A manual of parliamentary practice, composed originally for the use of the Senate of the United States. By Thomas Jefferson. With references to the practice and rules of the House of representatives. The whole brought down to the practice of the present time; to which are added the rules and orders, together with the joint rules of both houses of Congress. And accompanied with copious indices.

102 MESSAGES.
the bill in his hand, and acquaints the Iouse, " that
the other House have, by their messenger, sent certain bills," and then reads their titles, and delivers
them to the clerk to be safely kept, till they shall be
called for to be read.-.Hakew. 178.
It is not the usage for one House to inform the
other by what numbers a bill has passed.-10 Grey,
150. Yet they have sometimes recommended a bill
as of great importance to the consideration of the
House to which it is sent.-3 Hats. 25. Nor when
they have rejected a bill from the other House, do
they give notice of it; but it passes sub-silentio, to
prevent unbecoming altercations.-1 Black. 133.
But in Congress the rejection is notified by message to the House
in which the bill originated.-Joint Rules.
A question is never asked by the one House of the
other, by way of message, but only at a conference;
for this is an interrogatory, not a message.- 3 Grey,
151, 181.
When a bill is sent by one House to the other, and
is neglected, they may send a message to remind them
of it.-3 Hats. 25; 5 Grey, 154. But if it be mere
inattention, it is better to have it done informally, by
communications between the Speakers, or members
of the two Houses.
Where the subject of a message is of a nature that it
can properly be communicated to both Houses of Parliament, it is expected that this communication should
be made to both on the same day. But where a message was accompanied with an original declaration,
signed by the party, to which the message referred, its
being sent to one House was not noticed by the other
because the declaration, being original, could not pos
sibly be sent to both Houses at the same time.-2
Hats. 260, 261, 262.
The King having sent original letters to the Cor