Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia

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Página 18 - The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the House in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the House, and joint rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Página 46 - That a committee of two on the part of the senate and three on the part of the...
Página 51 - I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the...
Página 15 - 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 House by any two members; on which appeal no member shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the House.
Página 13 - Upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be called over by the Clerk, and the absentees noted : after which the names of the absentees shall again be called over, the doors shall then be shut, and those for whom no excuse, or insufficient excuses are made, may, by order of those present...
Página 10 - The Speaker shall examine and correct the Journal before it is read. He shall have a general direction of the Hall. He shall have a right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.
Página 10 - All acts, addresses, and joint resolutions, shall be signed by the Speaker; and all writs, warrants and subpoenas, issued by order of the House, shall be under his hand and seal, attested by the Clerk.
Página 13 - When a member shall be discharged from custody and admitted to his seat, the House shall determine whether such discharge shall be with or without paying fees ; and in like manner, whether a delinquent member, taken into custody by a special messenger, shall, or shall not, be liable to defray the expense of such special messenger.
Página 16 - When a question is before the House, no motion shall be received unless specially provided for, except to adjourn, to pass by, to lay upon the table, to postpone for a specified time or purpose, to commit or amend, or to dismiss; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged.
Página 17 - Senate, and requiring three readings previous to being passed, shall be, "Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time?

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