applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives. RULE XLV. PRINTING. 1. All documents referred to committees or otherwise disposed of shall be printed unless otherwise specially ordered. 2. Motions to print additional numbers of any bill, report, resolution, or other public document shall be referred to the Committee on Printing; and the report of the committee thereon shall be accompanied by an estimate of the probable cost thereof. Unless ordered by the House, no bill, resolution, or other proposition reported by a committee shall be reprinted unless the same be placed upon the Calendar. Of bills which have passed the Senate, and of House bills as amended by the Senate, when referred in the House, there shall be printed four hundred copies. DIGEST OF THE RULES AND PRACTICE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. FIRST SESSION, FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. [References to the journals and records of debates are preceded by figures indicating the session and the Congress; for example, 1-56 indicating the first session of the Fifty-sixth Congress. The figures in parentheses refer to sections of "Parliamentary Precedents of the House of Representatives."] ABSENCE. Granting leave of. By usage of the House, requests for leaves of absence may be presented pending the announcement of the vote that the House adjourn. (443) 1-43, Record, p. 2338. Less than a quorum may not grant, to a member. (304) 2-53, Journal, pp. 326, 327. Revoking leave of. A resolution or motion revoking leaves of absence does not require a quorum, being a proceeding to compel the attendance of absent members. (312, 314) 1-48, Journal, p. 621; 1-51, Journal, p. 1031, Record, p. 9949. A resolution revoking leaves of absence is in order pending a call of the House, although a quorum may have been disclosed. (315) 2-53, Journal, pp. 256–258, Record, p. 3156. It has been held that a resolution revoking leaves of absence, directing that absent members be notified to attend and dispensing with proceedings under a call, had precedence of a simple motion to dispense with proceedings under the call. (343) 2-53, Journal, pp. 330, 331, Record, pp. 3705, 3715. ABSENT MEMBERS. See "Quorum" and "Call of the House." ACCOUNTS, COMMITTEE ON. Clerks, relations to. Conditions of the employment of clerks by members. (24) Decisions Comptroller, '93-'94, Bowler, pp. 43, 44. The Committee on Accounts authorizes and assigns clerks to committees. (1737) 2-55, Record, pp. 264, 265. Duties of. Its powers, duties, jurisdiction, number of members, and history. (652) Rule X, Rule XI, section 53. The Doorkeeper's inventory of furniture, etc., is referred to the Committee on Accounts for examination, etc. (1719) Rule V, section 2. It is the duty of the Committee on Accounts to inquire into and report violations of the rule forbidding officers or employees to be claim agents. (1703) Rule XLIII. The Committee on Accounts is required to investigate (with power The clerk keeps the contingent fund and stationery accounts. (1712) The approval of the Committee on Accounts is conclusive as to lawful Reports of. Committee has leave to report at any time on certain measures. (398) The privilege of the Committee on Accounts extends to resolutions The most recent decisions are that resolutions appropriating from the contingent fund need not be considered in Committee of the Whole, but earlier decisions are the other way. (1728-1733) 2-50, Record, pp. 356, 357; 1-52, Record, p. 6945; 2-52, Record, p. 2431; 1-51, Record, p. 376; 2-51, Record, p. 2199; 2-54, Record, p. 271. Temporary committee. At the end of each Congress the Speaker appoints a temporary Committee on Accounts, to continue until the organization of the House in the next Congress. (48, 1734) 28 Stat. L., p. 768. The Comptroller of the Treasury has no jurisdiction over accounts approved by the temporary Committee on Accounts. (1755) Decisions of Comptroller, Vol. II, p. 339. ACCOUNTS, COMMITTEE ON-Continued. Temporary committee Continued. As to the allowances for clerk hire to the chairman of the temporary Committee on Accounts. (1736) Decisions of the Comptroller (Bowler), Vol. I, p. 384. ACOUSTICS. Subjects relating to acoustics belong to the jurisdiction of the Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics. (649) Rule XI, section 41. ACTS. The Speaker signs all acts. (45) Rule I, section 4. ADDRESSES. To be signed by the Speaker. (45) Rule I, section 4. ADHERE, MOTION TO. General provisions. Parliamentary law relating to adherence. (1321, 1322) Jefferson's Manual, sections XLV, XXXVIII, pp. 194, 205. The parliamentary law governing the precedence and the effects of the motions to agree, disagree, recede, insist, and adhere. (1322) Jefferson's Manual, section XXXVIII, p. 194. The regular progression for disagreeing, insisting, and adhering in amendments between the Houses. (1321) Jefferson's Manual, section XLV, p. 205. After one House has adhered the other may recede or ask a conference, which may be agreed to by the adhering House. (1358-1362) 1-1, Journal, pp. 104, 113, 114, 116, 156, 157; 1-2, Journal, pp. 152, 551; 1-3, Journal, pp. 133, 221; 1-35, Journal, pp. 604, 615, 620, Globe, pp. 1544, 1589, 1590. After the House had adhered it reconsidered its action, receded from its disagreement, and agreed to the Senate amendment with an amendment. (1357) 1-1, Journal, pp. 107, 108. The House may agree to a conference without reconsidering its vote to adhere. (1362) 1–35, Journal, pp. 604, 615, 620, Globe, pp. 1544, 1589, 1590. An instance of prolonged disagreement, ending in adherence by both Houses. (1365) 1–34, Journal, pp. 1427, 1484, 1516, 1518, 1600, 1602, Globe, p. 2037. Instances have occurred where one House has adhered at once, and then has even refused a conference. (1363) 1-19, Journal, pp. 485, 510, 513, 517, 541, 545, 550, 568, 576, 590, Debates, pp. 2601, 2603. Precedence of. Pending a demand for the previous question on the motion to adhere, a motion to recede was not entertained. (1362) 1-35, Journal, pp. 604, 615, 620, Globe, pp. 1544, 1589, 1590. |