thereof. The person having the greatest number of votes shall be declared by the governor duly elected, and a certificate shall be given accordingly. Every such Delegate shall have a seat in the House of Representatives, with the right of debating, but not of voting.-R. S., sec. 1862.

The first election of a Delegate in any Territory for which a temporary government is hereafter provided by Congress shall be held at the time and places and in the manner the governor of such Territory may direct, after at least sixty days' notice, to be given by proclamation; but at all subsequent elections therein, as well as at all elections for a Delegate in organized Territories, such time, places, and manner of holding the election shall be prescribed by the law of each territory.-R. S., sec. 1683.

The Speaker shall appoint from among the Delegates one additional member on each of the following committees, viz: Coinage, Weights, and Measures; Agriculture; Military Af fairs; Post-Office and Post-Roads; Public Lands; Indian Affairs; Territories; Private Land Claims, and Mines and Mining; and they shall possess in their respective committees the same powers and privileges as in the House, and may make any motion except to reconsider.-RULE XII.

[In the organization of the House, the names of Delegates are called over after those of members, and before taking their seats the same oath or affirmation is administered as in the case of members.] (See MEMBERS.)

The right of a Delegate to submit a resolution is recognized by RULE XII, and it is also competent for him to submit any motion which a member may make, except the motion to reconsider, which is dependent upon the right to vote.-Journals, 2, 30, p. 503; 1, 31, p. 1280.

The question of the right of a Delegate to "object" to the consideration of a proposition, when called up by a member, has been occasionally raised and decided both in the affirmative and negative, the recent decisions, however, being in the negative. The opinion of Speaker Carlisle that such right was also dependent on the right to vote seems to be in harmony with the act of March 3, 1817.

DELEGATES, ROLL OF.

On the 6th of December, 1881 (first session, Forty-seventh Congress), the House having under consideration the question of seating a Delegate from the Territory of Utah, Mr. Haskell submitted the following resolution, viz:

"Resolved, That Allen G. Campbell, Delegate elect from Utah Territory, is entitled to be sworn in as Delegate to this House on his prima facie case."

Mr. Cox made the point of order that a roll of Members and Delegates elect had been prepared under the law, and that the Members and Delegates thereon were entitled to be sworn in unless objection be made thereto.

After debate,

The Speaker overruled the said point of order on the ground that no law known to him required or authorized the Clerk of the outgoing House to make a roll of Delegates elect of the incoming House, and also upon the further ground that sections 31 and 38 of the Revised Statutes, relied upon to sustain the action of the Clerk of the last House in making a roll of the Delegates elect, contained nothing in regard to the subject of filing and passing upon the merits of credentials of Delegates elect.

DEPARTMENTS.

(See EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.)

DILATORY MOTIONS.

Pending a motion to suspend the rules, the Speaker may entertain one motion that the House do now adjourn; but after the result thereon is announced he shall not entertain any other dilatory motion till the vote is taken on suspension.RULE XVI, clause 8.

But where a quorum fails to vote on a motion to suspend the rules, it would seem that but two motions are in order, viz, for a call of the House or to adjourn.-Journals, 1, 29, p. 356; 2, 29, p. 343; 2, 32, p. 388. [See latest decision (Speaker Keifer)Journal, 1, 47, pp. 865, 867, 869, and 871.)

The constitutional right of the House (article 1, section 5, clause 2) to "determine the rules of its proceeding" cannot be

impaired or destroyed by the indefinite repetition of dilatory motions. Journal, 1. 47, p. 1362. (See also Congressional

Record, vol. 13, part 5, pp. 4305-4325.)

DISORDER.

"Each house may punish its members for disorderly behavior."-Const., 1, 5, 5.

"The Speaker (or chairman of the Committee of the Whole House) shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries or lobby, shall have power to order the same to be cleared."-RULE I, clause 2, and RULE XXIII, clause 1.

"Pending the election of a Speaker, the Clerk shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide all questions of order that may arise, subject to appeal by any member."- RULE III, clause 1.

The Sergeant-at-Arms shall aid in the enforcement of order, under the direction of the Speaker, and pending the election of a Speaker, or Speaker pro tempore, under the direction of the Clerk.-RULE IV, clause 1.

In case of a member called to order.-RULE XIV, clause 4. Member may be censured.—Ibid.

(See decision under last clause of above rule.-Journal, 2, 37, p. 610.)

Specific violations of order.-RULE XIV, clause 7.

"No person in speaking is to mention a member then present by his name."-Manual, p. 130.

"Disorderly words spoken in a committee must be written down as in the House, but the committee can only report them to the house for animadversion."-Manual, p. 131.

"A committee cannot punish a breach of order in the House. It can only rise and report it to the House, who may proceed to punish."-Manual, p. 131; Journal, 1, 28, p. 846.

In case of great heat and confusion arising in committee, the Speaker may take the chair and bring the House to order.— Manual, p. 123; Journal, 1, 26, p. 814; 3, 46, p. 114. See latest instance, where the Speaker took the chair in case of menacing and insulting language and conduct of Mr. Sparks, of Illinois.Cong. Record of December 21, 1880, vol. 46, p. 311.

"If repeated calls do not produce order, the Speaker may call by his name any member obstinately persisting in irregu larity."-Manual, p. 130.

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, COMMITTEE ON THE.

When appointed, and what number.-RULE X.

Duties of.-RULE XI, clause 33.

"The second and fourth Mondays of each month, after the call of States and Territories, until the adjournment of that day, shall, when claimed by the Committee on the District of Columbia, be set apart for the consideration of such business as may be presented by said committee."-RULE XXVI, clause 2.

This committee was created on the 27th of January, 1808 (1st sess. 10th Congress), and on the 8th of May, 1874 (1st sess. 43d Congress), a day was assigned each month for the consideration of such business as it might present. In the "revision" of the Rules in the 46th Congress that privilege was revoked.

DIVISION OF THE HOUSE.

(See VOTING.)

DIVISION OF QUESTIONS.

On the demand of any member, before the question is put, a question shall be divided if it include propositions so distinct in substance that one being taken away a substantive proposition shall remain.-RULE XVI, clause 6.

But it has been decided on appeals that on motions to commit with instructions, or on the different branches of instructions-Journals, 1, 17, p. 507; 1, 31, pp. 1395-97; 1,32, p. 611— on a Senate amendment-Journal, 2, 32, p. 401-on an amendment reported as a single amendment from a Committee of the Whole-Journals, 1, 28, p. 1061; 1, 29, pp. 366, 642; 1, 30, p. 1059; 2, 37, p. 170, etc.-on a series of resolutions proposed to be inserted in lieu of other matter-Cong. Globe, 1, 31, p. 1310a division of the question can not be had.

DOCUMENTS.

(See PUBLIC DOCUMENTS.)

DOORKEEPER.

(See RULES II and V.)

The Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives shall make out and return to Congress on the first day of each regular session, and at the expiration of his term of service, a full and complete account of all property belonging to the United States in his possession at the time of returning such account.-R. S., sec. 72.

The Doorkeeper shall perform the usual services pertaining to his office during the session of Congress, and shall, in the recess, under the direction of the Clerk, take care of the apartments occupied by the House, and provide fuel and other accommodations for their subsequent session.-R. S, sec. 73.

The Doorkeeper (with the aid of his appointees, viz, the superintendents of the "folding room" and "document room," messengers, pages, folders, and laborers) discharges various. duties which are not enumerated in the rules, viz, he announces at the door of the House all messages from the President, etc.; keeps the doors of the House; folds and distributes extra documents; furnishes members with printed copies of bills, reports, and other documents; conveys messages from members; keeps the hall, galleries, and committee rooms in order, etc., etc.]

By a resolution of the House of June 4, 1872 (Journal, 2, 42, p. 1056), it is provided that the Speaker order the Doorkeeper of the House to prevent strictly the occupation of any of the offices and rooms assigned by the Speaker and by orders of the House to the use of the several officers and committees of the House, by any person whatsoever, during any recess of the House, without the written consent of the officer having such office in charge, or of the chairman or chairmen of the committee or committees to whom such room has been assigned.

In case of vacancies in the offices of both the Clerk and Sergeant-at-Arms, or of the absence or inability of both to act, the duties of the Clerk, relative to the preparation of the roll of the House, shall be performed by the Doorkeeper of the next preceding House.-R. S., sec. 33.

By the act of Augus: 7, 1882 (Sess. Laws, 1, 47, p. 337), it is made the duty of the Doorkeeper to cause to be sold all waste