[Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 109th Congress] [109th Congress] [House Document 108-241] [Jeffersons Manual of ParliamentaryPractice] [Pages 302-304] [From the U.S. Government Printing Office, www.gpo.gov] * * * * * sec. xlix--journals
Sec. 578. Obsolete provisions as to entry of motions in the journal. | If a question is interrupted by a vote to adjourn, or to proceed to the orders of the day, the original question is never printed in the journal, it never having been a vote, nor introductory to any vote; but when suppressed by the previous question, the first question must be stated, in order to introduce and make intelligible the second. 2 Hats., 83. |
Sec. 579. Journal entries of questions postponed or laid on the table. | So also when a question is postponed, adjourned, or laid on the table, the original question, though not yet a vote, must be expressed in the journals, because it makes part of the vote of postponement, adjourning, or laying it on the table. |
Sec. 580. Entry of amendments in the Journal. | Where amendments are made to a question, those amendments are not printed in the journals, separated from the question; but only the question as |
Sec. 581. Entry of votes in journal of the House of Commons. | In the practice of the House a motion to amend is entered on the Journal as any other motion, under clause 1 of rule XVI. * * * * * The first order for printing the votes of the House of Commons was October 30, 1685. 1 Chandler, 387. |
Sec. 582. The Journal as an official record. | Some judges have been of opinion that the journals of the House of Commons are no records, but only remembrances. But this is not law. Hob., 110, 111; Lex. Parl., 114, 115; Jour. H. C., Mar. 17, 1592; Hale, Parl., 105. For the Lords in their House have power of judicature, the Commons in their House have power of judicature, and both Houses together have power of judicature; and the book of the Clerk of the House of Commons is a record, as is affirmed by act of Parl., 6 H. 8, c. 16; 4 Inst., 23, 24; and every member of the House of Commons hath a judicial place. 4 Inst., 15. As records they are open to every person, and a printed vote of either House is sufficient ground for the other to notice it. Either may appoint a committee to inspect the journals of the other, and report what has been done by the other in any particular case. 2 Hats., 261; 3 Hats., 27-30. Every member has a right to see |
Sec. 583. Correction of the Journal through a committee. | On information of a misentry or omission of an entry in the journal, a committee may be appointed to examine and rectify it, and report it to the House. 2 Hats., 194, 195. |