[6.4] "CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT "To the President of the Senate of the United States: "This is to certify that, pursuant to the power vested in me by the Constitution of the United States and the laws of the State of I, A E of B, the governor of said State, do hereby appoint CD- a Senator from said State to represent said State in the Senate of the United States until the vacancy therein, caused by the -F, is filled by election as provided by law. "Witness: His excellency our governor, and our seal hereto affixed at in the year of our Lord 19—. "By the governor: this day of "I J "GH "Governor. [7] [71] "Secretary of State." Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate shall send copies of these suggested forms and these resolutions to the executive and secretary of each State wherein an election is about to take place or an appointment is to be made in season that they may use such forms if they see fit. (S. Jour. 17, 73–2, Jan. 4, 1934; S. Jour. 547, 87–1, July 17, 1961.) RULE VII MORNING BUSINESS 1. After the Journal is read, the Presiding Officer shall lay before the Senate messages from the President, reports and communications from the heads of Departments, and other communications addressed to the Senate, and such bills, joint resolutions, and other messages from the House of Representatives as may remain upon his table from any previous day's session undisposed of. The Presiding Officer shall then call for, in the following order: The presentation of petitions and memorials. All of which shall be received and disposed of in such order, unless unanimous consent shall be otherwise given. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. On Jan. 16, 1908, the Senate agreed to the following: Resolved, That no communications from heads of departments, commissioners, chiefs of bureaus, or other executive officers, except when authorized or required by law, or when made in response to a resolution of the Senate, will be received by the Senate unless such communications shall be transmitted to the Senate by the President. 122, 60-1, Jan. 16, 1908.) On Dec. 17, 1885, the Senate agreed to the following: (S. Jour. Ordered, That until otherwise ordered, the Chair shall proceed with the call for resolutions to be newly offered before laying before the Senate resolutions which came over from a former day. (S. Jour. 102, 49-1, Dec. 17, 1885.) 2.12 Senators having petitions, memorials, pension bills, or [7.2] bills for the payment of private claims to present after the morning hour may deliver them to the Secretary of the Senate, endorsing upon them their names and the reference or disposition to be made thereof, and said petitions, memorials, and bills shall, with the approval of the Presiding Officer, be entered on the Journal with the names of the Senators presenting them as having been read twice and referred to the appropriate committees, and the Secretary of the Senate shall furnish a transcript of such entries to the official reporter of debates for publication in the Record. 3 It shall not be in order to interrupt a Senator having the floor for the purpose of introducing any memorial, petition, report of a committee, resolution, or bill. It shall be the duty of the Chair to enforce this rule without any point of order hereunder being made by a Senator. As amended, 8. Jour. 548, 59-1, May 31, 1906. *See also Sec. 131 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, pp. 87-88, infra. 1As amended, S. Jour. 548, 59-1, May 31, 1906. [7.3] 3. Until the morning business shall have been concluded, and so announced from the Chair, or until the hour of 1 o'clock has arrived, no motion to proceed to the consideration of any bill, resolution, report of a committee, or other subject upon the Calendar shall be entertained by the Presiding Officer, unless by unanimous consent; and if such consent be given, the motion shall not be subject to amendment, and shall be decided without debate upon the merits of the subject proposed to be taken up:1 Provided, however, That on Mondays the Calendar shall be called under Rule VIII, and during the morning hour no motion shall be entertained to proceed to the consideration of any bill, resolution, report of a committee, or other subject upon the Calendar except the motion to continue the consideration of a bill, resolution, report of a committee, or other subject against objection as provided in Rule VIII. [7.4] [7.5] [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 4. Every petition or memorial shall be referred, without putting the question, unless objection to such reference is made; in which case all motions for the reception or reference of such petition, memorial, or other paper shall be put in the order in which the same shall be made, and shall not be open to amendment, except to add instructions. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIX. 5.2 Every petition or memorial shall be signed by the petitioner or memorialist and have indorsed thereon a brief statement of its contents, and shall be presented and referred without debate. But no petition or memorial or other 1 As amended, 8. Jour. 290, 65-2, July 2, 1918. 'As amended, 8. Jour. 427, 428, 50-1, Mar. 6, 1888. paper signed by citizens or subjects of a foreign power shall be received, unless the same be transmitted to the Senate by the President. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIX. 6.1 Only a brief statement of the contents, as provided [7.6] for in Rule VII, paragraph five, of such communications as are presented under the order of business "Presentation of petitions and memorials" shall be printed in the Congressional Record; and no other portion of such communications shall be inserted in the Record unless specifically so ordered by vote of the Senate, as provided for in Rule XXIX, paragraph one; except that communications from the legislatures or conventions, lawfully called, of the respective States, Territories, and insular possessions shall be printed in full in the Record whenever presented, and the original copies of such communications shall be retained in the files of the Secretary of the Senate. On Feb. 7, 1887, the Senate agreed to the following: Ordered, That when petitions and memorials are ordered printed in the Congressional Record the order shall be deemed to apply to the body of the petition only, and the names attached to said petition or memorial shall not be printed unless specially ordered by the Senate. (S. Jour. 280, 49-2, Feb. 7, 1887.) 7.2 The Presiding Officer may at any time lay, and it [7.7) shall be in order at any time for a Senator to move to lay, before the Senate, any bill or other matter sent to the Senate by the President or the House of Representatives, and any question pending at that time shall be suspended for this purpose. Any motion so made shall be determined without debate. 1 As amended, S. Jour. 298, 65–1, Oct. 5, 1917. As amended, S. Jour. 431, 48-1, Mar. 17, 1884. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 58-324 0-71—2 RULES OF [8.1] [8.2] [8.3] ORDER OF BUSINESS 1. At the conclusion of the morning business for each day, unless upon motion the Senate shall at any time otherwise order, the Senate will proceed to the consideration of the Calendar of Bills and Resolutions, and continue such consideration until 2 o'clock; and bills and resolutions that are not objected to shall be taken up in their order, and each Senator shall be entitled to speak once and for five minutes only upon any question; and the objection may be interposed at any stage of the proceedings, but upon motion the Senate may continue such consideration; and this order shall commence immediately after the call for "concurrent and other resolutions," and shall take precedence of the unfinished business and other special orders. But if the Senate shall proceed with the consideration of any matter notwithstanding an objection, the foregoing provisions touching debate shall not apply. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 2.1 All motions made before 2 o'clock to proceed to the consideration of any matter shall be determined without debate. [Jefferson's Manual, Sec. XIV. 3.2 At the conclusion of the morning hour or after the unfinished business or pending business has first been laid before the Senate on any calendar day, and until after the duration of three hours, except as determined to the contrary by unanimous consent or on motion without debate, 1 As amended, S. Jour. 442, 48-1, Mar. 19, 1884. As amended, S. Jour. 38, 88-2, Jan. 23, 1964. (The paragraph numbers in rule VIII have been inserted editorially for convenience in citation.) |