CLERK OF THE HOUSE. 185 No printing or binding shall be done, or blank-books furnished, for the House except on the written order of the Clerk.—R. S., Sec. 3789. The Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall cause to be sent to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at Dayton, in Ohio, and to the branches at Augusta, in Maine, and Milwaukee, in Wisconsin, at Hampton, Virginia, and the Soldiers' Home at Knightstown Springs, near Knightstown, in Indiana, each, one copy of each of the following documents: The Journals of each house of Congress at each and every session; all laws of Congress; the annual messages of the President, with accompanying documents; and all other documents or books which may be printed and bound by order of either house of Congress, including the Congressional Record.-R. S., Sec. 4837. The Joint Committee on the Library is authorized to grant the use of the Library to the Clerk of the House, subject to the same regulations as members of Congress.-R. S., Sec. 94. By resolution of February 16, 1867, he is directed to furnish the "Globe" at each session a list of the members, with their post-office address, and the number of their seats.-Journal, 2, 39, p. 405. The following duties are imposed upon the Clerk by the Rules of the House, viz: He shall attest all writs, warrants, and subpoenas issued by the House.-Rule 8, P. 104. He shall enter upon the Journal, subject to the control and direction of the Speaker, such petitions and memorials as may be handed to him by members for reference.-Rule 131, p. 135. He shall cause to be delivered all propositions adopted by the House requesting information from the President, or directing it to be furnished by the heads of departments.-Rule 53, p. 114. [His practice is to deliver in person all calls upon the President, and to transmit calls upon the Departments by a messenger or through the mail.] He shall refer all drawings, maps, charts, or other papers, which may at any time come before the House for engraving, lithographing, or publishing in any way, to the members of the Committee on Printing on the part of the House.-Rule 100, p. 126. He shall prepare and cause to be delivered 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 to make to Congress.-Rule 13, p. 106. He shall, at the end of each session, send a printed copy of the Journal of the House to the executive, and to each branch of the legislature, of every State.-Rule 14, p. 106. He shall note all questions of order, with the decision, and put them together at the end of the Journal of every session.-Rule 15, p. 106. He shall enter upon the Journal notices of bills which may be handed in by members.-Rule 15, p. 106. He shall certify a bill that has passed, noting the day of its passage at the foot thereof.-Rule 127, p. 133. He shall sign all House bills which have passed the House.Joint Rule 5, p. 145. He shall enroll on parchment all House bills which shall have passed both houses.-Joint Rule 6, p. 145. And shall certify on the back of the roll that the bill originated in the House of Repre sentatives.-Joint Rule 9, p. 146. And all orders, resolutions, and votes which are to be presented to the President for his approba tion shall also, in the same manner, be previously enrolled, examined, and signed.—Joint Rule 10, p. 146. He shall enter on a separate paper all amendments adopted in Committee of the Whole to a bill or report.-Rules 107, 109, p. 129. [The 107th Rule refers to manuscript bills, having been adopted prior to the practice of printing bills.] He shall, within thirty days after the close of each session of Congress, cause to be completed the printing and primary distribution, to members and Delegates, of the Journal of the House, together with an accurate index to the same.-Rule 16, p. 106. He shall retain in the library of his office, for the use of the members there, two copies of all the books and printed documents deposited in the library.-Rule 17, p. 106. He shall have preserved for each member of the House an extra copy, in good binding, of all the documents printed by order of either house at each session.-Rule 18, p. 106. He shall make a weekly statement of the resolutions and bills upon the Speaker's table.-Rule 19, p. 106. [This statement is CLERK OF THE HOUSE. 187 printed and placed upon each member's table every Monday morning. There is, in like manner, placed upon their tables, every Friday, morning, a statement of all the bills and resolutions upon the Calendar, designating whether in Committee of the Whole House or of the Whole House on the state of the Union.] The Clerk is charged with the enforcement of the rule prohibiting any person from entering the room over the hall of the House when the House is in session.-Rule 166, p. 143. The number prefixed to the section of a bill, being merely a marginal indication, and no part of the text of the bill, the Clerk regulates that.-Manual, p. 80. [He also gives numbers to the bills and joint resolutions as they are introduced or reported.] Messages (between the two houses) shall be sent by such persons as a sense of propriety in each house may determine to be proper.— Joint Rule 4, p. 145. [All messages from the House to the Senate are conveyed by the Clerk or one of his assistants.] In addition to the foregoing, there are various other duties appertaining to the office of Clerk, under the usage and practice of the House, which are discharged by himself and his appointees. He prepares estimates of the expenses of the House of Representatives, and disburses the contingent fund of the House, keeping accounts with the Treasury of the United States of the various items of appropriation for that object. He also disburses the salary fund of the various officers and employés of the House. He keeps the minutes of proceedings in the House, and makes out, subject to the control of the Speaker, the Journal of said proceedings, in readiness for the same to be read at the next meeting of the House. He also prepares the index to the Journal at the end of each session. He keeps the minutes of proceedings in Committees of the Whole; records all votes taken by yeas and nays, and prepares copies of the same for the printer of the Journal. He reads all messages, bills, and other papers required by the House to be read, and calls the roll of members. He keeps the files of the House, preserving all petitions and other papers belonging to its archives, arranged alphabetically, and under the head of the Congress at which they were last acted upon. He keeps a book in which are entered, numerically, the titles of all bills and joint resolutions; opposite which are noted, as they occur, all proceedings of the House thereon; also all proceedings of the Senate as they are reported to the House. He places appropriate indorsements upon all papers presented in the House, and, after entering the same in books kept for the purpose, sends to the Government Printing-Office all such as are ordered to be printed, and to the appropriate committee such as are referred without printing. He engrosses upon paper all bills, joint resolutions, and resolutions of the House, and amendments of the House to Senate bills and joint resolutions which pass the House of Representatives, certifying the date of the passage of the same at the foot thereof. He enrolls upon parchment all House bills and joint resolutions which have passed both houses, certifying upon the back that the same originated in the House, and then delivers them to the Committee on Enrolled Bills. He journalizes all petitions and other papers handed to him under the 131st Rule, and having indorsed them appropriately, takes them to the rooms of the proper committees, and there enters them in the committee book. He also keeps what is called the "Petition Book," in which is entered, alphabetically, each petition as presented, and the further action of the House thereon as it occurs. He keeps what is called the "Newspaper Book," in which are entered the accounts of members for newspapers, and orders from the publishers such newspapers and periodicals as may be directed. He contracts for and furnishes to members all books voted to them by the House, and keeps the accounts of the members for the same. He distributes to members, governors, State legislatures, &c., all public documents (other than extra numbers) required by law, rule, or resolution to be distributed. He purchases, keeps, and distributes the stationery required for the use of the House. (See STATIONERY.) He keeps the library of the House, in which are kept copies of all documents printed by order of either house. CLERKS OF COMMITTEES—COMMIT, MOTION TO. CLERKS OF COMMITTEES. 189 "No committee shall be permitted to employ a clerk at the public expense without first obtaining leave of the House for that purpose."-Rule 73, p. 119. [Such leave is usually granted to a portion of the committees, for a part or the whole of the session, as they may deem the service necessary, the Committee on Accounts usually arranging the list of what are known as "temporary committee clerks;" and six of the committees have permanent clerks, viz: of Claims, by resolution of February 18, 1843; of Ways and Means, by resolution of February 18, 1856; on Public Lands, by resolution of May 27, 1862; on Appropriations, by resolution of December 12, 1865; on War-Claims, by resolution of January 19, 1874; and on Invalid Pensions, by resolution of June 18, 1874.] COINAGE, WEIGHTS, AND MEASURES, COMMITTEE ON. When appointed, of what number, and duties of.—Rule 148, p. 140. COMMERCE, COMMITTEE ON. When appointed, of what number, and duties of.-Rules 74 and 79, pp. 119, 122. COMMIT, MOTION TO. When it may be received; precedence with reference to other motions; not to be repeated same day and stage of bill.-Rule 42, p. 111. Where different committees are proposed.-Rule 43, p. 111. A motion to commit may be amended by the addition of instructions. Also by striking out one committee and inserting another.Journals, passim. A division of the question is not in order on a motion to commit with instructions, or on the different branches of instructions.Journals, 1, 17, p. 507; 1, 31, pp. 1395, 1397; 1, 32, p. 611. "Upon the second reading of a bill, the Speaker shall state it as ready for commitment."-Rule 118, p. 131. [On a motion to commit, the whole question is open to debate.] After the previous question is ordered, if no motion to postpone is pending, the House is brought first "to a direct vote on the |