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Committee of the Whole, Speaker may resume chair if great disorder..

manner of doing business in, in Senate____

proceedings in

broken up in disorder...

cannot adjourn

report proceedings.

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a bill amended in quasi Committee of the

Whole, may be referred to a special com-
mittee

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in which case the amendments made to it fall.
particulars which attach to

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144

185

Communications, confidential, to be kept secret

Common fame a ground for proceeding
Conferences, common, to have two, before vote to adhere

must be asked by the House possessed of the papers .---
cannot alter anything on which the Houses have agreed__
discussion of the nature and occasion of....
report of, cannot be amended or altered.
papers left with conferees of House granting..

report first made in the House granting the conference
when, by which House, and what stages to be asked

Co-existing questions discussed...

Counsel may be heard on private bills and law points
Count of the House may be called, (see Division of House).
Covered, when members are not to be..

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Debate, no one to speak impertinently, superfluously, or tediously
not cut off till both sides of the question be put...
forms and proprieties to be observed in

the Speaker not allowed to engage in, except on points of order.
if he rise to speak he must be first heard

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the Speaker may call a member by name for persistent viola-
tions of order in...............

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indecent language against the proceedings of the House not
to be used in

130

reviling, nipping, or unmannerly words against a member not
to be used in

130

a member may speak at every reading of a bill

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where warm words or an assault has passed between members
they may be required to declare in their places not to prose-
cute the quarrel...

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Debate, proceedings of the House not to be censured____

130

a member not to be called by his name in

personalities to be prohibited.......

motives not to be arraigned.

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violation of order in, to be suppressed by the Speaker ............
disorderly words not to be noticed until the member has finished.
disorderly words to be taken down immediately.
proceedings of the other House not to be noticed in.

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131

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speeches or votes in one House on the same subject not to be
noticed in the other.____

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the Speaker to interfere promptly to arrest disrespectful lan-
guage toward the other House

132

where the private interests of a member are concerned in a
question, he is to withdraw.

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Disorder in Committee of the Whole, Speaker to resume chair if great_

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Doors, rule respecting their being closed_____
should not be shut, but be kept by persons appointed

Duel, challenge to, breach of privilege

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Engrossed bills not to be looked into while in Speaker's hands
Errors in a bill cannot be corrected in Committee of the Whole without
order of the committee

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may be corrected by a clause in another bill, or by a new bill..
Clerk may correct an error in delivering a message_

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179

Equivalent questions discussed

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Execution of subsisting order. A member has a right to insist on the.
no debate or delay shall be had on the

F.

Felony, mode of proceeding on charge of treason, breach of the peace, or.

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133

113

G.

Gallery, clearing of........

Committee of the Whole cannot punish for disorder in...-----

H.

Hats, when to be taken off

House, division of, how ascertained.

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145

133

166, 170

House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

I.

Impeachment, sketch of the law of Parliament respecting..

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Inconsistent or incongruous amendments not suppressed
Inquiry or accusation, common fame a ground for..

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Insist, question discussed upon amendments between the Houses____
effect of vote to.

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on execution of a subsisting order. A member may....
Interests are concerned, no member is to be present when a bill is under
debate in which his private..

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to contain a brief statement of every petition, paper, &c.,
presented

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titles of bills and parts affected by amendments to be inserted

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either House may notice and inspect Journal of the other..
how it may be amended....

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L.

Largest sum, question first put, in filling blanks_.

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Lie on table, may be called up at any time, matters that_
Longest time, question first put, in filling blanks.__.

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154

M.

Majority decides on general questions...

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Members and officers of one House not amenable to the other___.

132

must vote when question is put_-----

170

not to vote unless present when question was put__.
must withdraw when questions concerning themselves or their
private interests are debated

170

133

may be heard, but must withdraw before a question is moved.
Memorial. (See Petition.)

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forms in receiving.......

Mistakes, (see Errors) .......

Messages cannot be received in Committee of the Whole..

between the Houses-subject of, discussed.
executive, to be made to both Houses at same time.....

when they may be received...

errors in their delivery may be corrected_.

bills not acted on, the House may be reminded of them....

Minority protected by adherence to rules

Motion not to be put or debated until seconded.
to be put in writing, if desired..

to be read for information as often as desired by a member ..
to adjourn not in order when a member has the floor...
privileged, what shall be, discussed_

removed from before House by adjournment, &c., (see Ques-
tions)

N.

Newspaper publications, defamatory, breach of privilege

Nipping, reviling, or unmannerly words not permitted in debate_____

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0.

Officers of either House, forms of nomination or election__

of one House not amenable to the other.____.

Onslow, Mr., his opinion of importance of rules

Order, violated by Speaker by not putting question
in Parliament "instances make order".

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132

107

113

127

respecting papers, (see Papers) __

in debate, (see Debate)...---

127

128

disorderly words in committee to be taken down and reported
to the House

132

a member's name may be called by the Speaker for disorder

130

questions of, may be adjourned .......

133

decision of the Speaker on points of, may be controlled....

133

Order, motives of members not to be called in question............

Committee of the Whole cannot punish breach of

if point arise while question is putting, Speaker to decide it per-

emptorily

Order of business, propriety of adhering to the

for the Senate______

Order of the day, how and when to be called up

may be discharged at any time

cannot be moved while member is speaking -

takes precedence of all questions

Order of the House, determined with the session

a member of the House may insist on the execu
tion of a subsisting

and without debate or delay

Order, question of, to supersede a question depending.

Order and resolution, distinction between...

Order, special, rules upon subject of

Opposition to bill, proper time to make..

P.

Papers and journals not to be removed from Clerk's table

Papers, rules respecting their preservation

reading of, how far they may be called for

reading of, to be put before the principal question
referred, usually read by title....

to be left with conferees of the House granting the conference.
relating to bills or amendments sent to the other House____
Parliament, each House of, may adjourn independently of the other..
Petition and remonstrance, distinction __

Petition to be presented by a member-its form, &c.

to be subscribed or written by petitioner

must go to committee through the House

question as to receiving..

Postpone indefinitely, quashes a question for the session..

Postpone beyond session, effect of..

Preamble last considered.

President of the Senate provided by the Constitution

President pro tempore to be chosen in the absence of the Vice-President.

at what time his office shall determine..

President of the United States, forms in presenting bills to

Previous question, its intention and effect..

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