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Rule 38.—On a motion for the previous question, on
a motion for the main question, on a motion to lie on the
table, on a motion to adjourn, there shall be no debate.
Rule 39.—Every question shall be entered on the Journal,
and the yeas and nays shall be taken when required by five
members; and whenever the yeas and nays are ordered to be
taken, no question of adjournment shall be received or pro-
pounded by the President until the yeas and nays are called,
counted and reported.
Rule 40.—Any member may call for the division of a ques-
tion, which shall be divided, if it comprehend propositions
in substance so distinct that, one being taken away, a sub-
stantive proposition shall remain for the decision of the Con-
vention.
Rule 41.—A motion to strike out and insert shall be
deemed indivisable; but the matter proposed to be inserted
maybe divided, if required, according to the 40th Rule. A
motion to strike out being lost, shall preclude neither amend-
ment nor a motion to strike out or insert. No motion or pro-
position on a subject different from that under consideration
shall be admitted under color of amendment
Rule 42.—All questions, except on the final passage of a
report, or a motion to suspend the Rules, or those otherwise
herein provided, for, shall be determined by a majority of the
members present; those dividing in the affirmative rising in
their places, those in the negative continuing in their seats,
and so vice versa, until a decision by the President.
Rule 43.—The question on the final passage of any subject
matter shall always be determined by yeas and nays, which
shall be recorded on the Journal; and unless it shall thus ap-
pear that a majority of the whole number of members elected
to the Convention have voted in the affirmative, the subject
matter voted on shall be declared rejected.
Rule 44.—When a question has once been decided in the af-
firmative or negative, a motion for reconsideration shall be in
order, at any time thereafter, if made by one member and
seconded by two others who voted in the majority; but should
a report, on its final passage be declared rejected for the
want of a majority of the members elected, the motion for re-
consideration may be made by one member and seconded by
two others who voted in either the affirmative or negative;
and no motion for reconsideration shall be postponed or laid
on the table.
Rule 45.—Petitions, memorials and other papers addressed
to the Convention, shall be presented by the President, or by
a member in his place; and the object of all petitions add
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