INDEX

TO THE

RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

A.

RULE.

Aberace, any member having leave of, to leave papers in his possession,
relating to business of the House, with the clerk,

Absent, no member allowed to be, more than two days, without leave,
leave to be, for more than two days, to be reported by committee
on leave of absence,

Acts affecting the rights of individuals or corporations, previous notice
necessary to the passage of,

Adjourn, motion to, always first in order,

to be decided without debate,

Alleys, during the session of the House, no person permitted to stand in
the,

Amend, precedence and order of motion to,

Amendment to a report, not allowed,

not to be admitted, if on a subject different from that under
consideration,

to rules, one day's previous notice necessary to,

Amendment to rules, vote of two-thirds of members present necessary to,
notice of, to be entered on the journal,

of main question, precluded by previous question,
reported by committee, vote on, to have precedence of pend-
ing amendment,

Appeals, how made,

question of order decided on, to be entered on the journal,
Attendance, failure of, for six days after session commences, rule respect-
ing,

Ballot, committees may be chosen by,

B.

committees chosen, who shall be chairman of,

elections by, time for, to be assigned one day previous,

Bills, proceedings on leave to introduce certain,

of public nature, by whom to be introduced,

committees may report by,

not reported by committee, proceedings thereon,

the several readings of,

the time and manner of the second reading of,

the third reading of, to be assigned by the House,

when to be engrossed,

engrossed, when sent to the Senate, notice thereof to be given by

the Speaker,

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in the third reading, to be committed to the committee on bills in
the third reading,

engrossed, to be committed to the committee on engrossed bills,
on notice of motion to reconsider, to remain with the clerk,
taken from files of a former Legislature, rules respecting, memo-
randum

Business, in assigning the time for the consideration of, the longest time

to have precedence,

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unfinished, precedence of,

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C.

Calls for yeas and nays, in order after the main question is ordered to

of committee of the whole House, to be named by the Speaker,
of certain committees, to report within four days,

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Debate prohibited on motions to adjourn,

on motion to lay on the table, when a motion for the
previous question is pending,

of main question, to be precluded by the previous question,
prohibited to speak more than once or twice,

Desk of the Speaker, no person to sit at the, without permission of the
Speaker,

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of the Clerk, no person to sit at the, without permission of the
Speaker,

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