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Senate, shall keep a journal, and publish the same, except
parts requiring secrecy.
shall not adjourn for more than three days, nor to any
other place, without the consent of the other house.
one-fifth may require the yeas and nays....

may propose amendments to bills for raising revenue 1

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shall try impeachments....

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compensation to be ascertained by law

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not questioned for any speech or debate
shall not be appointed to office....

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senator shall not be elector..

Senators and representatives, elections of, how prescribed... 1
Slaves, their importation may be prohibited after 1808............

escaping from one State to another may be reclaimed 4
Slavery, except as a punishment for crime, prohibited,
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may be formed within the jurisdiction of others, or by
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MANUAL

OF

PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.

EXTRACT FROM THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES.

The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Jefferson's Manual shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House and the joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.-(Adopted September 15, 1837.)

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

SEC.

1. Rules, importance of.

2. Legislature.

3. Privilege.

4. Elections.

5. Qualifications.

6. Quorum.

7. Call of the House.

8. Absence.

9. Speaker.

10. Address.

11. Committees.

12. Committee of the Whole.

13. Examination before Committees, &c.

14. Arrangement of business.

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