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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And it shall be, moreover, the duty of the said committees t(c report, from time to time, whether any, and
what retrenchment can be made in the expenditures
of the several departments, without detriment to the
public service; whether any, and what abuses at any
time exist in the failure to enforce the payment of
moneys which may be due to the United States from
public defaulters or others: and to report, from time
to time, such provisions and arrangements as may be
necessary to add to the economy of the several departments, and the accountability of its officers.
101. The several standing committees of the House
shall have leave to report by bill or otherwise.
102. No committee shall sit during the sitting of
the House, without special leave.
103. It shall be the duty of the clerk to make, and
cause to be printed, and delivered to each member, at
the commencement of every session of Congress, a
list of the reports which it is the duty of any officer
or department of the Government to make to Congress; referring to the act or resolution, and page of
the volume of the laws or journal in which it may be
contained; and placing under the name of each officer
the list of reports required of him to be made, and the
time when the report may be expected.
104. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the House,
at the end of each session, to send a printed copy of
the journals thereof to the Executive, and to each
branch of the Legislature of every State.
105. All questions of order shall be noted by the
clerk, with the decision, and put together at the end
of the journal of every session.
106. Whenever confidential communications are
received from the President of the United States, the
House shall be cleared of all persons, except the
mem)-rs, clerk, sergeant-at-arms, and doorkt Jper, and
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