for any member voting in the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof, and such motion shall take precedence of all other questions except a motion to adjourn; but 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 a reconsideration of a vote making a final disposition of any bill or resolution be made on the day on which the same was taken; nor shall any question be reconsidered more than once.

35.

No motion to reconsider shall be entertained at a later period than the next day of the actual session of the Senate after the vote to be reconsidered has been taken; nor then, unless notice of intention to move a reconsideration shall have been given by some Senator on the same day when such vote was taken; but when any vote shall be reconsidered the Senate may at the same time proceed to reconsider any previous vote or order in relation to the same bill or resolution without further notice. No notice of intention to move a reconsideration shall be given on the day next preceding the last day of the session.

36.

If a Senator gives notice that he intends to move a reconsideration, the Secretary shall not report the bill or resolution to the Assembly till the reconsideration is disposed of, or the time for moving the same has expired.

JOURNAL.

37.

The titles of bills and such parts thereof only as shall be affected by proposed amendments shall be inserted in the Journal.

38.

The proceedings of the Senate, when not acting as Committee of the Whole, shall be entered on the Journal as concisely as possible, care being taken to record a true and accurate account of the proceedings; but every vote of the Senate shall be entered on the Journal, and a brief statement of the contents of each petition, memorial or paper presented to the Senate shall also be inserted in the Journal.

RULES.

39.

The rules of the Senate shall be observed in Committee of the Whole, 80 far as may be applicable, except limiting the number of times of speaking, and except that the ayes and noes shall not be taken.

40.

In all cases not provided for by these rules the Senate shall be governed by the law and practice as laid down in Cushing's Law and Practice of Legislative Assemblies.

41.

No rule shall be suspended without the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present, and no additional rule or amendment of a rule shall be made without giving at least one day's notice, and the concurrence of two-thirds of the members present; provided, that no rule requiring unanimous consent shall be suspended by operation of this rule.

POWERS OF THE PRESIDENT.

42.

The rooms, passages and buildings set apart for the use of the Senate shall be under the control and direction of the President of the Senate, and he shall have the control and direction of the journals, papers, bills, etc., of the Senate; he shall see that all officers of the Senate perform their respective duties, and may assign places to reporters.

43.

In case of a disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobbies, the President (or Chairman of the Committee of the Whole Senate) shall have power to order the same to be cleared.

44.

The President shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the Chair, who is hereby vested, during such time, with all the powers of the President; but such substitute shall not lose the right of voting on any question while so presiding.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.

45.

A Sergeant-at-Arms shall be elected, to hold his office during the pleasure of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to attend the Senate during its sittings, 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 President. The actual expenses of the Sergeant-at-Arms for every arrest, for each day's custody and releasement, and for travelling expenses for himself and special messenger, going and returning, shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund, and no other fees shall be paid him beyond his pay per diem. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to keep the accounts for pay and mileage of members, to prepare checks, and if required so to do, draw the money on such checks for the members (the same being previously signed by the President and indorsed by the member or person to whom the check is made), and pay over the same to the member or person entitled thereto.

MESSENGERS.

46.

Messengers are introduced in any state of business, except while a question is being put, while the ayes and noes are calling, or while the ballots are counting.

DOORKEEPER.

47.

It shall be the duty of the Doorkeeper to prohibit all persons excepSenators, members of the Assembly, officers of the two Houses, and such Reporters as have seats assigned them by the President, from coming within the bar of the Senate, unless invited by the Senate through the President, and to arrest for contempt all persons outside the bar or in the gallery found engaged in loud conversation, or otherwise making a noise to the disturbance of the Senate.

EXECUTIVE NOMINATION.

48.

When nominations shall be sent by the Governor to the Senate for their confirmation, the same shall not be acted on upon the day upon which they are received.

PRINTING.

49.

No bill or other matter shall be printed without first being specially ordered by the Senate, and the Sergeant-at-Arms shall certify to the reception by the Senate of all such printed matter and the quantity, before payment shall be made or bills audited; and maps accompanying documents shall not be printed under the general order to print without the special direction of the Senate.

50.

Two hundred and forty (240) copies shall be printed of each document or other matter ordered, unless the Senate specially direct a different number.

SECRET SESSION.

51.

On a motion made and seconded to close the doors of the Senate on the discussion of any business which may, in the opinion of the Senate, require secrecy, the President shall require all persons, except the members, Secretaries, Sergeant-at-Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to withdraw, and during the discussion of said motion the doors shall remain closed; 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.

JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY.

1.

In every case of an amendment of a bill agreed to in one House, and dissented from in the other, if either House shall request a conference, and appoint a committee to confer, the other House shall appoint a like committee; and such committee shall meet at a convenient hour, to be agreed upon by their respective Chairmen, and shall confer upon the differences between the two Houses, and shall report as early as convenient the result of their conference to their respective Houses for their action.

2.

When a message shall be sent from either House, it shall be announced at the door by the Doorkeeper, and shall be respectfully communicated to the Chair by the person by whom it may be sent.

3.

Messages shall be sent by the Secretary, Clerk, or by such person as a sense of propriety of each House may determine to be proper.

4.

Notice of the action of either House to the other shall be on paper, and under the signature of the Secretary or Clerk of the House from which such notice is to be conveyed.

5.

After a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled by the Enrolling Clerk of the Assembly or of the Senate, as the bill may have originated in the one or the other House, and shall first receive the signature of the presiding officer and Clerk or Secretary of the House in which it emanated, before it shall be presented to the Governor of the State.

6.

When bills are enrolled, they shall be examined by the Enrolling Committee of the House in which they originate, who shall carefully compare the enrolment with the engrossed bill, as passed in the two Houses, and correcting any errors that may be discovered in the enrolled bill, make their report forthwith to the House in which the bill originated, stating by whom such bill was examined.

7.

After examination and report, each bill shall be signed in the respective Houses, first by the Speaker of the Assembly, then by the President

of the Senate.

8.

After a bill shall have thus been signed in each House, it shall be presented by the Enrolling Committee of the House in which it originated to

the Governor of the State, for his approval (it being first indorsed on the back of the roll by the Secretary or Clerk, as the case may be, certifying in which House the bill originated). The said committee shall report the day of presentation to the Governor, which time shall be carefully entered on the Journals of the House in which the bill originated.

9.

All orders, resolutions and votes, which are to be presented to the Governor of the State for his approbation, shall also, in the same manner, be previously enrolled, examined and signed, and shall be presented in the same manner and by the same committee as provided in the case of bills.

10.

When the Senate and Assembly shall judge it proper to make a joint address to the Governor, it shall be presented to him in his audience chamber, by the President of the Senate, in the presence of the Speaker and both Houses.

11.

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

12.

When a bill or resolution which has been passed in one House, shall be rejected in the other, it shall not be brought in during the same session without a notice of five days, and leave of two-thirds of that House in which it shall be renewed.

13.

Each House shall transmit to the other, papers on which any bill or resolution shall be founded.

14.

After each House shall have once adhered to their disagreement, a bill or resolution shall be lost

15.

No bill or resolution that shall have passed the Assembly and Senate shall be presented to the Governor for his approval on the last day of the session.

16.

No appropriations of money, for any purpose whatever, shall be made except by bill.

17.

Each House may order the printing of bills introduced and reports of its own committees, but no other printing shall be ordered except by a concurrent resolution passed by both Houses.