INDEX TO JEFFERSON'S MANUAL. A. Page. Absence, not allowed without leave... provision in cases of...... Accusation. Common fame a good ground to proceed by inquiry, 119 119 question shall be: 1st to agree, 2d to disagree, 3d to recede, 164 one House adhering, the other must recede or also......... 174 174 there are instances of having gone to a second adherence. 174 the form fixed by adherence cannot be departed from by 174 should be two conferences before vote to. 174 Adjournment, motion for, cannot be amended..... 183 183 for more than three days, to be by concurrent votes. 183 Page. Amendment to bills, on reading of amendments to bills.... 143 143 discussion of the nature and coherence of......... 157-161 174 157 Amendment, may totally change the subject..... 158 if House refuse to strike out a paragraph, it cannot be 158 if an amendment be agreed to it cannot be afterward 158 a new bill may be ingrafted on another. 158 mode of proceeding on amendments between the 174 175 a motion to amend an amendment of the other House on amendments between the Houses, question is: 1st 175 164 144 158 158 158 159 made in Committee of the Whole falls by a reference. Apportionment of Representatives, table of, from 1787 to 1893..... terminates with the session Arrest, discussion of privilege from.... Assault and affrays in the House, how settled Ayes and noes, how questions are determined by Assent to bills by the Executive, regulations respecting. no member to vote if not present.. 116 136 109 .134 130, 131 180 166, 169 170 B. Bills, engrossed, must not be looked into... 128 mistakes not to be corrected without the knowledge of the committee.... 128 not to be taken away or concealed 128 Bills, to be fairly written, or Speaker may refuse them..... introduction, reading, and commitment a particular clause may be recommitted proceedings on second reading . if second reading refused, the bill is rejected..... time for attacking or opposing .... one bill may be ingrafted on another. one House may pass with blanks and be filled in the Page. 137 137, 138 142 141 137 157-161 142 138 163 144, 164 158 161 165, 166 165 166 166 140 166 at the close of session no new bill, unless sent from the referred, may be delivered to any of the committee. 137 137 138 138 138 139 139 174, 175 amendments to, cannot be receded from or insisted on by 174 146 amendments to amendments between the Houses, how far 175 amendment to an amendment of the other House takes precedence of a motion to agree or disagree 175 proceedings upon, in Committee of the Whole, etc.... 140-142 171 Bills, reconsideration, when and how the question may be Page. 171 originating in one House, rejected in the other, may be renewed in the rejecting House 172 expedients for remedying omissions in.... 173 mode of proceeding when founded on facts requiring ex- 173 effect of a vote to insist or adhere. 174 conferences must be asked by the House possessed of the papers. 176 papers relating to, to be left with the conferences of the 176 report to be made first in the House granting the confer- ence.. 176 report cannot be amended or altered as the report of a 176 cannot strike out at a conference anything in a bill 175 proceedings when disapproved ....... 180 not returned in ten days to be laws, unless an adjourn- 180 Blanks, longest time, largest sum, first put 154, 160 bills may be passed with, and be filled in other House.... 161 166 construction of the rule for filling. Breach of privilege, mode of proceeding on charge of. case of the editor of the Aurora. 161 113 110 Bribery (Randall and Whitney's case), breach of privilege... Chairman of a committee is usually the first person named........... of Committee of the Whole may be elected.. Change of vote, right to..... Clerk puts questions before election of Speaker to read standing numbers the sections.. 118 110 121 123 171 120 145 161 Clerk may correct his errors in delivering messages. must not sit when House is in session... Page. 179 122 122 the person first named may act as chairman, but they 121 manner of appointing the members and control over 138 may be appointed to sit in the recess after adjourn ment 184 cannot receive a petition except through the House.. 122 a member elect, though not returned, may be appointed 112 when notified that the House is sitting they are bound time and place of meeting, when and where they 139 should not be unfriendly to a subject referred to them. 139 139 the child should not be put to a nurse that cares not 139 majority of, to constitute a quorum. 139 they must act together and not by separate consulta- 139 members of the House may be present at their sittings. effect of a reference to, when a bill has been amended in Committee of the Whole.. Committee of the Whole, great matters usually referred to.. may elect their chairman... 144 122 123 |