A manual of parliamentary practice, composed originally for the use of the Senate of the United States. By Thomas Jefferson. With references to the practice and rules of the House of representatives. The whole brought down to the practice of the present time; to which are added the rules and orders, together with the joint rules of both houses of Congress. And accompanied with copious indices.

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SECTION VII.
CALL OF THE HOUSE.
ON a call of the House, each person rises up as ho
is called, and answereth; the absentees are then only
noted, but no excuse to be made till the House be
fully called over. Then the absentees are called a
second time, and if still absent, excuses are to be
heard.-Ord. I. of C. 92.
They rise, that their persons may be recognized;
the voice, in such a crowd, being an insufficient verification of their presence. But in so small a body as
the Senate of the United States, the trouble of rising
cannot be necessary.
Orders for calls on different days may subsist at the
same time.-2 Hats. 72.
SECTION VIII.
ABSENCE.
No member shall absent himself from the service of the Senate
without leave of the Senate first obtained. And in case a less number
than a quorum of the Senate shall convene, they are hereby authorized to send the sergeant-at-arms, or any other person or persons by
them authorized, for any or all absent members, as the majority of
such members present shall agree, at the expense of such absent
members respectively, unless such excuse for non-attendance shall be
made, as the Senate, when a quorum is convened, shall judge suffi.
cient, and in that case the expense shall be paid out of the contingent
fund. And this rule shall apply as well to the first convention of the
Senate, at the legal time of meeting, as to each day of the session,
after the hour is arrived to which the Senate stood adjourned.Rule 8,