bers present, direct otherwise, or the bill to be read be laid on the table. And the question on the final passage of every bill shall be taken immediately after such third reading, and without debate.

RULE 44. The same vote that would be required to pass any bill shall be requisite to carry a reconsideration thereof. But the final vote upon the passage of any bill creating, continuing or renewing any incorporation otherwise than municipal, shall not be reconsidered whenever such bill shall be rejected on its last reading.

RULE 45. A register shall be kept by the clerk of all bills introduced in the house, or transmitted for concurrence from the senate, in which shall be recorded, under appropriate heads, the progress of such bills, from the date of their introduction to the time of their transmission: if assembly bills, to the Governor, or, if senate bills, their return to the senate.

CHAPTER X.

ON MOTIONS AND THEIR PRECEDENCE.

RULE 46. When a question shall be under consideration, no motion shall be received except as herein specified, which motions shall have precedence in the order stated, viz.:

1. For an adjournment of the house.

2. A call of the house.

3. For the previous question.

4. To lay on the table.

5. To postpone indefinitely.

6. To postpone to a certain day.

7. To go into committee of the whole on the pending subject immediately.

8. To commit to a committee of the whole.

9. To commit to a standing committee.

10. To commit to a select committee.

11. To amend.

on the table shall be decided without ame

The several motions to postpone or comm all debate of the main question.

RULE 48. Every motion or resolution sh by the speaker, or read by the clerk, b immediately before putting the questi motion, except those specified in subdiv inclusive, of the forty-sixth rule, shall be ing, if the speaker or any member desire

RULE 49. After a motion shall be state it shall be deemed in the possession of th be withdrawn at any time before it sh amended.

RULE 50. The motions to adjourn, to t to adjourn for a longer period than one be in order; but the latter motion sha debate.

RULE 51. A motion to reconsider any vo on the same day on which the vote prop sidered was taken, or on the legislative da ing, and, except in the case of a vote on of a bill, by a member who voted in the motion may be made under any order shall be considered only under the orde which the vote proposed to be reconsidered motion to reconsider the vote on the final bill shall be privileged to any member recall a bill from the governor for correcti under any order of business, and the votes tion, amendment and final passage of su taken immediately upon its return. A m sideration being put and lost, shall not shall any vote be a second time recons unanimous consent.

CHAPTER XI.

OF RESOLUTIONS.

RULE 52. The following classes of resolutions shall lie over one day for consideration, after which they may be called up, as of course, under their appropriate order of business:

1. All concurrent resolutions.

2. Resolutions containing calls for information on the executive department.

3. Resolutions giving rise to debate, except such as relate to the disposition of matters immediately before the house, such as relate to the business of the day on which they are offered, and such as relate to adjournment or taking a recess for the day.

RULE 53. All resolutions for printing extra copies of documents shall be referred to the committee on printing, who shall report on each resolution within seven days after such reference.

RULE 54. All other resolutions calling for or leading to expenditures for the uses of the legislature, shall be referred to, and reported on, by the committee on the expenditures of the house, unless the house shall designate some other committee.

CHAPTER XII.

OF THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.

RULE 55. The " previous question" shall be as follows: "Shall the main question be now put?" and, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendments or debate. When, on taking the previous question, the house shall decide that the main question shall not now be put, the main question shall be considered as still remaining under debate. The “main question" shall be on the passage of the bill, resolution or other matter under consideration; but, when amendments are pending, the question shall be first taken upon such amendments in their order; and when amend

not acted on in the house, the questio upon such amendments in like order, an question has been ordered, without f amendment.

CHAPTER XIII.

OF THE ASSEMBLY CHAMBER AND THE ADMISSION TO THE FLOOR THI

RULE 56. The use of the assembly granted to the State agricultural society, society, and such other societies as are re report to the Legislature. No applicatio the chamber for any other purpose sha without the unanimous consent of the ho

RULE 57. The following classes of p entitled to admission to the floor of the 1 session thereof, viz.:

1. The Governor and Lieutenant-Governor
2. The members of the senate.

3. The State officers and their deputies.
4. The regents of the university.

5. The capitol commissioners.

6. Persons in the exercise of an official

nected with the business of the house 7. The reporters for the press, as provid

seven of rule two. See subdivision 7 of 8. Ex-speakers of the assembly.

No other person shall be admitted to the session, except upon the permission of th persons so admitted shall be allowed to oc in the seats in the rear of the assembly ch mits granted by the speaker may be re pleasure, or upon the order of the house.

CHAPTER XIV.

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

RULE 58. In all cases of the absence of a quorum during the session of the house, the members present may take such measures as they shall deem necessary to secure the presence of a quorum, and may inflict such censure or pecuniary penalty as they may deem just, on those who, on being called on for that purpose, shall render no suffi. cient excuse for their absence.

RULE 59. When the house shall be equally divided on any question, including the speaker's vote, the question shall be deemed to be lost.

RULE 60. If any question contains several distinct propositions, it shall be divided by the chair, at the request of any member, but a motion to strike out and insert shall be indivisible..

RULE 61. In all cases where a bill, order, motion or resolution shall be entered on the journal, the name of the member introducing or moving the same shall also be entered on the journal.

RULE 62. The yeas and nays may be taken on any question whenever so required by any ten members (unless a division by yeas and nays be already pending), and when so taken, shall be entered on the journal.

RULE 63. The journal of each day's proceedings of the house shall be printed, so that it shall be laid on the tables of members within two days after its approval, and the sergeant-at-arms shall cause the printed journals to be kept on files in the same manner as other printed documents.

RULE 64. No reporter for the assembly, who has an appointment as reporter in the senate, shall receive any order for stationery from the clerk of the assembly.