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.

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A Committee on Manufactures.
A Committee on Agriculture.
A Committee on Military Affairs.
A Committee on the Militia.
A Committee on Naval Affairs.
A Committee on Public Lands.
A Committee on Private Land Claims.
A Committee on Indian Affairs.
A Committee of Claims.
A Committee on Revolutionary Claims.
A Committee on the Judicia:y.
A Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.
A Committee on Roads and Canals.
A Committee on Pensions.
A Committee on the District of Columbia.
A Committee on Patents and the Patent Office.
A Committee of three members, whose duty it
shall be to audit and control the contingent expenses
of the Senate.
And a Committee, consisting of three members,
whose duty it shall be to examine all bills, amendments, resolutions, or motions, before they go out of
possession of the Senate, and shall deliver the same
to the Secretary of the Senate, who shall enter upon
the journal that the same have been correctly engrossed.
34. In the appointment of the standing committees
the Senate will proceed by ballot, severally to appoint
the chairman of each committee, and then, by one
ballot, the other members necessary to complete the
same; and a majority of the whole number of votes
given shall be necessary to the choice of a chairman
of a standing committee. All other committees shall
be appointed by ballot, and a plurality of votes shall
make a choice. When any subject or matter shall
have been referred to a committee, any other subject