business of the House; shall perform, under the direction of the speaker, all duties pertaining to the office, and shall also keep a book showing the situation and progress of all bills, memorials and joint resolutions.

59. At least one day's notice shall be given of the introduction of any motion or resolution calling for or involving the expenditure of any money.

60. The chairmen of the different standing committees shall send to the chief clerk's desk, to be read previous to adjournment, notice of the time and place of meeting of

such committees.

HOUSE STANDING COMMITTEES.

Rules-Messrs. Cassell, chairman; Elton, Chaffee, Leech, McKenzie, Watts, Young, Rose, Scheer.

Mileage and Per Diem-Messrs. Davis chairman; Richmond, Wagner.

Judiciary-Messrs. Buttz, chairman: Young Chaffee, Leech, McClure, Patterson, Peterson of Wells, Richmond, Mattson, Van Arnam, Chevalier, Lillie, Mooney, Ferguson, Baker.

Ways and Means-Messrs. Baker, chairman; Bartz, Burtness, Heath, Midgarden, Maddock, Peterson of Wells, Robillard, Skjold, Wing, Gagnon.

Railroads-Messrs. Elton, chairman: Gilbert, Palmer, Buttz, Lyons, Chevalier, Davis, McClure, Movius, Weed, Watson, Rose, Richmond, Sheils, Skjold.

Appropriations-Messrs. Beck, chairman; Davis, Chisholm, Chevalier, Dahl, Leech, Watson, Miller, Peterson, Rose, Ryan, Underwood, McGahan, Young, Gilbert, Simpson, Harvey.

Engrossment-Messrs. Ryan, chairman; Mattson, Wagner, Wall, Hammer, Maddock, McGahan, Dieball, Thomp

son.

Enrollment-Messrs. McClure, chairman; Mallough, Allen, Watts, Watson, Severson, Van Arnam, Robillard, Rose.

Education-Messrs. Davis, chairman; Watson, McCrea, Mallough, Miller, Kraabel, McLain, Underwood, Lish.

Privileges and Elections-Messrs. Leech, chairman; Ryan, McKenzie, Robillard, Buttz, Peterson of Wells, Weed, Maddock, Harvey.

Municipal Corporations-Messrs. Wall, chairman; Chisholm, McKnight, Ryan, Bostrom, Brown, Wing, Simpson, Baker.

Corporations Other Than Municipal-Messrs. Movius, chairman; Kraabel, Connelly, Burtness. Oksendahl, Lee, Sheils, Aslakson, Hill.

Agriculture-Messrs. Phifer, chairman; Allen, Aandahl, Bartz, Dieball, Lillie, Midgarden, McKnight, Peterson of Towner, Severson, Truemner, Oksendahl, Blank.

Public Printing-Messrs. Richmond, chairman; Patterson, Robillard, Wagner, Rose, Lyons, Weed, Van Arnam, Gagnon, Elton.

Irrigation-Messrs. Palmer, chairman; Smart of Traill, Chisholm, Meidinger, McGahan, Blank, Lee, Knudson, Lillie. Insurance-Messrs. Fried, chairman; Dickinson, Peterson of Wells, Brown, Richmond, Chaffee, McClure, Sheils, Elton.

Banking-Messrs. Peterson of Wells. chairman; McCrea, Movius, Schouweiler, Weigel, Cole, Hammer, Dickinson, Richmond, McLean, Thompson.

Labor-Messrs. Senour, chairman; Flados, Mallough, McKenzie, Noltimier, Tufte, Robillard, Ellison, Bourassa. Immigration-Messrs. Bartz, chairman; Cassell, Stevens, Cole, Fried, Senour, Hanson, Flados, Tufte.

Apportionment-Messrs. Leech, chairman; Aandahl, Hanson, Meidinger, Watts, Wing, Johnson, Gagnon, Tufte, Burtness, Steinberg, Smart of Traill, Chisholm, Bourassa, Gullerud, Aslakson, Peterson of Towner, McKenzie, Ellison, Hill, Connolly, Flados, Underwood, Rogers, Palfrey, Smart, Rose, Patterson, Bostrom, Watson, Cole, Blank, Senour, Chaffee, Sheer, Welo, Dieball, Kraabel. McDowell, Heath, of Nelson.

Schools and Public Lands-Messrs. Chaffee, chairman; Smart of Traill, Oksendahl, Skjold, Truemner, Smart of Nelson, Heath, Steinberg, Stavens.

Public Health-Messrs. McLain, chairman; Aslakson, McKnight, Miller, McDowell, Thompson, Johnson, Gullerud, Dieball.

Military Affairs-Messrs Chisholm, chairman; Cole, Buttz, Wall, Rogers, Beck, Burtness, McGahan, Connolly.

Warehouses, Grain Grading and Dealing-Messrs. Mattson, chairman; Leech, Mooney, Dickinson, Underwood, Maddock, Knudtson, Chevalier, Braaten, Schouweiler, Harvey, Aandahl, Baker, Fried, Bostrom.

Federal Relations-Messrs. Weed, chairman; Cassell, Hill, Beck, McDowell, Bourassa, Tufte, Kraabel, Severson. Mines and Mining-Messrs. Patterson, chairman; Lee, Truemner, Smart of Nelson, Peterson of Towner, Hill, Gullerud, Gilbert, Blank.

Temperance-Messrs. McCrea, chairman; Heath, Davis, Braaten, Lyons, Lish, Sheils, Rogers, Midgarden.

Highways, Bridges and Ferries-Messrs. Gilbert, chairman; Mallough, Burtness, Dickinson, Mattson, McKnight, McDowell, Welo, Weigel.

State Affairs-Messrs. Watts, chairman; Davis, Chaffee, Johnson, Lillie, Patterson, Cassell, Steinberg, Thompson, Leech, Wing, Welo, Weigel, Smart of Nelson, Hammer.

Supplies and Expenditures-Messrs. McKenzie, chairman; Truemner, Smart of Traill, Sheer, McCrea, Noben, Noltmier, Ferguson, Steinberg.

Forestry-Messrs. Watson, chairman; Midgarden, Beck, Stavens, Stevens, Movius, Sheils, Gullerud, Sheer.

Public Debt-Messrs. Severson, chairman; Wagner, Mooney, Hill, Brown, Rogers, Palfrey, Oksendahl, Noltimier. Woman Suffrage Messrs. Stevens, chairman; Hill, McKnight, Movius, Phifer, McCrea, Tufte, Knudtson, Noben. Manufactures-Messrs. Underwood, chairman; Wall, Dickinson, Gilbert, McGahan, Dahl, Weigel, Lish, Aandahl. Counties and County Boundaries-Messrs. Lyons, chairman; Dieball, Johnson, Lish. Lillie, McDowell, Senour, Welo, Weigel.

Taxes and Tax Laws-Messrs. Brown, chairman; Wall, Aslakson, Johnson, Miller, Sheer, Steinberg, Welo, Ryan, Heath, Phifer, Chevalier, Schouweiler, Palfrey, Flados.

Coal Lands and Mining-Messrs. Cole chairman; Flados, Senour, Palmer, McClure, Bostrom, Van Arnam, Dahl.

Live Stock Industry-Messrs. Rose, chairman; Phifer, Lyons, Sheer, Simpson, Lee, Bartz, Knudtson, Noltimier, Weed, Maddock.

Revision and Correction of Journal-Messrs. Heath, chairman; Mallough, Rogers, Skjold, Bourassa, Hanson, Wing.

Joint Public Buildings-Messrs. Mooney, chairman; Bartz, Buttz, Hammer, Fried, Allen, Ferguson, Gilbert, Mattson.

Joint Committee on Charitable Institutions-Messrs. Palmer, chairman; Wells, Meidinger, Stavens, Connelly, Severson, Kraabel, Midgarden, Smart of Nelson.

Joint Penal Institutions-Messrs. Dahl, chairman; Watts, Miller, Young, Bostrom, Simpson, Gagnon, Hanson, Fergu

son.

Joint Educational Institutions-Messrs. Wagner, chairman; Chisholm, Harvey, Aandahl, Beck, Allen, Stevens, Simpson, McLain.

Joint State Library-Messrs. Mallough, chairman; Smart of Traill, Stavens, Bourassa, Ferguson, Meidinger, Ellison, Noben, Dahl.

Joint Rules-Messrs. Cassell, chairman; Oksendahl, Noben, Knudtson, Palfrey, Baker, Lee, Ellison, Thompson.

JOINT RULES.

1. Each house shall transmit to the other all papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded.

2. When a bill or resolution which shall have passed in one house is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the house in which the same may have passed.

3. Messages from one house to the other shall be communicated by the secretary of the senate and clerk of the house of representatives unless the house transmitting the message shall especially direct otherwise.

4. It shall be in the power of either house to amend any amendment made by the other to any bill or resolution.

5. In every case of a difference between the two houses upon any subject of legislation if either house shall request a conference and appoint a committee for that purpose, and the other house shall also appoint a committee, such committee shall meet at such hour and place as shall be agreed on by the chairmen and state to each other, verbally or in writing, as either may choose, the reasons of their respective houses, and to confer freely thereon, and they shall be authorized to report to their respective houses such modifications as they think advisable.

6. It shall be in order for either house to recede from any subject matter of difference existing between the two houses at any time previous to a conference, whether the papers on which such difference has arisen are before the house receding formally or informally, and a majority shall govern except in cases where two-thirds are required by the constitution, and the question having been put and lost, shall not be again put the same day, and the consideration thereof in other respects shall be regulated by the rules of the respective houses.

7. After each house has adhered to its disagreement and the bill which is the subject of difference shall be deemed lost, it shall not be again revived during the same session in either house, unless by consent of three-fourths of the members present of the house reviving it.

8. The same bill shall not create, renew or continue more than one incorporation, nor contain any provision in relation to the altering of more than one act of incorporation, nor shall the same bill appropriate public money or property to more than one purpose. Any bill appropriating moneys for the payment of the officers of the government shall be confined to that purpose exclusively.

9. No duplicate of any bill which may have been introduced and printed by one house shall, upon introduction into the other house, be printed by said other house, except by a two-thirds vote of all the members present.

10. No bill that shall have passed one house shall be sent for concurrence to the other on either of the last two days of the session, whenever a time shall have previously been fixed for the adjournment of the legislature.

11. The committee on enrolled bills in each of the two houses shall act jointly in the examination of all bills and resolutions before their presentation to the governor, either as a body or by such respective sub-committees as such committees may appoint for that purpose.

12. Whenever both houses, by the constitutional vote, direct that any act or resolution shall take effect immediately or at any time before July 1 following the session of the legislature, a proviso shall be added at the enrollment of the same in words to this effect: "This act shall take effect immediately (or in ... days)." 13. Every resolution by which any money or other property of the state shall be donated or appropriated, or by which any expense to the state shall be incurred, or which shall have any operation or effect outside of the two houses of the legislature, except such appropriation and expenses as shall be for the exclusive use, necessity or convenience of the legislature, shall be either a joint or concurrent resolution, and shall take the same course as a bill, and shall be enrolled and presented to the governor for his signature before the same shall take effect.

14. Either house shall return any bill or resolution called for by resolution of the other house, if the bill or resolution is yet in possession of the house called upon, and no action thereon has yet been had. In case action has been had, then it shall require a two-thirds vote of the house asked, to return a bill or resolution called for.

JOINT CONVENTION RULES.

1. Joint conventions shall be held in the hall of the nouse of representatives, and the president of the senate shall preside.

2. The secretary of the senate and the clerk of the house of representatives shall be secretaries of the joint convention, and the proceedings of the convention shall be published with the journals of the house, and the final result as announced by the president on return of the senate to their chamber, shall be entered on the journal of the senate.

3. The rules of the house of representatives, as far as the same may be applicable, shall govern the proceedings in joint convention.

4. Whenever a president pro tem. presides he shall be entitled to vote on all occasions, and in case of a tie the question shall be declared lost.