Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1895-03-26


certain rules For some years in
the house Of Representatives the
calendar has been the graveyard
Of many measures, for only those
that are placed on the calendar
within the first few weeks or at
the beginning Of a congress, are
ever reached aud disposed Of. In
the senate the reverse is true. II
has been the custom for years TO
dispose &c an measures on the CAL
endar before the close Of a con
gress.
The calendar Of the house is di-
vided into six parts. First, "the
committee Of the whole house on
the state Of the union" On this
calendar are placed all bills rails
ing revenue, or bills appropriating
money or property. Allsuch bills
must be considered in the commit
tee Of the whole before they can
be considered by the house. The
secord part is the 'house calendar"
on which are placed all bills of a
public character not raising reve-
nue. or appropriations money or
property. Such bills need not be
considered in committee Of the
whole house. The third part is
the private calendar" to which
are referred all private bills. Meas
ures on this calendar need not be
considered in committee Of the
whole house. The other parts OF
the calendar are unfinished bust
ness" and privileged reports
which need not be considered al
this time.
1t may be we'll to explain here
in part what is meant by 'consid-
erlng a bill in the committee Of
the whole house" As all business
of the house of representatives is
considered by separate committee
constituted under the rlles, il is
also provided that the house re-
solve itself into one committee
called OF known as the committe,
of the whole house. One humid
red members constitute a quorum
in this committee, and when tn,
house resolves to go into commit
tee of the whole the speaker va
Gates the chair by calling an,
member he may choose to pre-
side over the deliberations Of tn,
committee. When the COMMITTEES
concludes its labors or the hou
for adjournment arrives, the com
mittee, on motion of some mem
Der, rises, when the speaker agaii
takes the chair and the membe
who presided in the committe
reports to him what action tn
committee of the whole has ticker
The committee of the whole i
t governed by specific rules such a
} enable it to deliberate with dis
patch. AS for example, the aye
and nays cannot be demanded @
taken in a committed of the whole
In the senate the calendars diffe
: from those Of the house, but til
t order of proceeding is very nearl
; the same, with the exception {
considering measures in commi
/ tee of the whole. When a meas
q ure is before the senate, it is con
1 sidered "as in committee of til
whole" and having been SO con
{ sidered it is reported to the SCI
: ate as having been considered j
Y committee Of the whole, and
a then considered by the senat,
E No formal action, such as is take
D in the house, is taken IN the SCI
e ate to reach consideration in IL
: committee of the whole. 1t is
mere pro forma matter.
When bills have been conside.
9 ed and perfected by amendment {
otherwise in either branch of col
gress under the rules of the hous
7 they are ordered to be engrosse'
!, i. e., the bill must be written OF
or engrossed in full as it is the
g perfected. This rule prevaile
T until about two years ago, whe
the engrossment of a bill was su
ceeded by an order for its prin.
ing. Now. instead of writing Il
b bill, it is put in type aud printe
while the same %phraseology a
b plies to the printed bill that 70
T. merly applied to the written cop
It An engrossed bill may be orders
under the rules Of the house to
final passage, in which conditio
when passed by the house, it
certified by the clerk and is tran