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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to a select or standing committee, or to a Committee
of the Whole House: if to a Committee of the Whole
House, the House shall determine on what day; if no
motion be made to commit, the question shall be stated
on its engrossment; and if it be not ordered to be engrossed on the day of its being reported, it shall be
placed in the general file on the Speaker's table, to
be taken up in its order. But, if the bill be ordered
to be engrossed, the House shall appoint the day when
it shall be read the third time.
112. Not more than three bills, originating in the
House, shall be committed to the same Committee of
the Whole; and such bills shall be analogous in their
nature, which analogy shall be determined by the
Speaker.
113. After commitment and report thereof to the
House, or at any time before its passage, a bill may
be recommitted.
114. All bills ordered to be engrossed shall be executed in a fair round hand.
115. No amendment by way of rider shall be received to any bill on its third reading.
116. When a bill shall pass, it shall be certified by
the clerk, noting the day of its passage at the foot
thereof.
OF COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE.
117. It shall be a standing order of the day, throughout the session, for the House to resolve itself into a
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the
Union.
218. In forming a Committee of the Whole House,
the Speaker shall leave his chair, and a chairman, to
preside in committee, shall be appointed by the
Speaker.
119. Upon bills committed to a Committee of the
Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout