RULE XXIV.-OF REPORTS.

1. Reports of committees, except such as do not propose final action, and reports of committees of conference, shall, unless otherwise ordered, be placed upon the calendar for the day next succeeding that on which they are presented to the senate.

RULE XXV.-OF BILLS.

1. Every bill shall be read by title when introduced, and at length on two different days previous to its being passed. All substantial amendments thereto shall be printed and laid on the desks of senators before the final vote is taken on the bill. The final vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and the names of those voting for and against the same be entered on the journal. No bill shall be declared passed, or signed by the president, unless a majority of all the senators elected to the senate shall be recorded as voting for the same. 2. Every senate bill shall, upon its first reading, and before being printed, be referred, as a matter of course, to the appropriate standing committee, for the single purpose of considering whether or not the bill shall be printed. The committee shall, as soon as possible, and in the order of its reference, report each bill back with the recommendation, "That the bill be ordered printed," or that "The bill be laid on the table;" and in the event of the latter recommendation the committee shall give explicitly their reasons therefor.

3. Three days after the reference of a bill, as provided for in the preceding section of this rule, any senator may, by giving at least one day's notice, call for the report of the committee required in said section, and, unless excused by the senate, the committee shall, upon the expiration of the time of notice, make report. And upon the refusal of the chairman of any committee to obey said rule, a majority of any committee may call a committee meeting and make report.

4. The final question upon the second reading of every bill or joint resolution originating in the senate shall be whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time; and no amendment shall be received at the third reading, unless by unanimous consent of the senators present; but it shall be in order, before the final passage of any such bill or joint resolution, to move its recommitment; and should such recommitment take place, and any amendment be reported by the committee, the said bill or resolution shall be again read a second time and considered, and the aforesaid question again put.

5. No amendments to bills by the house of representatives shall be concurred in by the senate, except by the vote of a majority of the members elected thereto, taken by yeas and nays, and the names of those voting for and against recorded upon the journal thereof.

6. A motion to strike out the enacting clause of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and if carried shall be equivalent to its rejection. 7. When an amendment made in the senate to a bill from the house of representatives shall be disagreed to by that house, and not adhered to by the senate, the bill shall be considered as standing on third reading.

RULE XXVI.-OF CONFERENCE.

1. Every report of a committee of conference shall be printed, together with the bill as amended, or the amendments thereto, subject to the direction of the committee, before action shall be had on such report; Provided, That this rule shall be suspended during the last three days of the session.

2. That the vote on concurring in bills amended in the house of representatives, or on adopting reports of committees of conference, shall not be taken until said bills and reports have been placed on the files of senators, and particularly referred to in their calendars; Provided, That this rule shall be suspended during the last three days of the session.

RULE XXVII.-OF SECRET AND EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

1. On a motion being made and seconded to close the doors of the senate on the discussion of any business which may, in the opinion of any senator, require secrecy, or on motion being made and carried, that the senate go into executive session, the president shall direct all except the senators and secretary and sergeant-at-arms to withdraw, and during the executive session and the discussion of said motion the doors shall remain shut, and every member and officer shall keep secret all such matters, proceedings, and things whereof secrecy shall be enjoined by order of the senate.

2. Whenever the senate shall go into the consideration of executive business the proceedings of the senate in such business shall be kept in a separate journal, which shall not be inspected by any others than the members of the senate, unless otherwise ordered by the senate. The governor shall, from day to day, be notified by the secretary of the action of the senate, upon executive nominations, but no further extract from the executive journal shall be furnished, published or otherwise communicated, except by special order of the senate.

3. When nominations shall be made in writing by the governor to the senate, they shall, in executive session, be referred to the appropriate committee, and a future day assigned for their consideration, unless the senate otherwise direct.

4. Any senator or officer of the senate, convicted of disclosing any matter directed by the senate to be held in confidence, shall be liable, if a senator, to expulsion, and if an officer, to dismissal from the service of the senate.

RULE XXVIII.-OF COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

1. Upon the adoption of a motion to go into the committee of the whole senate, the president shall appoint the chairman thereof, who shall for the time being exercise all the powers of the president necessary to the conduct of the business of the committee.

2. The rules of the senate shall govern as far as practicable the proceedings of the committee, except that a member may speak more than twice on the same subject; that a call for the yeas and nays can not be made, nor can an appeal from the decision of the chair be taken.

3. A motion that the committee rise shall always be in order, and shall be decided without debate.

4. All bills shall be considered in committee of the whole; all amendments made therein shall be reported by the chairman to the senate, and shall by him be moved to be inserted, and, if adopted, shall be entered in the journal. Every bill shall be read at length in committee of the whole (unless the committee decide to recommend that the enacting clause be stricken out), the chairman shall so report, and entry thereof shall be made in the journal and such reading shall be considered one of the readings required by the constitution; but if any senator shall request the reading of the bill at length, while on second reading, it shall be done.

RULE XXIX.-OF MESSAGES.

1. Messages shall be sent to the house by the secretary or assistant secretary, the secretary having previously endorsed the final determination of the senate thereon.

2. Messages from the governor or house of representatives may be received at any time, except while the senate is dividing, or while the journal is being read, or while a question of order or a motion to adjourn is pending, but no such message shall be reported to the senate without unanimous consent, until the regular order is reached.

RULE XXX.-OF RESOLUTIONS.

1. All resolutions, memorials and other papers requiring the signature of the governor shall be treated in all respects in the introduction and form of proceeding in a similar manner with bills.

2. All resolutions, unless involving the expenditure of public moneys, or unless some senator give notice of a desire to debate the same, may be acted on at once; otherwise they shall lie over one day.

RULE XXXI.-OF PRIVILEGES.

1. No persons not a senator or officer of the senate, other than the judges of the district and supreme courts, the governor and state officers, members of the congressional delegation, ex-members of the senate, members of the house of representatives, duly accredited representatives of the state press, and such other persons as may be invited by the president or senators, shall be allowed on the floor of the senate while in session.

2. At no time, whether the senate be in session or not, shall any employe of the senate, or any person whatsoever, other than the president or a senator, be permitted to occupy the chair, or use the desk of the president or that of any senator.

3. The sergeant-at-arms and the employes under his direction will be held to a strict enforcement of this rule.

4. Any employe of the senate, or of its committees, soliciting or inviting any senator to vote or use his influence for any bill or matter before the senate, shall be at once dismissed from service and employment; and any person entitled to the privilege of the floor of the senate who shall, while on the floor during the session of the senate, solicit or invite any senator to vote or use his influence for any bill or matter before the senate, shall forfeit his privilege.

5. While the senate is in committee of the whole no person other than a senator, or a member of the house of representatives, or the officers and employes of either house, or ex-members of the senate, or the executive officers of the state, or the private secretary of the governor, or ladies with their escorts, or duly accredited representatives of the press, shall be allowed within the bar of the senate; nor shall any officer or employe of the senate, during the sitting of such committee, carry to any senator the card or name of any person; Provided, That persons privileged under this amendment, except executive officers of the state and members of the house of representatives, shall be entitled only to the quiet and orderly occupancy of the seats provided for visitors, and in no sense to the privileges of the floor. Any violation of this rule shall subject the offender, if an officer or employe of the senate, to immediate removal from office, and, if a privileged person, to the forfeiture of the privilege.

RULE XXXII.-OF PRESENTING PETITIONS, MEMORIALS, ETC.

1. In presenting a petition, memorial, remonstrance, or other communication addressed to the senate, the senator, from his place, shall make a brief verbal statement of the general purport of it, and if it be not insulting, profane or obscene, it shall be received.

2. Every petition, memorial, remonstrance, resolution, bill and report of committee shall be endorsed with its appropriate title, and immediately thereunder the name of the senator presenting the same shall be written.

3. Every petition, memorial and other paper shall be referred, as of course, without putting the question, unless the reference be objected to when presented.

RULE XXXIII.-MISCELLANEOUS.

1. During the sessions of the senate, smoking within the senate chamber shall not be allowed.

2. While the president is putting any question, or addressing the senate, no one shall walk across the chamber, and while a senator is speaking, no one shall walk between him and the chair. No person other than the secretary or his assistants shall remain at the secretary's desk while the yeas and nays are being called, or ballots being counted.

3. No purchase shall be made or expense incurred by the sergeant-at-arms, or any officer or employe of the senate, in its behalf, except upon the written order of the chairman or other member of the committee on senate supplies and expenditures.

4. When the reading,of any paper is called for, and not as a part of the remarks of any senator, and objection be made, it shall be determined by a vote of the senate, without a debate.

5. Questions of privilege shall be: First, those affecting the rights of the senate collectively, its safety, dignity and the integrity of its proceedings; second, the rights, reputation and conduct of members individually in their senatorial capacity only; and shall immediately have precedence of all other questions, except motions to fix the day to which the senate shall adjourn, to adjourn, and for a recess.

6. The southwest corner of the senate gallery shall be reserved for ladies and their escorts; the northwest corner thereof for the families of the members and officers of the senate and their guests, who shall be admitted only by card of the member or officer. The sergeant-at-arms of the senate shall appoint one of his assistants to be known as the "assistant sergeant-at-arms of the gallery," and whose duties shall be exclusively confined to preserving order in the galleries and the enforcement of the rules of the senate in relation thereto.

RULE XXXIV.-OF ABROGATION, SUSPENSION OR AMENDMENT OF

THE RULES.

1. No rule shall be suspended unless upon a two-thirds vote of all members-elect, nor abrogated or amended unless one day's notice be given and upon a majority vote, except as otherwise provided in these rules.

RULE XXXV.-PARLIAMENTARY AUTHORITY.

1. Jefferson's Manual shall govern the senate in all cases in which it is applicable, and in which it is not inconsistent with these rules and the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives.

DUTIES OF OFFICERS OF THE SENATE.

SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

The department of secretary of the senate includes the assistant secretary, record clerk, reading clerk, engrossing and enrolling clerks, and such other clerks or assistants as may be required to conduct the clerical work of the senate.

SECRETARY.

He has the care and custody of all the papers, reports, bills and records, and arranges, in its proper order, from day to day, after it's inception, all the business of the senate. He must, in order to have a proper knowledge of the affairs of his department, apportion, systematize and personally supervise the labors of all his subordinates. The duties of his subordinates are properly his duties, as all are performed under his direction, and he is responsible for any deficiencies. He shall promptly, "on the same day such orders are made," deliver to all committees, bills or other matters that are referred. He shall keep the service accounts of all the senators and employes of the senate, and issue his certificates of per diem, signed by the president, attested by himself. He shall keep a journal of each day's proceedings, and deliver the messages of the senate to the house of representatives, and sign all orders and directions of the senate. He shall permit no records, bills, papers or reports to be taken out of his custody belonging to the senate, otherwise than in the regular course of business; and shall report any missing papers to the attention of the president, as well as all dereliction of duty upon the part of his subordinates. He shall report to the senate whenever any additional clerical labor is required in his department. He shall be responsible for the safe keeping of all bills and other documents in possession of the senate, and is required at the close of the session to deposit all papers in his possession as secretary, properly classified and labeled, with the secretary of state.

THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

His special duty shall be to keep a correct journal of each day's proceedings-under the supervision of the secretary-and prepare a calendar for each day's business, if so ordered by the senate; shall also perform such other services as may be required of him by the secretary. In the absence of the secretary he shall perform his duties generally.

THE RECORD CLERK.

It shall be his duty to keep the registry of all bills, resolutions, memorials, etc., and make the proper endorsements on same of all actions taken and proceedings had with regard to such papers; to distribute to the proper committees or officers all bills, petitions and other papers referred; to keep a record of all the officers and employes of the senate, and make out the certificates of per diem ready for the signature of the president and secretary, and when not otherwise occupied, to help the assistant secretary in the performance of his duties.

THE READING CLERK.

It is his duty to read the journals, bills, reports of committees, papers, etc., that may be handed to him by the secretary, and act as clerk of the committee of the whole, and perform such other duties, when not engaged, as may be required of him by the secretary.