CALL OF THE HOUSE.
On a call of the House, each person rises up as he is called, and
answereth; the absentees are then only noted, but no excuse to be made
till the House be fully called over. Then the absentees are called a
second time, and if still absent, excuses are to be heard.--_Ord H. of
C._ 92.
They rise that their persons may be recognized; the voice, in such a
crowd, being an inefficient verification of their presence. But in so
small a body as the Senate of the United States, the trouble of rising
cannot be necessary.
Orders for calls on different days may subsist at the same time.--2
_Hats._ 72.