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Rule 22.—Upon reports of committees, resolutions or other
matters committed to a Committee of the Whole, the same
shall be first read throughout by the Secretary, and then
again read and considered by clauses. The body of the
report, resolution or other matter shall not be defaced or
interlined, but all amendments, noting the page and line,
shall be duly entered by the Secretary on separate paper, as
the same shall be agreed to by the committee, and so reported
to the Convention. After report, the report, resolution or other
matter shall again be subject to be debated and amended by
clauses.
Rule 23.—The Secretary shall keep a Journal of the Pro-
ceedings which take place in Committee of the Whole, and
the same shall be printed separately and appended after the
Journal of the Proceedings of the day's session.
OF DECORUM, DEBATE, &c.
Rule 24.—Every member shall take his seat when the Pres-
ident takes the chair,
Rule 25.—No member shall absent himself from the service
of the Convention unless he have leave, or be sick, or unable
to attend.
Rule 26.—When a member is about to speak in debate, or
deliver any matter to the Convention, he shall rise from his
seat, uncovered, and respectfully address himself to " Mr.
President." He shall confine himself to the question under
debate; shall avoid personality, and shall use some other
distinction than the proper name of any other member to
whom he may refer in debate.
Rule 27.—If two or more members shall rise to speak at
the same time, the President shall determine which shall
speak first, and no member shall speak more than twice on
the same question, nor more than once, until every member
choosing to speak shall have spoken.
Rule 28.—If any member shall, in any manner, transgress
the Rules of the Convention, the President shall, or any
member may, call him to order; in which case, the member
so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permit-
ted to explain; and the Convention 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 without leave of the Convention, and,
if the case require it, he shall be liable to the censure of the
Convention. '
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