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.

JEFFERSON'S MANUAL. 175
Defamatory publications, breach of privilege.......................... 17
Disorder in Committee of the Whole, Speaker to resume chair, if great. 32
members creating, proceedings.... 40
Disorderly words, how and when taken down r....................... 42
Division of the House, practice in ascertaining...................... 87-90
of questions, discussed................................. 79-83
Doors, rule respecting their being closed............................. 45
ought not to be shut; to be kept by persons appointed....... 45
Duel, challenge to, breach of privilege................................ 17
Elections, time, place, and manner of holding.......................... 22
of members to be judged by each House..................... 22
Engrossed bills, not to be looked into................................. 38
Errors, cannot be corrected in Committee of the Whole............... 37
various modes of correcting.................................. 93
Clerk may correct his own..o.............. 101
Equivalent questions, discussed....................................... 82
Felony, mode of proceeding on charge of............................. 21
Gallery, clearing of.................................................. 45
Committee of the Whole cannot punish for disorder in....... 6
flats, when to he taken off................................... 44
House, division of, how ascertained................................... 8-90
of Representatives.-See Representatives.
Impeachment, sketch of the law of Parliament, respecting........... 112-117
Inquiry, or accusation, common fame a ground for................... 33
Insist, question discussed....................................... 82
effect of vote to.................................. 96
Journal, shall be kept by each House................................. 104
of each House to be published...............................104
shall show every vote....................................... 104
to contain a brief statement of every petition, paper, &c., presented................................................... 104
titles of bills, and parts affected by amendments, to be 104
inserted on............................................... 10
what questions shall be entered on........................... 105
a record, in law............................................. 106
subject to examination...................................... 106
direction as to making uip................................... 105
either House may notice and inspect Journal of the other..... 105-6
how it may be amended......................... 106
King, not to be spoken of irreverently, &c............................ 43
Largest sum, question first put....................................... 70
Lie on table, call up at any time, matters that.........................
longest time, question first put.......................................