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OP DECORUM, DEBATE, &c.
Rule 24. Every member shall take his seat when the Presi-
dent 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. " fie 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 mem-
ber may call him to order; in which case, the member so
called to order, shall immediately sit down, unless permitted
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.
Rule 29. No member shall vote on any question in any case
where he was not present when the vote was taken, without
leave of the Convention; and upon a division and count of the
Convention on any question, no member without the bar shall
be counted. .
Rule 30. Every member who shall be in the Convention
when the question is put shall give his vote, unless the Con-
vention, for special reasons, shall excuse him. And the
refusal of any member present to vote, on calling the yeas
and nays, shall be noted on the Journal at the request of any
member.
Rule 31. No member without the permission of the Con-
vention shall answer on the yeas and nays who did not
divide on the question; and if any member divide on one side
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