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third reading without debate, the question shall be at once put: "Shall
the bill pass?" No debate shall be allowed, and no motion in order ex-
cept the motion to adjourn, or for a call of the Senate, unless in case
where a bill has been ordered to be placed on third reading subject to
amendment, or to amendment and debate.

SUSPENSION OF THE RULES AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.

RULE 36. No motion involving the suspension of any rule shall be in order except by unanimous consent, unless one day's previous notice thereof shall be given. All such motions are not debatable and may be adopted by a majority vote of the senators present; except a motion to "suspend the rules, declare an emergency and advance a bill or joint resolution to second or third reading," which shall be considered as one motion and be debatable on the question of the emergency and require the affirmative vote of two-thirds of those present and voting for its adoption. No motion to suspend shall embrace more than one rule or relate to any other subject than the one specified in such motion.

NO QUORUM AT FINAL VOTE.

RULE 37. If, on taking the final vote on a bill, it shall appear that a quorum is not present, then the bill shall be laid on the table, and shall again be read, and the final question taken thereon at such time as the Senate shall order.

FINAL PASSAGE BY YEAS AND NAYS.

RULE 38. The question upon the final passage of a bill or joint resolution shall be taken by the yeas and nays, which shall be entered on the Journal, and unless the bill receives the number of votes required by the constitution to pass it, it shall be declared lost, except in cases provided for in rule 37.

CONCURRING IN HOUSE AMENDMENTS A FINAL VOTE.

RULE 39. A vote to concur in House amendments to a Senate bill, or a vote to adopt the report of a conference committee, shall be considered the final passage of a bill, and shall be taken by the yeas and nays and entered on the Journal.

TWO-THIRDS NOT NECESSARY EXCEPT ON FINAL PASSAGE.

RULE 40. When a resolution requiring a concurrence of two-thirds of the Senate is under consideration, the concurrence of two-thirds shall not be requisite to decide any question short of its final passage.

ABSENCE.

RULE 41. No senator shall absent himself without leave of the Senate first obtained, unless prevented from attending by sickness or other sufficient cause.

CALL OF THE SENATE.

RULE 42. A call of the Senate may be had upon the demand of five senators, pending a roll-call on the passage of any bill or joint resolution, or on any motion to strike out the enacting clause, or indefinitely postpone any bill or joint resolution, and before the result is announced. When a call is demanded, the president shall order the doors of the Senate to be closed, and direct the secretary to call the roll of the senators and note the absentees, after which the names of the absentees shall be again called, and those for whose absence no sufficient excuse is given may be sent for and taken into custody by the sergeant-at-arms, or his assistants appointed for the purpose, and brought before the bar of the Senate, where, unless excused by a majority of the senators present, they shall be reproved by the president for neglect of duty; provided, that when the number of senators found to be absent without leave is not sufficient to secure the passage of the bill or resolution, no order shall be issued for the arrest of absentees, and further proceedings under the call shall be dispensed with.

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DISPENSE WITH CALL OF SENATE.

RULE 43. No motion to dispense with further proceedings under the call of the Senate shall be entertained until the president shall be satisfied that the sergeant-at-arms has made diligent effort to secure the attendance of absentees.

YEAS AND NAYS-WHEN GUILTY OF CONTEMPT.

RULE 44. When the yeas and nays are being taken on any question, if a demand be made by any senator for a call of the absentees, and any member present refuses to vote, such refusal shall be deemed a contempt, unless he be excused by the Senate; and, unless purged, the president shall order the sergeant-at-arms to remove said senator or senators without the bar of the Senate, and all privileges of membership shall be refused the person or persons so offending until the contempt be duly purged.

EVERY SENATOR SHALL VOTE, EXCEPT.

RULE 45. Every senator who shall be within the Senate chamber when a question is stated shall vote thereon, unless he shall be excused by the Senate, or unless he be directly interested in the question. Any senator requesting to be excused from voting may make, either immediately before or after the vote shall have been called and before the result shall be announced, a brief statement, not occupying over five minutes, of the reason for making such request, and the question on excusing him shall then be taken without debate.

WHEN NOT PERMITTED TO VOTE.

RULE 46. No senator shall be permitted to vote on any question unless he be within the Senate chamber, and, when the yeas and nays are called, he be present to answer to his name.

RESOLUTIONS THAT LIE OVER.

RULE 47. The following class of resolutions shall lie over for one day for consideration, after which they may be called up under the appropriate order of business: 1st, all concurrent resolutions; 2d, resolutions containing calls on the executive department for information; 3d, resolutions giving rise to debate, except such as relate to the business of the day on which they are offered, and except such as relate to adjournment.

RESOLUTIONS REFERRED.

RULE 48. All requisitions upon the state printer for calendars, bills, documents and printed matter of any nature whatsoever must be approved by the chairman of the Committee on Printing.

INDORSEMENTS MUST BE MADE ON BILLS, ETC.

RULE 49. Before any petition, memorial, bill, or resolution, addressed to the Senate, shall be received or read, a brief statement of the contents shall be indorsed on the back thereof, with the name of the senator introducing it.

BILLS PRINTED.

RULE 50. When a bill or joint resolution has been reported to the Senate by a committee with the recommendation that it pass it shall be printed and placed on the Calendar under the head of "General Orders" without further order, and bills reported unfavorably may be printed by order of the Senate.

ADMITTED TO FLOOR.

RULE 51. No person other than elective state officers, members and ex-members of the legislature, officers and employees of the Senate and House, and members of the press, unless upon invitation of the president, on a regular Senate blank, or by vote of the Senate, shall be admitted to the floor.

OCCUPYING MEMBERS' CHAIRS.

RULE 52. No officer, employee or other person not a member of the Senate shall be permitted to occupy the chair of any senator while the Senate is in session.

SECRET SESSIONS.

RULE 53. On motion to close the doors of the Senate, in the discussion of any business which may, in the opinion of any senator, require secrecy, if agreed to by the Senate, the president shall direct all persons except the senators, president and secretary to withdraw; and during the discussion of said question the doors shall remain shut; and every senator and officer of the Senate shall keep secret all such matters and proceedings which shall transpire while the doors remain closed.

EXECUTIVE SESSIONS.

RULE 54. All nominations by the governor for the appointment of officers shall be considered in executive session, which sessions may be ordered by a majority vote of the Senate, upon motion of any senator, but no such order shall be made until the head of "General Orders" has been reached, unless by a two-thirds vote.

NOMINATIONS BY GOVERNOR.

RULE 55. All nominations sent by the governor to the Senate shall be referred to appropriate standing committees, who shall report thereon within five days.

SECRETARY.

RULE 56. It is the duty of the secretary to call the roll; report correctly the result of all balloting, yea-and-nay and division votes; read the Journal, or cause the same to be read; read all bills, resolutions, petitions or other papers which the Senate may require; deliver all messages to the House of Representatives; certify all enrolled bills, and present the same to the president of the Senate for his signature; indorse upon every paper presented in the Senate the successive stages of action had thereon, and see that proper records be made of the transmission of every paper from one house to the other, or from one officer to another; certify to the auditor of state the time of service of members and officers of the Senate, and attend generally to such other matters as his office may require. For the purpose of securing uniformity and system, the following clerks and their assistants shall be under the supervision and control of the secretary, to wit: The docket clerk, the journal clerk, and bookkeeper.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

RULE 57. It is the duty of the assistant secretary to aid the secretary in the performance of his duties, and to perform the same in the absence of the secretary.

CLERK OF ENROLLED BILLS.

RULE 58. The clerk of enrolled bills shall be nominated by the chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills, and elected by the Senate. It shall be his duty to enroll, or cause to be enrolled, without erasure or interlineation, and subject to the approval of the Committee on Enrolled Bills, all Senate bills and joint resolutions which have been passed by both houses.

DOCKET CLERK.

RULE 59. It shall be the duty of the docket clerk to keep a record of the number, title and status of every bill, joint resolution, memorial, etc., and furnish the state printer every evening with copy for printing the Calendar for the succeeding day.

CALENDAR.

RULE 60. The Calendar shall be arranged as follows:

1. Special orders, specifying the hour to which any subject matter of legislation was assigned for the consideration of the Senate.

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2. Motions and resolutions laid over under the rules.

3. The second reading of bills.

4. The third reading of bills.

5. Bills reported by committees, under head of "General Orders." 6. Bills due and unreported by committees.

JOURNAL CLERK.

RULE 61. It is the duty of the journal clerk to keep a full and complete record of the proceedings of the Senate, and to furnish the secretary each morning a correct copy of the Journal of the preceding day.

SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.

RULE 62. It shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to deliver to the printer all bills and other documents ordered to be printed, and shall take his receipt therefor; to return and distribute the printed copies; to procure all stationery and needful articles; and execute all orders of the president and Senate. He shall have the general supervision of the Senate chamber, and the subordinate officers of the Senate, committee and cloak rooms, gallery, and lobby, and shall preserve order within the chamber, lobby, and galleries; and may arrest and take into custody any person for disorderly conduct, and report him to the president. And for the purpose of preventing lounging and loafing in the chamber, when the Senate is not in session, he shall detail at least one of his assistants to remain in the chamber at all times when the same is open.

DOORKEEPERS.

RULE 63. It is the duty of the doorkeepers to see that no person is admitted to the chamber except those admitted by rule or special order. They shall brush and arrange the desks, procure water, and keep the chamber, committee rooms and galleries properly warmed, ventilated, and cleaned, and execute all orders directed to them by the Senate, president, or sergeant-at-arms.

POSTMASTER-POST OFFICE OPEN.

RULE 64. It is the duty of the postmaster to take charge of all letters and other mail matter deposited with him, and to send the same to the city post office before the closing of each principal mail; to receive from the city post office all mail matter addressed to senators and officers of the Senate, and to keep it in the box assigned to each in the Senate post office until called for or ordered by the person to whom it is addressed. The postmaster or assistant must always be present in the post office from eight A. M. to nine P. M. each day, except on Sunday, and from ten A. M. to five P. M. on that day.

NO SMOKING.

RULE 65. No person shall be allowed to smoke in the Senate chamber or the galleries during the session of the Senate.

AMENDNG RULES, WHEN IN ORDER.

RULE 66. No rule of the Senate shall be altered or amended without a two-thirds vote of all the senators present; and no motion to alter or amend any rule shall be in order without unanimous consent of the Senate, unless one day's previous notice thereof shall be given in open session.

ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER.

RULE 67. In all cases where these rules do not apply, the rules of parliamentary law laid down in Robert's Rules of Order shall govern.

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