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.

148 RULES OF THE
time; together with all such process, issued by autho.
rity thereof, as shall be directed to him by the Speaker.
64. The fees of the sergeant-at-arms shall be, for
every arrest, the sum of two dollars; for each day's
custody and releasement, one dollar; and for travelling
expenses for himself or a special messenger, going and
returning, one-tenth of a dollar per mile.
65. It shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to
keep the accounts for pay and mileage of members, to
prepare checks, and, if required to do so, to draw the
money on such checks for the members, (the same
being previously signed by the Speaker, and endorsed
by the member,) and pay over the same to the member entitled thereto. (April 4, 1838.)
66. The sergeant-at-arms shall give bond, with
surety, to the United States, in a sum not less than
five, nor more than ten thousand dollars, at the discretion of the Speaker, and with such surety as the
Speaker may approve, faithfully to account for the
money coming into his hands for the pay of members.
(April 4, 1838.)
67. The sergeant-at-arms shall be sworn to keep
the secrets of the House.
68. A doorkeeper and an assistant doorkeeper shall
be appointed for the service of the House. (April 2,
1789.)
69. The doorkeeper and assistant doorkeeper shall
be sworn to keep the secrets of the House.
70. The postmaster to superintend the Post-Office,
kept in the Capitol for the accommodation of the members, shall hereafter be appointed by the House.*
(April 4, 1838.)
* Immediately after the organization of the government under the
present constitution, a room was set apart in the Capitol for the recep.
tion and distribution of letters and packets to and from members of the
House, without an order for that purpose, and was called the Post
Office It was superintended bv the doorkeeper and his assistants. On