Petitions must be subscribed by the petitioners, _Scob._ 87; _L. Parl. c._ 22; 9 _Grey_, 362, unless they are attending, 1 _Grey_, 401, or unable to sign, and averred by a member.--3 _Grey_, 418. But a petition not subscribed, but which the member presenting it affirmed to be all in the handwriting of the petitioner, and his name written in the beginning, was, on the question, (March 14, 1800,) received by the Senate. The averment of a member, or somebody without doors, that they know the handwriting of the petitioners, is necessary, if it be questioned.--6 _Grey_, 36. It must be presented by a member, not by the petitioners, and must be opened by him, holding it in his hand.--10 _Grey_, 57. $Before any petition or memorial, addressed to the Senate, shall be received and read at the table, whether the same shall be introduced by the President or a member, a brief statement of the contents of the petition or memorial shall verbally be made by the introducer.--_Rule_ 21.$ Regularly a motion for receiving it must be made and seconded, and a question put, Whether it shall be received? But a cry from the House of "Received," or even its silence, dispenses with the formality of this question: it is then to be read at the table, and disposed of. SECTION XX. MOTIONS. When a motion has been made, it is not to be put to the question, or debated, until it is seconded.--_Scob._ 21. $The Senate say, No motion shall be debated until the same shall be seconded.--_Rule_ 6.$ It is then, and not till then, in possession of the House. It is to be put into writing, if the House or Speaker require it, and must be read to the House by the Speaker, as often as any member desires it for his information.--2 _Hats._ 82. $The rule of the Senate is, When a motion shall be made and seconded, it shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the President or any member, delivered in at the table, and read by the President before the same shall be debated.--_Rule_ 7.$ It might be asked, whether a motion for adjournment, or for the orders of the day, can be made by one member while another is speaking? It cannot. When two members offer to speak, he who rose first is to be heard, and it is a breach of order in another to interrupt him, unless by calling him to order if he departs from it. And the question of order being decided, he is still to be heard through. A call for adjournment, or for the order of the day, or for the question, by gentlemen from their seats, is not a motion. No motion can be made without arising and addressing the chair. Such calls are themselves breaches of order, which, though the member who has risen may respect as an expression of impatience of the House against farther debate, yet, if he chooses, he has a right to go on. SECTION XXI. RESOLUTIONS. When the House commands, it is by an "order." But facts, principles, their own opinions and purposes, are expressed in the form of resolutions.