Chapter X: Of the Order and Succession of Questions 79

Sect. I. Privileged Questions 80
Adjournment 81
Questions of Privilege 82
Orders of the Day 83
Sect. II. Incidental Questions 86
Questions of Order 86
Reading of Papers 88
Withdrawal of a Motion 91
Suspension of a Rule 91
Amendment of Amendments 92
Sect. III. Subsidiary Questions 93
Lie on the Table 95
Previous Question 96
Postponement 97
Commitment 98
Amendment 99

CHAPTER XI.—Of the Order of Proceeding 101

CHAPTER XII.—Of Order in Debate 108
Sect. I. As to the Manner of Speaking 109
Sect. II. As to the Matter in Speaking 112
Sect. III. As to Times of Speaking 115
Sect. IV. As to Stopping Debate 117
Sect. V. As to Decorum in Debate 119
Sect. VI. As to Disorderly Words 120

CHAPTER XIII.—Of the Question 124

CHAPTER XIV.—Of Reconsideration 135

CHAPTER XV.—Of Committees 138
Sect. I. Their Nature and Functions 138
Sect. II. Their Appointment 141
Sect. III. Their Organization, etc. 145
Sect. IV. Their Report 150
Sect. V. Committee of the Whole 155

CONCLUDING REMARKS 161

CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 165

PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.