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no motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall be in order after the bill, resolution, message, report, amendment, or motion upon which the vote was taken, shall have gone out of the possession of the Senate, nor after the usual message shall have been sent from the Senate, announcing its decision; nor shall any motion for reconsideration be in order, unless made on the same day in which the vote was taken, or within the three next days of the actual session of the Senate thereafter; nor shall any question be reconsidered more than once; and the vote on the final passage of any bill appropriating the public moneys or property, or creating, continuing, altering, or renewing any body politic or corporate shall not be re-considered, whenever such bill shall be lost.

28. The following standing committees shall be appointed :

1. On claims.

2. On finance.

3. On the judiciary.

4. On the militia.

5. On canals.

6. On railroads.

7. On roads and bridges.

8. On literature.

9. On state prisons.

10. On banks and insurance companies.

11. On the division of counties and towns.

12. On agriculture.

13. On commerce and navigation.

14. On manufactures.

15. On medical societies and medical colleges.

16. On privileges and elections.

17. On engrossed bills.

18. On Indian affairs.

19. On expiring laws.

20. On public expenditures.

21. On the incorporation of cities and villages.

22. On public buildings.

23. On the poor laws.

24. On charitable and religious societies.

25. On retrenchment.

26. On grievances.

27. Manufacture of salt.

28. Internal affairs of towns and counties.

29. On public printing-And every motion to print any petition, resolution, report, bill, message, or other manuscript, be referred to said committee. Such committee may report adversely to the printing; or they may report the number of copies which in their opinion ought to be printed; or they may recommend a part only of such papers to be printed; but no more than 1000 extra copies of any message from the Governor, nor more

than 300 extra copies of any other document, shall be ordered to be printed, unless by a majority of all the Senators elected.

29. When an amendment to the Constitution, or any bill requiring the concurrence of two-thirds of the Senators, is under consideration, the concurrence of two-thirds shall not be requisite to decide any question for amendments, or extending to the merits, being short of the final question.

30. On motion made and seconded to shut the doors of the Senate, on the discussion of any business which may, in the opinion of any member, require secrecy, the President shall direct all persons, except the members and clerk of the Senate, to withdraw; and during the discussion of said motion, the doors shall remain shut; and every member and officer of the Senate shall keep secret all such matters, proceedings, and things, whereof secrecy shall be enjoined by order of the Senate.

31. The proceedings of the Senate upon executive business, shall be kept in a journal separate from its proceedings upon legislative business.

32. The Senate shall go into the consideration of executive business on such days as may from time to time be deemed necessary. All nominations for the appointment of any officer shall be referred to a committee consisting of the senators from the judicial district within which the nominee may reside, and a future day for the consideration of all nominations, shall be assigned, and the consent of the Senate to the appointment of any officer, shall not be transmitted in less than one week thereafter, without the unanimous consent of the Senate; and while any nomination remains with the Senate, it shall be in order to reconsider any vote taken thereon.

33. All information and remarks in secret session, by any Senator, concerning the character or qualifications of any person nominated to office by the Governor, shall be kept secret.

34. When a bill, originated in the Assembly, shall have been lost there, neither the same, nor any other bill on the same subject, and containing similar provisions, shall be subsequently introduced into the Senate during the same session, unless by unanimous consent.

35. No person is to be admitted within the bar of the Senate, except gentlemen with ladies, the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, former Governors and Lieutenant-Governors, former Chancellors, Justices of the Court of Appeals, Justices of the Supreme Court, former Judges of the Supreme Court, Members of Congress, former Members of Congress, Members of the Legislature, former Members of the Legislature, State officers, Governor's private and military secretary, the Adjutant-General, officers of the Senate, officers of the Assembly, reporters of the Senate, persons introduced by Senators.

36. None but the president, members and clerk shall be allowed to take any books or stationery belonging to the Senate, from their chamber; and on taking books, each of the persons above mentioned shall furnish to the clerk a list of those taken, and his name, and shall be responsible for them; and the clerk shall take care that

once in each week the books provided for the use of the Senate shall be placed in order, according to some fixed arrangement; and he shall make report to the president of such books as are missing.

37. The committee on engrossed bills shall examine all bills, amendments and resolutions, before they go out of possession of the Senate, and make report when they find them correctly engrossed; reports from the committee on engrossed bills shall at all times be in order. And the clerk of the Senate shall present such bills as shall have originated in the Senate and been passed by both houses, to the Governor, and enter the same upon the journals.

38. All concurrent resolutions shall lie one day on the table.

39. When a resolution shall be offered, or a motion made, to refer any subject, and a different committee shall be proposed, the question shall be taken in the following order, viz:

1. The committee of the whole Senate.

2. A standing committee.

3. A select committee.

40. When a bill shall be reported by a committee of the whole, and not laid upon the table or postponed, or by any other committee, (except the committee on engrossed bills,) and not committed to a committee of the whole, laid on the table, or postponed, the question shall be Shall the report be agreed to? and when such report shall be favorable and agreed to, or when a bill shall be twice read, and not committed, laid on the table, or postponed, the question shall be: "Shall such bill be engrossed and read a third time?" Upon such question, the merits of the bill or resolution may be debated, and a motion to commit or recommit, to lay on the table or to postpone to a future day shall be in order. If such question shall be decided in the negative, such bill shall be deemed lost; but if it be decided in the affirmative, such bill shall, when the Senate shall order, be read a third time, and the final question shall be taken thereon, immediately after such third reading, and without debate.

41. The question on the final passage of every bill shall be taken by ayes and noes, which shall be entered on the journal; and unless the bill receives the number of votes required by the Constitution to pass it, it shall be declared lost, except in cases provided for by the

42d rule.

42. If, on taking the final question on a bill, it shall appear that a constitutional quorum is not present, or if the bill require a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to pass it, and it appears that such number is not present, the bill shall be laid on the table, and shall be again read, and the final question taken thereon, as provided in the 41st rule, at such time as the Senate shall order.

43. It shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to have the documents and bills upon the files of the President and Senators, placed in the order of their numbers; and for this purpose, the messengers shall be subject to his directions.

44. No rule of the Senate shall be altered, suspended or rescinded, without a vote of a majority of all the members present of the Senate ; and no motion to suspend, alter or rescind any such rule, or any joint

rule of the two houses, shall be in order without the unanimous consent of the Senate, unless one day's previous notice thereof shall have been given.

45. Every report of a committe upon a bill which shall not be considered at the time of making the same, or laid on the table by a vote of the Senate, shall stand upon the general orders with the bill in the place in which the bill was placed thereon, and subject to the provisions of the third rule; but if a bill is made the special order of any day, and shall on that day be reported by a committee of the whole, the report may be forthwith considered unless the Senate shall otherwise order; and if not finished on that day, the bill with the report shall retain its place on the general orders, unless made the special order for another day, and the merits of a bill shall not be considered except under the head of general or special orders, unless by unanimous consent.

46. The president shall assign to the doorkeepers their respective duties and stations.

The President laid before the Senate a message from the Goverwhich was in the words following, to wit:

To the Legislature:

STATE OF NEW-YORK,

EXECUTIVE Department,
Albany, January 7, 1850. Š

I herewith transmit a document which I received during the reress of the Legislature, purporting to be a protest of certain chiefs and warriors of the Seneca nation of Indians, against an act passed by the Legislature of April last in reference to their government, and asking a repeal of the said act.

In compliance with the request of the chiefs and warriors who unite in this protest, I respectfully lay their protest before the Legis

tature.

HAMILTON FISH.

Ordered, That said communication be referred to the committee on Indian affairs.

Mr. Beach gave notice that he would, at some future day, ask leave to introduce a bill respecting the taxation of banking associations and individual bankers.

In pursuance of previous notice,

Mr. Cook asked for and obtained leave to introduce a bill entitled, "An act to regulate the salary of the district attorney of the county of Saratoga," which was read the first time, and by unanimous consent was also read the second time, and referred to the committee on the internal affairs of towns and counties.

Mr. Geddes offered for the consideration of the Senate, a resolution in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That the concurrent resolutions offered by him on Jan. 1, in relation to slavery, be taken from the table and referred to the

select committee having in charge so much of the annual message of the Governor as relates to slavery in territories now free.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Geddes offered for the consideration of the Senate, a resolution in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That the petition of the Syracuse coarse salt company, presented at the last session, be taken from the files of the Senate and referred to the committee on claims.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Geddes offered for the consideration of the Senate, a resolution in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That at 12 o'clock M., on Tuesdays and Fridays, the Senate will go into executive session, until otherwise ordered.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Schoonmaker offered for the consideration of the Senate, a resolution in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That the honorable the Assembly be requested to transmit to the Senate the petition and papers on their files referring to the claim of Henry Rector, for compensation as architect of the new state hall.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to the said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Beekman offered for the consideration of the Senate, a resolution in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That the committee on cities and villages enquire and report to the Senate, at an early day, as to the propriety of passing an act to prevent burials in closely inhabited districts, and to prohibit the carrying on of manufactures or trades prejudicial to the public health within the incorporated limits of cities.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was decided in the affirmative.

Mr. Carroll offered for the consideration of the Senate, a resolution in the words following, to wit:

Resolved, That the Attorney General, at his earliest convenience, communicate to the Senate what action has been taken by his department under the joint resolution of the Senate and Assembly, adopted April 10, 1848, relating to manorial titles, what suits have been commenced under said resolution, when commenced, against whom, what progress has been made therein, and the present situation of the same. And that he also report to the Senate, whether in his opinion any farther legislation is necessary to secure the objects contemplated by said resolution, and to state particularly what legislation, if any, is necessary for that purpose.

The President put the question whether the Senate would agree to said resolution, and it was determined in the affirmative.

Mr. Carroll offered for the consideration of the Senate, a resolution in the words following, to wit:

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