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Members, accounts of, for pay and mileage, to be kept and paid by Ser-
geant-at-arms

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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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Mileage, duty of Committee on.........--

Morning hour, for reports and resolutions.

Motions, question 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written, to be entered on the journal, unless withdrawn same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may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.
precedence of..

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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.

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may be committed at pleasure..

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

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bills may be introduced on, when resolutions are called for....

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Objection days, first and fourth Fridays of each month..

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member in speaking called to, if decision in his favor, may pro-

ceed, 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..........

Order, questions of, Speaker may speak to, in preference to other mem

bers...

arising after previous question, to be decided without
debate

to be noted and put together at the end of the journal 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)...

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

of business of the day.

cept by a two-thirds vote...

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

unfinished business shall have precedence in...

Rule.

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

Pay 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..

Postpone indefinitely, order in which motion is to be entertained.

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President, rules to be observed in calling for information from the....

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President, manner of presenting bills and resolutions to the, (joint rule).
manner of presenting joint addresses to the, (joint rule)............
no bill or resolution to be presented on the last day of the ses-
sion 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, unless
on actual count no quorum be present..

no debate on....

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

mittee on. (See Extract of Law, page 199.)

Committee on, duties of, &c. (See, also, Extract of Law, page

199)...

may report at any time...

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

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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..

Questions, precedence of.

Q.

manner of putting..

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

lost, when vote is made a tie by the vote of Speaker.

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...

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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..

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Reconsider, motion to, not in order in cases of bills introduced on Mon-
days during morning hour.......

Refer, motions to, order in which question' to be taken on.
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.

Reports to be made by the officers of government, list of, to be made out by
Clerk at the commencement of each session..........

Reports 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..

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

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

Rule.

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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-
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-see
Bills, (joint rule).

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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 in-
troduced..

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Riders, engrossed bills not to be amended by
Rooms, Speaker to dispose of unappropriated
Rules, how to be amended, rescinded, or suspended

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motion to suspend, may be entertained every Monday, one hour.
after the journal is read, and the last ten days of the session...
may be suspended at any time to go into Committee of the Whole
on the state of the Union

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these, to govern present and succeeding Congresses, unless other-
wise ordered

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Rule.

Saturday, private bills take precedence on

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first and fourth set apart for private bills not objected to

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Secret session, relating to

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during the rebellion, (joint rule)

Senate, all orders to be laid on the table one day which require the assent
of the...

bills and resolutions, when to be read

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consider messages from

messages to and from, (joint rule)

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messages from, to be repeated at Clerk's desk.....

Sergiant-at-arms to be elected at the commencement of each Congress.

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Speaker shall take chair every day at hour to which House adjourned.......
shall preserve order, decide questions of order subject to appeal,
&c.

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may speak to points of order in preference to other members....

shall rise to put a question...

manner in which questions shall be put by.

shall state the result of vote by tellers...

shall examine and correct the journal before it is read.

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shall have a general direction of the hall..

may name members to perform the duties of the Chair for the day -

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shall vote in all cases of ballot, and where his vote, if given to
the minority, will make a tie....

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shall sign all acts, addresses, and joint resolutions.
all writs, warrants, and subpoenas shall be under the hand and
seal of.

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shall have power to order the galleries and lobby to be cleared..
may admit stenographers, and assign them place in writing
petitions handed to the Clerk to be subject to the control of
shall name member who is first to speak

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