Mayor's Address and City Government, for ..., and the Annual Reports of the Several Departments, for the Municipal Year Ending April 1 ...Press of Wiley, Waterman & Eaton, 1875 - Hartford (Conn.) |
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Page 16 - ... to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to amend; which several motions shall have precedence in the order they stand arranged, and the motion for adjournment shall always be in order, and be decided without debate.
Page 16 - When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the Speaker; or, being in writing, it shall be handed to the Chair, and read aloud by the Clerk before debated. 30. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the Speaker or any member desire it. 31. After a motion is stated by the Speaker...
Page 18 - House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case without debate; if the decision is in favor of the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed, but not otherwise; and, if the case require it, he shall be liable to censure or such punishment as the House may deem proper.
Page 18 - When a question is under debate the President shall receive no motion, but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged.
Page 273 - ... and ourselves, against violence actually offered, we have taken up arms. We shall lay them down when hostilities shall cease on the part of the aggressors, and all danger of their being renewed shall be removed, and not before.
Page 16 - House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed ; if otherwise, he shall not be permitted to proceed, in case any member object, without leave of the House ; and if the case require it, he shall be liable to the censure of the House.
Page 41 - To the Honorable Court of Common Council of the City of Hartford...
Page 271 - No doubt, if they behaved civilly, and paid well for every thing they wanted ; but,' after a moment's pause, added 4 if they should attempt it in a hostile manner, (though the American men were out of the question,) the women, with their ladles and broomsticks, would knock them all on the head before they had got half way through.
Page 16 - A motion to adjourn shall always be in order ; that and the motion to lay on the table, and for the previous question, shall be decided without debate. XXI. The previous question shall be put in this form : "Shall the main question be now put...
Page 17 - When any member is about to speak, he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address the presiding officer; shall confine himself to the question under debate, shall avoid personalities, and impute to no member any improper motives.