impeachment shall be convicted upon any of said articles by
the votes of two-thirds of the members present the Senate shall proceed
to pronounce judgment, and a certified copy of such judgment shall be
deposited in the office of the Secretary of State.
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, 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.
XXIV. Witnesses shall be sworn in the following form, viz:
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 c
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