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sure of the House. If a member be called to order for words
spoken in debate, the person calling: him to order shall repeat
the words excepted to, and they shall be taken down in writ-
ing by the Clerk; and no member shall be held to answer or
be subject to the censure of the House for words spoken in
debate if any other member has spoken or other business has
intervened after the words spoken and before exception to
them shall have been taken.

RULE XII.

No member shall vote on any question in the result of
which he is immediately and particularly interested, nor in
any case where he was not present when the vote was taken,
without leave of the House; and upon a division and count
of the House on any question no member without the Bar
shall be counted.

XIII.

Every member who shall be in the House when the ques-
tion is put shall give his vote, unless the House 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 XIV.

No member shall take out of the House any bill or other
paper belonging to the House, without leave of the Speaker,
and no original paper shall be delivered to any person during
the recess of the Legislature, without a written order from the
Speaker.

The combination of the safe lock shall not be made
known to any other person than the Speaker and Chief
Clerk of the House, and said combination shall be changed
during the first week of each session of the General As-
sembly.

RULE XV.

The name of any member making a motion, presenting
any petition, memorial or other paper, proposing any resolu-
tion, order or other matter, shall be inserted on the Jour-
nal; but if any motion or proposition be withdrawn, all
proceedings relating immediately thereto shall be expunged
from the Journal.