Journal of the House of Representatives of the General Assembly of the State of Illinois, Volume 1

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Page 56 - 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...
Page 59 - When a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order...
Page 56 - As many as are of the contrary opinion, say No." If the Speaker doubt, or a division be called for, the House shall divide : those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and afterwards those in the negative.
Page 102 - That a committee of three on the part of the House and two on the...
Page 61 - Robert's Rules of Order, Revised, shall govern the association in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with these by-laws.
Page 602 - An Act to prevent extortion and unjust discrimination in the rates charged for the transportation of passengers and freights on railroads in this state, and to punish the same, and prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto...
Page 469 - AN ACT TO PROVIDE AGAINST THE EVILS RESULTING FROM THE SALE OF INTOXICATING LIQUORS IN THE STATE OF OHIO,
Page 485 - An act to regulate public warehouses and the warehousing and inspection of grain, and to give effect to article thirteen (13) of the constitution of the State...
Page 59 - When a resolution shall be offered, or a motion made, to refer any subject, and different committees shall be proposed, the question shall be taken in the following order : The committee of the whole House on the state of the Union ; the committee of the whole House; a standing committee; a select committee.
Page 428 - Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, when published with good motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense.

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