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Voting. When the yeas and nays are called, each Senator shall,
unless excused from voting, answer when his name is called
without debate_____

Proceedings, when a Senator shall be called on for reasons for
declining to vote, shall be without debate ___.

Further proceedings shall not be had until after the result is
announced

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But he may, for special reasons, by unanimous consent, with-
draw or change his vote.

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A Senator shall not be permitted to vote after the result is an-
nounced

Withdrawal of a motion or resolution.

W.

A resolution or motion may

be withdrawn at any time before amendment or ordering of
the yeas and nays.

Preamble to a resolution may be withdrawn before amendment
or ordering of the yeas and nays

A motion to reconsider shall not be withdrawn without leave of
the Senate

Withdrawal of papers. No papers except original treaties shall be
withdrawn from the files without leave of the Senate..
Where an act has passed for a private claim, the papers may be.
sent by the Secretary to the accounting officers...
No petition on which an adverse report has been made shall be
withdrawn without leaving copies _____.

Claims adversely reported on shall not be again referred with-
out new evidence

Without debate. In ascertaining the presence of a quorum, the pro-

ceedings shall be.............

Sergeant-at-Arms may be directed to request or compel attend-
ance of absent Senators

The reading a paper when objected to shall be decided....
A motion to request louse of Representatives to return a bill
shall be decided at once, and .____.

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All questions of relevancy of amendments under rule 16 shall
be decided ___

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A motion to permit a Senator to proceed in order shall be de-
cided....

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A motion for leave to speak more than twice in one debate
shall be decided___.

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Without debate. All questions of order shall be decided by the Chair.
Subsequent questions of order and appeals shall be decided ___
Motions to adjourn, for a recess, for executive business, and to
lay on the table shall be decided___.

A motion to proceed to consideration of a conference report
shall be decided.

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Each Senator when the yeas and nays are called shall, when
his name is called, answer.
Reasons for excusing a Senator from voting shall be determined. 145
Words spoken in debate, if required, shall be taken down in writing.

Exceptionable

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Y.

Yeas and nays. Each Senator shall, when his name is called, answer
openly and without debate_____

A Senator may be required to assign reasons for not voting,
which shall be without debate...

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He shall not be called on for reasons for not voting until after
the roll-call and before the result of the vote is announced --
Other proceedings shall be after such announcement

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A Senator shall not be permitted to vote after the result is an-
nounced

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For special reasons, by unanimous consent, he may withdraw
or change his vote___

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Any motion or resolution may be withdrawn or modified by the
mover at any time before a decision, amendment, or ordering
of the

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GENERAL INDEX.

A.

Admission of States. Table showing chronological order of the admis-

sion of States, their area, population, and formation__.
Laws relating to

Agricultural Reports and seeds may be sent through the mails free..
Alabama. Admission, population, area, and formation of.....___.
Senators from, since admission to the Union...............

Alaska. Organization, population, area, and formation of.......
Amendments to the Constitution of the United States..

Ratification of the____.

Analytical index to the Constitution

Apportionment of Representatives among the States from the commence-
ment of the Government to the present time. Table showing...
Arizona. Organization, population, area, and formation of_____.
Arkansas. Admission, population, area, and formation of....
Senators from, since admission to the Union.......

Articles of Confederation

Assistant Doorkeeper and Acting Assistant Doorkeeper shall be assigned

to duty on the Senate floor

Page.

334

315

284

334

377-379

336

63

72

79

200

336

334

380, 381

13

177

B.

Barber-shop and bath-rooms. Rule regulating their use..

Begging and peddling prohibited in the Senate wing of the Capitol
Binding of public documents for Senators__.

C.

California. Admission, population, area, and formation of.

Senators from, since admission to the Union..........

Capitol Police. How appointed and paid______.

Cards and communications. Rule regulating, in the morning hour..

Rule regulating, in executive session.

180

182

284

335

382, 383

297

182

182

311

Civil Service act

313

Classification and succession of Senators.

Tables showing..

375-480

Civil officers. Regulating the tenure of certain

Cloak-rooms. Rule regulating admission to....

Colorado. Admission, population, area, and formation of.
Senators from, since admission to the Union ..........

Columbia Hospital and Lying-in Asylum. A Senator to be appointed a
director of the..

Columbia Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. A Senator to be appointed
a director of the..

Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate.
No payment shall be made from the contingent fund of the Senate
without the sanction of the..

Vouchers approved by, to be conclusive in settlement of accounts__
No furniture or carpets shall be purchased for the Senate without the
written order of the chairman of the .____
Compensation of Members of Congress. Laws relating to the..
Confederation. Articles of

Congress. Provisions of law relating to the compensation of Members of
Table showing apportionment of Representatives from 1787 to 1880.
The last session of every Congress expires at 12 o'clock the 4th day
of March

Congressional Record. May be franked by a Member of Congress.

Extracts from, may be furnished to Members of Congress upon pay-
ing the cost thereof

Congressional Directory to be compiled under the direction of the Joint

Committee on Public Printing..

Connecticut. Ratification of Constitution, population, and area.

Senators from, since the First Congress...

Constitution of the United States__.

Amendments to the..

Ratifications of the

Ratifications of the amendments to the___

mittee to Audit and Control the___.

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Contingent Expenses of the Senate. Duties imposed by law on the Com-

Corridors of the Senate wing. Rule regulating the...___

D.

Deaf and Dumb. One Senator to be appointed director of the Colum-

bia Institution for the.

Declaration of Independence.--.

Delaware. Ratification of Constitution, population, and area of

Senators from, since First Congress...

Distribution of public documents

District of Columbia. Organization, population, area, and formation of

281

7

333

388-391

282, 314

336

Page.

May be franked_.___.

Documents, public, how distributed___

Duties imposed by law on the Secretary of the Senate_.

On the Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate___

282

285

290

296

On the Joint Committee on Public Printing..

299

On the Joint Committee on the Library..

301

On the Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of
the Senate.

304

E.

Electoral votes for President and Vice-President. Table showing the,
from 1789 to 1885.-----

349-374

Elevator in the Senate wing. Rule regulating...
Examination of witnesses before committees of either House. Laws re-

182

lating to

278

Extra copies of public documents may be furnished by the Public Printer
on payment of cost of printing and ten per cent. thereon...
Extracts from the Senate Journals. Fees allowed the Secretary for mak-
ing and certifying...

F.

Florida. Admission, population, area, and formation of.

Senators from, since admission to the Union___

Franking privilege. Laws relating to the.

Furniture and carpets. None shall be bought for the Senate without the
order of the chairman of the Committee to Audit and Control the
Contingent Expenses of the Senate..

G.

Galleries of the Senate. How set apart and occupied..

284

293

334

391-393

285

304

178

Gallery.

Rule regulating admission to the Press Gallery..

179

Georgia. Ratification of the Constitution, population and area....
Senators from, since the First Congress..

333

393-397

H.

Heating and ventilating department. Rule regulating admission to the
Employés in, under control of Architect of the Capitol ..........

180

180

I.

Idaho. Organization, population, area, and formation of..
Illinois. Admission, population, area, and formation of
Senators from, since admission to the Union...

336

334

397-399

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