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or when vote is by ballot. (Rule 1, 6)......

By yeas and nays. (Rule XV, 1)...

Vote-Continued.

Speaker not required to except when his vote shall be decisive,

Members shall vote unless personally interested or excused.
(Rule VIII, 1).

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217, 570

206, 571

By ballot. (Rule XL).............

234

Speaker decides peremptorily points of order during division.
Question lost on tie

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By sound, by division, by tellers, by yeas and nays..........
Upon sufficient demand each in turn may be successively

568

resorted to on any question...

568

Form in which questions put..

568

Demand for superior method refused-too late to demand in-
ferior method...

568

When yeas and nays refused, inferior method may be repeated
if vote not announced or completely taken...
Where order or resolution agreed to without objection or by
unanimous consent..

568

568

After, taken by division and tellers demanded and refused—
too late to make point of no quorum...

568

When taken by division, yeas and nays being demanded and
refused, point of no quorum thereby waived....

568

Provision for, by ballot practically obsolete.

568

As announced by tellers showing no quorum, and motions
being interjected and defeated, taken de novo.

569

When interruption brief, count may be continued where left
off..

569

Record of-

By yeas and nays entered on Journal....

569

Number voting for and against by other method than yeas and
nays not entered on Journal................

569

Right to change before announcement.

569

Can not amend Journal, to change, when given under misap-
prehension ...

569

Actual record of, determines status of question in case of error
in announcement of a result ...

569

If error in announcement results in adjourning House, next
meeting a new legislative day....

569

Permitted to be recorded when Member present fails to hear
his name called....

570

When in dispute as to how vote cast, in absence of Member
voting vote as recorded by Clerk must stand.

570

Vote-Continued.

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Record of-Continued.

Members in custody of Sergeant-at-Arms not entitled to vote
to excuse themselves....

570

One Member in custody may vote to excuse another in same
status...

570

Members under arrest can not be deprived of their general
right to vote..

570

For the House, not for the Speaker, to determine the right of
a Member to vote

570

Excuse from voting-

Members shall vote unless excused

570

571

571

Member shall answer "present" should he not vote..
Motion to excuse, not applicable on motions to adjourn, to fix
day, or for call of House........

War Claims, Committee on. (See also CLAIMS; COMMITTEES; PRI-
VATE BILLS.)

(Rule X, 1)...............
(Rule XI, 31).

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211

571

206

209

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Shall consist of thirteen Members.
Subjects that shall be referred to.
Warrants, Writs, etc. (See also CALL OF THE HOUSE.)
Form of; signing, attestation, and execution of..
Ways and Means, Committee on. (See COMMITTEES.)
Shall consist of seventeen Members. (Rule X, 1).
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Subjects that shall be referred to. (Rule XI, 2).
May report at any time on bills raising revenue.
Exclusive right of, to report revenue bills at any time......
West Point. (See MILITARY ACADEMY.)

Withdrawal of Amendments—

Allowed before decision or amendment. (Rule XVI, 2; XIX)...
In Committees of Whole, unanimous consent for, required.
(Rule XXIII, 5).......

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225

Withdrawal of Motions-

Allowed before decision or amendment. (Rule XVI, 2)...................
Not allowed as to motions to reconsider after day succeeding
that of vote on which moved. (Rule XVIII, 1)
Not allowed after previous question ordered on.
Permitted while House is dividing on demand for previous
question..

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Motion to reconsider not to be withdrawn after motion to lay

on table defeated..

572

Motion to suspend rules not seconded pending at an adjourn-

ment may be withdrawn and another motion substituted ..
Motion to amend pending when previous question ordered can
not be withdrawn except by unanimous consent......
Appeal can not be withdrawn after yeas and nays ordered on
motion to lay the appeal on table..........

572

572

572

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Withdrawal of Papers. (See also FILES)

Leave of House required for. (Rule XXXIX)

573

234

Certified copies shall be filed in case of. (Rule XXXIX)..

Clerk may furnish Executive Departments with papers from

files. (Rule XXXIX).

Witnesses before Committees of the House-

Compensation of. (Rule XXXVII)....

By what authority summoned.

Who may administer oath to...

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234

233, 573

573

573

Fees and mileage of.....

* 573

Punishment of, for refusal to testify.

574

Not privileged to refuse to testify because testimony would
tend to disgrace or criminate...

574

Testimony of, shall not be used as evidence against in any
criminal proceeding

574

Duty of district attorney for District of Columbia to prose-
cute witness refusing to testify..

574

Instances of penalties imposed on..

574

House not vested with general authority to punish for con-
tempt...

575

Case of recusant witnesses before a Senate committee certi-
fied to district attorney of the United States for the District
of Columbia ...............

575

Validity and constitutionality of R. S., sec. 102, relative to
punishing recusant witnesses, sustained by the court

575

Writs. (See PROCESSES OF THE HOUSE.)

Yeas and Nays. (See also VOTE.)

After second roll call Clerk shall announce pairs.
VIII, 2)

(Rule

Manner of calling roll for. (Rule XV, 1).

206, 577
217, 578

After second roll call for, request to record a vote not in
order. (Rule XV, 1)

217

On the demand of one-fifth of those present, shall be entered
on Journal. (Const.)...........

575

One-fifth of those present construed as one-fifth of those who
vote on the demand for...

576

Quorum not required to order, or to reconsider order for.....
Order for, is a method of taking a vote and not the transaction
of business....

576

576

When call begun must progress without debate....

May be demanded, when, and when may not-

576

While vote by division or tellers is being taken.

576

While Speaker is announcing result.......

576

After announcement and before passing to other business..
When refused, right to make point of no quorum voting

576

waived

576

Yeas and Nays-Continued.

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May be demanded, when, and when may not-Continued.

Not after result is announced and when Speaker is putting

another question

576

On questions arising during a call of the House..

576

In case of failure of quorum to vote by tellers, takes prece-
dence over motion for call of the House...
Motion to reconsider vote ordering can not be repeated...............
Can not be taken in Committee of the Whole..

576

579

576

Can not be demanded on seconding motion to suspend rules..
Record of-

Right of members to change vote before result announced...
Not competent to change a vote given under misapprehension.
Competent to correct vote erroneously recorded.......
Excuse from voting must be before roll call of, commences...
Pairs shall be announced after second roll call of
After second roll call for, request to record a vote not to be
entertained.....

565

577

577

577

577

577

578

Tellers to be appointed at commencement of roll call. (Rule
XV, 2)

217,578

If no quorum answers, tellers shall report names of those
present and not answering, which shall be entered in
Journal (Rule XV, 2)

Roll called twice before tellers required to report......
Recapitulation can not be insisted upon after result is an-
nounced

217,578

578

578

Error in announcement of result by, vote as actually recorded
determines question.............

578

But if erroneous announcement results in adjourning House,
next meeting is as of new legislative day. . . . .

578

Effect of order for-

In absence of quorum voting on question order for, remains in
force until reconsidered ....

579

If ordered on question on day set apart for certain business
question goes over until such business again regularly in
order....

Motion upon which, ordered can not be withdrawn....
Being ordered on question of laying appeal on the table, ap-
peal can not be withdrawn.......

Question of consideration can not be demanded against ques-
tion on which yeas and nays have been ordered if such ques-
tion is regularly in order.

Not in order to repeat demand for, when once refused..
Order for, or refusal of, may be reconsidered.............

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