第3章

SomessagesfromtheotherHouserespectingamendmentstobills,aretakenupassoonastheHouseisclearofaquestion,unlesstheyrequiretobeprinted,forbetterconsideration。Ordersofthedaymaybecalledfor,evenwhenanotherquestionisbeforetheHouse。SEC。XV。

ORDER。EACHHousemaydeterminetherulesofitsproceedings;punishitsmembersfordisorderlybehaviour,and,withtheconcurrenceoftwothirds,expelamember。ConstitutionI。5。

InParliament\"instancesmakeorder\"perSpeakerOnslow,2Hats。141。butwhatisdoneonlybyoneParliament,cannotbecalledcustomofParliament,byPrynne。1Grey52。SEC。XVI。

ORDERRESPECTINGPAPERS。THEclerkistoletnojournals,records,accounts,orpapersbetakenfromthetable,oroutofhiscustody。

2Hats。193,194。

Mr。Prynnehavingatacommitteeofthewholeamendedamistakeinabillwithoutorderorknowledgeofthecommittee,wasreprimanded。1Chand。

77。

Abillbeingmissing,theHouseresolvedthataprotestationshouldbemadeandsubscribedbythemembers\"beforeAlmightyGodandthishonorableHouse,thatneithermyselfnoranyothertomyknowledge,havetakenaway,ordoatthispresentconcealabillentitled,&;c。”5Grey202。

Afterabillisengrossed,itisputintotheSpeaker\'shands,andheisnottoletanyonehaveittolookinto。Town。col。209。SEC。XVII。

ORDERINDEBATE。WHENtheSpeakerisseatedinhischair,everymemberistositinhisplace。Scob。6。3Grey403。

Whenanymembermeanstospeak,heistostandupinhisplace,uncovered,andtoaddresshimself,nottotheHouse,oranyparticularmember,buttotheSpeaker,whocallshimbyhisname,thattheHousemaytakenoticewhoitisthatspeaks。Scob。6。D\'Ewes487。Col。1。

2Hats。77。4Grey66。8Grey108。Butmemberswhoareindisposedmaybeindulgedtospeaksitting。2Hats。75,77。1Grey195。

InSenate,everymember,whenhespeaks,shalladdressthechair,standinginhisplace,andwhenhehasfinishedshallsitdown。Rule3。

Whenamemberstandsuptospeak,noquestionistobeput,butheistobeheard,unlesstheHouseoverrulehim。4Grey390。5Grey6,143。

Iftwoormorerisetospeaknearlytogether,theSpeakerdetermineswhowasfirstup,andcallshimbyname,whereuponheproceeds,unlesshevoluntarilysitsdownandgiveswaytotheother。ButsometimestheHousedoesnotacquiesceintheSpeaker\'sdecision,inwhichcasethequestionisput\"whichmemberwasfirstup?\"2Hats。76。Scob。7。D\'Ewes434。col。1,2。

IntheSenateoftheUnitedStates,thePresident\'sdecisioniswithoutappeal。Theirruleisinthesewords:Whentwomembersriseatthesametime,thePresidentshallnamethepersontospeak;butinallcases,thememberfirstrising,shallspeakfirst。Rule5。

Nomanmayspeakmorethanoncetothesamebillonthesameday;orevenonanotherdayifthedebatebeadjourned。Butifitbereadmorethanonceinthesameday,hemayspeakonceateveryreading。Co。12,116。Hakew。148。Scob。58。2Hats。75。Evenachangeofopiniondoesnotgivearighttobeheardasecondtime。SmythComw。L。2。c。3。Arcan。Parl。17。

ThecorrespondingruleofSenateisinthesewords:Nomembershallspeakmorethantwiceinanyonedebateonthesameday,withoutleaveoftheSenate。Rule4。

Buthemaybepermittedtospeakagaintoclearamatteroffact。3Grey357,416。Ormerelytoexplainhimself,2Hats。73。

insomematerialpartofhisspeech,ib。75。ortothemannerorwordsofthequestion,keepinghimselftothatonlyandnottravellingintothemeritsofit;MemorialsinHakew。29。ortotheordersoftheHouseiftheybetransgressed,keepingwithinthatline,andnotfallingintothematteritself。Mem。inHakew。30,31。

ButiftheSpeakerrisestospeak,thememberstandingupoughttositdown,thathemaybefirstheard。Towncol。205。HaleParl。133。Mem。inHakew。30,31。Nevertheless,thoughtheSpeakermayofrightspeaktomattersoforderandbefirstheard,heisrestrainedfromspeakingonanyothersubject,exceptwheretheHousehaveoccasionforfactswithinhisknowledge;thenhemay,withtheirleave,statethematteroffact。3Grey38。

Nooneistospeakimpertinentlyorbesidethequestion,superfluouslyortediously。Scob。31,33。2Hats。166,168。HaleParl。133。

NopersonistouseindecentlanguageagainsttheproceedingsoftheHouse,nopriordeterminationofwhichistobereflectedonbyanymember,unlesshemeanstoconcludewithamotiontorescindit。2Hats。169,170。Rushw。P。3。v。1。fol。42。Butwhileapropositionisunderconsideration,isstillinfieri,thoughithasevenbeenreportedbyacommittee,reflectionsonitarenoreflectionsontheHouse。9Grey508。

Nopersoninspeaking,istomentionamemberthenpresentbyhisname;

buttodescribehimbyhisseatintheHouse,orwhospokelast,orontheothersideofthequestion,&;c。Mem。inHakew。3Smyth\'sComw。L。2。c。3。nortodigressfromthemattertofallupontheperson,Scob。31。HaleParl。133。2Hats。166。byspeakingreviling,nipping,orunmannerlywordsagainstaparticularmember。Smyth\'sComw。L。2。c。3。Theconsequencesofameasuremaybereprobatedinstrongterms;buttoarraignthemotivesofthosewhoproposeoradvocateit,isapersonality,andagainstorder。Quidigredituramateriaadpersonam,Mr。Speakeroughttosuppress。Ord。Com。1604。Apr。19。

Whenamembershallbecalledtoorder,heshallsitdownuntilthePresidentshallhavedeterminedwhetherheisinorderornot。Rule16。

Nomembershallspeaktoanother,orotherwiseinterruptthebusinessoftheSenate,orreadanyprintedpaperwhiletheJournalsorpublicpapersarereading,orwhenanymemberisspeakinginanydebate。Rule2。

Nooneistodisturbanotherinhisspeechbyhissing,coughing,spitting,6Grey332。Scob。8。D\'Ewes332。col。1。640。col。2。speakingorwhisperingtoanother;Scob。6。D\'Ewes。487。col。1。nortostanduporinterrupthim;Town。col。205。Mem。inHakew。31。nortopassbetweentheSpeakerandthespeakingmember,nortogoacrosstheHouse;Scob。6。ortowalkupanddownit,ortotakebooksorpapersfromthetable,orwritethere。

2Hats。171。

Nevertheless,ifamemberfindsthatitisnottheinclinationoftheHousetohearhim,andthatbyconversationoranyothernoisetheyendeavourtodrownhisvoice,itishismostprudentwaytosubmittothepleasureoftheHouse,andsitdown;foritscarcelyeverhappensthattheyareguiltyofthispieceofillmannerswithoutsufficientreason,orinattentivetoamemberwhosaysanythingworththeirhearing。2Hats。77,78。

Ifrepeatedcallsdonotproduceorder,theSpeakermaycallbyhisnameanymemberobstinatelypersistinginirregularity,whereupontheHousemayrequirethemembertowithdraw。Heisthentobeheardinexculpation,andtowithdraw。ThentheSpeakerstatestheoffencecommitted,andtheHouseconsidersthedegreeofpunishmenttheywillinflict。2Hats。167,7,8,172。

ForinstancesofassaultsandaffraysintheHouseofCommons,andtheproceedingsthereon,see1。Pet。Misc。82。3Grey128。4Grey328。5Grey382。6Grey254。10Grey8。

Wheneverwarmwords,oranassault,havepassedbetweenmembers,theHouse,fortheprotectionoftheirmembers,requiresthemtodeclareintheirplacesnottoprosecuteanyquarrel;3Grey128,293。5Grey289。orordersthemtoattendtheSpeaker,whoistoaccommodatetheirdifferencesandreporttotheHouse:3Grey419。andtheyareputunderrestraintiftheyrefuse,oruntiltheydo。9Grey234,312。

Disorderlywordsarenottobenoticedtillthememberhasfinishedhisspeech。5Grey356。6Grey60。Thenthepersonobjectingtothem,anddesiringthemtobetakendownbytheclerkatthetable,mustrepeatthem。TheSpeakerthenmaydirecttheclerktotakethemdowninhisminutes。Butifhethinksthemnotdisorderly,hedelaysthedirection。

Ifthecallbecomesprettygeneral,heorderstheclerktotakethemdown,asstatedbytheobjectingmember。Theyarethenpartofhisminutes,andwhenreadtotheoffendingmember,hemaydenytheywerehiswords,andtheHousemustthendecidebyaquestionwhethertheyarehiswordsornot。Thenthemembermayjustifythem,orexplainthesenseinwhichheusedthem,orapologize。IftheHouseissatisfied,nofartherproceedingisnecessary。ButiftwomembersstillinsisttotakethesenseoftheHouse,themembermustwithdraw,beforethatquestionisstated,andthenthesenseoftheHouseistobetaken。2Hats。199。4Grey170。6Grey59。Whenanymemberhasspoken,orotherbusinessintervenedafteroffensivewordsspoken,theycannotbetakennoticeofforcensure。

Andthisisforthecommonsecurityofall,andtopreventmistakeswhichmusthappenifwordsarenottakendownimmediately。Formerlytheymightbetakendownanytimethesameday。2Hats。196。Mem。inHakew。71。3Grey48。9Grey514。

DisorderlywordsspokeninacommitteemustbewrittendownasintheHouse;butthecommitteecanonlyreportthemtotheHouseforanimadversion。

6Grey46。

TheruleoftheSenatesays,ifamemberbecalledtoorderforwordsspoken,theexceptionablewordsshallbeimmediatelytakendowninwriting,thatthePresidentmaybebetterenabledtojudge。Rule17。

InParliament,tospeakirreverentlyorseditiouslyagainstthekingisagainstorder。Smyth\'sComw。L。2。c。3。2Hats。170。

ItisabreachoforderindebatetonoticewhathasbeensaidonthesamesubjectintheotherHouse,ortheparticularvotesormajoritiesonitthere:becausetheopinionofeachHouseshouldbelefttoitsownindependency,nottobeinfluencedbytheproceedingsoftheother;andthequotingthemmightbegetreflectionsleadingtoamisunderstandingbetweenthetwoHouses。8Grey22。

NeitherHousecanexerciseanyauthorityoveramemberorofficeroftheother,butshouldcomplaintotheHouseofwhichheis,andleavethepunishmenttothem。WherethecomplaintisofwordsdisrespectfullyspokenbyamemberofanotherHouse,itisdifficulttoobtainpunishment,becauseoftherulessupposednecessarytobeobserved(astotheimmediatenotingdownofwords)forthesecurityofmembers。ThereforeitisthedutyoftheHouse,andmoreparticularlyoftheSpeaker,tointerfereimmediately,andnottopermitexpressionstogounnoticedwhichmaygiveagroundofcomplainttotheotherHouse,andintroduceproceedingsandmutualaccusationsbetweenthetwoHouses,whichcanhardlybeterminatedwithoutdifficultyanddisorder。3Hats。51。

Nomembermaybepresentwhenabilloranybusinessconcerninghimselfisdebating,norisanymembertospeaktothemeritsofittillhewithdraws。

2Hats。219。Theruleis,thatifachargeagainstamemberariseoutofareportofacommittee,orexaminationofwitnessesintheHouse,asthememberknowsfromthattowhatpointsheistodirecthisexculpation,hemaybeheardtothosepoints,beforeanyquestionismovedorstatedagainsthim。Heisthentobeheard,andwithdrawbeforeanyquestionismoved。Butifthequestionitselfisthecharge,asforbreachoforder,ormatterarisinginthedebate,therethechargemustbestated,thatis,thequestionmustbemoved,himselfheard,andthentowithdraw。2Hats。121,122。

Wheretheprivateinterestsofamemberareconcernedinabillorquestion,heistowithdraw。Andwheresuchaninteresthasappeared,hisvoicehasbeendisallowed,evenafteradivision。Inacasesocontrarynotonlytothelawsofdecency,buttothefundamentalprincipleofthesocialcompact,whichdeniestoanymantobeajudgeinhisowncause,itisforthehonoroftheHousethatthisrule,ofimmemorialobservance,shouldbestrictlyadheredto。2Hats。119,121。6Grey368。

NomemberistocomeintotheHousewithhisheadcovered,nortoremovefromoneplacetoanotherwithhishaton,noristoputonhishatincomingin,orremoving,untilhebesetdowninhisplace。Scob。6。

Aquestionofordermaybeadjournedtogivetimetolookintoprecedents。

2Hats。118。

IntheSenateoftheUnitedStates,everyquestionoforderistobedecidedbythePresident,withoutdebate:butiftherebeadoubtinhismind,hemaycallforthesenseoftheSenate。Rule16。

InParliament,alldecisionsoftheSpeakermaybecontrouledbytheHouse。3Grey319。SEC。XVIII。

ORDERSOFTHEHOUSE。OFright,thedooroftheHouseoughtnottobeshut,buttobekeptbyporters,orserjeantsatarms,assignedforthatpurpose。Mod。Ten。Parl。23。

BytherulesoftheSenate,onmotionmadeandseconded,toshutthedoorsoftheSenateonthediscussionofanybusinesswhichmayintheopinionofamemberrequiresecrecy,thePresidentshalldirectthegallerytobecleared,andduringthediscussionofsuchmotion,thedoorsshallremainshut。Rule28。

Nomotionshallbedeemedinorder,toadmitanypersonorpersonswhatever,withinthedoorsoftheSenateChamber,topresentanypetition,memorial,oraddress,ortohearanysuchread。Rule29。

Theonlycasewhereamemberhasarighttoinsistonanythingis,wherehecallsfortheexecutionofasubsistingorderoftheHouse。Here,therehavingbeenalreadyaresolution,anymemberhasarighttoinsistthattheSpeaker,oranyotherwhosedutyitis,shallcarryitintoexecution;

andnodebateordelaycanbehadonit。ThusanymemberhasarighttohavetheHouseorgalleryclearedofstrangers,anorderexistingforthatpurpose;ortohavetheHousetoldwhenthereisnotaquorumpresent。

2Hats。87,129。HowfaranorderoftheHouseinbinding,seeHakew。392。

Butwhereanorderismadethatanyparticularmatterbetakenuponaparticularday,thereaquestionistobeputwhenitiscalledfor,whethertheHousewillnowproceedtothatmatter?Whereordersofthedayareonimportantorinterestingmatter,theyoughtnottobeproceededontillanhouratwhichtheHouseisusuallyfull,(whichinSenateisatnoon。)

Ordersofthedaymaybedischargedatanytime,andanewonemadeforadifferentday。3Grey48,313。

Whenasessionisdrawingtoaclose,andtheimportantbillsareallbroughtin;theHouse,inordertopreventinterruptionbyfurtherunimportantbills,sometimescometoaresolutionthatnonewbillbebroughtin,exceptitbesentfromtheotherHouse。3Grey156。

AllordersoftheHousedeterminewiththesession;andonetakenundersuchanordermay,afterthesessionisended,bedischargedonahabeascorpus。Raym。120。JacobsL。D。byRuffhead。Parliament,1Lev。165。Prichard\'\'scase。

WheretheconstitutionauthoriseseachHousetodeterminetherulesofitsproceedings,itmustmeaninthosecaseslegislative,executiveorjudiciary,submittedtothembytheconstitution,orinsomethingrelatingtothese,andnecessarytowardstheirexecution。Butordersandresolutionsaresometimesenteredinthejournals,havingnorelationtothese,suchasacceptancesofinvitationstoattendorations,totakepartinprocessions,^c。Thesemustbeunderstoodtobemerelyconventionalamongthosewhoarewillingtoparticipateintheceremony,andaretherefore,perhaps,improperlyplacedamongtherecordsoftheHouse。SEC。XIX。

PETITIONS。APETITIONprayssomething。A

remonstracehasnoprayer。1Grey58。

Petitionsmustbesubscribedbythepetitioners,Scob。87。L。

Parl。c。22。9Grey362。unlesstheyareattending,1Grey401。orunabletosign,andaverredbyamember。3Grey418。Butapetitionnotsubscribed,butwhichthememberpresentingitaffirmedtobeallinthehandwritingofthepetitioner,andhisnamewritteninthebeginning,wasonthequestion(Mar。14,1800)receivedbytheSenate。

Theavermentofamember,orofsomebodywithoutdoors,thattheyknowthehandwritingofthepetitionersisnecessaryifitbequestioned。6

Grey36。Itmustbepresentedbyamember,notbythepetitioners,andmustbeopenedbyhim,holdingitinhishand。10Grey57。

BeforeanypetitionormemorialaddressedtotheSenate,shallbereceivedandreadatthetable,whetherthesameshallbeintroducedbythePresidentoramember,abriefstatementofthecontentsofthepetitionormemorialshallverballybemadebytheintroducer。Rule21。

Regularlyamotionforreceivingitmustbemadeandseconded,andaquestionputwhetheritshallbereceived?ButacryfromtheHouseof\"received,\"orevenitssilence,dispenseswiththeformalityofthisquestion。

Itisthentobereadatthetableanddisposedof。SEC。XX。

MOTIONS。WHENamotionhasbeenmade,itisnottobeputtothequestionordebateduntilitisseconded。Scob。21。

TheSenatesaynomotionshallbedebateduntilthesameshallbeseconded。Rule6。

ItisthenandnottilltheninpossessionoftheHouse,andcannotbewithdrawnbutbyleaveoftheHouse。Itistobeputintowriting,iftheHouseorSpeakerrequireit,andmustbereadtotheHousebytheSpeakerasoftenasanymemberdesiresitforhisinformation。2Hats。82。

TheruleoftheSenateis,whenamotionshallbemadeandseconded,itshallbereducedtowriting,ifdesiredbythePresident,oranymember,deliveredinatthetable,andreadbythePresidentbeforethesameshallbedebated。Rule7。

Itmightbeaskedwhetheramotionforadjournmentorfortheordersofthedaycanbemadebyonememberwhileanotherisspeaking?Itcannot。

Whentwomembersoffertospeak,hewhorosefirstistobeheard,anditisabreachoforderinanothertointerrupthim,unlessbycallinghimtoorder,ifhedepartsfromit。Andthequestionoforderbeingdecided,heisstilltobeheardthrough。Acallforadjournment,orfortheorderoftheday,orforthequestion,bygentlemenfromtheirseats,isnotamotion。Nomotioncanbemadewithoutrisingandaddressingthechair。

Suchcallsarethemselvesbreachesoforder,whichthoughthememberwhohasrisenmayrespect,asanexpressionoftheimpatienceoftheHouseagainstfurtherdebate,yet,ifhechuses,hehasarighttogoon。SEC。XXI。

RESOLUTIONS。WHENtheHousecommands,itisbyan\"order。”Butfacts,principles,theirownopinions,andpurposes,areexpressedintheformofResolutions。

AResolution,foranallowanceofmoneytotheclerks,beingmoved,itwasobjectedtoasnotinorder,andsoruledbythechair。ButonanappealtotheSenate(i。e。acallfortheirsensebythePresidentonaccountofdoubtinhismindaccordingtoRule16。)thedecisionwasoverruled。Journ。Sen。June1,1796。Ipresumethedoubtwas,whetheranallowanceofmoneycouldbemadeotherwisethanbybill。SEC。XXII。

BILLS。EVERYbillshallreceivethreereadings,previoustoitsbeingpassed;andthePresidentshallgivenoticeateachwhetheritbethefirst,second,orthird;whichreadingsshallbeonthreedifferentdays,unlesstheSenateunanimouslydirectotherwise,or,unlessbyajointvoteofbothHouses,ortheexpirationoftheirterm,thesessionistobeclosedwithinthreedays。Rule13。SEC。XXIII。

BILLS,LEAVETOBRINGIN。ONEday\'snoticeatleastshallbegivenofanintendedmotionforleavetobringinabill。Rule12。

Whenamemberdesirestobringinabillonanysubject,hestatestotheHouseingeneraltermsthecausesfordoingit,andconcludesbymovingforleavetobringinabillintituled,&;c。Leavebeinggiven,onthequestion,acommitteeisappointedtoprepareandbringinthebill。Themoverandseconderarealwaysappointedofthiscommittee,andoneormoreinaddition。Hakew。132。Scob。40。

Itistobepresentedfairlywritten,withoutanyerasureorinterlineation,ortheSpeakermayrefuseit。Scob。41。1Grey82,84。SEC。XXIV。