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.

12. The first reading of a bill shall be for information, and if objections be made to it, the question shall be, "Shall the bill be rejected?" If no objections 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 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-atArms 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 No standing rule or order of the Senate shall be rescinded or suspended, unless by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, except an order fixing the hour to which the Senate shall stand adjourned.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 the 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 a bill; and if the amendment be adopted by a constitutional majority, no further vote is necessary.

23. It is in order for the Committee upon Engrossed and Enrolled bills, to report at any time when no question is before 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 can not 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 feport on the propriety of printing, and that it shall be in order for such committee to report at any time.

SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES.

Ways and Means-Senators Cattell, Robertson, Farwell, Hedges, Needham, Larrabee, Moore, Walden and Newell.

Judiciary Senators Powers, Patterson, Woolson, Bennett, Fairall, Wolf, Hamilton, Donnan and Fellows.

Federal Relations-Senators Bennett, Hawley, Traverse, Matthies, Knoll, Mitchell and Walden.

Constitutional Amendments-Senators Oliver, Woolson, Parvin, Doud, Hollman, Tuttle and Keller.

Schools-Senators Needham, Bulis. Cattell, Cones, Casady, Bill and Long.

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Agriculture Senators Wright, Griffith, McMillan, Farwell, Powers, Fellows, and Mitchell.

County and Township Organization - Senators Patterson, Meyer, Doud, Knoll, Keller, Donnan, Moore, Pierce and Chapin.

Railroads Senators Reed, Oliver, Hollman, Patterson, Hawley, Larrabee, Bill, Smith, Cones, Moore, Richards, Traverse and Tuttle. State University-Senators Bulis, Robertson, Fellows, Smyth, Johnson, Grimes and Fairall.

Military-Senators Matthies, Meyer, Hamilton, Farwell, Rice, Bennett and Wolf.

Elections-Senators Walden, Larimer, Johnson, Traverse and

Richards.

Claims Senators Parvin, Pierce, Long, Mitchell and Smith.

Banks-Senators Smyth, Dunham, Moore, Richards and Meyer. Commerce Senators Larrabee, Rice, Tuttle, Hedges, Newell, Smith and Matthies.

Public Buildings-Senators Griffith, Newell, Knoll, Keller and Woolson.

Charitable Institutions - Senators Woolson, Chapin, Casady, Hollman and Parvin.

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SENATE STANDING COMMITTEES.

Medical Institutions-Senators Robertson, Newell, Bulis, McMillan and Hedges.

Incorporations-Senators Hamilton, Oliver, Rice, Fairall and

Reed.

Manufactures -- Senators Smith, Larrabee, Wright, Knoll and

Griffith.

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Printing Senators Mitchell, Walden, Wolf, Traverse Richards.

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Public Lands-Senators Farwell, Tuttle, Powers, Pierce and Fellows.

Internal Improvements - Senators Long, Keller, Needham, Hedges and Larimer.

Roads-Senator McMillan, Doud, Grimes, Dunham and Chapin. New Counties-Senators Chapin, Fellows, Johnson, Cones and Bill.

County Boundaries Senators Grimes, Griffith and Hollman.
State Library-Senators Doud, Traverse and Reed.
Engrossed Bills - Senators Meyer, Knoll and Wright.
Enrolled Bills-Senators Hawley, Powers and Cattell.

Senatorial Districts - Senators Donnan, Rice, Johnson, Moore, Reed, Tuttle, Patterson, Hedges and Oliver.

Representative Districts - Senators Wolf, Hawley, Richards, Larrabee, Keller, Newell, Pierce, Robertson and Needham.

Orphans' Home-Senators Larimer, Farwell, Fellows, Matthies, Patterson, Casady, Rice, Parvin and Powers.

Horticulture and Forestry-Senators Moore, Smyth, Cones, Griffith and Wright.

RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DUTY OF THE SPEAKER.

1. IIe shall take the chair every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned on the preceding day; shall immediately call the members to order, and on the appearance of a quorum shall cause the journal of the preceding day to be read.

2. He shall preserve order and decorum, and 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 to the House by any two members.

3. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting.

4. Questions shall be distinctly put in this form, to wit: "As many as are of opinion that (as the question may be) say Aye," and after the affirmative voice is expressed, "As many as are of the contrary opinion, say No." If the Speaker doubts, or a division. be called for, the House shall be divided. Those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and afterward those those in the negative.

5. The Speaker shall have a right to name any member to perform any duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except that in case of the absence of the regular Speaker, the House may proceed to elect a Speaker pro tem., whose acts shall have the same validity as those of the Speaker.

6. All Committees shall be appointed by the Speaker unless otherwise specially directed by the House.

7. In all cases of a call of the yeas and nays, the Speaker shall vote; in other cases he shall not be required to vote unless the House is equally divided, or unless his vote, if given to the minority, will make the division equal, and in case of such equal division the question shall be lost.

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