Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-01-01
RULES REVISED.

The House of Representatives Adopts the
Code of Rules Proposed by MIR. @orrl-
SOMA Glance at the Important
Changes.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The Morrison
code of rules was adopted by the House
Yesterday practically in the form In which
it was reported by the Committee on Rules.
1t is believed that this change will enable
the House to dispose more speedily of its
business and to pass many bills which
under the former rules were left unconsid-
cred.
I1he rules of the Forty-eighth Congress,
which are in the main adopted, were forly-six
in number. OF these seven have been changed.
The first rule is changed so as to give the
Speaker control Of the ,passagesa and corridors
leading to the hall of the House.
The next change is in Rule 10. This in
creases the membership of several commit.
tees. So nan committees MS were composed
former Congresses. The membership OF some
of the others heretofore composed Of q less
number are increased to thirteen members.
This will entail no additional expense or III;
number OF members to participate In the re-
sponsibilitles and work of important legisla-
The next rule changed was No. II OF the old
code. This was so changed as to make some
division among other committees of the lahors
which formerly devolved on the Committee on
legislative, executive md judicial expenses,
embracing nearly the whole personnel of the
Government, for sundry civil expenses, for
expenses of the District of Columbia, for
fortifications. for pensions, and for ali dc.
ficiencies-aggregating in amount nearly
$780, . 1000, or more than half of the total
annual appropriation-are left with the Com
mittee on Appropriations.
Five additional committees have been CIV
en- charge OF afR,opriattion hil'snyiz:: the
Post-Ofice and Post-R
Another amendment is in Rule q. it is SO
amended that committees having Jurisdiction
of appropriation bills, or charged with pre-
themselves to the work of appropriation, and
make appropriations as required by existing
law, leaving the work OF rctrenchment and
respective committee severally In charge of
the different and appropriate committees.
There is an amendment in. Rule "a, provid-
ing that when the House, being in Counties
of bills not III their order the Committee Of
the Whole may pass over any bill which 1t
does not desire to consider, unless objection
is made, without the necessity OF rising; that
the House may order such bill passed over, as
the old rule requires.
There is also an amendment to Rule 81, un-
some one OF the Claims Committee baving ap.
propriate iurisdictioD-tbe Committee on In
valid Pensions, the Committee on Claims, the
Committee on War Claims, the Committee on
Private Land Claims and the Committee on
Accounts.
There is inserted in the twenty-rourth rule
a clause providing that after the usual morn
ing hour there shall be one hour in which tho
Speaker shall call the committees III order,
during which hour each committee, as it is
called. may Call up for consideration any bill
reported by it II previous day, and il aftertwo
hours consideration the bill is not disposed of
it will take its place in the order OF unfinished
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