r for such sitting shall arrive the Presiding Officer of the
Senate shall so announce; and thereupon the presiding officer upon such
trial shall cause proclamation to be made, and the business of the trial
shall proceed. The adjournment of the Senate sitting in said trial shall
not operate as an adjournment of the Senate, but on such adjournment the
Senate shall resume the consideration of its legislative and executive
business.
XIII. The Secretary of the Senate shall record the proceedings in cases
of impeachment as in the case of legislative proceedings, and the same
shall be reported in the same manner as the legislative proceedings of
the Senate.
XIV. Counsel for the parties shall be admitted to appear and be heard
upon an impeachment.
XV. All motions made by the parties or their counsel shall be addressed
to the presiding officer, and if he or any Senator shall require it they
shall be committed to writing and read at the Secretary's table.
XVI. Witnesses shall be examined by one person on behalf of the party
producing them and then cross-examined by one person on the other side.
XVII. If a Senator is called as a witness, he shall be sworn and give
his testimony standing in his place.
XVIII. If a Senator wishes a question to be put to a witness, or to
offer a motion or order (except a motion to adjourn), it shall be
reduced to writing and put by the presiding officer.
XIX. At all times while the Senate is sitting upon the trial of an
impeachment the doors of the Senate shall be kept open, unless the
Senate shall direct the doors to be closed while deliberating upon
its decisions.
XX. All preliminary or interlocutory questions and all motions shall be
argued for not exceeding one hour on each side, unless the Senate shall
by order extend the time.
XXI. The case on each side shall be opened by one person. The final
argument on the merits may be made by two persons on each side (unless
otherwise ordered by the Senate, upon application for that purpose),
and the argument shall be opened and closed on the part of the House
of Representatives.
XXII. On the final question whether the impeachment is sustained the
yeas and nays shall be taken on each article of impeachment separately,
and if the impeachment shall not, upon any of the articles presented, be
sustained by the votes of two-thirds of the members present a judgment
of acquittal shall be entered; but if the person accused in such
articles of
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