VIII. A question which is complicated, shall, at the request of any member, be divided and put separately upon the propositions of which it is compounded.
IX. A writing which contains any matter brought on to be considered, shall be read once, throughout, for information; then by paragraphs, to be debated, and again with the amendments, if any, made on the second reading, and afterwards the question shall be put upon the whole, as amended or approved in the original form, as the case may be.
X. Committees shall be appointed by the President, unless otherwise ordered by the Convention.
XI. A member may be called to order by another member, as well as by the President, and may be allowed to explain his conduct or expressions supposed to be reprehensible. And all questions of order shall be decided by the President, without appeal or debate.
XII. Upon a question to adjourn for the day, which may be made at any time, if it be seconded, the question shall be put without debate.
XIII. When the Convention shall adjourn, every member shall stand in his place until the President pass him.
XIV. That no member be absent from the Convention, so as to interrupt the representation of the State, without leave.
XV. That Committees do not sit while the Convention shall be, or ought to be sitting, without leave of the Convention.
XVI. That no copy be taken of any entry on the Journal, during the sitting of the Convention, without leave of the Convention.
XVII. That members only be permitted to inspect the Journal.