the Governor, the oath of office required by and set forth in the Constitution of the State of Illinois, to which oath each Senator subscribed his name. The President ruled that the question of credentials in the Eleventh and Twenty-third Districts be postponed until an opinion concerning same was secured from the Attorney General; thereupon Mr. Dailey offered the following resolution: SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1. Resolved, By the Senate of Illinois that a committee of six Senators be appointed forthwith by the Senate consisting of three Republicans and three Democrats, who shall proceed forthwith to ascertain and determine by a recount of the ballots in the Eleventh Senatorial District who has been and is the duly elected Senator of said district and shall report to the Senate with all possible expedition the result thereof. Further resolved, That the said committee be and is hereby empowered to employ any and all assistants in its discretion necessary to carry in effect this resolution. Further resolved, That the said committee be and the same is hereby authorized and empowered to subpoena any and all persons necessary to carry out the purport of this resolution as well as to subpoena by duces tecum all books, papers, documents of any and every character whatsoever necessary and essential hereto. Further resolved, That the expenses of the said committee and any of its assistants shall be duly paid by appropriation which shall be made therefor upon voucher approved by the chairman of the said Committee, and chairman of the Committee on Contingent Expenses. The President likewise ruled that the consideration of the resolution be postponed until the Attorney General renders an opinion on the points involved. Mr. Barr appealed from the decision of the chair. Mr. Keller moved the previous question on the appeal; and the yeas and nays being called, it was decided in the affirmative by the following vote: Yeas, 26; nays, 23. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. The question then recurring to the original motion, the question being, "Shall the decision of the Chair be the decision of the Senate ?” it was decided in the affirmative: Yeas, 25; nays, 23. The following voted in the affirmative: Messrs. On motion of Mr. Piercy, the Senate proceeded to elect a President pro tempore. Mr. Piercy nominated Mr. Canaday. The roll being called disclosed the election of Mr. Canaday: Yeas, 25; nays, 24. The following voted for Mr. Canaday: Messrs. Ettelson Franklin Hamilton Harding Harris Jewell Roos Latham Stewart Olson Swanson Pervier Nays-24. The President then inquired of the Secretary of the Senate how many voted, and was informed 49. The President then declared Mr. Canaday elected President pro tempore. Mr. Meeker nominated Mr. A. E. Eden for Secretary of the Senate. Mr. Barr nominated Mr. J. H. Paddock for Secretary of the Senate. The roll call disclosed the election of Mr. Eden. The following voted for Mr. Eden: Messrs. The President then inquired of the Secretary of the Senate how many voted and was informed 49. The President then declared Mr. A. E. Eden elected Secretary of the Senate. On motion of Mr. Keller, the rules of the last session were adopted as the temporary rules to govern the action of this body until permanent rules are adopted, in the words and figures following: SENATE RULES, FORTY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Adopted January 6, 1915. 1. A majority of the Senate shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, or for less time than one day, and compel the attendance of absent Senators. 2. The Senate shall keep a Journal of its proceedings, which shall be published. Upon the request of two members made before the Senate has taken action on any other question, which request may be oral or in writing, and made before or after a viva voce vote or before or after a division, the yeas and nays shall be taken on any question and entered upon the Journal. Any member arising to a question of personal privilege for the purpose of demanding the yeas and nays on any question or matter shall be given precedence over all other matters. 3. Any two Senators shall have the right to dissent or protest in respectful language against any act or resolution which they may think injurious to the public or to any individual, and have the reason of their dissent entered upon the Journal: Provided, that when objection is made that the language of a protest is not respectful, the Senate may refer the same back to the Senators protesting. 4. The Senate may punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds of all the Senators elected, expel a Senator, but not a second time for the same cause; and the reason for such expulsion shall be entered upon the Journal with the names of the Senators voting on the question. 5. The Senate, during the session, may punish by imprisonment any person, not a Senator, who shall be guilty of disrespect to the same, by any disorderly or contemptuous behavior in their presence; but such imprisonment shall not at any time exceed twenty-four hours, unless the person shall persist in such disorderly or contemptuous behavior. 6. The doors of the Senate shall be kept open except in such cases as, in the opinion of the Senate, requires secrecy. 7. The Senate shall not adjourn, without the consent of the House of Representatives, for more than two days, nor to any other place than that in which the two houses shall be sitting. 8. On the final passage of all bills, the vote shall be by yeas and nays, upon each bill separately, and shall be entered upon the Journal; and no bill shall become a law without the concurrence of a majority of all the Senators elected. 9. Every bill shall be read at large on three different days, and the bill and all amendments shall be printed before the vote is taken on its final passage. 10. The Lieutenant Governor shall be President of the Senate, and shall vote only when the Senate is equally divided. DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT. 11. The Lieutenant Governor, or, in his absence, the President pro tempore, or in the absence of both, any Senator called to the Chair by the Senate, shall take the Chair every day precisely at the hour to which the Senate shall have adjourned; shall immediately call the Senators to order, and, on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the Journal of the preceding day to be read. 12. The presiding officer shall preserve decorum and order; may speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal of the Senate by any two Senators-on which appeal no Senator shall speak more than once, unless by leave of the Senate. 13. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting. 14. Questions shall be put in this form, viz: "As many as are of the opinion that (as the case may be)-say 'Aye,'" and after the affirmative that—(as vote is expressed, "As many as are of the contrary opinion, say 'No.'" If the President doubts the result of the vote, or a division is called for, the Senators shall divide; those in the affirmative shall first rise from their seats, and afterwards those of the negative. 15. The President shall examine and report to the Senate in writing any corrections in the Journal before it is approved which he deems should be made thereto, and if said corrections shall be approved of by the Senate the same shall be made by the Secretary. He shall have the general direction of the Senate Chamber; when the President is absent from the Senate Chamber or leaves the Chair, the President pro tempore shall preside; if the President pro tempore is absent the President shall have the right to name any Senator to perform the duties of the Chair; and the President pro tempore or such substitute as the case may be when presiding, shall be vested with all the powers of the President during the time he shall act as such and shall not lose the right of voting on any question while so presiding; but such substitution shall not exceed beyond one day. 16. In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobby or gallery, the President shall have the power to order the same to be cleared. 17. The President of the Senate shall assign to the Sergeant-at-Arms and his assistants and to the policemen, mail-carrier, pages, stenographers and janitors of the Senate Chamber and committee rooms, their respective duties and stations, and he shall report to the Senate the misconduct, or neglect of duty, of any policeman, mail-carrier, page, stenographer, or janitor, with such recommendation as he shall deem proper for the action of the Senate. DECORUM AND DEBATE. 18. When any Senator is about to speak, or deliver any matter to the Senate, he shall rise from his seat and address himself to "Mr. President," and shall confine himself to the question on debate and avoid personalities. 19. If any Senator in speaking (or otherwise) transgress the rule of the Senate, the President shall, or any Senator may, call him to order, in which case the Senator so called to order shall sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide on the case without debate. If the decision be in favor of the Senator called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, and the case require it, he shall be liable to the censure of the Senate. 20. If any Senator be called to order for words spoken in debate, the person calling him to order shall repeat the words excepted to, and they shall be taken down by the Secretary; but no Senator shall be held to answer or be subject to the censure of the Senate for words spoken in debate, if any Senator has spoken in debate or other business has intervened after the words spoken and before exceptions to them shall have been taken. 21. If two or more Senators rise at once, the President shall name the Senator who is to speak first. 22. No Senator shall speak more than twice on the same question, nor more than once until every Senator choosing to speak shall have spoken, nor longer than fifteen minutes at any one time, without the consent of the Senate. 23. While the President is putting a question or addressing the Senate, no Senators shall walk out of or across the room, nor in such case, nor when a Senator is speaking, shall entertain private discourse, nor when a Senator is speaking shall pass between him and the Chair. 24. No Senator shall be permitted to vote on any question unless within the bar before the vote is announced. The bar of the Senate shall not be considered as including the space immediately under the center gallery of the Senate Chamber. 25. No second shall be required to any motion presented to the Senate. 26. When a motion is made it shall be stated by the President, or, being in writing, shall be handed to the Secretary and read aloud before debate. 27. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the President or any Senator desire it. 28. When the yeas and nays shall be taken on any question, no Senator shall be permitted to vote, or to change his vote, after a decision is announced from the Chair, unless by the unanimous consent of the Senate. 29. After a motion is stated by the President or read by the Secretary, it shall be deemed in the possession of the Senate, but may be withdrawn at any time by the unanimous consent of the Senate before decision. 30. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received butTo adjourn, To call the House, To lay on the table, The previous question, To postpone indefinitely, To postpone to a day certain, Which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged. During a roll call no motion or other business shall be in order until after the announcement of the result of the vote. 31. A motion for adjournment shall always be in order, except when the roll is being called, and be decided, as well as the motion to lay on the table, without debate. 32. No motion. To postpone to a day certain, Or indefinitely, Or to commit, Being decided in the negative, shall again be allowed on the same day, and at the same stage of the bill or proposition. 33. A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence over a motion to amend, and, if carried, shall be deemed equivalent to its rejection. 34. When a blank is to be filled, and different sums or times are proposed, the question shall be first put on the largest sum and the longest time. 35. No person shall be permitted to smoke in the Senate Chamber, or to give any signs of approbation or disapprobation while the Senate is in session. OFFICERS' DUTIES. 36. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep a Journal, in which he shall seasonably record the motions, resolutions, rules and decisions of the Senate, and to do and perform all such other acts appertaining to his office as may be required of him by the Senate or its presiding officer. 37. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to attend the Senate during its sittings, to execute the commands of the Senate from time to time, together with all such process issued by authority thereof as shall be directed to him by the President, and all process issued by order of the Senate, or any committee thereof, shall be signed by the President. STANDING COMMITTEES. 38. The following standing committees shall be appointed by the Senate with leave to report by bill or otherwise. 1. Agriculture. 2. Appropriations. 3. Banks and Banking. 4. Building and Loan Associations. 5. Canals and Rivers. 6. Charitable, Penal and Reformatory Institutions. 7. Chicago Charter. 8. Civil Service. 9. Congressional Apportionment. 10. Cook County Affairs. 11. Constitutional Amendments. 12. Contingent Expenses. 13. Corporations. 14. County and Township Organization. 15. Education. 16. Elections. 17. Enrolled and Engrossed Bills. 18. Executive Committee. 19. Farm Drainage. 20. Fees and Salaries. 21. Finance. 22. Fish and Game. 23. Insurance. |