction relative to determination of rights of
American citizens under treaties or in international litigation is a
subject within the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Volume VII, section 1784.
Bills providing protection for the uniforms of friendly nations are
under the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII,
section 1774.
Bills of lading as evidence, bonds in admiralty cases, willful
destruction of vessels, mutiny, etc., are subjects within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section
4145.
Bills relating to pensioners' oaths and fraudulent claims that have
reported by the Judiciary Committee. Volume IV, section 4074.
Bills providing for the protection of the President and relating to the
office and its duties have been reported by the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume IV, section 4077.
The Committee on the Judiciary has reported bills relating to the
meeting of Congress, the attendance of Members, and their appointments
to incompatible offices. Volume IV, section 4077. Volume VII, section
1770.
JUDICIARY, COMMITTEE ON THE--Continued.
(8) Jurisdiction of.--General Subjects--Continued.
The Committee on the Judiciary has exercised jurisdiction over subjects
related to the relations of laborers, especially organized laborers, to
the courts and to corporations. Volume IV, section 4072.
The Committee on the Judiciary have exercised jurisdiction over
subjects pertaining to relations of workmen to employers. Volume VII,
section 1769.
The compensation of Federal employees injured in performance of duty
and the administration of the United States Employees' Compensation
Commission, are subjects within the jurisdiction of the Committee on
the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1785.
The Committee on the Judiciary has exercised jurisdiction over the
subject of international copyright, although the clearest title seems
to be with the Committee on Patents. Volume IV, section 4075.
The subject of a court of patent appeals has been within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section
4075.
Bills for the removal of political disabilities have been within the
jurisdiction of the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume IV, section
4058.
The Committee on the Judiciary has exercised jurisdiction over
legislative propositions related to marriage, divorce, and polygamy.
Volume IV, section 4076.
The Committee on the Judiciary has reported bills relating to the
rights and privileges of women. Volume IV, section 4066.
Legislation relating to the organization of a branch of the Government,
and to the government of a territory is within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1772.
A bill amending the national bank act was by consent referred to the
Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1786.
The Committee on the Judiciary exercises jurisdiction over legislation
regulating legal process and procedure relating to vessels in foreign
jurisdictions. Volume VII, section 1771.
Provision for payment of reward for information as to violation of a
statute was reported by the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII,
section 1758.
The Committee on the Judiciary exercises the jurisdiction over
propositions relating to Government contracts. Volume VII, section
1788.
Legislative propositions relating to the Bureau of Efficiency and needs
of personnel in the executive departments belong to the jurisdiction of
the Committee on the Civil Service and not to the Committee on the
Judiciary. Volume VII, section 2022.
The Committee on the Judiciary considers legislation relating to
settlement of questions of law in dispute between executive officers of
the Government. Volume VII, section 1778.
The issue raised by the questioning of a Member for words spoken in
debate was referred to the Judiciary Committee. Volume VI, section 553.
Propositions relative to the constitutionality of bills pending in the
House, and questions as to the constitutionality of recommendations
submitted by the President, are subjects within the jurisdiction of the
Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VII, section 1759.
Conclusion of the Judiciary Committee that acceptance of commission in
the National Guard by a Member vacates his seat. Volume VI, section 60.
JUDGMENT. See ``Impeachment.''
JULIAN.
The Indiana election case of Reid v. Julian, in the Forty-first
Congress. Volume II, sections 881, 882.
JURISDICTION. See ``Committees.''
JUSTICE OF PEACE.
Testimony taken before justices of the peace was admitted, although the
sitting Delegate had protested that they were not legally authorized
and had declined to attend. Volume II, section 852.
JUSTICE OF PEACE--Continued.
The Committee for the District of Columbia has exercised jurisdiction
as to the police and juvenile courts and justices of peace in the
District. Volume IV, section 4290.
JUSTICES.
The judges of the Supreme Court have the privileges of the floor.
Volume V, section 7283. Volume VIII, section 3634.
JUVENILE COURTS.
The Committee for the District of Columbia has exercised jurisdiction
as to the police and juvenile courts and justices of peace in the
District. Volume IV, section 4290.
Legislation relating to juvenile offenders in the District of Columbia
is considered by the Committee on the Judiciary. Volume VIII, section
1755.