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Page 130 - When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat, and respectfully address himself to "Mr. Speaker," and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality.
Page 130 - Speaker shall, or any member may call him to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the house shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 235 - WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. Whenever any of the following articles shall be contracted for, or sold or delivered, and no special contract or agreement shall be made to the contrary, the weight per bushel shall be as follows, to- wit: Apples, Peaches or Quinces 48 Cherries, Grapes, Currants or Gooseberries, 40 Strawberries, Raspberries or Blackberries, 82 Osage Orange Seed 32 Millet Seed...
Page 131 - No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment.
Page 34 - All officers not liable to impeachment shall be subject to removal for misconduct or malfeasance in office, in such manner as may be provided by law.
Page 131 - All incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.
Page 320 - ... shall have discretion to order a separate current for a smaller number of men if special conditions render it necessary. Whenever the...
Page 131 - When a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof...
Page 180 - And the General Assembly shall, from time to time, pass laws establishing reasonable maximum rates of charges for the transportation of passengers and freight on the different railroads in this State.
Page 485 - An act to regulate the practice of medicine and surgery in the State of Washington, and to license physicians and surgeons, to punish all persons violating the provisions of this act, and to repeal all laws in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency.

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