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Page 42 - Upon bills committed to a Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered ; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined ; but all amendments, noting the page...
Page 16 - No member shall absent himself from the service of the House unless he have leave, or be sick and unable to attend.
Page 13 - If any member, in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may call him to order, in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide the case, but without debate.
Page 14 - No member shall vote on any question in the event of which he is immediately and particularly interested ; or in any case where he was not present •when the question was put.
Page 22 - After a bill shall have been thus signed in each House, it shall be presented by the said committee to the President of the United States for his approbation, it being...
Page 14 - Hats. 82. [The rule of the Senate is, when a motion shall be made and seconded, it shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the president or any member, delivered in at the table, and read by the president before the same shall be debated.
Page 12 - He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose ; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the house by any two members, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the house.
Page 13 - ... debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed ; if otherwise, he...
Page 20 - Every bill shall be introduced by motion for leave, or by an order of the House, on the report of a committee ; and, in either case, a committee to prepare the same shall be appointed. In cases of a general nature, one day's notice, at least, shall be given of the motion to bring in a bill ; and every such motion may be committed.
Page 39 - He shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.

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