    [Constitution, Jefferson's Manual, and the Rules of the House of Representatives, 106th Congress]
    [106th Congress]
    [House Document 105-358]
    [Jeffersons Manual of ParliamentaryPractice]
    [Pages 144-145]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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                                 sec. x--address

    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.

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    tation 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.

      In the first years of Congress the President annually delivered an
    address to the two Houses in joint session, and the House 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 presen