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19. No member shall speak out of his place without leave from the chair, nor without first rising and addressing the speaker; and he shall sit down as soon as he has done speaking.

20. No member shall interrupt another while speaking, except to call to order, or to correct a mistake.

21. No member shall speak more than twice to one question, without having first obtained leave of the house; nor more than once, until the other members who have not spoken, shall speak, if they desire it.

22. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be received and considered by the house, and not otherwise; and no member shall be permitted to lay a motion in writing on the table, until he shall have read the same in his place, and the same shall have been seconded; and no new bill or resolve of a public nature shall be received, except it be reported by a committee, unless the house otherwise order; and all bills and resolves, not reported by a committee, shall be referred to the appropriate committees, or shall lay upon the table one day, before further action thereon.

23. No member shall nominate more than one person for one committee, provided the person nominated by him be chosen.

24. When a motion has been once made and carried in the affirmative, or negative, it shall not be in order for any member who voted in the minority, to move for a reconsideration thereof; but any member who voted with the majority may move to reconsider on the same or the succeeding day.

25. No member shall be obliged to be on more than two committees at the same time, nor chairman of more than one. No member of this house shall act as counsel for any party, before a joint committee of the legislature, or a committee of this house.

26. No member shall be permitted to stand up, to the interruption of another, while any member is speaking, or pass unnecessarily between the speaker of the house and the person speaking. Nor shall any mêmber or other person be permitted to stand in the alleys during the session of the house.

27. Every member shall keep an account of his own attendance and travel, and deliver the same to the clerk, or to the committee appointed to make up the pay roll; and on failure thereof, shall not be made up in the roll.

28. When the galleries shall be ordered to be cleared or shut, the matter which may occasion such order, shall be kept secret by each member, until the house shall order such injunction of secrecy to be taken off.

29. Every member who shall neglect to give his attendance in the house for more than six days after the session commences, shall, on making his appearance therein, be held to render the reason of such neglect; and in case the reason assigned shall be deemed by the house sufficient, such member shall be entitled to receive pay for his travel and not otherwise; and no member shall be absent more than two days without leave of the house; and no leave of absence shall avail any member who retains his seat, more than five days from the time the same was obtained.

30. When any member shall be guilty of a breach of any of the rules and orders of the house, and the house has determined he has so transgressed, he shall not be allowed to vote or speak, unless by way of excuse for the same, until he has made satisfaction.

31. No member shall be permitted to vote in any question where his private right, distinct from public interest, is immediately concerned.

32. Every member who shall be in the house when a question is put, where he is not excluded by interest, shall give his vote unless the house, for special reason, shall excuse him, and when the yeas and nays are ordered, no member shall leave his seat until the vote is declared. In all elections by the house, or in joint ballot of the two houses, no member shall leave his seat, after voting, before a return of the house is had.

ORDER IN PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES.

33. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the speaker direct, or any member request it.

34. On the previous question, no member shall speak more than once, without leave.

35. A motion for commitment, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendment of the main question.

36. Motions and reports may be amended, committed or recommitted, at the pleasure of the house.

37. No new motions or propositions shall be admitted under color of amendment, as a substitute for the motion or question under debate.

38. Propositions to amend by striking out and inserting dates, numbers, and sums, are not divisable; but all propositions, otherwise divisable, shall be divided at the request of any ten members.

39. When the reading of a paper is called for, which has been before read to the house, and the same is objected to by any member, it shall be determined by a vote of the house.

40. After a motion is stated or read by the speaker, and seconded, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the house and shall be disposed of by vote of the house but the mover may withdraw it at any time before a decision or amendment.

41. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, but

1st-To adjourn;

2d-To lie on the table;

3d-For the previous question;

4th-To commit;

5th-To amend;

6th-To postpone to a day certain ; 7th-To postpone indefinitely;

Which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged.

42. The unfinished business in which the house was engaged, at the time of the last adjournment, shall have preference in the orders of the day, and no motion or other business shall be received, without special leave of the house, until the former is disposed of.

43. No rule or order of the house shall be dispensed with, unless two thirds of the members present shall consent thereto.

44. When a vote, having been declared by the speaker, is doubted, the members for and against the question, when called on by the speaker, shall rise and stand uncovered till they are counted, and the vote made certain without any further debate.

45. One monitor shall be appointed by the speaker, for each division of the house, whose duty it shall be, to see to the due observance of the orders of the house, and on demand of the speaker, to return the number of votes and members in their respective divisions.

46. If any member shall transgress any of the rules and orders of the house, and persist therein, after being notified thereof by any monitor, it shall be the duty of such monitor to give information thereof to the house.

PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, &c.

47. All petitions, memorials, and other papers, addressed to the house, shall be presented by the speaker, or by a member in his place, and shall be indorsed with the name of the person presenting it, and the subject matter of the same. They shall be read by the speaker, clerk, or such other person as the speaker may request, and shall be taken up in the order they were first presented, unless when the house shall otherwise direct.

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