32 J. H. 19.

Same, 47.

In the British parliament, besides the methods established by usage and custom, two kinds of rules or orders, for the regulation of the proceedings, are in use, namely, standing and sessional orders. The former endure from one parliament to another, and are of equal force in all. The latter are renewed at the commencement of each session, and otherwise have no binding force, beyond the session for which they are made. An order becomes a standing order, simply by being declared to be so, either at the time when it is originally made, or afterwards. A standing order, until it is vacated or rescinded, has the same authority upon succeeding houses, as if enacted by law. In this country, — certainly in congress and in this commonwealth, — the rules and orders made by one house are not binding on a succeeding house, until they are adopted by the latter.