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E.

Elections, time, place, and manner of holding.

of members to be judged by each House.....

Engrossed bills, not to be looked into ..

Errors, cannot be corrected in Committee of the Whole.

various modes of correcting.

Clerk may correct his own

Equivalent questions, discussed.

F.

Felony, mode of proceeding on charge of...

Gallery, clearing of..

G.

Committee of the Whole cannot punish for disorder in..

Hats, when to be taken off.

H.

House, division of, how ascertained

of Representatives. (See Representatives.)

I.

Impeachment, sketch of the law respecting
Inquiry, or accusation, common fame a ground for..
Insist, questions discussed...

effect of vote to...

J.

Page.

72

72

82

116

105

71

86

93

85

108, 109

123

79

106

106

Journal, shall be kept by each House.. of each House to be published.

shall show every vote..

118

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118

to contain a brief statement of every petition, paper, etc., presented. 118 titles of bills and parts affected by amendments to be inserted on.. 118 what question to be entered on

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either House may notice and inspect journal of the other
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Members and officers of one House not amenable to the other.

must vote when the question is put..

Memorial, (see Petition.)

not to vote unless present when question is put..

110

85

110

110

Messages, cannot be received in committee...

nature of

Executive to be made known to both Houses at the same time

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Motion, not to be put or debated until seconded..

to be put in writing if desired

to be read for information.....

to adjourn not in order when a member has the floor..
privileged, what shall be...

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removed from before the House by adjournment, etc.
(See Questions.)

96

N.

Newspaper publications, defamatory, breach of privilege...

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69

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Officers, of either House, forms of nomination or election.. of one House not amenable to the other..

Onslow, Mr., his opinion of importance of rules

Order, violated by Speaker, by not putting question....
"instances make" order...
respecting papers, (see Papers.).
in debate, (see Debate.)...

questions of may be adjourned

decisions of Speaker, on points of, may be controlled..
a member may insist on the execution of a subsisting..

Committee of the Whole cannot punish breach of.

if points arise while question is putting, Speaker to decide per

emptorily

of business, property of.

for the Senate..

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110

80

86

86

87

87

86

100

88

.86, 96 .94, 107

Opposition to bills, proper time to make..

P.

Papers and journals, not to be removed from the Clerk's table.. rules respecting their preservation

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to be left with conferees of the House, according to conference... Parliament, each House may adjourn independently of the other.. Petition and remonstrance, distinction...

to be presented by a member, its form, etc
to be subscribed or written by petitioner..
must go to committee through the House..
question as to receiving...

Postpone indefinitely, effect of a question to..

beyond session, effect of.

Preamble, last considered

President of the Senate, provided by the Constitution

may appoint chairman

pro tempore, to be chosen, in the absence of the Vice President... 76

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78

President pro tem., at what time his office shall determine
of the United States, forms in presenting bills to...
Previous question, its intention and effect..

can an amendment be moved during pendency of P. Q..
cannot be put in committee..

effect of....
discussed..

Priority and
Precedence

of motion, discussions of......

Previlege of Parliament, has gradually increased
Privilege, of Members of Parliament...

of Senators and Representatives.

of Senators, constructive extent.

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of the two Houses, cases of alleged breach of

of members, commence by virtue of election..

of members, must be ascertained at the peril of the party violating 71

of members, the privilege of the House...

a member cannot waive breach of...

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

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

breach of party summoned or sent for.

breach of, by members, punishable by House only

breach of, by King or Executive

members of one House cannot be summoned by the other..

80

neither House can exercise authority over members or officers of the other.

of a member where he is charged or interested, etc.

100

questions of, take precedence of all...

Privileged questions. (See Questions.)

Q.

Qualification of Senators.

78

Quarrel, in committee must be settled in House

84

members must declare they will not prosecute.

84

question of privilege arising from, has precedence..

79

Questions, general rule for putting...

97

the propriety of certain, considered.

96

removed from before the House by adjournment

105

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

106

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in filling blanks

in reference to committees.

in amending amendments, and agree or disagree..

motions to amend have precedence over motions to strike out..

99

99

113

102

of order, (incidental) how far it shall supersede any other.
decision of, how made.

99

103

what are divisible..

when divided each point open to debate and amendment.

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

equivalent, what is considered

determined by ayes and noes

to be resumed in statu quo, when suspended by the want of a quo

rum

previous. (See Previous Question.)

Quorum, only shall do business.

what number shall be..

how attendance of may be compelled...

any member may desire a count for the purpose of ascertaining....
not present suspend the question......

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R.

a speech, is not a right

Randall and Whitney, reference to the case, breach of privilege..
Reading of papers, right to require.....

question on, first put

a report of one House not of right in the other House

Recede, questions discussed

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effect of a vote to..

Recommitment, effect of..

113

97, 98

qualifications of...

Reconsideration of bills, orders, instructions, etc..

questions requiring two-thirds, by whom may be moved..

Remonstrance and Petition, distinction

Report of committee, how to proceed in House

of one House not to be read to the other.

Representatives, apportionment of, since 1787.

House of, of whom composed.

shall choose their Speaker and other officers..

powers of, in relation to the rules and conduct of its members.

Resolution and order, distinction

111

111

87

91

95

74

73

73

76

82

88

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Rules and orders of each House, to what cases they shall apply.

86

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power of, in relation to rules and the conduct of members.

equal division, to be determined by the vote of the Vice President. 109
adjournment of, (See Adjournment)
session of, what constitutes

absence of, from sickness, another chosen

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119
119

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76

76

may be removed at will of House..

not to speak unless to order...

reads sitting, rises to put a question..

cannot refuse an amendment, inconsistent..

101

to decide point of order that arises in putting questions promptly

may ask advice of old members..

110

Special Orders, (see Orders.)

Speech, cannot read of right

Strike out, paragraph may be perfected before question to.

102

Strike out and insert, discussed..

..102, 108

Sum, largest first put..

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Treaties, may be made by the President and Senate..

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proceedings upon..

122

reconsideration of votes upon, may be moved by one of the side of

prevailing...

122

V.

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Warm words, or quarrels, adjustment of...

Whitney and Randall, bribery case, reference to.

Withdraw, members cannot when question is putting.

motions, rule of Parliament

Witnesses, how summoned, examined, etc.....

Y.

110

110

111

79, 84, 100

69

110

100

79

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when called and decision announced, no member allowed to vote.. 110 how questions are determined by.

no member to vote unless present..

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