temporarily to retire; but such substitution shall not extend beyond more than one adjournment.

33.

The Senate having taken the 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; and no rule of the Senate shall be suspended except by the vote of three-fourths of the members present.

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 person shall be admitted within the lobby of the Senate Chamber except the Governor, Treasurer of the State, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, members of the other House, Judges of the Supreme Court, Circuit Judges, Senators and Representatives in Congress, Ex-Governors and Lieutenant Governors, Ex-Judges of the Supreme Court, Ex-Senators of the State Senate, District Judge and Attorney of the United States, members of other State Legislatures, Clerk and Assistant Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of Civil and Military Affairs, and such ladies and gentlemen 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, one Assistant Door-Keeper, and two Messengers of the Senate.

42.

CHOICE OF SEATS.

At nine o'clock on the morning of the first day of the session, and before the Senate shall be called to order, the Secretary shall place in a box prepared for the purpose, fourteen ballots, designating by name the several counties in the State, and shall proceed to draw therefrom, impartially, one ballot at a time until all are drawn. And as each ballot is drawn, the Senator or Senators from the county designated by such ballot, shall personally, if present, or may by proxy, if absent, select his or their seat or seats. If any Senator or Senators, from any county so drawn, should not be present, either personally or by proxy, at the time of such drawing, the county next drawn shall have preference.

43.

The subject matter of each and every bill and resolution shall be briefly indicated in its title by the mover; and every bill and resolution shall be properly folded, and the name of the mover legibly written at the bottom of the same, before its introduction.

44.

After the second reading of any Senate bill of public character, the Secretary shall cause not less than three hundred copies of the same to be forthwith printed for the use of the General Assembly, unless already printed, and he shall furnish five copies thereof to the Librarian.

45.

The President of the Senate shall appoint a special committee of five members, to whom shall be referred all proposals of amendment to the Constitution of the State.

A message was received from the House of Representatives by Mr. Stickney, their Clerk, as follows:

MR. PRESIDENT :

I am directed by the House to request the Senate to return to the possession of the House joint resolutions from the House as follows: Joint resolution providing for the election of Judges of the Supreme Court.

Joint resolution providing for the election of State Officers.

On motion of Mr. Burnap, joint resolution from the House providing for a Joint Assembly to elect Judges of the Supreme Court, Was taken up.

The question being, Will the Senate agree to the proposals of amendment offered by the Senator from Windham?

Mr. Estey asked, and was granted leave to withdraw his proposal of amendment,

Thereupon on motion of Mr. Burnap, the resolution was ordered to be returned to the House agreeably to their request.

On motion of Mr. Brainerd, of Caledonia, joint resolution from the House of Representatives providing for a Joint Assembly to elect State Officers,

Was taken up.

And on motion of Mr. Estey, ordered to be returned to the House agreeably to their request.

A message was received from the House of Representatives by Mr. Merrill, their Assistant Clerk, as follows:

MR. PRESIDENT:

I am directed to inform the Senate that the House have on their part adopted a joint resolution providing for a Joint Assembly to hear the report of the joint canvassing committee appointed to canvass votes for members of Congress;

In the adoption of which the concurrence of the Senate is requested. Joint resolution from the House of Representatives as follows: Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives, That the Senate and House of Representatives meet in Joint Assembly at ten and one-half o'clock on Wednesday forenoon, October 11th, instant, to hear the report of the joint canvassing committee to canvass votes for Representatives to Congress;

Was read and adopted in concurrence.

On motion of Mr. Estey, the Senate adjourned at three o'clock, P. M.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, 1882.

Reading of Scriptures and prayer by the Chaplain.

Journal of Tuesday read and approved.

Mr. Bingham from the joint committee on joint rules, made the following report:

SENATE CHAMBER, Oct. 11th, 1882.

To the Honorable Senate now in Session:

The committee on Joint Rules respectfully report that they recommend the adoption of the following as the

JOINT RULES

OF THE

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

1.

A Joint Assembly shall be formed by a union of the Senate and House of Representatives in the Hall of the latter, at such time and for such specific purpose only as may be expressed in a concurrent resolution of both Houses; and may adjourn from time to time during the session of the General Assembly. The President of the Senate shall in all cases preside over, and the Secretary of State, or in his absence, the Secretary of the Senate, shall officiate as Clerk; and the rules of the Senate as far as applicable shall be observed in regulating the proceedings of every Joint Assembly.

2.

The proceedings of every Joint Assembly including the resolution ordering the same, shall be recorded by the Clerk in a book kept for that purpose, which shall be preserved in the office of the Secretary of State, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Governor by the Secretary of State, and shall also be published with the Journal of the proceedings of the Senate.

3.

At the commencement of each session the following Joint Standing Committee, consisting of two Senators and three Representatives,

shall be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses respectively, to wit:

A Committee on Joint Rules.

Also the following Joint Standing Committees, to consist of three Senators and five Representatives, to wit:

A Committee on the Library.

A Committee on the House of Correction.

A Committee on the Reform School.

A Committee on Game and Fisheries.

4.

A Joint committee of three Senators and three Representatives shall be appointed by the presiding officers of the two Houses respectively, to whom may be referred all documents transmitted by the Governor for the use of the General Assembly, who shall report thereon to that House from which they were received.

5.

The committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, to whom the same subject matter shall have been referred, may, for the purpose of facilitating business, meet together as a joint committee, and make a joint or separate report to either or both Houses, as they may think expedient.

6.

In every case of disagreement between the Senate and House of Representatives, if either shall request a conference and appoint a committee for that purpose, and the other House shall also appoint a committee on its part, such committee shall meet at a convenient hour, to be agreed upon by their chairman, in the conference room, and state to each other, verbally or in writing, the reasons of each House for its vote on the subject matter of disagreement, confer freely thereon, and make a report of their doings to their respective Houses as soon as may be.

7.

Committee of Conference shall consist of an equal number from each House, and shall return the papers referred to them to the House which last voted upon the subject matter of disagreement. The report of the Committee of Conference cannot be amended or altered, as that of other committees may be. In all cases of conference asked after a vote of disagreement, the conferees of the House asking it, are to leave the papers with the conferees of the other.