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Rule.

Journal, list of absentees in Committee of the Whole to be entered on.
to be printed, indexed, and distributed within thirty days
after close of session

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L.

Largest sum and longest time in filling blanks, question to be first put

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Mace, the symbol of office of the Sergeant-at-arms
Maps accompanying documents not to be printed without special order.
to be referred to Committee on Printing.

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Meeting of committees, how called.........

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Members, Speaker shall call to order

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excused from serving on more than two committees..
to sit uncovered

not to visit Clerk's desk while vote is being taken

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not to be absent except by leave, or sick, or unable to attend.
accounts of, for pay and mileage, to be kept and paid by
Sergeant-at-arms..

Committee on Mileage to ascertain and report on mileage of

Memorial. (See Petitions.)

Messages between the two houses, how to be announced and delivered,

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Morning hour, for reports and resolutions

Motions, questions of considering, not to be put unless demanded..... shall be stated by the Speaker, and if in writing, read by the Clerk before debate.....

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shall in all cases be reduced to writing, if desired by the
Speaker or a member......

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written, to be entered on the journal, unless withdrawn
same day.

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may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amend

ment

precedence of

to strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible.

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to strike out being lost, shall preclude neither amendment
nor motion to strike out and insert..

may be committed at pleasure

to strike out the enactiny clause, precedence and effect of..
original, in Committee of the Whole.

N.

Name of members, presenting petitions or resolutions

Newspapers, reporters to give the names of....

Nominations, cases in which, necessary.

Notices, of bills, may be given to the Clerk.

bills may be introduced on, when resolutions are called
for

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0.

Objectin days, first and fourth Fridays of each month..
Officers of the House, shall be elected viva voce

Order, Speaker shall preserve

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members in speaking called to, shall sit down, &c...
member in speaking called to, if decision in his favor, may
proceed, otherwise not without leave.

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if member called to, for words spoken in debate, words to
be taken down

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questions of, Speaker shall decide, subject to appeal

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Rule.

Order of business of the session, all bills, &c., of either house, undisposed

of at first session, shall resume their
position after the first six days of the
2d session, (joint rule)...

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of business of the day.....

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except by a two-thirds vote

as established by the rules, not to be postponed or changed

of the day, when Speaker to proceed to call..

unfinished business shall have precedence in.

P.

Papers, motions to withdraw from the files

Parliamentary practice, rules of, comprised in Jefferson's Manual,

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adopted

Poy of members, by Sergeant-at-arms..

Personality, to be avoided in debate

Petitions, by whom, and in what manner, to be presented..
to be presented to the Clerk

name of member presenting, to be entered on the journal
pending before committee at end of a session

Plurality shall prevail on second ballot for members of committee..
Postmaster of the House to be elected at the commencement of each

Congress.

in election of, vote to be taken viva voce.
oath of office of

appointees of, to be approved by Speaker.....

Postpone to a day certain, order in which motion is to be entertained.

not to be entertained again on same day or

at same stage..........

effect of previous question, when motion

to, is pending

or change order of business

indefinitely, order in which motion is to be entertained

not to be entertained again on same day, or at
same stage of proposition....

question not to be acted upon again during the
session if motion to, prevails.......

Post-route bills, not to be introduced on motion for leave..

Preamble, to be last considered

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President, rules to be observed in calling for information from the.. manner of presenting bills and resolutions to the, (joint

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President, manner of presenting joint addresses to the, (joint rule).. no bill or resolution to be presented on the last day of the session to the, (joint rule) .

notices of approvals by, to be repeated at the Clerk's desk. President and Vice-President, counting electoral votes for, (joint rule) Previous question, order of motion for....

form and effects of.....

call of the House not in order after second of, un-
less on actual count no quorum be present.....
no debate on...

Printing, propositions to print extra numbers to be referred to the

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Committee on. (See Digest.)

Committee on, duties of, &c...

may report at any time..

of bills of the Senate, ordered in the House, (joint rule) ..
of bills when approved...

Private business, to have precedence on Fridays and Saturdays..........
such as no objection is made to, to be considered first
and fourth Fridays and Saturdays of each month.

Privilege of the floor, who entitled to.....

134th rule to be strictly executed.

Q.

Questions, precedence of

manner of putting..

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129

134

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42, 43, 49

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decorum to be observed during the putting of...
division of....

lost, when vote is made a tie by the vote of Speaker.....
when pending, only one motion to adjourn and to fix the
day to which the House shall adjourn in order.....

Quorum, upon the appearance of, journal to be read..

one-fifth of, may order tellers...

fifteen members may compel the attendance of..
how compelled in Committee of the Whole ....

R.

Reading of a paper, if objected to, may be determined by vote......
Recommitted, at any time before passage, bill may be

effect of recommitment, where amendment is made... Reconsider, motion to, may be made by a member of the majority..

must be made on the same or succeeding day.
shall take precedence of any motion, except to

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adjourn

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cannot be withdrawn after succeeding day,
and may be called up by any member.....
not in order in cases of bills introduced on
Mondays during morning hour..

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Refer, motions to, order in which questions to be taken on

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Reporters to be admitted, and have places assigned them by the
Speaker...

must state in writing for what paper or papers employed..
shall not be admitted if engaged as claim-agents.....
official, appointment and removal of, vested in Speaker..
Reports to be made by the officers of Government, list of, to be made out
by Clerk at the commencement of each session....
of committees, not acted on at first session, to be acted on after
the first six days of second session, as though
no adjournment had taken place, (joint rule).
to be called for as soon as the journal is read.
may be committed at pleasure..
may be by bill or otherwise

the Court of Claims to be continued from Congress to Con-

gress-placed on calendar, &c. (See
also Extract from the Law, page 200.)-

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cannot be amended by adding other resolutions....
requiring assent of the Senate, to be laid on the table
one day before acting on, &c ....

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calling on executive officers for information to lie one
day

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name of member moving

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orders, votes, &c., requiring the President's approbation,

shall be signed and presented as in case of bills, (joint

rule.) (See Bills.)

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passed one house and lost in the other, notice to be

given, (joint rule)..

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not to be presented to the President on the last day of
the session, (joint rule)..

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of State and territorial legislatures, when they may be
introduced

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Riders, engrossed bills not to be amended by.

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Rooms, Speaker to dispose of unappropriated
Rules, how to be amended, rescinded, or suspended...

motion to suspend, may be entertained every Monday, one
hour after the journal is read, and the last six days of the
session

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may be suspended at any time to go into Committee of the
Whole on the state of the Union....

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pending, or motion to suspend, no dilatory motion, except
one to adjourn, in order

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