unless by leave of the Senate, and the President may speak in preference to Senators, rising from his seat for that purpose.

53. If the decision be in favor of the Sena- Appeal. tor called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, he shall not be permitted to proceed, in case any Senator objects, without leave of the Senate.

54. If a Senator call another to order for Same. words spoken in debate, he shall, if required by the President, reduce to writing the language used by the Senator which he deemed out of order.

55. All questions of order, with the de- Same. cisions thereon, from which an appeal may have been taken, shall be noted by the Clerk, and put together at the end of the Journal at each session.

THE YEAS AND NAYS-WHEN TO BE CALLED.

Yeas and

tion of
officers.

56. The yeas and nays shall be called upon the election of all officers, a majority nays elecof those voting being necessary to a choice, and if there be no choice after ten votings, the person receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. [Sec. 33, R. S.]

57. The yeas and nays shall be called upon the passage of all bills and the adoption of all joint resolutions, having the force and effect of law, and a majority of the votes of all the Senators elected shall be necessary to pass either. Sec. 9, Art. II, Const.

2

Same. A

constitu

tional majority necessary.

Same.

Three

necessary.

58. The yeas and nays shall be called fourths vote upon motions to dispense with a constitutional rule, and three-fourths of all the members elected to the Senate shall be necessary to suspend such rule. [Sec. 16, Art. II, Const.]

Same. A constitutional majority neces

sary.

Same. Twothirds vote necessary.

Same. Confirmation.

Same.
Three-fifths
vote neces-
sary.

Committees.
Chairmen.

59. The yeas and nays shall be called upon the adoption of all resolutions expending money, and a majority of the votes of all the Senators elected are necessary to the adoption of such resolution. [Sec. 22, Art. II, Const.]

60. The yeas and nays shall be called upon all bills or resolutions giving extra compensation to any officer, or paying any claim not provided for by pre-existing law, and two-thirds of the votes of all the Senators elected shall be necessary to pass such a measure. [Sec. 29, Art. II, Const.]

61. The yeas and nays shall be called upon the confirmation of all nominations made by the Governor, and spread upon the Journal. [Sec. 2, Art. VII, Const.]

62. The yeas and nays shall be called upon the adoption of all resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution, and three-fifths of the votes of all the Senators elected are necessary to the adoption of such resolutions. [Sec. 1, Art. 16, Const.]

COMMITTEES.

63. The first named member of any committee shall be the Chairman, and in his absence the next named member, unless the

committee, by a majority, elect a Chairman. No committee shall sit during the session of the Senate, without leave. The committees shall meet upon the call of their respective Chairmen, and in case of his absence, or refusal to call the committee together, a meeting may be called by any two members of the committee..

reports.

64. The several standing and select com- Committee mittees of the Senate shall have leave to report by bill or otherwise; but the report of any committee must be signed by a majority of its members before it can be received at the Clerk's desk; and when a majority of a committee have reported, the minority inay present their views.

65. It shall be in order for the committee on Revision or on Enrollment to report at any time when the Senate is not otherwise engaged.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

66. When the Senate is ready to proceed to the order of the day, a motion to go into committee of the whole Senate on the order of the day shall have precedence of all other motions, except to adjourn, to take a recess, to lie on the table, and for the previous question.

67. In forming a committee of the whole Senate, the President shall leave the chair and appoint a chairman, who shall preside, and vote as other Senators.

Same.

Committee of the whole.

How constituted.

Proceed in gs in.

Proceeding upon report

Rules governing.

Bills, introduction of.

68. In committee of the whole, bills shall be read by the Chairman or Clerk, and considered by sections, unless it be otherwise directed by the committee, leaving the preamble to be last considered. The body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined, but amendments shall be noted by the Chairman or Clerk on a separate piece of paper, as the same are agreed to by the committee, and so reported to the Senate.

69. After being reported, the bill and the amendments of the committee shall be immediately considered, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, but shall be subject to discussion or amendment before the question to engross the bill is taken.

70. The rules of proceeding in committee of the whole shall be the same as in the Senate, so far as may be applicable.

BILLS.

71. Every bill shall be introduced on the report of a committee or by any Senator in the regular order of business, or by leave of the Senate upon a statement of the objects of the bill. All bills proposing the amendment or repeal of any law, shall have noted in the title a distinct reference to the section or law proposed to be amended or repealed; and the Clerk of the Senate shall send no bills to be printed without such notes. All bills shall be read the second

time in the order in which they are introduced, and unless made a special order, shall be placed upon the calendar and read the third time in the order in which they are directed to third reading.

72. If opposition be made to the bill on How the first reading, the question shall be, rejected. "Shall the bill be rejected?" If the bill is not rejected, it shall pass to a second reading in the order of proceeding.

73. On the second reading of a bill the President shall state that it is ready for commitment or engrossment; if no motion or order be made to the contrary, it shall be committed to the committee of the whole Senate, to be considered in its order; if the bill be ordered to be engrossed, the Senate shall direct on what day it shall be read the third time; but no bill having been amended shall be read the third time without being actually engrossed. Amendments to all House bills, made by the Senate, shall be engrossed in like manner as Senate bills, preparatory to their third reading.

74. When a question is lost on ordering a bill to be engrossed for a third reading on a particular day, it shall not preclude a question to order it to be engrossed for a third reading on a different day, unless a division be called for; but if, on a division, the question on engrossing a bill, without including the time for its third reading, shall fail, the bill shall be considered as lost.

Proceeding on second reading.

when ordered to be engrossed.