    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 104th Congress]
    [104th Congress]
    [House Document 103-342]
    [Jeffersons Manual of ParliamentaryPractice]
    [Page 142]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

                                SEC. X.--ADDRESS.

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    Sec. 316. Addresses to the President.

      A  joint address of
    both Houses of Parliament is read by the Speaker of the House of Lords.
    It may be attended by both Houses in a body, or by a Committee from each
    House, or by the two Speakers only. An address of the House of Commons
    only may be presented by the Whole House, or by the Speaker, 9 Grey,
    473; 1 Chandler, 298, 301; or by such particular members as are of the
    privy council. 2 Hats., 278.

      In the first years of Congress the President annually delivered an
    address to the two Houses in joint session, and the House of
    Representatives then prepared an address, which the Speaker, attended by
    the House, carried to the President. A joint rule of 1789 also provided
    for the presentation of joint addresses of the two Houses to the
    President (V, 6630). In 1876 the joint rules of the House were
    abrogated, including the joint rule providing for presentation of the
    joint addresses of the two Houses to the President (V, 6782-6787). In
    1801 President Jefferson transmitted a message ``in writing'' and
    discontinued the practice of making addresses in person. From 1801 to
    1913 all messages were sent in writing (V, 6629), but President Wilson
    resumed the custom of making addresses in person on April 8, 1913, and,
    with the exception of President Hoover (VIII, 3333), the custom has been
    followed generally by subsequent Presidents.