FEES-FRANKING PRIVILEGE. FEES. 233 See Rule 37, p. 110. "The fees of the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be, for every arrest, the sum of two dollars; for each day's custody and releasement, one dollar; and for traveling expenses for himself or a special messenger, going and returning, one-tenth of a dollar per mile."-Rule 24. But it is provided that, in addition to his regular salary, he shall receive, directly or indirectly, no fees, other compensation or emolument whatever, for performing the duties of his office, or in connection therewith.-R. S., sec. 53, p. 10. Of witnesses.-Rule 138, p. 136. But from the District of Columbia they shall not be allowed exceeding two dollars for each day's attendance.-Sess. Laws, 1, 44, p. 41. The Clerk shall certify extracts from the Journals of the House of Representatives, and for such copies shall receive the sum of ten cents for each sheet containing one hundred words.-R. S., sec. 71. FIVE MINUTES' DEBATE. House may at any time close debate in Committee of the WholeRule 104, p. 128-but the bill must have been first considered in Committee of the Whole; and this rule applies to messages, &c., as well as bills.-Journal, 1, 32, pp. 146, 147. Allowed on amendments, and on amendments to amendments may be closed on an amendment or paragraph.-Rule 60, p. 116. (See COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE.) FLOOR, PRIVILEGE OF ADMISSION TO. Who shall have.-Rule 134, p. 133. [The Doorkeeper is required by Rule 27 to execute strictly the aforesaid rule.-See note to Rule 134, p. 136.] FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMITTEE ON. When appointed, number of members, and duties of.-Rules 74, p. 119, and 90, p. 124.] FRANKING PRIVILEGE. By the act of March 3, 1875, it is provided that the Congressional Record, or any part thereof, or speeches, or reports therein con tained, shall, under the frank of a Member of Congress, or Delegate, to be written by himself, be carried in the mail free of postage, under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe.-Laws, 2, 43, p, 343. By the seventh section of same act (p. 343) it is provided that seeds transmitted by the Commissioner of Agriculture, or by any Member of Congress or Delegate receiving seeds for distribution from said department, together with agricultural reports emanating from that department, and so transmitted, shall, under such regulations as the Postmaster-General shall prescribe, pass through the mails free of charge. And the provisions of this section shall apply to Ex-Members of Congress and Ex-Delegates for the period of nine months after the expiration of their terms as Members and Delegates. No compensation or allowance shall now or hereafter be made to Senators, Representatives, or Delegates on account of postage.-R. S., sec. 44. By the seventh section of the act of Congress establishing postroads and for other purposes, approved March 3, 1877 (Public, No. 47), it was enacted "That Senators, Representatives, and Delegates in Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House of Representatives may send and receive through the mail all public documents printed by order of Congress; and the name of each Senator, Representative, Delegate, Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the House shall be written thereon, with the proper designation of the office he holds; and the provisions of this section shall apply to each of the persons named therein until the first day of December following the expiration of their respective terms of office." The following circular from the Postmaster General is given as showing the rulings of the Postmaster-General on this subject: POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., March 24, 1877. Recent legislation by Congress relative to the subject of transmission through the mails of certain executive communications, public documents, &c., renders it necessary that I should call the attention of postmasters and others thereto. In the act approved March 3, 1877, entitled "An act to establish That for the purpose of carrying this act in the duty of each of the executive departme ates to provide for itself and its subordinate envelopes; and in addition to the indorsemen department in which they are to be used, t lawful use of these envelopes shall be stated t the provisions of these sections, letters, package mentioned in these sections which can pass free t dorsed as therein directed are such only as ar cutive department or a bureau or office of the provided by the respective departments accor ons of the sixth section. c. 7. That Senators, Representatives, and Delega the Secretary of the Senate, and Clerk of the Ho atives may send and receive through the mails ents printed by order of Congress; and the na or, Representative, Delegate, Secretary of the of the House shall be written thereon, with the pr on of the office he holds; and the provisions of this s y to each of the persons named therein until the first oer following the expiration of their respective terms ublic documents which may be sent in the mail und ons of this section, and not under the provisions of not pass free of postage. In the "Act making appropriation for sundry civil expenses of the government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight, and for other purposes," occurs the following paragraph: "That all public documents already printed, or which have been ordered to be printed by the present Congress, shall be distributed among Senators in accordance with the usage of the Senate, and among the Representatives and Delegates of the said Congress, and subject to their respective orders, until the first day of January next; and that such of these documents as cannot under existing laws be transmitted through the mails free of postage may be so transmitted, under the frank of such Senators, Representatives, and Delegates, until the first day of January next, subject to such reg. ulations as the Postmaster-General may prescribe; and all public documents which may be transmitted through the mails free of postage may be sent from the document and folding rooms of the two houses of Congress, free of postage, to such Senators, Representatives, and Delegates until the first day of January next." Under the provisions of this paragraph all public documents may be transmitted through the mails under the frank of Senators, Members, and Delegates in Congress until the first of January, 1878, and may be so sent from the document and folding rooms of the two houses of Congress, in single packages or in bulk, without being franked. FRIDAYS. D. M. KEY, Postmaster-General. Set apart for private business.-Rules 128, 129, pp. 133-134. FURNITURE. The Clerk, with the approval of the Committee of Accounts, purchases all necessary furniture and pays for repairs of same, and the Doorkeeper (see Rule 27) is required to make an inventory of all furniture, &c., at the commencement and close of each session, to report the same to the House. GALLERIES. Certain portions of, for reporters.-Rule 135, p. 137. "In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries HALL OF THE HOUSE-IMPEACHMENT. 237 or lobby, the Speaker (or chairman of the Committee of the Whole House) shall have power to order the same to be cleared."-Rule 9. Or the House may order it cleared.-Journal, 1, 24, p. 331. And pending the election of a Speaker the Clerk may direct it to be cleared.-Rules 22 and 146, pp. 107 and 140. HALL OF THE HOUSE. See Rules 5, 6, 134, 155, 166, pp. 104, 136, 141, and 143. HOUR RULE. "No member shall occupy more than one hour in debate on any question in the House or in committee; but a member reporting the measure under consideration from a committee may open and close the debate."-Rule 60, p. 116. (See DEBATE.) HOUR AT WHICH ADJOURNMENT IS MOVED. The hour at which every motion to adjourn is made shall be entered on the Journal.-Rule 45, p. 112. HOUR OF DAILY MEETING. [The hour of daily meeting is fixed by an order of the Houseusually on the first day of the session-and continues "until otherwise ordered." At the close of a session it is usual to change the hour of meeting from 12 o'clock m, to 10 or 11 a. m.] A motion to fix the hour of meeting can only be made when resolutions (or motions to suspend the rules) are in order.-Journals, 1, 29, p. 933, and 1, 44, p. 1026. IMPEACHMENT. "The House of Representatives shall have the sole power of impeachment."-Const., 1, 2, 6. [The proceedings in the case of the impeachment of Judge Peck, in the Twenty-first Congress, were as follows: The House having resolved that he be impeached of "high misdemeanors in office" (Journal, 1, 21, pp. 565, 566), it was ordered "that Mr. be appointed a committee to go to the Sen and Mr. |