ENACTING WORDS, STYLE OF MOTION TO STRIKE OUT.

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closed within

it in one place and its commencement in the other. No tes- Testimony to be timony shall be taken, unless with the consent of the House sixty days. (which may allow supplementary evidence to be taken), after the expiration of sixty days from the service of the answer of the returned member; and a copy of the notice of contest And, together and of the answer of the returned member shall be prefixed answer, to be to the depositions and transmitted with them to the Clerk of House of Reprethe House of Representatives.

with notice and

sent to Clerk of

sentatives.

al

lowed to debate.

Upon the hearing of a case of contested election by the Contestant House, the courtesy of occupying a seat upon the floor, and of being heard in his own behalf, is usually extended by the House to the contestant-Journals, 1, 29, p. 278; 1, 34, p. 1258, &c.—and he is subject to all the rules of debate which But subject to are applicable to members.-Journal, 1, 28, p. 1012.

the rules.

elec. tion cases take

[All questions relating to the right of a member to his seat Contested are held to be questions of privilege, and hence take prece- precedence over dence of other business.]

other business.

ENACTING WORDS-STYLE OF.

age.

The following is the enacting style made use of in Con- Rests upon usgress, viz." Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled." It rests entirely upon usage, not having been prescribed by the Constitution or any law or rule.

ENACTING WORDS-MOTION TO STRIKE OUT.

prece

dence of a motion

ried.

"A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall Takes have precedence of a motion to amend; and, if carried, shall to amend. be considered equivalent to its rejection."-March 13, 1822. Its effect if car“Whenever a bill is reported from a Committee of the Whole, with a recommendation to strike out the enacting words, and such recommendation is disagreed to by the House, the bill Effect of disagree shall stand recommitted to the said committee without further mendation action by the House."Rule 123.

ment to recom

committee.

of

with such recomtion that arises,

The question which arises (under the recent practice) upon Where reported a report from the Committee of the Whole that the enacting mendation, queswords be stricken out is, "Shall the enacting words be stricken &c.

out?" and the previous question is exhausted upon the taking of such vote.-Journals, 1, 33, p. 872; 3, 34, p. 479; 1, 35, p. 107.

Maps not to be

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ENGRAVING.

Maps accompanying documents shall not be printed under printed without the general order to print without the special direction of the

special order.

To be procured

ent of Public Printing, under direction of committee.

To be referred to the House mem

mittee on Printing.

House."-Rule 139.

By the joint resolution of June 23, 1860 (Stat. at Large, by Superintende Vol. XII, p. 119), it is provided that " when any charts, maps, diagrams, views, or other engravings, shall be required to illustrate any document ordered to be printed by either house. of Congress, such engravings shall be procured by the Superintendent of the Public Printing, under the direction and supervision of the Committee on Printing of the house ordering the printing of the same. (See PRINTING, Public.) "There shall be referred by the Clerk to the members of bers of the Com- the Committee on Printing on the part of the House, all drawings, maps, charts, or other papers, which may at any time come before the House for engraving, lithographing, or publishing in any way; which committee shall report to the House whether the same ought, in their opinion, to be published; and if the House order the publication of the same, that said committee shall direct the size and manner of execution of all such maps, charts, drawings, or other papers, and contract by agreement, in writing, for all such engraving, lithographing, printing, drawing, and coloring, as may be ordered by the House; which agreement, in writing, shall be furnished by said committee to the Committee of Accounts, to govern said committee in all allowances for such works; and it shall be in order for said committee to report at all times."-Rule 100.

Over two hun

dred and fifty

awarded to low

der.

By the joint resolution of March 3, 1863, it is directed that dollars, to be "all lithographing and engraving, where the probable cost exest and best bid- ceeds two hundred and fifty dollars, shall be awarded to the lowest and best bidder for the interest of the government, after due advertisement by the Superintendent of Public Printing, under the direction of the Committee on Printing."-Stat. at Large, Vol. XII, p. 826.

ENGROSSED BILLS-ENROLLED BILLS, COMMITTEE on.

ENGROSSED BILLS.

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"All bills ordered to be engrossed shall be executed in a Engrossment, fair round hand."-Rule 125.

how executed.

"While bills are on their passage between the two houses To be on paper and signed by they shall be on paper, and under the signature of the Sec- Clerk. retary or Clerk of each house respectively."-Joint Rule 5.

ENROLLED BILLS.

ment.

"After a bill shall have passed both houses, it shall be To be on parch duly enrolled on parchment by the Clerk of the House of Representatives, or the Secretary of the Senate, as the bill may have originated in the one or the other house, before it shall be presented to the President of the United States."Joint Rule 6.

(See also ENROLLED BILLS, COMMITTEE ON.)

ENROLLED BILLS, COMMITTEE ON.

and report en

"When bills are enrolled, they shall be examined by a shall examine joint committee of two from the Senate and two from the rolled bills. House of Representatives, appointed as a standing committee for that purpose, who shall carefully compare the enrolment with the engrossed bills as passed in the two houses, and correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bills, make their report forthwith to their respective houses."-Joint Rule 7.

any time.

"It shall be in order for the Committee on Enrolled Bills May report at to report at any time."-Rule 101. [And it is a very common practice, when the House is in committee, for the Speaker to take the chair and receive such a report, and having signed the bill or bills reported, and the Clerk having read their titles, the committee resumes its session.]

to be signed by

"After examination and report, each bill shall be signed After report, bill in the respective houses, first by the Speaker of the House Speaker. of Representatives, then by the President of the Senate."Joint Rule 8.

to President.

"After a bill shall have been thus signed in each house, it shall present bill shall be presented by the said committee to the President of

Shall

the United States for his approbation (it being first endorsed on the back of the roll, certifying in which house the same originated, which endorsement shall be signed by the Secretary or Clerk, as the case may be, of the house in which the same did originate), and shall be entered on the Journal of notify each house. The said committee shall report the day of presentation to the President, which time shall also be carefully entered on the Journal of each house."-Joint Rule 9. "All orders, resolutions, and votes which are to be prebe enrolled, ex- sented to the President of the United States for his approbation shall also, in the same manner, be previously enrolled, examined and signed; and shall be presented in the same

House of day of presentation.

Other matters to

amined, &c.

Not to present a bill to President

session.

and by the same committee, as provided in the cases of bills."-Joint Rule 10.

"No bill or resolution that shall have passed the House on last day of of Representatives and the Senate shall be presented to the President of the United States for his approbation on the last day of the session."-Joint Rule 17. [This rule is usually suspended on the last day of the session.]

Calls on.

day.

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.

"A proposition requesting information from the President of the United States, or directing it to be furnished by the Shall lie over one head of either of the executive departments, shall lie on the table one day for consideration, unless otherwise ordered by the unanimous consent of the House; and all such propositions shall be taken up for consideration in the order they were presented, immediately after reports are called for from When adopted, select committees, and, when adopted, the Clerk shall cause the same to be delivered."-Rule 53. [It is usual for the Clerk to deliver in person all calls upon the President, and to transmit by a messenger or through the mail calls upon the heads of departments.]

Clerk to deliver.

List of reports called for to be

"It shall be the duty of the Clerk to make and cause to made out by be printed, and deliver to each member at the commencement of every session of Congress, a list of the reports which it is the duty of any officer or department of the government

Clerk.

EXCUSED FROM COMMITTEE-EXPENDITURES, COMMITTEES ON.

to make to Congress, referring to the act or resolution, and page of the volume of the laws or Journal in which it may be contained; and placing under the name of each officer the list of reports required of him to be made, and the time when the report may be expected."-Rule 13.

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from, when con

Messages and other executive communications are the Communications business first in order whenever the House proceeds to the sidered." consideration of the business on the Speaker's table.—Rule 54. [It is the practice, however, of the Speaker, with the unanimous consent of the House (which is rarely refused), to lay such communications as shall not give rise to debate before the House immediately after the Journal is read, in order that they may be printed and referred.]

EXCUSED FROM SERVING ON COMMITTEE.

(See COMMITTEES.)

EXCUSED FROM VOTING.

(See VOTING.)

EXPENDITURES IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT,

EXPENDITURES IN THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

EXPENDITURES IN THE WAR DEPARTMENT,

EXPENDITURES IN THE NAVY DEPARTMENT,

EXPENDITURES IN THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT,

EXPENDITURES ON THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS, AND

EXPENDITURES IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT,

COMMITTEES ON.

"Seven additional standing committees shall be appointed when appointed, at the commencement of the first session in each Congress,

and number of.