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Previous question, its intention and effect
Previous question cannot be amended-...

can an amendment be moved to main question
after the P. Q. has been moved and seconded?..
cannot be put in Committee of the Whole...
may be put in quasi committee....
discussed....

Priority and precedence of motions, discussed....
Privilege of Parliament has gradually increased.
of members of Parliament

of Senators and Representatives..

of Senators, constructive extent..

of the two Houses, cases of alleged breach of.....
of a member takes place by force of his election..
of members must be ascertained at the peril of the party
violating.

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of a member is the privilege of the House..

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a member cannot waive his...

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is violated by Speaker not putting a question which is
in order..

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of one House in relation to the other, or in relation to a
co-ordinate branch of the legislature..

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breach of, party summoned or sent for..

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breach of, by members, punishable by House only..
breach of, by the king or executive............

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members of one House cannot be summoned by the other
neither House can exercise authority over members or

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officers of the other

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of a member where he is charged or interested, &c.....
question of, takes precedence of the original question..
Privileged questions (see Questions)...

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Quarrel in committee must be settled in House

members must declare they will not prosecute

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question of privilege arising from, must first be disposed of

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Questions, general rule for putting..

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the priority of certain, considered...

removed from before House by adjournment...

may be debated between the count of affirmative and
negative....

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manner of putting...

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members are not to speak or move about when putting.

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Questions, must be decided peremptorily if difficulty arise....
one House cannot question the other except by confer-

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Questions of order (incidental), how fa rit shall supersede any other
Qaestion, division of, how made ...

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Questions (co-existing) what suspends and what removes from the

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to be resumed in statu quo when suspended by the want

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how the attendance of, may be compelled.

any member may call for a count for the purpose of ascer-
taining.

not present suspends the question..

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118, 170

R.

Randall and Whitney, reference to case, breach of privilege.....
Reading of papers, question on, first put..........

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on amendments between the Houses the question shall be:
1st to agree, 2d disagree, 3d recede, 4th insist, 5th,
adhere...

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one House adhering, the other must recede or adhere also

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amendment..

Recede, the House cannot recede from its own amendment with an

Recommitment, amendments made in quasi-committee fall on.....
Reconsideration of bills, orders, instructions, &c...
Remonstrance and petition, distinction....

Report of committee, how to proceed in House

Report of one House not to be read in the other if objected to..
Representatives, apportionment of, from 1789 to 1893...

qualifications of

Representatives, House of, of whom composed....

shall choose their Speaker and other offi-

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cers

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powers of, in relation to its rules and
the conduct of members....

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money may be paid by

when to be presented for approval

Resolutions, facts, principles, and opinions may be expressed in..

Reviling, nipping, or unmannerly words not to be used in debate.
Riders, engrossed bills may be amended by

Rules, an adherence to, important...........

Rules and orders of each House, to what cases they shall apply.... 133, 134

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the Vice-President to be the President of the....

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shall choose their officers, &c.....

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power of, in relation to rules and the conduct of members.

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equal division to be determined by the vote of the Vice-
President..

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not to speak unless to order, and to be first heard...

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Speaker, reads sitting, rises to put question...

cannot refuse an amendment, inconsistent

to decide point of order that arises in putting question
peremptorily, and may ask advice of old members.....

Special orders (see Orders)..

Speech cannot be read of right, a written

Strike out, paragraph may be perfected before question to..

Strike out and insert, discussed....

Sum, largest, first put in filling blanks

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Tellers to count on division of the House
their errors rectified .....

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Time, longest, first put in filling blanks

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Title to be on the back of the bill when engrossed

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when to be made or amended....

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Transposing of sections, rule respecting.
Treason, mode of proceeding on charge of..

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Treaties may be made by the President and Senate..
shall be kept secret until injunction removed.

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Withdraw, members cannot, when question is putting.

Withdraw motions, rule of Parliament...

Witnesses, how summoned, examined, etc

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