Resolved, That there be prepared, under the direction of the Committee on Rules, a new edition of the Senate Manual, in accordance with the suggestions made in their report. FEBRUARY 28, 1885. Resolved, That there be printed and bound, for the use of the Senate, under the direction of the Committee on Rules, one thousand additional copies of the revised Senate Manual. 2 PREFACE. The general arrangement of subjects in the second edition of the "Constitution, Rules, and Manual" of the United States Senate, as revised under the direction of the Committee on Rules, follows that observed in the first edition, and the earlier editions, compiled by Mr. McDonald, late chief clerk of the Senate. The plan, which received the sanction of the Committee, of condensing into the smallest compass such matters as are useful for reference in the Senate, and omitting such as have no appropriate place in a legislative manual, has been carefully followed. The Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the Ordinance of 1787, and the Constitution of the United States have been carefully revised and compared, and conform in text, letter, and punctuation to the original documents in the custody of the State Department. The foot-notes of judicial decisions upon the Constitution and amendments have been brought down to and include those reported in the 114th United States Supreme Court Report. The analytical index to the Constitution is the same published in former editions, and was prepared by Mr. McDonald. It is very complete, and is adopted in the United States Revised Statutes and the later editions of the Manual of the House of Representatives. The Standing Rules of the Senate, Rules for Impeachments, and Rules for the Regulation of the Senate Wing of the Capitol are those now in force, and include all amendments made since their adoption. Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice has been revised to conform to the present code of Senate Rules, with the references to rules and practices now in vogue in the Senate indicated by italics. In former editions such references have been printed in uniform type inclosed in brackets, making it difficult to distinguish between the earlier practice, for which Jefferson's Manual was authority, and the present, regulated by rules now in force. Such standing orders of the Senate as are not embodied in the rules, and such parts of acts as relate to the business of the Senate, have been retained and codified. The "Tenure of Office Act," the "Civil Service Act," the historical and statistical matter relating to the States and Territories are republished as useful matters for reference. The "Table of Senators of the United States" has been arranged to show the succession in each State to the close of the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress. CHARLES B. READE, Clerk to Committee on Rules, U. S. Senate. WASHINGTON, D. C., February 1, 1886. Rules of procedure and practice in the trial of impeachments___. Rules for the regulation of the Senate wing of the United States Capitol __ Jefferson's Manual of Parliamentary Practice. Table showing apportionment of Representatives from 1787 to 1880__-_- Standing Orders and parts of such Acts as affect the business of the Senate. Table of the thirteen original States, showing area, population, &c ... Table showing admission of new States, their population, area, and forma- 5 |