14. Bills, committed to, to be read through by sections; amendments not offered in, not in order except by unanimous consent.

15. Motion to rise and report progress always in order.

17. Proceedings when reported by committee of the whole, when deemed lost; final question to be taken immediately after third reading.

18. To receive three readings; not to be amended or committed until twice read; not to be read a third time out of its order; resolutions proposing amendments to Constitution to be treated as bills, to be acted on in committee of the whole.

19. Or resolution amending Constitution, after ordered to a third reading, may not be amended, except, etc.

20. Two-third bills.

21. Question on final passage to be taken by ayes and nays. 22. To be printed in the order as reported by committee, unless, etc.

23. When final vote on, may be reconsidered; to be read by sections.

24. To retain place when quorum not present.

Of Motions and their Precedence.

25. When question is before Senate, no motion to be received, except; etc.; motion to adjourn or lay on the table to be decided without debate.

26. When to be reduced to writing.

27. When questions to be divided.

28. Certain to preclude debate of main question. 29. Filling of blanks; question, how taken.

30. Reconsideration.

31. Concurrent resolutions.

32. Closing debate.

Of Closing Debate.

33. Of a quorum.

Of Questions of Order.

34. Priority of business.

35. When reading of paper is called for and objected to, to be decided without debate.

36. Senator called to order; to take his seat; when may proceed; words objected to to be taken down in writing.

37. Divisions; when names to be entered alphabetically on journal; Senators to vote unless excused.

Of Executive Sessions.

38. When President shall direct doors to be closed, etc.; secrecy to be observed.

39. Proceedings in, to be kept in separate journal.

40. Senate may go into, when deemed necessary; nominations in, how referred.

Miscellaneous Provisions.

41. Who may take books from Senate chamber; duty of librarian.

42. Superintendent of documents to place documents and bills on files; postmaster to see that mails are punctually delivered.

43. Senate library, post-office and document room to be open.

44. Alteration, suspending or rescinding of rules.

45. Claims before, reported adversely upon, papers relative to, to remain on files of Senate, unless, etc.

46. Resolutions for expenditure of moneys must be decided by a majority vote.

47. Call of the Senate.

48. Admissions to floor of Senate chamber.

49. Employees and others not to solicit subscriptions.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

1. The President shall take the chair at the hour to which the Senate shall have adjourned, and a quorum being president, the Journal of the preceding day shall be read, to the end that any mistakes therein may be corrected. After the reading and approving of the Journal the order of business shall be as follows:

1. The presentation of petitions.

2. Introduction of bills, by districts, in their numerical order.

3. Messages from the Assembly.

4. Messages from the Governor.

5. Reports of standing committees. 6. Reports of select committees.

7. Communications and reports from State officers. 8. Third reading of bills.

9. Motions and resolutions. 10. Special orders.

11. General orders.

But messages from the Governor and Assembly, communications and reports from State officers, reports from the Committee on Privileges and Elections involving the right of a Senator to his seat, and reports from the Committee on Engrossed Bills, on Revision and on Rules shall be received at any time. The Committee on Rules may sit at any time; consideration of its report shall always be in order, debate on its adoption shall not exceed one hour, one-half hour for and one-half hour against, and

no other motion shall be in order until the vote of the

Senate is had thereon.

OF THE PRESIDENT.

President

2. (1) The shall preserve order and decorum; in case of disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobby or galleries, he may cause the same to be cleared; he shall decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to the Senate. On every appeal he shall have the right, in his place, to assign his reasons for his decision; he shall appoint all committees, except when the Senate shall otherwise order. When the Senate

shall be ready to go into committee of the whole, he shall name a chairman to preside therein.

(2) He shall assign to the doorkeepers their respective duties and stations.

(3) Immediately upon the final passage of any bill by the Senate, he shall certify that the same has been duly passed, with the date thereof, together with the fact whether passed as a majority, three-fifths or twothirds bill, as required by the Constitution and Laws of the State, and deliver said bill to the Clerk.

OF THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT.

3. The Temporary President, when acting as President, shall be invested with all the powers and duties conferred by these rules upon the President.

OF THE CLERK.

4. (1) It shall be the duty of the Clerk to have the Journal of each day's proceedings printed, and copies

thereof placed on the files of the President, Senators and reporters within three days after approval by the Senate.

(2) He shall also furnish each Senator daily with a printed list of the general orders, which shall be kept on file by the Superintendent of Documents, in the same manner as other documents, and he shall also prepare a daily calendar of all bills, engrossed or printed, for a final reading, and place and keep the same, together with printed copies of such bills, on the desk of each Senator; he shall see that all bills shall be acted upon by the Senate in the order in which they are reported and stand upon the calendar, unless otherwise ordered by two-thirds of the Senate.

(3) He shall present to the Governor, and enter upon the Journals, such bills as shall have originated in the Senate and been passed by both Houses. He shall, subject to the rules of the Senate, transmit to the Assembly all bills or concurrent resolutions which have passed the Senate.

(4) He shall designate the persons entitled to admission to the floor as reporters for the public press, not exceeding thirty-five in number, and may revoke any such designations, but no person shall be entitled to the privileges of the floor of the Senate as a legislative reporter of a newspaper who is interested in pending or contemplated legislation, or who is employed or receives compensation for influencing legislation.

OF THE SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.

5. The Sergeant-at-Arms, except when absent in the discharge of his duties, shall be in constant attendance