Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-03-28
Progress OF the Impeachment
Movement.
RuLfs oF PROCEDURE AND FRAeTlff
AZ THE hENAIE

tar Howard. from the Select Iomr
mittee. reported the rules al prooe-
duro and practice in the Senate
when sitting as a High Court Of lm-
peaehment. We copy the following
AS reported TO the Western press
/. Whenever tho Senate shall re'
eelvo notice from the House of Rep
resenialiyos that managers are ap-
pointed ON their part TO conduct an
Impeachment against any person.
and ars directed 10 carry the arll'
cles II impeachment 10 the Senate,
the Secretary of the Senate shall
/ Immediately inform the House OF
Representatives that the Senate Is
ready to receive the managers Tor
the purpose OF impeachment agree
ably To such notice.
III. When the managers OF an I'M
peachmcnt shall be introduced at
| the bar of the Senate, and shall sig
nifty that hoy are ready TO exhibit
articles of impeachment against any
person, the presiding officer OF the
senate shall direct the Sergeani-a'.
arms TO make the proclamation, ana
who shall, af(er making the procla'
nation, repeat tho following words,
viz: "All persons are recommended
to keep silence on pain OF imprison'
ment, while the inquest of the ma
ton is exhibiting to the Senate oi
tho United States articles OF i'm
parchment against -. Ailer
which the articles shall be exhibited
and the presiding office of the Sen
ate shall inform tho managers that
the Senate will take the proper or
der on the subject Of impeachment
of which due notice shall be gwen
to the House of Representatives.
III Upon such articles being pre-
scntcd to the Senate, the Senate
shall, at ten o'clock in the afternoon
of the day Sundays cxcepted) fol-
lowing presentation, or sooner II 80
ordered by the Senate, resolveAtself
into a High Court of impeachment
for proceeding thereon. a quorum
of the Senate shall constitute quo
rum of the Court, and it shall be in
session from day to day Sundays
cxcepted) after tic trial shall com
mence, unless otherwise ordered by
the Court, until the final judgment
shall be rendered, and so much lon
ger as in its judgment may be need
ful. Immediately upon the Senate
resolving itself into such high
court of impeachment, the Secreta-
ry of the Senate shall administer to
the prsiding officer, unless he shall
be the Chief Justice, the oath re-
quired by the constitution, and
thereupon such presiding officer
shall administer the oath to the
other members of the Senate as they
shall appear, whose duty it shall be
to take the same.
". The presiding officer Of tho
High Court of impeachment shall
be the presiding officer of the Sen,
ate, except when the President of
the United States or the Vice Pres
ident of tho United States, upon
whom the powers and duties OF the
office of President shall have devol-
we'd, shall be impeached, in which
case the Chief Justice of the Su-
preme Court of the United States
shall preside. And in case re-
quiring the 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 organi-
zation of the High Court of i'm
parchment, as aforesaid, with re
quest to attend, and he shall preside
over said court until its final ad-
journment.
V. The presiding officer of said
court shall have power to make and
issue, by himself, or by the Secreta-
ry of the Senate, all orders, man
dates, writs and precepts, authoriz-
ed by these rules, or by the court,
and to make and enforce such other
regulations or orders in the premis-
es, as the court may authorize or
provide.
VI. The court shall have power
to compel the attendance OF wit
nesses, to enforce obedience to its
orders, mandates, writs, preccpts or
judgments, to preserve order, to
punish in summary manner con-
tempts and disobedience to its au-
thority, orders, mandates, writs,
precepts or judgments, as well as to
make. all lawful orders, rules and
regulations which 1t may deem es-
sential, or conducive to the ends of
justice, and thepresiding officer may
by direction of the court, require
the aid and assistance of any officer
in the military, naval or civil SER
vice of the United States, TO enforce
execute or carry into effect the law
full orders, mandates, precepts, writs
and judgments of said court.
VII. The presiding officer of the
Senate shall direct all the. necessary
preparations in the Senate chamber
and the presiding officer of the court
shall direct all forms and proceed
ings, while the Senate is resting, for
the purpose of trying an impeaeh-
ment, and all the forms during the
trial not otherwise provided for ;
and the presiding officer may rule
all questions of evidence and Incl
dental questions, which ruling shall
stand as the judgment of the court
unless some member of the court
shall ask that a formal vote be ia.
ken thereon, in which case it shall
be submitted to the court for decis
ion /: or he may, at his option, IL
the first instance submit any such
questions to the members Of tbs
court
VIII Upon presentation OF th'