THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, THE PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON RULES UNITED STATES WASHINGTON SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 313. SUBMITTED BY MR. CURTIS. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, January 5, 1927. Resolved, That the Committee on Rules be instructed to prepare a new edition of the Senate Manual, and that there be printed two thousand five hundred copies of the same for the use of the committee, of which three hundred copies shall be bound in full morocco and tagged as to contents. Attest: EDWIN P. THAYER, 2 Secretary. CONTENTS. Page. STANDING ORDERS NOT EMBRACED IN THE RULES, AND RESOLUTIONS AND SUCH PARTS OF LAWS AS AFFECT THE BUSINESS OF THE SENATE.. 111 STATES ADMITTED INTO THE UNION SINCE THE ADOPTION OF THE CON- STITUTION, THEIR POPULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION................. THE TERRITORIES: DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT IN EACH, THE POPULATION, AREA, AND FORMATION. 655 STANDING RULES FOR CONDUCTING BUSINESS IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES. [Rules adopted Jan. 11, effective Jan. 21, 1884. Citations to all amendinents are indicated by footnotes.] RULE I. APPOINTMENT OF A SENATOR TO THE CHAIR.1 1. In the absence of the Vice-President, the Senate shall choose a President pro tempore. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX. 2. In the absence of the Vice-President, and pending the election of a President pro tempore, the Secretary of the Senate, or in his absence the Chief Clerk, shall perform the duties of the Chair. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX. 3. The President pro tempore shall have the right to name in open Senate, or, if absent, in writing, a Senator to perform the duties of the Chair; but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except by unanimous consent. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. IX. 1 On motion by Mr. Evarts, the Senate resumed the consideration of the resolution relative to the tenure of office of the President pro tempore; and having been amended on the motion of Mr. Turpie to read as follows: Resolved, That it is competent for the Senate to elect a President pro tempore, who shall hold the office during the pleasure of the Senate and until another is elected, and shall execute the duties thereof during all future absences of the Vice-President until the Senate otherwise order. After debate, the resolution as amended was agreed to. [S. Jour., 165, 51-1, Mar. 12, 1890. |