house at each future session of congress.-(Order of Feb. 9th, 1831.) 124. It shall be the duty of the clerk to make a weekly statement of the resolutions and bills (senate bills inclusive) upon the speaker's table, accompanied with a brief reference to the orders and proceedings of the house upon each, and the date of such orders and proceedings; which statement shall be printed for the use of the members. -(Order of April 21st, 1836.) 125. The unappropriated rooms in that part of the capitol assigned to the house, shall be subject to the order and disposal of the speaker, until the further order of the house. (May 26, 1824.) 126. The clerk shall cause an index to be prepared to the acts passed at every session of congress, and to be printed and bound with the acts. (July 14, 1832.) EXTRACT FROM THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESEN TATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES. The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual shall govern the house in all cases to which they are applicable; and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the house, and the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.— (Adopted Sept. 15th, 1837.) |