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be decided in the affirmative, if a division be taken, 

 unless it shall appear to have been supported by more 

 than two hundred members, or unless it shall appear 

 to have been opposed by less than forty members and 

 supported by more than one hundred members. 



MOTIONS FOB ADJOURNMENT BEFORE PUBLIC BUSINESS. 



2. That no motion for the adjournment of the House 

 shall be made until all the questions on the notice- 

 paper shall have been disposed of, and no such motion 

 shall be made before the orders of the day, or notices 

 of motions have been entered upon ? except by leave 

 of the House, unless a member rising in his place 

 shall propose to move the adjournment, for the pur- 

 pose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public 

 importance, and not less than forty members shall 

 thereupon rise in their places to support the motion ; 

 or unless, if fewer than forty menbers and not less 

 than ten shall thereupon rise in their places, the House 

 shall, on a division, upon question put forthwith, de- 

 termine whether such motion shall be made. 



DEBATES ON MOTIONS FOR ADJOURNMENT. 



3. That when a motion is made for the adjournment 

 of debate, or of the House 2 during any debate, or 

 that the chairman of a committee do report progress, 

 or do leave the chair, the debate thereupon shall be 

 confined to the matter of such motion : and no mem- 

 ber, haying moved or seconded any such motion, shall 

 be entitled to move or second any similar motion 

 during the same debate. 



4. That, after the House has entered upon the orders 

 of the day or notices of motions, when, after the House 

 has been cleared for a division, upon a motion for the 

 adjournment of a debate, or of the House during any 

 debate, or that the chairman of a committee do report 

 progress, or do leave the chair, the decision of Mr. 

 Speaker or of the chairman of a committee that the 

 aves or noes have it is challenged, Mr. Speaker or the 

 chairman may, after the lapse of two minutes, as indi- 

 cated by the sand-glass, call upon the members chal- 

 lenging it to rise in their places, -and, if they be less 

 than twenty in a House of forty members or upward, 

 he may forthwith declare the determination of the 

 House, or of the committee. 



IRRELEVANCE OR REPETITION. 



5. That Mr. Speaker or the chairman of Ways and 

 Means may call the attention of the House, or of the 

 committee, to continued irrelevance or tedious repe- 

 tition on the part of a member; and may direct the 

 member to discontinue his speech. 



POSTPONEMENT OF PREAMBLE. 



6. That in committee on a bill the preamble do 

 stand postponed until after the consideration of the 

 clauses, without question put. 



CHAIRMAN TO LEAVE THE CHAIR WITHOUT QUESTION. 



7. That when the chairman of a committee has been 

 ordered to make a report to the House, he shall leave 

 the chair, without question put. 



HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK RULE. 



[Standing order of the 18th of February, 1879, amend- 

 ed the 9th of May and 20th of November, 1882.] 



8. That except for a money bill no order of the day 

 or notice of motion be taken after half- past twelve of 

 the clock at night, with respect to which order or notice 

 of motion a notice of opposition or amendment shall 

 have been printed on the notice-paper, or if such no- 

 tice of motion shall only have been given the next 

 previous day of sitting, and objection shall be taken 

 when such notice is called. 



That motions for the appointment or nomination of 

 standing committees and proceedings made in accord- 

 ance with the provisions of any act of Parliament or 

 standing orders, motion for leave to bring in bills 



and bills which have passed through Committee of 

 the Whole House, be excepted from the operation of 

 this order. 



Provided that every such notice of opposition or 

 amendment be signed in the House bv a member, and 

 dated, and shall lapse at the end of the week follow- 

 ing that in which it was gi ven. 



Provided also that this rule shall not apply to the 

 nomination of select committees. 



ORDER IN DEBATE. 



[Standing order of the 28th of February, 1880, as 

 amended.] 



9. That whenever any member shall have been 

 named by the Speaker or by the chairman of a Com- 

 mittee of the ^ \Vhole House, immediately after the 

 commission of the offense of disregarding the author- 

 ity of the Chair or of abusing the rules of the House, 

 by persistently and willfully obstructing the business 

 of the House, or otherwise, then, if the offense has 

 been committed by such member in the House, the 

 Speaker shall forthwith put the question, on a motion 

 being made, no amendment, adjournment, or debate 

 being allowedj " That such member be suspended 

 from the service of the House"} and, if the offense 

 has been committed in a Committee of the Whole 

 House, the chairman shall, on a motion being made, 

 put the same question in a similar way, and, if the 

 motion is carried, shall forthwith suspend the proceed- 

 ings of the committee, and report the circumstance to 

 the House ; and the Speaker shall thereupon put the 

 same question, without amendment, adjournment, or 

 debate, as if the offense had been committed in the 

 House itself. If any member be suspended under 

 this order, his suspension on the first occasion shall 

 continue for one week, on the second occasion for a 

 fortnight, and on the third, or any subsequent occa- 

 sion, tor a month ; provided always that suspension 

 from the service of the Honse shall not exempt the 

 member so suspended from serving on any committee 

 for the consideration of a private bill to which he may 

 have been appointed before his suspension ; provided 

 also, that not more than one member shall be named 

 at the same time, unless several members, present to- 

 gether, have jointly disregarded the authority of the 

 Chair ; provided always, that nothing in this resolu- 

 tion shall be taken to deprive the House of the power 

 of proceeding against any member according to an- 

 cient usages. 



DEBATES ON MOTIONS FOR ADJOURNMENT. 



10. That if Mr. Speaker or the chairman of a Com- 

 mittee of the Whole House shall be of opinion that a 

 motion for the adjournment of a debate or of the 

 House during any debate, or that the chairman do re- 

 port progress, or do leave the chair, is an abuse of the 

 rules of the House, he may forthwith put the question 

 thereupon from the chair. 



CONSIDERATION OF A BILL, AS AMENDED. 



11. That when the order of the day for the consid- 

 eration of a bill, as amended in the Committee of the 

 Whole House, has been read, the House do proceed 

 to consider the same without question put, unless the 

 member in charge thereof shall desire to postpone its 

 consideration, or a motion shall be made to recommit 

 the bill. 



NOTICES ON GOING INTO COMMITTEE OF SUPPLY. 



12. That, whenever the Committee of Supply stands 

 as the first order of the day on Monday or Thursday, 

 Mr. Speaker shall leave the chair without putting any 

 question, unless on first going into supply on the 

 army, navy, or civil-service estimates respectively, or 

 on any vote of credit, an amendment be moved or 

 question raised relating to the estimates proposed to 

 be taken in supply. 



13. That the first seven and the last three of the 

 said resolutions be standing orders of the House. 



