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10. Whenever Mr. Speaker is obliged to adjourn the House for want ot a quorum' the hour at which such adjournment is made, and the names of the members then present, shall be inserted in the journals of the House. 11. On a motion made and passed that the House be called over on any day therein named, Mr. Speaker shall cause circular letters to be forwarded to all the members of the House, requiring their attendance on that day. Iso older for a call of the House shall be made for any day earlier than seven days from the date of such order. J2. Any member may, at any stage of a debate, move that the at once divide upon the question in debate, and such motion, if seconded, shall be put from the chair without discussion, so soon as the member then m possession of the House shall have concluded his address. 13. If the question for division be carried, the motion previously under debate shall be immediately put from the chair without further discussion, but if the question for division be lost, debate on the previous motion shall be resumed where it was interrupted. I{. Upon the conclusion of a debate on any motion before the House, Mr. Speaker shall put the question, and he may do so as often as may be necessary to enable him to form and declare his opinion from the sound of the voices as to w c party has the majority. If he shall be unable to determine from the sound of the voices on which side the majority lies, he shall thereupon divide the House ; or if any member shall disagree with the decision of Mr. Speaker, such member may demand a division. 15 On division the ayes shall pass to the right, and the noes to the left of the chair, and Mr. Speaker shall appoint one teller for each party, who, shall make lists of the members voting, and sign and deliver such lists to the Clerk, to be hande to Mr. Speaker, who shall then declare the result of the division. 16. Immediately after a call for a division, the bell shall be rung, and at the expiration of two minutes the doors shall be locked. 17. On a division taking place, no member shall enter or leave the House until the numbers are declared. 18. Whenever a division is called for, strangers shall immediately withdraw from the body of the House, but may, unless otherwise ordered, remain in the gallery. 19. An entry of the division list shall be made by the Clerk in the journals. 20. All addresses to the Governor shall be transmitted by Mr. Speaker, unless otherwise ordered by the House. 21. Any member may of right require the question or matter under discussion, to be stated for his information at any time during the debate, but not so as oin terrupt a member speaking. 22. No member shall speak twice (except in committee of the whole House) on the same question, unless in explanation on some material point of his s P eech ' « which he had been misrepresented or misunderstood, nor shall he ' * new matter: provided, however, that the mover of any question other than an amendment shall be allowed to reply, and that after such reply it shall not be petent to any member to speak to the subject in debate : provided also, that it shall

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