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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.

a bill amended in quasi Committee of the

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Communications, confidential, to be kept secret
Common fame a ground for proceeding

Conferences, common, to have two, before vote to adhere

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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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.........

D.

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

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

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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...

a member not to be called by his name in.

personalities to be prohibited.

motives not to be arraigned

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..
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

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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.

Disorderly woras, how and when taken down..

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Division of the House, practice in ascertaining

Division of questions, discussed..

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Doors, rule respecting their being closed_

should not be shut, but be kept by persons appointed

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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

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Equivalent questions discussed

order of the committee

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

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

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

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

G.

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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House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

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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....

Lie on table, may be called up at any time, matters that.
Longest time, question first put, in filling blanks____

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

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must vote when question is put.............

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

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

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forms in receiving.....

Mistakes, (see Errors) ...

to be put in writing, if desired..........

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 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)

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N.

Newspaper publications, defamatory, breach of privilege

Nipping, reviling, or unmannerly words not permitted in debate. ___

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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".

respecting papers, (see Papers) ...

in debate, (see Debate)---

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

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

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

questions of, may be adjourned

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Order, motives of members not to be called in question___

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Committee of the Whole cannot punish breach of

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

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Order, question of, to supersede a question depending ___.
Order and resolution, distinction between..

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Order, special, rules upon subject of

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Opposition to bill, proper time to make..

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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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