Book excerpt: Excerpt from Manual, With Rules and Orders, for the Use of the General Assembly of the State of Rhode Island, 1900-1901 Resolved That the secretary of state he and he is hereby instructed to prepare a legislative manual for the use of the general assembly. Contain ing the rules and orders thereof and such other matter as he may think proper, and cause five thousand comes of the same to be printed; also one hundred and fifty copies in pocket size. Containing the rolls of membership, the committees, the rules and orders of the two houses, and such other matter as may be deemed advisable. Five hundred copies shall he placed in the hands of the secretary of state for distribution among the state and public libraries. The newspapers and the schools: one hundred copies shall be placed at the disposal of the governor. And the remainder shall be equally distributed among the senators and representatives of the general assembly: Prorz'tlul, that in compiling the rules and orders he shall arrange any amendments or additional rules in their proper order, and renumber said rules and orders if neeessary. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.