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After one member has answered, on a call

of the yeas and nays, not in order to ad-
dress the House,

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-
ed, before debate,

Rejection of a bill,

Main question cannot be amended,

Not in order to offer a resolution on a subject
already referred to a committee,

Report of committee of the whole, when not
in order,

Previous question-motion to lie on the table,
The order of an engrossed bill,

Subject-matter being under consideration of
the house, cannot be superseded by another
resolution of same tenor

Withdrawal of propositions

Reference to proceedings in Senate
Modification after amendment

Striking out amendment

Substitute pending a motion to amend part
Orders of the day

Changing propositions to instruct committee
into a call of the executive

Votes outside the bar. (See Votes.)
Reconsidering order for yeas and nays,
Yeas and nays cannot be called on a motion
to second the call of the previous question,
Increase of duty,

Call for reading a memorial,

Amendment as a substitute

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Latitude in debate

Two resolutions on the same subject
Construction of rule 43

Motion to recommit with instructions
Division of a question

Second motion to recommit

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Motion to prohibit credit on importation must
be made in committee of the whole House
What must be considered in committee of the
whole house

Such parts acted upon by the House as re-
ceived the sanction of the committee
Motion to strike out what had been previously
inserted as an amendment and insert other
words in lieu not in order
Rescinding rules

Receding from disagreement to Senate's
amendment not equivalent to agreement
Rejection of the previous question removes
the consideration of the subject to the next
sitting of the house

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107

111

A vote of two thirds required in certain cases
Right to change a vote (See Vote)
Right to the floor

Vote of thanks to the Speaker, two thirds not
required to receive the motion

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Previous question cannot be withdrawn after

being seconded except by vote of a majority
Reading of a paper called for

Motion to reconsider in order more than

once

Mr. Adams' application to be excused from
voting

Friday and Saturday appropiated to private
business

Motion to recede takes precedence of a mo-
tion to insist

Memorials, reconsideration of

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Member permitted to vote who was out of the

House on a committee with leave of ab-

sence,

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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
to be made,

127

129, 133

A motion to proceed to the orders of the day,
after discussion, may be made a second
time,

Joint rules require only a majority to concur
in suspending their operation,
District of Columbia-petitions on slavery,
Petitions of Peace Society,

A motion to lay a previous motion of recon-
sideration on the table not debateable,
Reading of Documents, when not permitted
Call of the House. (See House.)

Reconsideration and previous question moved
by the same person, decided to be in order,

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,

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Sergeant-at-arms and door-keeper elected for a con

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Session of Parliament, (note,)

Signing Bills. May 28, 1798, Mr. Dent, speaker pro
tem. signed a bill, (note.)

Speaker votes in all cases of ballot,

when the House is equally divided,
or if his vote being given to the minor-
ity will make an equal division,

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,
Standing Committees, (See Committees,) minutes

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Vote. No member to vote unless within the bar of
the House when his name is called,

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Clerk calls the names of the members, and re-
records their votes,

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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

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* 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

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