Page. 54 F. Franking, to what extent allowed, H. House of Representatives—notice to Senate of its or- ganization, daily hour of adjournment in early part of session, call of the, proceedings on, &c. I. J. Inauguration of the first President, General Wash- Journal of the House, corrected if necessary, M. Majority of the whole number necessary to elect a Manual, Jefferson's, rules of, to govern the House adopted, Message, mode of receiving and announcing, from printed confidentially before delivery, not seen by members till read in the House, Mileage, duty of the committee on, remarks concerning, Motion, to lie on the table, N. Newspapers,-members supplied with three daily, 0. Oath of office, members arriving after the opening of the session, take the Opening of the House, selection of seats at the, clerk puts the question to open, Orders of the day, when to proceed in the consider- P. Petitions, Speaker calls for under the 16th rule, com- commences where he left off the preceding mode of presenting and receiving, Page. 25 26 ib ib may be presented daily for the first 30 days ib ib 47 reading, called for, Postpone-to postpone to a day certain takes prece- leged motions, President of the United States, General Washington and Mr. Adams met the Mr. Jefferson sent the first inaugural message, Previous Question, a majority must second the de- Division of the question, when the proposition Amendment pending when the question has If a majority should not vote in favour of the 48 18 18 82-84 44 44 44 45 A call of the House after previous question ordered, not allowed, Relative to points of order, having been ad- To lie on the table, Call of the House not in order after the pre- Precedents of Order-Casting vote of the chair to sustain its decision, 46 སྦྱ ཆེ བཻཆེ ཆེ ཆེ 70 46 46 47 After one member has answered, on a call of the yeas and nays, not in order to ad- Substitute rejected as not in order, Right to the floor lost, 70 71 Right of a member to change his vote, Injunction of secresy must be taken off in se- cret session, No debate after previous question, What is the main question, What amounts to a rejection of a bill, Motion must be reduced to writing if demand- ed, before debate, Rejection of a bill, Main question cannot be amended, Not in order to offer a resolution on a subject Report of committee of the whole, when not Previous question-motion to lie on the table, Subject-matter being under consideration of Withdrawal of propositions Reference to proceedings in Senate Modification after amendment Striking out amendment Substitute pending a motion to amend part Changing propositions to instruct committee Votes outside the bar. (See Votes.) Call for reading a memorial, Amendment as a substitute 120 93, 98 ib 94 100 101 00 Motion to prohibit credit on importation must Such parts acted upon by the House as re- Rescinding rules Receding from disagreement to Senate's 102 103 ib 104 113 105 107 111 A vote of two thirds required in certain cases 108 128 Vote of thanks to the Speaker, two thirds not being seconded except by vote of a majority Motion to reconsider in order more than once Mr. Adams' application to be excused from Friday and Saturday appropiated to private Motion to recede takes precedence of a mo- Memorials, reconsideration of 112 115 ib 119 122 148 149 123 123 Member permitted to vote who was out of the House on a committee with leave of ab- sence, and before the decision was pro nounced by the chair, Appeal laid on the table, Page. 124, 149 126, 138, 140, 147 Doubts suggested as to a bill having been or- Right of petition-brief statement of contents 127 129, 133 A motion to proceed to the orders of the day, Joint rules require only a majority to concur 180 142 143 145 A motion to lay a previous motion of recon- 146 Reading of Documents, when not permitted 151 153 155 54 Reconsideration and previous question moved Priority of Business, R. Reconsideration-A motion to reconsider takes precedence for a limited time over all motions except to adjourn, Reports, Annual, of the Secretary of the Treasury, presentation and reference of, of committees, and resolutions, when con 48 20 27 14 Sergeant-at-arms and door-keeper elected for a con gress, hand round the boxes in balloting, oath of office administered to the, Session, opening of the, first Monday of December, |