SECTION XXIV.BILLS, FIRST READING.When a bill is first presented, the clerk reads it at the table, and hands it to the Speaker, who, rising, states to the House the title of the bill; that this is the first time of reading it; and the question will be, Whether it shall be read a second time? Then, sitting down, to give an opening for objections; if none be made, he rises again, and puts the question, Whether it shall be read a second time?—Hakew.137, 141. A bill cannot beamended at the first reading,—6Grey, 286; nor is it usual for it to be opposed then, but it may be done and rejected.—D'Ewes, 335,col.1; 3Hats.198.
When a bill is first presented, the clerk reads it at the table, and hands it to the Speaker, who, rising, states to the House the title of the bill; that this is the first time of reading it; and the question will be, Whether it shall be read a second time? Then, sitting down, to give an opening for objections; if none be made, he rises again, and puts the question, Whether it shall be read a second time?—Hakew.137, 141. A bill cannot beamended at the first reading,—6Grey, 286; nor is it usual for it to be opposed then, but it may be done and rejected.—D'Ewes, 335,col.1; 3Hats.198.