You, -------- --------, do swear (or affirm, as the case maybe) that
the evidence you shall give in the case now depending between the
United States and -------- -------- shall be the truth, the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth. So help you God.
which oath shall be administered by the Secretary or any other duly
authorized person.
Form of subpoena to be issued on the application of the managers of
the impeachment, or of the party impeached, or of his counsel:
_To_ -------- --------; _greeting_:
You and each of you are hereby commanded to appear before the Senate of
the United States on the ---- day of ----, at the Senate Chamber, in
the city of Washington, then and there to testify your knowledge in the
cause which is before the Senate in which the House of Representatives
have impeached -------- --------.
Fail not.
Witness -------- --------, and Presiding Officer of the Senate, at
the city of Washington, this ---- day of ----, A.D. ----, and of the
Independence of the United States the ------.
Form of direction for the service of said subpoena:
_The Senate of the United States to_ -------- --------, _greeting_:
You are hereby commanded to serve and return the within subpoena
according to law.
Dated at Washington, this ---- day of ----, A.D. ----, and of the
Independence of the United States the ------.
_Secretary of the Senate_.
Form of oath to be administered to the members of the Senate sitting in
the trial of impeachments:
I solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that in all things
appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of -------- --------, now
pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and
laws. So help me God.
Form of summons to be issued and served upon the person impeached.
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, _ss_:
_The Senate of the United States to_ -------- --------, _greeting_:
Whereas the House of Representatives of the United States of America did
on the ---- day of ---- exhibit to the Senate articles of impeachment
against you, the said -------- --------, in the words following:
[Here insert the articles.]
And demand that you, the said -------- --------, should be put to
answer the accusations as set forth in said articles, and that such
proceedings, examinations, trials, and judgments might be thereupon
had as are agreeable to law and justice:
You, the said -------- --------, are therefore hereby summoned to be
and appear before the Senate of the United States of America, at their
chamber, in the city of Washington, on the ---- day of ----, at 12
o'clock and 30 minutes afternoon, then and there to answer to the said
articles of impeachment, and then and there to abide by, obey, and
perform such orders, directions, and judgments as the Senate of the
United States shall make in the premises, according to the Constitution
and laws of the United States.
Hereof you are not to fail.
Witness -------- --------, and Presiding Officer of the said Senate, at
the city of Washington, this ---- day of ----, A.D. ----, and of the
Independence of the United States the ------.
Form of precept to be indorsed on said writ of summons:
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, _ss_:
_The Senate of the United States to_ -------- --------, _greeting_:
You are hereby commanded to deliver to and leave with -------- --------,
if conveniently to be found, or, if not, to leave at his usual place of
abode or at his usual place of business, in some conspicuous place, a
true and attested copy of the within writ of summons, together with a
like copy of this precept; and in whichsoever way you perform the
service, let it be done at least ---- days before the appearance day
mentioned in said writ of summons.
Fail not, and make return of this writ of summons and precept, with your
proceedings thereon indorsed, on or before the appearance day mentioned
in the said writ of summons.
Witness -------- --------, and Presiding Officer of the Senate, at
the city of Washington, this ---- day of ----, A.D. ----, and of the
Independence of the United States the ------.
All process shall be served by the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate unless
otherwise ordered by the court.
XXV. If the Senate shall at any time fail to sit for the consideration
of articles of impeachment on the day or hour fixed therefor, the Senate
may by an order, to be adopted without debate, fix a day and hour for
resuming such consideration.
On March 31 Rule VII was amended to read as follows:
VII. The Presiding Officer of the Senate shall direct all necessary
preparations in the Senate Chamber, and the presiding officer on the
trial shall direct all the forms of proceeding while the Senate are
sitting for the purpose of trying an impeachment, and all forms during
the trial not otherwise specially provided for, and the presiding
officer on the trial may rule all questions of evidence and incidental
questions, which ruling shall stand as the judgment of the Senate,
unless some member of the Senate shall ask that a formal vote be taken
thereon, in which case it shall be submitted to the Senate for decision;
or he may, at his option, in the first instance submit any such question
to a vote of the members of the Senate.
On April 3 Rule VII was further amended by inserting at the end thereof
the following:
Upon all such questions the vote shall be without a division, unless the
yeas and nays be demanded by one-fifth of the members present, when the
same shall be taken.
On March 13 Rule XXIII was amended to read as follows:
XXIII. All the orders and decisions shall be made and had by yeas and
nays, which shall be entered on the record, and without debate, subject,
however, to the operation of Rule VII, except when the doors shall be
closed for deliberation, and in that case no member shall speak more
than once on one question, and for not more than ten minutes on an
interlocutory question, and for not more than fifteen minutes on the
final question, unless by consent of the Senate, to be had without
debate; but a motion to adjourn may be decided without the yeas and
nays, unless they be demanded by one-fifth of the members present.
On May 7 Rule XXIII was further amended by adding thereto the following:
The fifteen minutes herein allowed shall be for the whole deliberation
on the final question, and not to the final question on each article of
impeachment.