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sitting members, mmmons, up- 
on petition, shall adjudge the return to be illegal. All 
petitions against si members are referred to a select 
committee of 15 members of the House of Commons. 
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for prizes, ts for regiments, officers of the excise 
po ems of abe , &e. and every 
who holds any office under crown, created 
since 1705, or any pension during the pleasure of the 
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where he loses, for the time, his character of speaker. 
the upper House is always at liberty to 
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equal, and then his casting vote decides the ity. 
But in the House of , the speaker votes with the 
count the votes on each side. 
After the second reading the bill is committed, that 
is, referred to a committee, either select, or of the whole 
House. In the latter case, the leaves the chair, 
and another person is i chairman of the com- 
mittee. Ina committee, each member may on 
When the bills have passed both Houses, 
ways deposited in the House of Lords, to wait the royal 
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