doubt, or a division be called for, the Senate shall divide—those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and afterward those in the negative.

All motions (except to adjourn, postpone, or commit) shall be reduced to writing, if required by any member of the Senate. Any motion may be withdrawn by the mover, before it is amended by the Senate.

5. Every member present when a question is put shall vote, unless he shall, for special cause, be excused by a vote of the Senate; but no member shall vote on any question in the event of which he is directly and personally interested, or in any case where he was not present when his name was called in the taking of the vote.

6. When a member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the Senate, he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to Mr. President, and shall confine himself to the question under debate, avoid personalities, and the imputation of im proper motives.

7. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are named; and no motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided, shall be again allowed on the same day, and at the same stage of the bill or proposition.

8. The previous question shall be in this form: "Shall the main question be now put?" It shall only be admitted when demanded by a majority of the members present, and its effect shall be to put an end to all debate, and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon amendments reported by a committee, if any; then upon pending amendments, and then upon the main question.

9. A motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, and for the previous question, shall be decided without debate, and all incidental questions of order arising after a motion is made for the previous question, and pending such motion, shall be decided-whether an appeal or otherwise-without debate.

10. Any member may call for a division of a question, which shall be divided, if it comprehends propositions in substance so distinct that one being taken away substantive propositions shall remain for the decision of the Senate. A motion to strike out and insert shall

be deemed indivisible; but a motion to strike out being lost, shall preclude neither amendments nor a motion to strike out and insert.

11. Every bill shall be introduced on the report of a committee, or by leave. Every bill shall receive three several readings previous to its passage; but no bill shall have its second and third readings on the same day, without a suspension of this rule; and every bill shall express in its title the object of the bill.

12. The first reading of a bill shall be for information, and if objection be made to it, 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 without further question.

13. Upon the second reading of a bill or joint resolution, the President shall state it as ready for amendment, commitment, or engrossment, and if committed, then the question shall be, whether to a select, or standing committee, or a committee of the whole. If to a committee of the whole, the Senate shall determine on what day. But if the bill be ordered to be engrossed, it shall be in order for its third reading at any time after that day. No bill or joint resolution shall be committed or amended until it shall have been twice read.

14. When a question is lost on engrossing a bill for a third reading on a particular day, it shall not preclude a question to engross it for a third reading on a different day. After a third reading of a bill or joint resolution, no amendment (except to fill blanks), shall be received, except by unanimous consent of the members present; and the vote on its final passage shall be immediately taken without debate. 15. A bill or joint resolution may be committed at any time previous to its third reading.

16. In filling blanks, the largest sum and longest time shall be

first put.

17. When a motion or question has been decided in the affirmative or negative, any member having voted with the majority may move a reconsideration of the same, or on the next business day.

18.

Before acting on executive business, the Senate Chamber shall be cleared, by direction of the President, of all persons except members, the Secretary, and Sergeant-at-Arms; the members enjoined to observe secrecy, and the Secretary and Sergeant-at-Arms to be sworn.

19. No standing rule or order of the Senate shall be rescinded or suspended, unless by a vote of two thirds of the members present,

except an order fixing the hour to which the Senate shall stand adjourned.

20. The rules of parliamentary practice comprised in Cushing's Manual, shall govern the Senate in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules or orders of the Senate, and Joint Rules of the Senate and House of Representatives.

21. The Senate shall, at its pleasure, elect a President pro tem., who shall hold his office during the remaining portion of the time for which the President was elected; and when the President shall from any cause be absent, the President pro tem. shall preside, except when the chair is filled by appointment by the President.

22. On the return of a bill from the House, with an amendment, it shall be placed with the third reading of bills, unless the Senate shall otherwise order. On the question of adopting the amendment the vote shall be taken as on the final passage of the bill; and if the amendment be adopted by a constitutional majority, no further vote is necessary.

23. It is in order for the Committee on Engrossed and Enrolled Bills, and on Printing, to report at any time, when no member is addressing the Senate.

24. When any order of the day is not proceeded with on the day assigned, it shall stand as a general order on each succeeding day until disposed of, unless otherwise ordered, but its consideration cannot be moved until that order of business is reached, when it shall be taken up in the order of its file.

25. When the pending question is interrupted by a "Special Order" it shall, upon the disposal of the special order, be before the Senate in the same stage as if it had not been so interrupted.

26. A motion to print any paper presented to the Senate may, on motion, be referred to the Committee on Printing, whose duty it shall be to report on the propriety of printing, and that it shall be in order for such committee to report as provided in Rule 23.

27. Committees are permitted to employ clerks by the majority vote of the whole committee. The clerk shall be selected by such vote, and in like manner may be discharged for inefficiency or when the services of the clerk become unnecessary.

28. Admission to the floor of the Senate chamber shall be granted by the door-keeper to the Governor and his Private Secretary, mem

bers and officers of the House of Representatives, officers of State and their deputies, judges of the several Courts, Capitol Commissioners, ex-members of the Legislature, ex-officers of State, and the regular reporters of the Senate and clerks of committees. No persons, except those herein specified, shall be admitted, except upon the special permission of the President of the Senate, or of a member of the Senate. And no person shall be permitted by members, or otherwise, to come upon the floor of the Senate to solicit or influence Senators in legislation or their action; or to sell any article or to solicit subscriptions.

29. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to attend the Senate during its sittings; to aid in the enforcement of order, under the direction of the President of the Senate; 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 presiding officer; and to have charge of the messengers of the Senate, and see that they severally perform their respective duties.

30. That when an adjournment has been ordered by a vote of the Senate, and before the adjournment is declared by the President of the Senate, it shall be in order for the chairmen of the several standing committees to announce in open Senate the time and place of meeting of their respective committees.

31. All bills introduced shall be printed, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, and committees may order to be printed any substitutes for bills reported by them.

STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE.

Ways and Means.-Senators Larrabee, Gillett, Graves, Donnan, Eastman, Baker, Whaley, Nichols, Poyneer, Caldwell, Abraham, Hunt, Barrett, Henderson and Gault.

Judiciary.-Senators Hemenway, Russell, Bills, Hall, Robinson, Smith, Kamrar, Miles, McCoy, Wilkin, Carson, Glass, Sweney, Sutton and Johnson.

Federal Relations.-Senators Poyneer, Eastman, Bills, Chubb, Duncan, McDonough and Bloom.

Constitutional Amendments.-Senators Donnan, Brown, Bills, Robinson, Cotton, Hutchison and Chambers.

Retrenchment.-Senators Eastman, Nichols, Hunt, Brown, Barrett, Bloom, Bayless, Carr and Ryder.

Suppression of Intemperance.-Senators Clark, Caldwell, Brown, Logan, Eastman, Gillett, Sweney, Sutton, Chambers, Chubb and Gault.

Appropriations.-Senators Sutton, Hutchison, Cotton, Logan, Russell, Robinson, Brown, Clark, Stephens, Barrett, Cassatt, Whiting and Larrabee.

Normal Schools.-Senators Robinson, Russell, Whiting, Whaley and Hemenway.

Schools. Senators Hutchison, Rothert, Brown, Marshall, McCoy, Chambers, Stephens, Clark and Miles.