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Order, 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, special, rules upon subject of..

Order and resolution, distinction between

Opposition to bill, proper time to make.

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

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

Papers, rules respecting their preservation

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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..

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

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

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Postpone beyond session, effect of

Preamble last considered ...

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

Postpone indefinitely, quashes a question for the session..

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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of a member is the privilege of the House..

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a member cannot waive his....

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

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

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breach of, party summoned or sent for..

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

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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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Q.

Qualification of Senators..

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Quarrel in committee must be settled in House

members must declare they will not prosecute.

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question of privilege arising from, must first be disposed of

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Questions, general rule for putting...

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manner of putting..

the priority of certain, considered..

removed from before House by adjournment..

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

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-

ence

Questions, privileged, what shall be...

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in filling blanks

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in reference to commitment

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to amend an amendment of the other House

motion to amend has precedence over motion
to strike out a paragraph ....

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

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what are divisible..

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

Questions, equivalent, what is considered

how determined by ayes and noes

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

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

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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 algo

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

amendment.

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

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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..........

shall choose their Speaker and other offi-

cers

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

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Speaker, reads sitting, rises to put question..

cannot refuse an amendment, inconsistent

to decide point of order that arises in putting question
peremptorily, and may ask advice of old members.....

Special orders (see Orders)

Speech cannot be read of right, a written

Strike out, paragraph may be perfected before question to..
Strike out and insert, discussed.......

Sum, largest, first put in filling blanks

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Tellers to count on division of the House

their errors rectified....

Time, longest, first put in filling blanks

Title to be on the back of the bill when engrossed

when to be made or amended....

Transposing of sections, rule respecting..
Treason, mode of proceeding on charge of..

Treaties may be made by the President and Senate..
shall be kept secret until injunction removed..
are legislative acts.....

extent of the power to make..

may be rescinded by an act of the legislature...

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Whitney and Randall, bribery case, reference to..

Warm words or quarrel, adjustment of......

Withdraw, members cannot, when question is putting.

Withdraw motions, rule of Parliament...

Witnesses, how summoned, examined, etc

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