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1. The system of rules (practiced in deliberative assembles, known as parliamentary law) had its origin, and derives its name from the method of transacting business in the English Parliament. The system used in this country acknowledges as its source the rules for conducting business in the United States House of Representatives. The original rules and forms under either system have from time to time undergone such marked changes as to be of little value, except as precedents, and, therefore, ill suited for general use.

The rules of either system, although they have arisen at different times and under many circumstances, are neither capricious nor accidental, but are founded on reason and justice. With an understanding of the rational principles which underly these