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Page 283 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Page 123 - Congress, a list of the reports which it is the duty of any officer or department of the government to make to Congress ; referring to the act or resolution, and page of the volume of the laws or journal in which it may be contained ; and placing under the name of each officer the list of reports required of him to be made...
Page 309 - the question is whether, eg, the bill shall pass — that it is proposed that the yeas and nays shall be entered on the journal. Those, therefore, who desire it, will rise." If he finds and declares that one-fifth have risen, he then states that " those who are of opinion that the bill shall pass are to answer in the affirmative; those of the contrary opinion in the negative.
Page 282 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may...
Page 122 - States, and for the true and faithful discharge of the duties of his office to the best of his knowledge and ability...
Page 122 - As many as are opposed, say No;" if he doubts, or a division is called for, the House shall divide; those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and...
Page 199 - When a bill or resolution shall have been ordered to be read a third time, it shall not be in order to propose amendments, unless by unanimous consent, but it shall be in order at any time before the passage of any bill or resolution to move its commitment; and when the bill or resolution shall again be reported from the committee it shall be placed on the Calendar, and when again considered by the Senate it shall be as in Committee of the Whole.
Page 284 - House shall adjourn, to adjourn, or to take a recess, and shall not be withdrawn after the said succeeding day without the consent of the House, and thereafter any member may call it up for consideration : Provided, That such motion, if made during the last six days of a session, shall be disposed of when made.
Page 283 - Pending a motion to suspend the rules, the Speaker may entertain one motion that the House adjourn ; but after the result thereon is announced he shall not entertain any other dilatory motion till the vote is taken on suspension.