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Bills, shall be read twice before commitment
not to be referred to avowed opponents
referred, may be delivered to any of the Committee 153
amendments between the houses, mode of pro-

ceeding

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by whom to be taken from house to house
may be specially commended to notice of the other
house

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rejected, course to be pursued

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if one house neglects a bill, the other may remind
of it

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how to be enrolled, signed and presented to Presi-
dent
amendments to, cannot be receded from or insist-
ed on, by the amending house, with a further
amendment
amendment to an amendment has precedence over
a motion to agree or disagree
amendments to amendments, how far admissible 202
proceedings upon in Committee of the Whole, &c. 136
titles, when made

reconsideration, when and how the question may

be moved

reconsideration, at what time to be moved

reconsideration, effect of a vote for

(rejected) relating to their being brought in dur-

ing the same session

originating in one house, rejected in the other, may

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be renewed in the rejecting house

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expedients for remedying omissions in

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mode of proceeding, when founded on facts requi-
ring explanation

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effect of a vote to insist or adhere

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conferences upon, at what stages, and by whom
asked

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papers relating to, to be left with the conferees of

the House acceding to the conference

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enrolling

proceedings when disapproved

not returned in ten days, to be laws, unless an ad-
journment intervene

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Blanks, longest time, largest sum, first put

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bills may be passed with, and be filled in other

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Breach of Peace, mode of proceeding on charge of

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vilege

Business, order of, in Senate,

Call of the House, proceedings in case of

Bribery, (Randall and Whitney's case) breach of pri

a settled order in its arrangement useful

Challenge, breach of privilege

Chairman of Committee elected

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cannot sit in the recess after the Congress has ex

pired

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a member elect, though not returned, may be ap

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majority of, to constitute a quorum

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members of the House may be present at their sit

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effect of a reference to, when a bill has been amend-
ed in committee of the whole

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subjects which have passed through, may be refer

red to special committees

particulars which attach to

Communications, confidential, to be kept secret

Common fame, a ground for proceeding

Conferences, common to have two, before vote to adhere 200

cannot alter any thing on which the houses have
agreed

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when, by which House, and at what stage to be
asked

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Co-existing questions discussed

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Counsel may be heard on private bills and law points 135

Count of the House may be called

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(See Division of House.)

Covered, when members are not to be

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Debate, no one to speak impertinently, superfluously,

or tediously

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points of order

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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

proceedings of the house not to be censured

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Debate, personalities to be prohibited motives not to be arraigned

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violation of order in, to be suppressed by the

speaker

disorderly words not to be noticed until the member
has finished

disorderly words, when taken down

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proceedings of the other house not to be noticed in 144
members concerned or implicated by the subject
of, ought to withdraw

Decorum, points of (See Debate)·

Defamatory publications, breach of privilege

Disorder in Committee of the Whole, Speaker to re

sume chair, if great

members creating, proceedings

Disorderly words, how and when taken down

Division of the House, practice in ascertaining of questions, discussed

Doors, rule respecting their being closed

ought not to be shut, to be kept by persons ap

pointed

Duel, challenge to, breach of privilege

Elections, time, place, and manner of holding

of members to be judged by each house

Errors, cannot be corrected in Committee of the Whole

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House, division of, how ascertained

of Representatives. See Representatives,

Impeachment, sketch of the law of Parliament respect-
ing

Inquiry, or accusation, common fame a ground for
Insist, question discussed

effect of vote to

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Journal, shall be kept by each House

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of each house to be published

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shall show every vote

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to contain a brief statement of every petition, pa-

per, &c. presented

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titles of bills and parts affected by amendments, to

be inserted on

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King, not to be spoken of irreverently, &c.

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Largest sum, question first put

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Lie on table, call up at any time, matters that

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must vote when question is put

not to vote unless present when question was put 194

Memorial.-See Petition.

Messages, cannot be received in Committee

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nature of

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Executive, to be made to both Houses at the same

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Motion, not to be put or debated until seconded

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to be put in writing if desired

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to be read for information

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to adjourn, not in order when a member has the

floor

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privileged, what shall be

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