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

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

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

Memorial. (See Petition.)
Messages cannot be received in Committee of the Whole......
between the Houses-subject of, discussed...
executive, to be made to both Houses at same time
when they may be received

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forms in receiving

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errors in their delivery may be corrected....

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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....

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

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147, 155

163

N.

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

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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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132

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113

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respecting papers (see Papers).

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in debate (see Debate)

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

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

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133

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

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Order, motives of members not to be called in question

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Committee of the Whole cannot punish breach of.

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if point arise while question is putting, Speaker to decide

it peremptorily

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Order of business, propriety of adhering to the

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Order of the House, determined with the session...

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

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

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154

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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.....

reading of, to be put before the previous question...
referred, usually read by title...

to be left with conferees of the House granting the con-
ference....

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

other.....

Petition and remonstrance, distinction

Petition to be presented by a member-its form, &c....

to be subscribed or written by petitioner..

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

Postpone indefinitely, quashes a question for the session..

Postpone beyond session, effect of ..

Preamble last considered ....

President of the Senate provided by the Constitution.....

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

dent.

at what time his office shall determine...

President of the United States, forms in presenting bills to....

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Previous question, its intention and effect
Previous question cannot be amended—....

can an amendment be moved to main question
after the P. Q. 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..

of a member takes place by force of his election..
of members must be ascertained at the peril of the party
violating......

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155, 156

153

150

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145

155, 156

147, 155

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109, 112

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112

112

of a member is the privilege of the House..

113

a member cannot waive his.....

113

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

113

of one House in relation to the other, or in relation to a
co-ordinate branch of the legislature....

114, 132

breach of, party summoned or sent for....

110

breach of, by members, punishable by House only.......
breach of, by the king or executive....

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114

members of one House cannot be summoned by the other
neither House can exercise authority over members or
officers of the other

of a member where he is charged or interested, &c..... question of, takes precedence of the original question.. Privileged questions (see Questions)..

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Quarrel in committee must be settled in House

members must declare they will not prosecute

question of privilege arising from, must first be disposed of

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may be debated between the count of affirmative and
negative....

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manner of putting.....

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members are not to speak or move about when putting.

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Questions, must be decided peremptorily if difficulty arise.....
one House cannot question the other except by confer-

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Questions of order (incidental), how fa rit shall supersede any other
Question, division of, how made .......

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Questions (co-existing) what suspends and what removes from the
House an existing question...

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Questions, equivalent, what is considered

how determined by ayes and noes

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to be resumed in statu quo when suspended by the want

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how the attendance of, may be compelled....

any member may call for a count for the purpose of ascer-
taining.....

not present suspends the question..

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118, 133

118, 170

R.

Randall and Whitney, reference to case, breach of privilege..
Reading of papers, question on, first put......

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155

a speech is not a right without leave.....

147

a report of one House not of right in the other
House

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163

Recede, question discussed

on amendments between the Houses the question shall be:
1st to agree, 2d disagree, 3d recede, 4th insist, 5th,
adhere

one House adhering, the other must recede or adhere also

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Recede, the House cannot recede from its own amendment with an

amendment....

Recommitment, amendments made in quasi-committee fall on..
Reconsideration of bills, orders, instructions, &c............
Remonstrance and petition, distinction.....

Report of committee, how to proceed in House

Report of one House not to be read in the other if objected to..
Representatives, apportionment of, from 1789 to 1893....

qualifications of

Representatives, House of, of whom composed....

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147

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shall choose their Speaker and other offi

cers

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powers of, in relation to its rules and
the conduct of members.....

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money may be paid by

Resolutions, facts, principles, and opinions may be expressed in..

when to be presented for approval

Reviling, nipping, or unmannerly words not to be used in debate.
Riders, engrossed bills may be amended by

Rules, an adherence to, important.........

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Rules and orders of each House, to what cases they shall apply.... 133, 134

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power of, in relation to rules and the conduct of members.

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equal division to be determined by the vote of the Vice

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may be removed at will of the House...

not to speak unless to order, and to be first heard......

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