The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-29
IMPEACHMENT.
Ruies of Procedure and Prnetice an
the Senate when sitting "s High
Court of Umpenchment.

select committee, supultleu buo iOiIoW
inc rules of procedure and practice
in the Senate when sitting as Higl
Court of Impeachment:
/. whatsoever the Senate shall TO
csive notice from the House of Repre-
sentatives that the managers are ap
pointed on their part to conduct an i'm
peachment against any person, and arr
directed to carry such articles OF i'm
parchment to the Senate, the Secretar!
of the Senate shall Immediately inform
the House of Representatives that the
Senate is ready to receive the manager
for the purpose of exhibiting snch ar
ticles of impeachment, agreeable u
said notice.
2. When the managers of an impeach
ment shall be introduced at the bar o.
the Senate and shall signify that they
are ready to exhibit articles of impeach
ment against any person, the President
of the Senate shall direct the Sergeant
alarms to make proclamation; who
shall, after making the proclamation
repeat the following words: "All per-
sous are commanded to keep silence, on
pain of imprisonment, while the grand
Inquest of the nation is exhibiting to
the Senate of the United States articles
of impeachment against - after
which the articles shall be exhibited
and then the President of the Senate
shall inform the managers that the
Senate will take proper order on the
subject of the impeachment, OF which
due notice shall be given to the HOUSE
of Representatives.
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to the Senate, the Senate shall, at one
o'clock on the afternoon of the day
Sunday excepted, following such pre-
sentation, or sooner, If so ordered by the
Senate, resolve itself into High Court
of Impeachment. For proceeding there
on "a quorum of the Senate shall con
stitute q quorum of the Court, and II
shall be in session from day to day, Sun
day excepted, after the trial shall COM
mence, unless otherwise ordered by the
Court, until final judgment be render
ed, and so much longer US may
in the Judgment of the Court be
necdful. Immediately upon the SEN
ate resolving itself into such High
Court of Impeachment the Secretary OF
the Senate shall administer to the pre-
siding officer, unless he shall be Chief
Justice, the oath required by the Con-
stitution, and thereupOn the presiding
officer shall administer such oath to the
other members of the Senate as they
shall appear, whose duties it shall be
to take the same.
4. The presiding officer of the Senate
shall he the presiding officer of the
High Court of impeachment, except
when the President of the United States
or Vice President of the United States
upon whom the powers and duties OF
the Office of President shall have de-
volved shall be impeached, in which
case the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States shall pre-
side, and in case requiring said Chief
Justice to preside notice shall be given
to him by the presiding officer OF the
Senate OF the time and place fixed for
the organization of the High Court Of
Impeachment as aforesaid, and he shall
preside over the Court until its final
adjournment.
5. The presiding officer of the Court
shall have power to make and issue by
himself or the Secretary of the Senate all
| orders, mandates, wrIts, or preceptS
authorized by the rules or by the Court,
and to make and enforce such other
regulations and orders in the premises
as the Court may authorize or provide.
Is. The Court shall have power to
compel the attendance of witnesses; to
enforce obedience to its orders, man
dates, writs, precepts and judgments; to
preserve order: to punish in summary
way contempts and disObedience to its
authority, orders, mandates, wits, pre-
cents or judgments, and to make all
lawful orders, rules and regulations
which it may deem essential or cOndu-
Give to the ends of justice, and the pre-
siding officer. by direction of the Court,
shall require the aid and assistance OF
any officer or persons in the military,
naval or civil service of the United
| States to enforce, execute or carry into
effect the lawful orders, mandates, pre-
ccptS, wits and judgments of said
| Court.
:. The presiding officer of the Senate
shall direct all preparations in the
Senate chamber, aad the presiding Off
Ger of the Court shall direct all forms of
proceedings While the Senate is sit
ting for the purpose of trying an inn
peachment. and all forms during the
trial not otherwise specially provided
for, and the presiding officer of the
Court may rule all questions OF evil
dcnce and incidental questions, which
railing shall stand rs Judgment OF the
| Court, unless some member of the Court
shall ask that the formal vote be taken
| thereon, in which case it shall be sub
mittcd TO the Court for adecisiOn, or he
NAV, at his option, in the first instance,
submit any such question TO the MEM
bers of the Court.
:. Upon the presentation of articles
of impeachment and the organization
of the CourU rs herein provided, Il writ
of summons shall be issued to the ac-
cused, reciting said articles and notify
ing him 20 appear before said Court up
OH day and at place to be filled by
| said Court and named in such writ and
file his answer TO said articles of i'm
peachment, and to stand and abide by
the orders and judgments of said Court
! therein, which writ shall be served by
such officer or person as shall be
named in the precent thereof, i'll
such number OF days prior to
the day fixed FOR such APP
pearance as shall be named in such
precept, either by the delivery of an
attcstcd copy thereof to the person ac-
cused, or if that cannot conveniently
be done, by leaving such copy at the
last known place of abode of such per-
son, or Mt his usual place of business
in some CONSPICUOUS place therein, or
, fsuch service shall be in the Judgment
: of such Court impracticable, notice to
the accused to appear shall be given
in such bill in n manner by publication
or otherwise as shall be deemed just.
/ If the writ aforesaid shall fail
of service in the manner aforesaid the
proceeding shall not thereby abate, and
| further service may be made in
such manner as the constitution directs
il the accused fail to appear in person or
by attorney on the day so fixed there
for as aforesaid, or appearing, shall fail
to file his answer to such articles of In
peachment, tue trial shall proceed
nevertheless, as upon plea of EOt guil-
ty, and if plea of guilty be entered
Judgment may be entered thereiH with
ont further proceedings.
9. At 1880 o'clock in the afternoon of
the day appointed for the return of the