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Appropriation for treaties not to be included in bills making appropria-
tion for other objects

Appropriations to be first discussed in Committee of the Whole

B.

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Ballot for committees

in other cases

Ballots, blank, not counted

no person to look on when tellers are counting
Bar, no member to vote unless within the

Bills on the table, when to be taken up and disposed of
Bills reported at first session, to be resumed at second -

private, to have precedence on Fridays and Saturdays

to be called over on first and fourth Fridays of every
month-preference to those not objected to

rejected, if enacting words be stricken out

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if opposed on first reading, question to reject to be put, &c.

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how to be disposed of on second reading

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not more than three to be committed to the same Committee of
the Whole

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[in Committee of the Whole] how to be taken up; not to be in-

terlined; amendments to, how to be kept and reported; and,
after report, may be again debated and amended

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rule)

on their passage to be on paper (joint rule)

to be enrolled on parchment after passing the two Houses (joint

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Bills passed one House and lost in the other, how they may be renewed
(joint rule)
when sent from one House to the other, to be accompanied by the
papers on which they are founded (joint rule)

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not to be sent from one House to the other for concurrence on
the three last days of the session (joint rule)

not to be presented to the President on the last day of a session
(joint rule)

joint rule relative to printing of

Blanks, rule respecting the filling of

Blank ballots, not to be counted

Bond of Sergeant-at-arms

Rule.

Business, unfinished, precedence of

Business, unfinished at first, to be resumed at second session of Con-

gress

daily order of

order of, changed or postponed, two-thirds necessary

no debate on priority of

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Business on the table, when to be taken up and disposed of
Business on the Speaker's table, mode of disposing of

list to be made of

private, to have preference on Fridays and Saturdays
to be called over on first and fourth Fridays in every
month, and preference give nto matters not objected

to

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Calls on Departments for information, rules relating to
Calls of the House, names called alphabetically

in order prior to second of previous question, but
not after

proceedings on a call

Speaker and fifteen members may compel attend-
ance of absent members

Capitol, unappropriated rooms in

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no spirits to be brought within or about (joint rule)
Chair, Speaker may substitute a member to take the. -
Chairman of Committee, who shall be

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Clerk to cause resolutions to be delivered to President, &c.

Claims, officers of House not to prosecute

to take an oath to act faithfully, and tenure of appointment, &c.
to make a list of reports to be made by public officers to Con-
gress

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Clerk to note questions of order

to attest legal acts signed by the Speaker

to retain certain books in the office library

Clerks to Committees, House must order employment of
Commit or amend, order of motions to

Committees, how to be appointed

who shall be chairman

to meet on call of two members

order in which they shall be called for reports

a member may, in a certain case, be excused from serv-

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Rule.

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on Commerce

on the Judiciary

on Revolutionary Claims

on Public Expenditures

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Committees on Expenditures, appointment and duties of the six

Committees, standing, may report by bill

not to sit during session of House

not to employ clerks

Committee of the Whole on the Union, a standing order of the day

rules may be suspended at any time to go into

Committee of the Whole, how formed

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how to report amendments to a report

rules of the House to be observed in

must first entertain all motions for laying or increasing

taxes

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Committee of the Whole, appropriations must be first discussed in
Committee clerks, House to order employment of
Committee on Enrolled Bills, appointment and duties of (joint rule)
to report at any time

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Commitment of motions and reports to be at the pleasure of the House
when different committees are proposed, their order
Conference on disagreeing votes of the two Houses, rule respecting

(joint rule)

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Confidential communications or proceedings, rules upon

Sergeant-at-arms sworn to secrecy

Doorkeeper sworn to secrecy

Consideration, questions of

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Conversation, (private,) not to be entertained while a member is

speaking

D.

Debate, provisions for the preservation of order and decorum in
on appeals, limited nature of

on appeals in calls to order prohibited

prohibited on motions to adjourn

prohibited on motion to lie on the table

prohibited to speak more than once or twice

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prohibited on petitions and other papers on day of presenta-

tion

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probibited on priority of business

to be precluded by the previous question

no speech to exceed one hour

in Committee of the Whole, House may terminate

Departments, calls for information from

list of reports from

Division of questions, when and how they may be allowed

Division of the House, how made and decided

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Divine service not to be performed in the Hall, unless by the consent

of the Speaker

Disorder of the gallery, remedy for

Documents, members to be furnished with an extra set

rule respecting printing extra numbers

Doorkeepers, to be appointed

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to be sworn to secrecy

required to execute rules strictly

Duties or taxes, rules to be observed respecting the imposition or in-
crease of

Rule.

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32, 35

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32, 38, 132

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Enacting words, if stricken out, to be considered as a rejection of

bill, &c.

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Engrossment to be in a fair round hand

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Engrossed bills not to be amended by riders

while on their passage between the two Houses (joint

rule.)

(See Bills.)

Enrolled bills, Committee on, may report at any time

to be examined by the committee
provision for the appointment of

the Committee on

(joint rule)

to be signed by the presiding officers of the Houses
(joint rule)

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how to be presented to the President, and the time to be
noted (joint rule)

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not to be presented to the President on the last day of
session (joint rule)

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Executive Departments, rules to be observed in calling for information

from heads of

Executive communications, when to be read

Excused from voting, rule relating to being

Excused from serving on a committee, a member may be
Extra compensation forbidden

F.

Fees in cases of calls of the House, payment by members

of Sergeant-at-arms

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Friday, private business, precedence on

G.

Galleries may be cleared in cases of disorder
Governors, send journals to

admitted in the Hall

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not to be used in the performance of Divine service, unless by

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Indefinitely, questions not to be resumed which are postponed

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