16. Set “Report No.” on both face and indorsement of reported bills in both Houses, centering under the number of the bill.
[It is impracticable to give illustrations of the minutiæ of headings and indorsements of bills in all their stages. Samples and information can always be had upon inquiry at the foreman’s desk. Compositors and others must familiarize themselves with the forms called for by the clerks’ notes on copy.]
Amendments.
17. “Line type” and italic are used only to show amendments. When it is proposed to strike out certain portions in a bill that is “reported with amendments,” such portions will be set in “line type.” Example:
in accordance with existing proposed plan, twenty twenty-five thousand dollars.
18. When new matter is inserted, it is set in italics.
19. When it is proposed to strike out and insert, always let the italics FOLLOW the line type.
20. Do not complicate amendments. When one amendment can be made to cover the sense, as in the complete changing of a sum of money, so set it, rather than divide into two or more short amendments.
21. Proposed Senate amendments are printed in bill form, all roman. The general style of the head may be either that of bills or of “miscellaneous documents.” These headings are generally in proper form as they come from the bill clerk.
22. When it is proposed in the Senate to make several short amendments, the caption should read as follows: