[No. 4.] QUESTIONS OF ORDER. [The figures in the following paragraphs refer to the page of the journal on which the questions and decisions are entered.] That resolutions general in their scope may be moved as an amendment to resolutions special in their character. [60.] That amendments broader in their scope than the subjectmatter on which a report is based are not in order. [126, 628, 733, 807, 914, 915, 921, 932, 1111.] For instances where amendments were held to be germane to the subject-matter under consideration. [541, 622, 919, 920, 931, 935, 952, 953, 1131.] That a measure having been once rejected by the House, no measure substantially the same can be considered during the same session. [419.] That it is too late to raise the point of order that a bill is broader in its scope than the subject-matter of the petition on which it is based after the bill has been ordered to a third reading. [807.] That a bill to require railroad corporations increasing their capital stock to sell the new shares at public auction, reported on an order, did not violate the provisions of House Rule 30, which provides that no legislation affecting the rights of individuals, etc., shall be proposed or introduced except by a petition. [603, 638-641.] That House Rule 30 does not contemplate that individual stockholders in corporations are to be considered as factors in any regulation of legislation concerning corporations, or that the rights of individual holders of stock in a corporation can be separated from the rights of the whole body of stockholders, the corporation itself. [640-641.] When a committee has reported upon one of several papers involving the same subject, it has no authority to make further report upon the same subject. [790.] When a report of a joint committee has been made in the House and there finally acted upon, the rule of courtesy existing between the two branches does not obtain to allow the consideration of another report from the Senate made by the same committee upon the same subject. [764, 789-795.] That a bill contemplating legislation affecting certain trust companies differently from other trust companies of the same class comes within the provisions of House Rule 30, and should be based upon a petition rather than upon an order. [821, 866.] That under Joint Rule 5, which provides that no recommittal shall be made after the fourth Wednesday in March, a motion made at a later date to recommit is not in order. [866, 983.] That a point of order is not properly raised against a bill because it contemplates legislation changing the existing policy of the Commonwealth. [953, 954.] For a ruling relative to the division of time, under House Rule 48, when debate is closed, between the committee originally reporting a measure and the committee on Finance. [1037.] That a bill has not been properly considered by a committee cannot be the subject of a point of order, for the reason that it is not within the province of the Chair to decide as to the internal workings of a committee, but only whether or not the report of a committee is in proper form. [1127.] I, [No. 5.] THE OATH OF OFFICE. [See page 4.] (repeating your name) , do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the Constitution thereof. So help me, God. I, do solemnly swear and affirm that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as a representative, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. So help me, God. I, do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States. So help me, God. I, AFFIRMATION. (repeating your name) , do solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and will support the Constitution thereof. This I do under the pains and penalties of perjury. I, do solemnly affirm that I will faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on me as a representative, according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the rules and regulations of the Constitution and laws of this Commonwealth. This I do under the pains and penalties of perjury. I, do solemnly affirm that I will support the Constitution of the United States. This I do under the pains and penalties of perjury. |