INDEX

TO THE

RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

A.

RULE.

Absence, 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,

leave to be, limited to five days,

Accounts of members, by whom to be kept,

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,

27

Amend, precedence and order of motion to,

42

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

38

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

47

Amendment to rules, votes 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 respecting,

Ballot, committees may be chosen by,

RULE.

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47

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8

2

11

30

B.

56

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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,

taken from files of a former legislature, rules respecting, memo-
randum

9

caption of, memorandum

10

Blanks, rules respecting the filling of,

6

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

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

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

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