Mr. Wythe reported, from the Committee to whom the motions made by Mr. Butler and Mr. Spaight were referred, that the Committee had examined the matters of the said motions and had come to the following resolution thereupon, resolved that it is the opinion of this Committee that previsions be made for the purposes mentioned in the said motions – and to that end.

The Committee beg leave to propose that the rules written under their resolution be added to the standing orders of the house – and the said rules were once read throughout and then a second time, one by one, and, on the question severally put thereupon, were, with amendments to some of them, agreed to by the House which rules so agreed to are as follow.

Rules

That no member be absent from the House so as to interrupt the representation of the State without leave

That Committees do not sit whilst the House shall be, or ought to be, sitting.

That no copy be taken of any entry on the journal during the sitting of the House without the leave of the House

That members only be permitted to inspect the journal.

That nothing spoken in the House be printed, or otherwise published, or communicated without leave.

That a motion to reconsider a matter, which had been determined by a majority, may be made, with leave unanimously given, on the same day in which the vote passed, but otherwise not without one days previous notice; in which last case, if the House agree to the reconsideration some future day shall be assigned for that purpose.

Resolved that the said rules be added to the standing orders of the House.

Rules of the Constitutional Convention