RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. [This schedule of Rules was adopted Jan. 27, 1874. Subsequent amendments are noted under each Rule which has been amended.] SPEAKER. 1. The Speaker shall take the chair at the hour to which the House stands adjourned, call the members to order, and, on the appearance of a quorum, proceed to business. (Senate Rule 1.) 2. He 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. (2.) [With regard to appeals, see Rules 83 and 94.] 3. He shall declare all votes, subject to verification as hereinafter provided. (53.) [See Rules 65 to 69.] 4. In all cases he may vote. (3.) 5. He shall rise to put a question, or to address the House, but may read sitting. (2.) 6. He shall each day examine the journal of the House. 7. He may appoint a member to perform the duties of the chair for a period not exceeding three days at one time. (4.) [Amended Jan. 14, 1892.] 8. In case of a vacancy in the office of Speaker, or in case the Speaker or the member named by him in accordance with the preceding rule is absent at the hour to which the House stands adjourned, the senior member present shall call the House to order, and shall preside until a Speaker pro tempore or a Speaker is elected by ballot, which shall be the first business in order. (5.) MONITORS. 9. Two monitors shall be appointed by the Speaker for each division of the House, whose duty it shall be to see to the due observance of the rules and, on request of the Speaker, to return the number of votes and members in their respective divisions. 10. If a member transgress any of the rules after being notified thereof by a monitor, it shall be the duty of such monitor to report the case to the House. [See Rule 19.] CLERK. 11. The Clerk shall keep the journal of the House. He shall enter therein a record of each day's proceedings, and submit it to the Speaker before the hour fixed for the next sitting, and shall cause the same to be printed daily. (6.) [Amended Jan. 16, 1888.] 12. Every question of order with the decision thereon shall be entered at large in the journal, and shall be |