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shall think proper to send him— and papers sent from the House shall be delivered to the secretary at the bar of the Senate, and by him conveyed to the president. The committee's report was never adopted. The early practice was continued. When the clerk of the House appears inside the door of the Senate chamber with a message, the fact is announced by the doorkeeper thus: Message from the House of Representatives, when business is temporarily suspended, and the president recognizing Mr. Clerk, that officer, bowing and addressing the chair, says: I am directed to inform the Senate that the House has passed——, a certain bill or resolution, or whatever may be the nature of the information to be communicated. Having thus spoken, he delivers the paper, or papers, to the doorkeeper and politely retires. The document is then delivered to the secretary or his chief clerk, and business is resumed. The same simple proceeding is had when the President's private secretary appears with<