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" He shall take the Chair every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately call the members to order; and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read. "
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States: With an ... - Page 409
by Joseph Gales - 1851
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 2

United States. Congress. House - United States - 756 pages
...chair every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately call the members to order; and,...cause the journal of the preceding day to be read. — April 1, 1789. 2. He shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in preference...
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A Digest, Compiled from the Records of the General Assembly of the ...

Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - Presbyterian Church - 1820 - 404 pages
...successor. I. The Moderator shall take the chair at the hour to which the Assembly stands adjourned ; shall immediately call the members to order; and on the appearance of a quorum shall open the session with prayer, and cause the minutes of the preceding sessions to be read ; and on every...
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Extracts from the Minutes of the General Assembly of the ..., Volume 5

1821 - 408 pages
...1 The Moderator shall take the chair precisely at the hour to which the Assembly stands adjourned ; shall immediately call the members to order; and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall open the session with prayer. 2. If a quorum be not assembled at the hour appointed, any two members...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1823 - 748 pages
...precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately rail the members to order, and, on the appearance of a...cause the journal of the preceding day to be read. 2. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members,...
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 228 pages
...chair every day precisely at the hour to which the house shall hare adjourned on the preceding day ; shall immediately call the members to order, and,...cause the journal of the preceding day to be read. 2. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members,...
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 220 pages
...adjourned on the preceding day ; shall immediately call the members to order, and, on the appearance 6f a quorum, shall cause the journal of the preceding day to be read. 2. He shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members,...
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Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session ..., Volume 1

United States. Congress. House - United States - 1828 - 524 pages
...chair evrry day precisely at Ihe hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day ; shall immediately call the members to order ; and. on the appearance of u quorum, shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read. 2. Fie shall preserve order and...
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Journal of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Michigan, Volumes 3-4

Michigan. Legislative Council - 1828 - 650 pages
...liour to which the Council shall have been previously adjourned, and shall immediately call the member^ to order, and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the Minutes of the preceding day to be read ; at which time, mistakes, if any, shall be corrected. RI;LE...
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Trial of the Case of the Commonwealth Versus David Lee Child, for Publishing ...

John Winslow Whitman - Freedom of the press - 1829 - 314 pages
...He was bound, as well as every member, by the rules and orders j and the 2d rule says, the Speaker ' shall preserve decorum and order ; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House, on motion regularly seconded.'...
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A Manual of Legislative Practice and Order of Business in Deliberative Bodies

Joel Barlow Sutherland - Parliamentary practice - 1830 - 404 pages
...chair every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day ; shall immediately call the members to order ; and,...cause the journal of the preceding day to be read. 2. He shall preserve order and decorum ; may speak to pointsof order in preference to other members,...
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