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RULE 36. The rules observed in the senate shall govern, as far as practicable, the proceedings in committee of the whole, except that a member may speak oftener than twice on the same subject, and that a call for the ayes and noes, or for the previous question, cannot be made in committee.

RULE 37. Amendments made in committee of the whole shall be entered on a separate piece of paper, and so reported to the senate by the chairman, standing in his place; which amendments shall not be read by the President, unless required by one or more of the members. Amendments and other propositions reported by the committee of the whole shall be disposed of in the same manner as if proposed in the senate.

RULE 38. All bills and resolutions shall be introduced by motion for leave or upon the reports of committees. Members before introducing a bill shall always give one day's notice of a motion to bring it in, and when introduced, it shall be endorsed with the name of the member or the committee.

RULE 39. Every bill or joint resolution requiring the approval of the governor, shall receive three several readings, previous to its passage; the first reading shall be at length, and no bill shall receive a second and third reading on the same day.

RULE 40. No bill or joint resolution shall be committed or amended until it has been twice read. If objections are made to the bill on its first reading the question shall be, "Shall the bill be rejected?" If no objection be made or the question to reject be lost, the bill shall go to its second reading.

RULE 41. All bills and joint resolutions, requiring the approval of the governor, shall, on a second reading be considered in committee of the whole, before they shall be acted upon by the senate; and those originating in the senate, except resolutions not requiring the approval of the governor, before being considered in committee of the whole, shall be printed, unless otherwise ordered by the senate.

RULE 42. One hundred and fifty copies of every bill, joint resolution or memorial, shall be printed, after the second reading, unless otherwise ordered. And all bills, resolutions and amendments, after being printed, shall remain at least one day on the files before being considered.

RULE 43. No more than three bills originating in the senate shall be committed to the same committee of the whole.

RULE 44. The final question upon the second reading of every bill or other paper originating in the senate, and requiring three readings previous to being passed, shall be "Shall it be engrossed and read the third time?" and upon every such bill or paper originating in the assembly, "Shall it be read a third time ?”

RULE 45. No amendments shall be received on third reading, except to fill blanks, without the unanimous consent of the senate. In filling blanks, the largest sum, longest time, the greatest distance shall be first taken.

RULE 46. A bill or resolution may be committed at any time previous to its passage; and if any amendment be reported upon such commitment, by any other than a committee of the whole, it shall be again read a second time, considered in committee of the whole, and the question for third reading and passage again put.

RULE 47. Every bill, joint resolution or memorial, originating in the senate, shall be carefully engrossed before being transmitted to the assembly for concurrence.

RULE 48. Immediately after the passage of any bill or other paper, to which the concurrence of the assembly is to be asked, it shall be the duty of the clerk to transmit the same to the assembly, unless some member of the senate shall make a motion to reconsider the vote by which the senate passed such bill or other paper, in which case the clerk shall not transmit said bill or other paper, until the motion to reconsider has been put; and on the con

currence in any bill or other paper of the assembly by the senate, or on the concurrence or disagreement in any vote of the house, it shall also be the duty of the clerk to notify the assembly thereof.

RULE 49. Memorials to congress, to the president of the United States, or the head of either of the departments, shall be considered in committee of the whole before being adopted.

RULE 50. It shall be competent for any member when a question is being taken, to call for the ayes and noes, which shall be inserted on the journal. A call for the ayes and noes cannot be interrupted in any manner whatever.

RULE 51. Committees shall not absent themselves from the senate by reason of their appointment, without special leave for that purpose be first obtained.

RULE 52. It shall be in order for the committee on enrollment to report at any time.

RULE 53. The proceedings of the senate on executive business shall be kept in a separate book of record, to be provided by the chief clerk of the senate, and published with the proceedings of the senate. When an amendment to the constitution, or any bill requiring the concurrence of more than a majority of senators present is under consideration, the concurrence of only a majority of the senators present, shall be requisite to decide any question for amendments or extending to the merits, being short of the final question.

RULE 54. The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Jefferson's Manual, shall govern the senate in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with these rules and the orders of the senate, and the joint rules and orders of the senate and assembly. Upon the final passage of any bill or proposition in which the concurrence of more than a majority of senators present is required by the constitution of this state, the question shall be taken by ayes and noes, which shall be

entered at large on the journal, and it shall be the duty of the chief clerk to certify on the back of every such bill or proposition the number of senators voting for and against the passage of the

same.

RULE 55. The President is authorized to administer all oaths prescribed by the foregoing rules.

RULE 56. The standing hour for the daily meeting of the Senate, shall be ten o'clock in the morning, until the Senate direct otherwise.

RULE 57. No standing rule or order of the Senate shall be rescinded or changed without one day's notice of the motion therefor. Nor shall any rule be rescinded, changed or suspended, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present.

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.

JUDICIARY-Messrs. Dunn, Wakeley, Stewart, Blair and Lewis.
EDUCATION, SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY LANDS-Messrs. Wakeley,
Alban and Whittlesey.

FINANCE-Messrs. Whittlesey, Miller and Smith.
CLAIMS Messrs. Smith, McLane and Prentice.
INCORPORATIONS-Messrs. Sharpstein, Reed and Alban.

INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS-Messrs. Hunter, Pinckney and Vittum.
ROADS AND BRIDGES-Messrs. Sterling, Brown and Bovee.

TOWN AND COUNTY ORGANIZATION-Messrs. Bovee, Bashford and Weil.

MILITIA Messrs. Pinckney, Briggs and Bowen.

AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES-Messrs. McLane, Prentice and Dunn.

EXPIRATION AND RE-ENACTMENT OF LAWS-Messrs. Lewis, Reed and
Hunter.

LEGISLATIVE EXPENDITURES-Messrs. Alban, Vittum and Sharpstein.
STATE AFFAIRS-Messrs. Blair, Squires and Miller.
PUBLIC PRINTING-Messrs. Miller, Briggs and Carey.

CONTINGENT EXPENDITURES-Messrs. Allen, Smith and Bashford.
BANKS AND BANKING-Messrs. Carey, Whittlesey and Dunn.
PUBLIC LANDS-Messrs. Vittum, Prentice and McLane.
ENROLLED BILLS-Messrs. Squires, Bovee and Carey.
ENGROSSED BILLS-Messrs. Stewart, Blair and Hunter.

PRIVILEGES AND ELECTIONS-Messrs. Weil, Pinckney and Sterling.

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