of committees, and in completing the business of the morning hour; at the expiration of which, the Senate will again take up the orders of the day.

14. Reports of committees may be signed by any member in behalf of the committee, and shall be by him presented to the Senate, when a call for reports is made. The signer of each report shall be held responsible for the accuracy of its statements and the propriety of its language, and when the same shall be under consideration, he shall be further liable to give additional statements of facts, or other explanations, in answer to the call of any Senator.

15. The proceedings of the Senate, except when acting as in Committee of the Whole, embracing the titles of bills, and such parts thereof as may be affected by proposed amendments, and also the names of Senators, and the votes which they give on every question decided by yeas and nays, shall be by the Secretary accurately and concisely inserted in the journals.

16. The Senate shall, annually, within the first four days of actual sitting, elect by ballot, (and a majority of all present shall be necessary to a choice,) a Secretary, and an Assistant Secretary, who shall be er officio Engrossing Clerk, who shall be severally sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties, and shall hold said offices until superseded by a new election. The Senate shall also, within the same time, elect the following Standing Committees, to consist of three members each, to wit: On Finance, on the Judiciary,-on Claims,-on Education,- -on Agriculture, -on Manufactures,-on Elections,-on Rules, on Military Affairs,— on Roads and Canals,-on Banks, and on Land Taxes.

17. In the appointment of standing committees, (except the one mentioned in rule 1,) the Senate will proceed by ballot, severally to appoint the chairman of each, and then, by one ballot, the other members necessary to complete the same. In the election of a chairman, a majority of the votes given shall be necessary, but for the others, a plurality shall be sufficient. All select committees shall be appointed by the President, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.

18. All bills, after the second reading, and all petitions, memorials, remonstrances, resolutions, and other papers calling for legislative action, (except such as have been reported by a committee,) no objection being made, shall be referred by the President to appropriate committees.

19. Before any resolution, any petition, or other paper addressed to the Senate, shall be received and read, whether the same shall be introduced by the President or a Senator, the title shall be fairly endorsed thereon; and a brief statement of its object or contents shall be made by the introducer.

20. Every motion shall be reduced to writing by the mover, if required thereto by the President or a Senator, and a motion to lay another motion, the latter not being in writing, on the table, or otherwise to dispose of it, shall not be in order.

21. Every bill shall receive three readings before it is passed; the Pressident shall give notice at each reading whether it be the first, second, or third; the last of which readings of public bills shall be at least twentyfour hours after the first reading, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise. Provided, That private bills shall be read the second time by their title. Resolutions requiring the approbation and signature of the Governor, shall be treated in all respects as bills,

22. On the demand of a Senator, public bills, after a second reading, shall be considered by the Senate as in committee of the whole.

23. The final question, upon the second reading of every bill which originated in the Senate, shall be, "Shall this bill be engrossed and read a third time?" No amendment shall be received at the third reading, but it may be committed for amendment at any time before its final passage.

24. Motions on bills and resolutions shall be sustained in the following order: 1. To postpone indefinitely. 2. To lay upon the table. 3. To commit. 4. To amend.

25. A call for the previous question shall not at any time be in order. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and shall be decided without debate.

26. If the question in debate contain several points, the same shall be divided on the demand of a Senator. A motion to strike out and insert shall not be divided, but the rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one proposition shall not preclude a motion to strike out and insert a different one, or a motion simply to strike out; nor shall the rejection of a motion simply to strike out, prevent a subsequent one to strike out and insert.

27. In filling blanks the largest sum and the longest time shall be first in order.

28. When the reading of a paper is called for, and the same is objected to by a Senator, the question shall be determinded by a vote of the Senate.

29. The yeas and nays shall be taken, on the call of a Senator, and every Senator present shall vote, unless excused by the Senate; but no Senator shall be compelled to vote, who was absent when the question was stated by the President, nor shall any one be permitted to vote, who was absent when his name was called, nor after the decision of the question has been announced from the chair.

30. No Senator in the minority, nor one who did not vote on the decision of a question, shall have a right to move a reconsideration thereof; nor shall any motion for reconsideration be in order, unless made before the close of the next day of actual sitting of the Senate after that in which the vote was taken, and before the bill, resolution, report, amendment, address, or motion, upon which the vote was taken, shall, in the regular progress of business, have gone out of the possession of the Senate.

31. On all questions, in the decision of which a simple majority is required, when the Senate is equally divided, the Secretary shall take the casting vote of the President. In all such cases, a motion for reconsideration, if made in time, shall be in order from any Senator who voted on the question.

32. The President shall have the right to call upon any Senator to discharge the duties of the chair, when ever he shall find it necessary, temporarily, to retire; but such substitution shall not extend beyond more than one adjournment.

33. The Senate, having taken a final vote on any question, the same shall not again be in order during the same session, in any form whatever; except by way of reconsideration; and when a motion for reconsideration has been decided, that decision shall not be reconsidered.

34. No proposition to amend the rules of the Senate, or the joint rules of both houses, shall be acted on, until the same shall have been before the Senate at least twenty-four hours.

35. Messages shall be sent to the House of Representatives by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary.

36. Reporters may be placed on the floor of the Senate, under the direction of the Secretary, with the approbation of the President.

37. No persons shall be admitted within the lobby of the Senate chamber, except the Governor, Treasurer of the State, Auditor of Accounts, members of the other House, Judges of the Supreme Court, Senators and Representatives in Congress, Ex-Governors and Lieutenant Governors, Ex-Judges of the Supreme Court, Ex-Senators and Representatives in Congress, District Judge and Attorney of the United States, members of other State Legislatures, and such gentlemen and ladies as the President or a Senator may introduce.

38. When in session, the Senators shall sit with their heads uncovered. 39. Upon any disorderly conduct in the gallery, the President may order the same to be cleared.

40. Whenever a bill or resolution is laid on the table, by order of the Senate, and shall have remained on the table twenty-four hours, it shall be subject to be taken up by the chair, and presented for the consideration of the Senate, without a call or order on the subject.

41. There shall be one door-keeper and one assistant door-keeper of the Senate; and the President may employ a boy to attend in the Senate chamber.

Mr. Dana moved to amend the 37th rule, by inserting after the words "Ex-Senators and Representatives in Congress," the words "Ex-Senators of the State Senate."

Which amendment was adopted.

And the rules, as reported by the Committee and amended, were adopted.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT:-The House have passed a resolution providing for a joint assembly to elect a Secretary of State for the year ensuing, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

They also concur with the Senate in passing the resolution providing for a joint assembly to elect Judges of the Supreme Court for the year ensuing, with a proposal of amendment, in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.

Mr. Dillingham presented the petition of George E. Holmes and others, and of James Towle and others; and on his motion,

Ordered, That the same be referred to the Committee on Elections.

Mr. Shelden introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of authorizing town clerks to take the acknowledgment of deeds.

Which resolution was read and adopted.

The Senate took up the resolution from the House of Representatives, providing for a joint assembly to elect a Secretary of State for the year ensuing,

And passed the same in concurrence.

Mr. Swift presented the petition of Henry II. Robinson, which was read, and referred to the Committee on Claims.

Er. Dana introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending the 63d section of chapter 28 of the Revised Statutes, as to allow the plaintiff to file the affidavit therein contemplated, when he has reason to believe, and does believe, that the defendant has secreted, about his person or elsewhere, money or other property, although he may not believe that such defendant intends to abscond. Which resolution was read and adopted.

Mr. Eaton of Franklin introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, That a joint committee, consisting of three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives, be appointed by their respective houses, to report joint rules.

Which resolution was read and adopted.

The President appointed Messrs. Eaton of Franklin, Wooster, and Dillingham, as such committee, on the part of the Senate.

The Senate took up the amendment of the House of Representatives to the resolution of the Senate providing for a joint assembly to confirm county nominations,

And refused to concur in the said amendment.

Mr. Dana presented the petition of the Vermont Academy of Medicine, which, on his motion, was referred, without reading, to the Committee on Education.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT:-The House insist on their amendments to the resolution providing for county conventions and a joint assembly to confirm the nominations of county officers.

The Senate took up the said amendments, and

Resolved, To recede from their disagreement therein, and to concur in the same.

On motion of Mr. Dana,

The Senate odjourned.

AFTERNOON.

(S. 1.) Mr Eaton of Franklin, from the Committee on Education, to whom was referred the memorial of the Vermont Academy of Medicine, reported a bill entitled "an act altering the name of the Vermont Academy of Medicine;"

Which was read the first and second times, and

Ordered, To be engrossed and read the third time.

Mr. Hatch introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of passing a law to provide for the election of the Chaplain of the State Prison by a joint assembly of both houses.

Which resolution was adopted.

A message from the House of Representatives, by Mr. Merrill, their Clerk:

MR. PRESIDENT:-The House concur with the Senate in passing a resölution for a joint committee to report rules for the Joint Assembly, and on their part have appointed a committee.

The President announced the appointment of Messrs. Wheelock and Aiken as the Committee on Bills, on the part of the Senate:

The Senate adjourned.

MONDAY, OCT. 18, 1841:

Prayer by the Chaplain.

The journal of Saturday was read.

Mr. Wooster introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on Military Affairs be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so modifying the militia laws of the State, that the expenses resulting from their operation may be reduced.

Which was read and adopted.

Mr. Dana introduced the following resolution:

Resolved, That the Committee on the Judiciary be instructed to inquire into the expediency of so amending that part of chapter first of the Revised Statutes, which relates to the election of Representatives to Congress, as to change the time or manner of electing Representatives to the next Congress.

Which resolution was read and passed.

The following communication was received from his Excellency the Governor:

To the Senate:

I have the honor to inform you that I have taken the oaths prescribed by the Constitution, and entered upon the duties of Governor of the State for the ensuing year. I have, also, appointed Mr. Henry Hale, of Chelsea, Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs; and propose to make the annual executive communication to the Legislature at 11 o'clock this mor ning.

EXECUTIVE CHAMBER, Oct. 18, 1841.

Mr. Hatch introduced the following resolution:

CHARLES PAINE.

Resolved, That the Committee on Agriculture be instructed to inquire into the expediency of appropriating the sum of three thousand dollars, yearly, for the promotion of agriculture: to be taken from that portion of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands which this State shall receive, by virtue of an act of Congress entitled "an act to appropriate the