SECOND READING AND REFERENCE OF BILLS. The following bills were read the second time, and were referred to the proper committees, as indicated: Judiciary: Senate bill No. 177, An act to amend sections 94 and 286 of chapter 80 of the general statutes of 1889, the same being an act entitled "An act to establish a code of civil procedure." Senate bill No. 178, An act regulating interest upon money, to prohibit usury, and to provide penalties therefor, and to amend sections 2, 3 and 5 of chapter 164 of the laws of 1889. Senate bill No. 179, An act to amend chapter 82 of the general statutes of the state of Kansas, entitled “An act to establish a code of civil procedure." Senate bill No. 180, An act to amend chapter 80 of the general statutes of the state of Kansas, entitled "An act to establish a code of civil procedure," and to repeal certain sections. Senate bill No. 181, An act to amend section 4381 of the general statutes of 1889, and to abolish special findings of fact and special verdicts by juries. Senate bill No. 182, An act allowing any receiver or manager of property to be sued without the previous leave of the court in which he was appointed. Fees, Salaries, and Mileage: Senate bill No. 183, An act relating to sheriffs' fees. Agriculture and Irrigation: Senate bill No. 184, An act to regulate the purchase, sale of, and to prohibit stealing poultry; establishing the license system, and defining certain duties of the probatejudge. Ways and Means: House bill No. 198, An act making appropriation for legislative purposes. CONSIDERATION OF MESSAGES FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRE SENTATIVES. By unanimous consent, this order of business was passed until calendars were printed. REPORTS OF STANDING COMMITTEES. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Printing, to whom was referred Senate resolution No. 32, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the resolution back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. ANSON S. COOKE, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Assessment and Taxation, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 8, An act to secure uniformity in the listing and taxation of bonds, mortgages, notes and other securities and evidences of indebtedness, and to provide a penalty for the violation thereof, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be referred to the Judiciary Committee for examination, and by them reported back to the Committee on Assessment and Taxation. W. F. BENSON, Chairman. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Military Affairs and Claims, to whom was referred the appointment of Captain Hiram Allen, of Franklin county, to the position of adjutant-general of the state of Kansas, have had the same under consideration and instruct me to report the appointment back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be confirmed. JASON HELMICK, Chairman, Senator Sheldon moved to suspend the rules, in order to make a motion to confirm an appointment. The motion prevailed. Senator Sheldon offered the following motion: Moved that the appointment of Capt. Hiram Aller. to be adjutantgeneral be confirmed. The question being, Shall the appointment be confirmed? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 35, nays 0; absent or not voting, 5. Senators voting yea were: Messrs. Armstrong, Battey, Benson, Braddock, Caldwell, Campbell, Coleman, Cooke, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Fulton, Hanna, Harris, Hart, Helm, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, King, Lamb, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Morrow, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser, Ryan, Shaffer, Sheldon, Sterne, Young, and Zimmer. Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Forney, Jumper, Stocks, Titus, and Wallack. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Military Affairs and Claims, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 24, An act making appropriations to pay the officers and men of Capt. William H. Hines's company of New Lancaster rifles, and Capt. George H. Hume's com pany of independent cavalry, for services and use of horses on the border of Kansas during the years 1861, 1862, and 1863, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report the bill back to the Senate with the recommendation that it be passed. JASON HELMICK, Chairman. REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES. The Committee on Rules made the following report: MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Rules, to whom was referred the question of reporting a code of rules for the present session of the Senate, have had the same under consideration, and instruct me to report to the Senate the following rules, with the recommendation that they be adopted. Opening FRANK C. FIELD, Chairman. Quorum. RULE 1. The president having taken the chair, at the hour fixed for the convening of the Senate, the roll shall be called, to ascertain if a quorum is present. A majority of the members elected shall constitute a quorum; and, in the absence of a quorum, the members present may take such measures as they shall deem necessary to secure the presence of a quorum. Order of Business. RULE 2. After the roll-call, and prayer by the chaplain, the order of business shall be as follows: 1. Presentation of petitions. 2. Introduction of bills. 3. Second reading and reference of bills. 4. Consideration of messages from the governor. 5. Communications from state officers. 6. Consideration of messages from the House of Representatives. 7. Reports of standing committees. 8. Reports of select committees. 9. Third reading of bills. 10. Introduction of original motions and resolutions. 11. Correction and approval of the journal. 12. Consideration of motions and resolutions. In Order at Any Time. RULE 3. Messages from the governor and House of Representatives and reports from the Committee on Engrossed Bills may be received under any order of business. Address the President, to be Recognized - Speak but Twice on Same Subject. RULE 4. Every senator rising to debate or present a petition or other paper, make a motion or report, shall address the president, and shall not proceed further until recognized by the chair. And when two or more senators shall address the president at the same time, he shall name the senator who is to speak first. No senator shall speak more than twice on the same day on the same subject, without leave of the Senate. Questions of Order. RULE 5. When a senator shall be called to order, he shall cease speaking until the president shall have determined whether he was in order; and every question of order shall be decided by the president, subject to an appeal to the Senate by any member; and if a senator shall be called to order for words spoken, the words excepted to shall be immediately taken down in writing, that the president or Senate may be better enabled to judge of the matter. Acting President - Does Not Lose Right to Vote. RULE 6. The president may name any senator to perform the duties of the chair, who is thereby vested, during such time, with all the powers of the president; but such substitute shall not lose the right of voting on any subject while so presiding, nor shall his power as such substitute continue beyond an adjournment, without leave of the Senate. All Motions in Writing. RULE 7. All motions shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the president or any member, and read by the secretary before the same shall be put. Motion Withdrawn. RULE 8. Any motion may be withdrawn at any time before amendment or decision is made, by consent of the Senate. Bills in Regular Order. RULE 9. The president shall see that all bills shall be acted on by the Senate in the order in which they stand upon the calendar, unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the senators voting. Changing Order on Calendar. RULE 10. Not more than one bill may be named in a motion to change the order of the calendar, and on such motion no member except the author of the motion shall speak more than once, nor longer than five minutes. Yeas and Nays. RULE 11. The yeas and nays shall be taken upon all questions upon the demand of three senators. Motions in Order When Question is Under Debate. RULE 12. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be in order, except to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit to a standing committee, to commit to a select committee, to commit to the committee of the whole, to amend, to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order named, and the first three shall be decided without debate. RULE 13. If the question in debate contains several points, any member may have the same divided. But a motion to strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible. The rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and insert another proposition, nor prevent a subsequent motion simply to strike out; nor shall the rejection of a motion simply to strike out prevent a subsequent motion to strike out and insert. Reconsideration. RULE 14. When a question has been once put and decided, it shall be in order for any senator who voted with the majority to move for a reconsideration thereof, but no motion for reconsideration of any vote shall be in order after the bill, resolution, message, report, amendment, or motion, upon which the vote was taken shall have gone out of the possession of the Senate, nor shall any motion for reconsideration be in order unless made on the same day on which the vote was taken, or on the next day of the actual session of the Sennte thereafter; nor shall any question be reconsidered more than once. The vote on the final passage of any bill appropriating the public moneys or property shall not be reconsidered whenever such bill shall be lost. Previous Questions- Main Question Action on Amendments Previous Question on Amendment. RULE 15. Any two senators shall have the right to demand the previous question. The previous question shall be as follows: "Shall the main question be now put?" and until it is decided shall preclude all amendments or debate. When, on taking the previous question, the Senate shall decide that the main question shall not now be put, the main question shall be considered as still remaining under debate. The main question shall be on the passage of the bill, resolution, or other matter under consideration; but when amendments are pending, the question shall first be taken upon such amendments in their order; and when amendments have been adopted in committee of the whole and not acted on in the Senate, the question shall be taken upon such amendments in like order, and without further debate or |