Congressional Serial Set (Volume 4842)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1904 Excerpt: ... AMENDMENT--Conti n ued. (p) Amendments must be germane--Continued. Decisions discussing at length the iiuality of germaneness in amendments. (1071, 1073) 1-51, Journal, pp. 980, 981, Record, pp. 90979101; 2-55, Record, pp. 627,638,842. An amendment simply striking out words already in a bill may not be held not germane. 2-58, Record, pp. 4059, 4060. The germaneness of an amendment should be judged from the provisions of its text rather than from the purposes which circumstances may suggest. 2-56, Record, pp. 1052-1054; 1-57, Record, pp. 889,895; 2-58, Record, p. 2759. The question as to the germaneness of propositions which are related to the same general subject. (1067) 2-41, Journal, p. 907, Globe, pp. 4072, 4073; 1-51, Record, pp. 3996, 3997; 1-57, Record, pp. 44054416. While the decisions have not been uniform, those most recently made have held that an amendment must be germane to the particular paragraph under consideration rather than to the general provisions of the bill. (1061-1066) 2-45, Journal, p. 1230, Record, pp. 4161,4162; 1-55, Record, pp. 353,474,529; 2-55, Record, pp. 3483,4449; 2-56, Record, pp. 82, 83; 1-57, Record, p. 2580; 2-58, Record, pp. 2447, 3710, 3711. An amendment germane to a bill as a whole, but hardly germane to any one section, may be offered at an appropriate place, with notice of motion to strike out following sections which it would supersede. 2-56, Record, pp. 1532,1533. It is not in order to move to recommit a bill with instructions to the committee to report an amendment which is not germane. (10231031) 1-48, Journal, pp. 703, 1247, Record, pp. 4256,4257; 2-35, Journal, p. 389, Globe, pp. 1007,1009; 2-53, Journal, pp. 446, 453, Record, pp. 6739, 6908; 2-51, Journal, p. 165, Record, p. 1638; 1-55, Record, pp. 939,1187; ...