Page. 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, 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- 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 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 Latitude in debate Two resolutions on the same subject Motion to recommit with instructions Second motion to recommit Page. 65 95 96 99 100 109 110 112 ib 100 101 00 Motion to prohibit credit on importation must Such parts acted upon by the House as re- Receding from disagreement to Senate's 102 103 ib 104 113 105 107 111 A vote of two thirds required in certain cases Vote of thanks to the Speaker, two thirds not 108 128 Previous question cannot be withdrawn after being seconded except by vote of a majority Motion to reconsider in order more than once Mr.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, Page. 124, 149 and before the decision was pro nounced by the chair, Appeal laid on the table, 126, 138, 140, 147 Doubts suggested as to a bill having been or dered to a third reading, 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 A motion to lay a previous motion of recon- 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 sidered, Rules of the former House adopted, S. Seats, selecting of in the House, 180 142 143 145 146 151 153 155 54 48 20 27 14 9 Sergeant-at-arms and door-keeper elected for a con Session of Parliament, (note,) Signing Bills. May 28, 1798, Mr. Dent, speaker pro Speaker votes in all cases of ballot, when the House is equally divided, elected for a congress, oath of, to support the constitution, Speaker's table, business on the, Speaker to dispose of the business on the table before the orders of the day are taken up, Page. 9 52 50 52 ib 11, 13 12 28 30 50 preserved, Vote. No member to vote unless within the bar of 39 Clerk calls the names of the members, and re- 40 CONGRESSIONAL MANUAL. OPENING OF THE SESSION OF CONGRESS. The two houses of Congress are directed to convene by the Constitution of the United States on the first Monday in December. It usually happens, that a quorum of the members attend and enter upon their duties on that day. The members meet in their respective chambers at 12 o'clock, meridian. Those who arrive first at the opening of any first session of Congress, are entitled to select their seats in any part of the house, which is done by the member's taking the * * In parliament, members who wish to sit in any particular part of the house on a given evening, must go down at the time of prayers, and label the particular place with their name. If they neglect to do this, they cannot claim any particular seat as a right, though it may be conceded to them by the courtesy of other members, if it be the place they usually filled. The seats occupied by members of the government are, however, understood to be exceptions to this rule. Ministers, and those holding important government offices, are not |