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Debate, forms and proprieties to be observed in

the Speaker not allowed to engage in, except on points of
order....

if he rise to speak he must be first heard.

153-159

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155

the Speaker may call a member by name for persistent
violations of order in ..

156

indecent language against the proceedings of the House
not to be used in

155

reviling, nipping, or unmannerly words against a member
not to be used in ...

155

a member may speak at every reading of a bill .
where warm words or an assault has passed between mem-
bers they may be required to declare in their places not
to prosecute the quarrel...........

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violation of order in, to be suppressed by the Speaker..........
disorderly words not to be noticed until the member has

disorderly words to be taken down immediately
proceedings of the other House not to be noticed in..
speeches or votes in one House on the same subject not to

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be noticed in the other.....

157

the Speaker to interfere promptly to arrest disrespectful
language toward the other House....

158

where the private interests of a member are concerned in
a question, he is to withdraw...

158

Decorum (see Debate)

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Defamatory publications breach of privilege..

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Disorder in Committee of the Whole, Speaker to resume chair if great..

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Division of questions, discussed....

Doors, rule respecting their being closed...

should not be shut, but be kept by persons appointed..

Duel, challenge to, breach of privilege

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E.

Elections, time, place, and manner of holding..

of members to be judged by each House

Engrossed bills not to be looked into while in Speaker's hands..........
Errors in a bill cannot be corrected in Committee of the Whole
without order of the committee.....

may be corrected by a clause in another bill, or by a new
bill

Clerk may correct an error in delivering a message.

Equivalent questions discussed

Execution of subsisting order. A member has a right to insist on
the.......

no debate or delay shall be had on the..

F.

Felony, mode of proceeding on charge of treason, breach of the

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210

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Committee of the Whole cannot punish for disorder in... 157, 172

Hats, when to be taken off

H.

House, division of, how ascertained

House of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

I.

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Impeachment, sketch of the law of Parliament respecting.

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Inconsistent or incongruous amendments not suppressed.

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Inquiry or accusation, common fame a ground for....

149

Insist, question discussed upon amendments between the Houses. 205, 206
effect of vote to......

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on execution of a subsisting order. A member may demand.
Interests are concerned, no member is to be present when a bill is
under debate in which his private.

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Journal to contain a brief statement of every petition, paper, &c.,
presented....

titles of bills and parts affected by amendments to be in-
serted on...

what questions shall be entered on

a record in law..

subject to examination..

directions as to making up.

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either House may notice and inspect Journal of the other.
how it may be amended

L.

Largest sum, question first put, in filling blanks..

Lie on table, may be called up at any time, matters that.
Longest time, question first out, in filling blanks..

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Majority decides on general questions...

Members and officers of one House not amenable to the other
must vote when question is put............

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not to vote unless present when question was put ..................
must withdraw when questions concerning themselves or
their private interests are debated

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may be heard, but must withdraw before a question is
moved...

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executive, to be made to both Houses at same time.
when they may be received....

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bills not acted on, the House may be reminded of them..

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to be read for information as often as desired by a member.
to adjourn not in order when a member has the floor.....
privileged, what shall be, discussed ... ... ... ... ....

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removed from before House by adjournment, &c. (see
Questions)..

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N.

Newspaper publications, defamatory, breach of privilege....
Nipping, reviling, or unmannerly words not permitted in debate..

0.

Officers of either House, forms of nomination or election
of one House not amenable to the other

Onslow, Mr., his opinion of importance of rules...

Order, violated by Speaker by not putting question..
in Parliament "instances make order"

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respecting papers (see Papers)....

in debate (see Debate)

disorderly words in committee to be taken down and re-
ported to the House...

a member's name may be called by the Speaker for disorder.
questions of, may be adjourned.

decision of the Speaker on points of, may be controlled.

motives of members not to be called in question.........
Committee of the Whole cannot punish breach of ............

if point arise while question is putting, Speaker to decide
it peremptorily

Order of business, propriety of adhering to the

for the Senate..........

Order of the day, how and when to be called up.

may be discharged at any time

cannot be moved while member is speaking
takes precedence of all questions..

Order of the House, determined with the session..

a member of the House may insist on the exe-
cution of a subsisting....

and without debate or delay.

Order, question of, to supersede a question depending

Order and resolution, distinction between

Order, special, rules upon subject of ..

Opposition to bill, proper time to make....

P.

Papers and journals not to be removed from Clerk's table..

Papers, rules respecting their preservation.

reading of, how far they may be called for....

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201

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referred, usually read by title.....

Papers, reading of, to be put before the previous question

to be left with conferees of the House granting the confer-

ence

relating to bills or amendments sent to the other House..
Parliament, each House of, may adjourn independently of the

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other......

Petition and remonstrance, distinction

Petition to be presented by a member-its form, &c....
to be subscribed or written by petitioner.

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must go to committee through the House
question as to receiving.....

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Postpone indefinitely, quashes a question for the session..

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President pro tempore to be chosen in the absence of the Vice-Presi-

President of the United States, forms in presenting bills to..........
Previous question, its intention and effect
Previous question cannot be amended

can an amendment be moved to main question
after the previous question has been moved
and seconded?..

cannot be put in Committee of the Whole
may be put in quasi committee...
discussed..

Priority and precedence of motions, discussed..
Privilege of Parliament has gradually increased..
of members of Parliament....

of Senators and Representatives
of Senators, constructive extent..

of the two Houses, cases of alleged breach of..........

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of members must be ascertained at the peril of the party
violating

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of a member is the privilege of the House.

136

a member cannot waive his

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is violated by Speaker not putting a question which is in
order...

136

of one House in relation to the other, or in relation to a
coordinate branch of the Legislature..

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