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96 The assembly can, by a majority vote, order that the vote on any question be taken by Yeas and Nays. In this method of voting the Chairman states both sides of the question at once; the clerk calls the roll, and each member, as his name is called, rises and answers yes or no, and the clerk notes his answer. Upon the completion of the roll-call the clerk reads over the names of those who answered in the affirmative, and afterwards those in the negative, that mistakes may be corrected; he then