    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
    [104th Congress]
    [House Document 103-342]
    [Rules of the House of Representatives]
    [Pages 744-745]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                   Rule XXXI.

                               HALL OF THE HOUSE.

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    ceremonies to be observed therein; and the Speaker shall not entertain
    a motion for the suspension of this rule.

    Sec. 918. Use of the Hall of the House.

      The Hall  of the
    House shall be used only for the legislative business of the House and
    for the caucus meetings of its Members, except upon occasions where the
    House by resolution agrees to take part in any

      Rules relating to the use of the Hall were adopted as early as 1804.
    The present form of the rule dates from 1880 (V, 7270). It was
    renumbered January 3, 1953, p. 24.