Manual for the General Court, 1897, Vol. 5 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Manual for the General Court, 1897, Vol. 5He shall preserve decorum and order, may speak on points of er in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that pose, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to house by any two members. Questions shall be distinctly put in this form, to wit: As many as of opinion that [as the case may be] say Aye, and after the te is expressed, Those of a contrary Opinion say No. Doubts, or a division is called for, the house shall divide. Ffirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats stand till they be counted, and afterwards those in the negative 1 rise and stand till they be counted. The speaker shall then rise state the decision of the house. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting. All committees shall be appointed by the speaker unless otherwise cted by the house. The speaker shall designate to which of the standing committees other matters shall be referred, s otherwise ordered by the house. He speaker shall not be called upon to vote unless the house be ly divided, or unless his vote, if given to the minority, will make he division equal, and in case of such equal division the question hall be lost.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.