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Reviling, nipping, or unmannerly words not be used in debate.
Riders, engrossed bills may be amended by-
Rules, an adherence to, importance of...---
Rules and orders of each House, to what cases they shall apply..

the execution of a subsisting
order may be insisted on....
all orders determine with the
session___

Manual

Section

717.11

740.7 701

717

718.2

718.6

S

Sections of bills may be numbered by Clerk.......
Senate, of whom composed and how classed...----

the Vice-President to be the President of the____
shall choose their officers, etc. - - -

735.13

705

709.1

709.2

power of, in relation to rules and the conduct of mem-
bers...

715

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

adjournment of. (See Adjournment).
session of, what constitutes...

Speaker, the House shall choose their...

741.8

750

751.3

709.3

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

717.8

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

731.1

can not refuse an amendment, inconsistent...

735.2

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

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

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Senate

Manual

Section

Title to be on the back of the bill when engrossed.

when to be amended_____

Transposing of sections, rule respecting..

Treason, mode of proceeding on charge of..

731.4

742 735.11

703.15

Treaties may be made by the President and Senate... are legislative acts____

752.1

752.2

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Whitney and Randall bribery case, reference to...---

Withdraw, members can not, when question is putting-

Withdraw motions, rule of Parliament...
Witnesses, how summoned, examined, etc..

Y

717.15

703.6

741.9

733.25

713

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HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

IN CONGRESS JULY 4, 1776

THE UNANIMOUS DECLARATION OF THE THIRTEEN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WHEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn

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