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No Member to bring a stranger into such parts of the House.

Every Member to attend the service of the House.

Notice to be given of Motions for leave of absence.

Members excused from service.

Leave of absence forfeited.

(Jail of the House.

Order in which names are called.

Members not present but subsequently attending.

Members not attending.

Entering and leaving the House.

Members leaving their seato.

Orders of the Day and Notices of Motion.

Orders of the Day denned.

Orders of the Day on Tuesdays and Fridays.

discharged out of custody without the special order of the House. 58. No Member is to bring any stranger into any part of the House or Gallery appropriated to the Members of the House while the House or a Committee of the whole House is sitting.

V. —Attendance and Places op Members. 59. Every Member is bound to attend the service of the House, unless leave of absence be given to him by the House. 60. Notice is to be given of a Motion for giving leave of absence to any Member, stating the cause and period of absence. 61. A Member is excused from service in the House or on any Committee so long as he has leave of absence. 62. Any Member having leave of absence forfeits the same by attending the service of the House before the expiration of such leave. 63. When an Order is made that the House be called over on a future day Mr. Speaker shall cause circular letters or telegrams to be forwarded to all the Members of the House requiring their attendance on that day. No Order for a Call of the House shall be made for any day earlier than seven days from the date of such Order. 64. When the Order of the Day for calling over the House is read the names of the Members are called over by the Clerk alphabetically. 65. The names of all Members who do not answer when called are taken down by the Clerk, and are subsequently called over a second time, when those who answer, or afterwards attend in their places on the same day, are ordinarily excused. 66. Members not attending in their places are dealt with for their default as the House may think fit. 67. Every Member is to be uncovered when he enters or leaves the House, or moves to any other part of the House, and is to make obeisance to the Chair in passing to or from his seat. 68. No Member is to pass between the Chair and any Member who is speaking.

Vl.—Orders of the Day and Order oe Business. 69. The ordinary business of each day consists of Orders of the Day and Notices of Motion. 70. An Order of the Day is a Bill or other matter which the House has ordered to be taken into consideration on a particular day. 71. Unless the House shall otherwise direct, Orders of the Day for Tuesdays and Fridays are to be disposed of before the House will proceed upon any Motions of which notice shall have been given.

72. When the House proceeds to the Orders of the Day on days on which Orders have precedence, and after Notices of Motion have been disposed of on all other days, or on the House resuming at half after Seven o'clock, as the case may be, Mr. Speaker is to direct the Clerk at the Table to read the Orders of the Day without any Question being put. 73. The Orders of the Day are to be disposed of in the order in which they stand upon the Paper, the right being reserved to Ministers of placing Government Orders or Government Motions at the head of the list, in the rotation in which they are to be taken, on the days (Tuesdays and Fridays) on which Government business has precedence; but such business, if not disposed of on those days, shall revert to that position on the Order Paper which it would have occupied if it had not been advanced as Government business. 74. Private Members' Motions and Bills shall take precedence of all Government Orders, and Orders in charge of Members of the Government, on Wednesdays throughout the session. 75. For the first six weeks of the session there shall be no questions on the Order Paper for Thursday, and Local Bills shall have precedence on that day until they are disposed of, after which private Members' Public Bills shall be dealt with. At the expiration of six weeks Government business takes precedence on Thursdays. 76. The Government may, with the consent of the Member in charge of a Public Bill, adopt the same; but before the said Bill shall be dealt with as a Government Bill the member of the Ministry adopting such Bill shall notify Mr. Speaker in writing that such Bill has beeu adopted by the Government. 77. All dropped Orders of the Day are to : be set down in the Order-book after the Orders of the Day for the next day on which the House shall sit. 78. The House proceeds each day with < business in the following order: 1. Private business ; 2. Public Petitions ; 3. Giving Notices of Motion and Notices of Questions; 4. Presentation of Papers; 5. Motions for Leave of Absence; 6. Unopposed Motions for Returns; 7. Leave to introduce Bills; 8. Reports of Select Committees; 9. Questions; 10. Orders of the Day and Notices of Motion, in the order in which they are set down in the Order Paper. 79. If at the hours fixed by the Standing Orders for Mr. Speaker or the Chairman of Committees to interpose to interrupt the business under discussion a Motion has been proposed for the Adjournment of the House or of the Debate, or, in Committee, that the Chairman do Report Progress, or do leave the Chair, every such dilatory Motion shall lapse without Question put. VII. —Questions. 80. Before the public business is entered upon, Questions are permitted to be put to

Clerk to read tha Orders of the Day without Question being pat.

Government Orders or Government Motions to have precedence on certain days.

Private Mem. hers' business to have precedence on Wednesdays.

Order of precedence on Thursdays.

Private Members' Bills may be adopted by Government.

Dropped Orders.

Order of business.

Dilatory Motions for Adjournment or to Report Progress.

Questions to Ministers or other Members,