amendment. But the previous question can be moved on a pending amendment, and if adopted, debate is closed on the amendment only; and after the amendment is voted on, the main question shall again be open to debate and amendments. In this case the question shall be, Shall the vote be now taken on the pending amendment?"

Special Order.

RULE 16. Whenever any bill or other matter is made the special order for a particular day, and it shall not be reached or completed on that day, it shall be returned to its place in the general orders, unless it shall be made the special order for another day; and when any special order is under consideration, it shall take precedence of any special order for a subsequent hour of the same day, but such subsequent special order may be taken up immediately after the previous order has been disposed of.

No Member Shall be Interrupted, Except.

RULE 17. No member when speaking shall be interrupted, except by a call to order by the president, or by a member through the president, or by a member to explain; nor shall any member be referred to by name in debate, unless for a transgression of the rules, and then by the president only.

Explaining Votes.

RULE 18. Members may explain their votes only upon the call of their names on the passage of any bill or joint resolution, and shall not be allowed more than five minutes for such explanation. Bills Unfavorably Reported Do Not Go on Calendar Unless Ordered-How Appearing.

RULE 19. When a bill is unfavorably reported by a committee, it shall not be placed upon the calendar urless so ordered by the Senate. A motion to place an unfavorably reported bill on the calendar shall be made when resolutions are in order, and the motion shall then lie over until that order is again reached, but if such motion be negatived once it shall not be renewed. If the motion to place the bill on the calendar shall prevail, the words "Unfavorably reported” shall be printed in a line underneath the title of the bill.

House Substitute for Bills When in Regular Order. RULE 20. When any bill shall be reached in its regular order, a bill introduced into the House of Representatives and in possession of the Senate may be substituted. therefor.

Standing Committees.

RULE 21. All standing committees shall consist of five members each, except Judiciary, District Apportionment, Railroads, Agriculture and Irrigation, and Education and Educational Institutions, which shall consist of nine members each; and Ways and Means, Cities of the First Class, Cities of the Second and Third Class, and

Municipal Indebtedness, which shall consist of seven members each; said committees to be appointed by the president of the Senate, subject to the approval of a majority of the senators elected.

RULE 22. The following are the standing committees of the Senate:

1. Judiciary.

2. Ways and Means.

3. Elections.

4. Federal Relations.

5. Railroads.

6. Assessment and Taxation.

7. Fees. Salaries, and Mileage.

8. Municipal Indebtedness.

9. Corporations.

10. State Affairs.

11. Roads and Bridges.

12. County Seats and County Lines.

13. Military Affairs and Claims.

14. Public Health.

15. Temperance.

16. Agriculture and Irrigation.

17. Charitable Institutions.

18. Penal Institutions.

19. Manufactures and Industrial Pursuits.

20. Mines and Mining.

21. Banks and Insurance.

22. Printing.

23. Education and Educational Institutions.

24. Public Buildings.

25. Cities of the First Class.

26. Cities of the Second and Third Class.

27. District Apportionment.

28. Engrossed Bills.

29. Enrolled Bills.

RULE 23. It is the duty of the Committee on Engrossed Bills to compare all engrossed bills with the originals, to see that they are correct, deliver original and engrossed copy to the secretary of the Senate, and report to the Senate in writing, which report shall be immediately entered upon the journal.

Bills and Resolutions to be Returned in Five Days. RULE 24. All bills or resolutions referred to committees shall be returned to the Senate, together with the report of committee thereon, written in duplicate, within five legislative days thereafter, uness further time be granted.

Care of Bills No Mutilation —Character of Bill Must Not be Changed by Substitute.

RULE 25. No committee shall be allowed to mutilate any bill reerred to it for consideration, by making interlineations, erasures, or marginal notes thereon. If the committee desires to recommend amendments to the bill, these shall be so indicated in the report as to be easily identified. But when it becomes necessary to rewrite any bill, the committee may substitute a new bill, designating the bill so rewritten as "Substitute for Senate bill No. --;" and such substitute shall be printed as reported, and take the place of the original bill on the calendar, and the original bill shall be preserved and filed by the docket clerk: Provided, No substitute shall be made for any bill which changes the subject-matter of the bill under consideration.

Committee of the Whole.

RULE 26. On motion, the Senate may go into committee of the whole. In forming a committee of the whole, a chairman to be appointed by the president shall preside. The rules of the Senate shall be observed in the committee of the whole, so far as may be applicable, except limiting the number of times of speaking, and that a motion to lay on the table, or a call for the previous question, shall not be in order, and the yeas and nays shall not be taken.

How Bills Shall be Considered.

RULE 27. Bills shall be considered in committee of the whole in the following manner, viz.: Unless the committee shall order that the bill be first read through, or shall recommend that the enacting clause be stricken out, it shall be read by sections, leaving the title to be considered last. As each section is read, amendments are then in order to that section; after a section has been once passed, no amendment shall be in order thereto until the whole bill shall have been read through; when the bill has been read through, the chairman shall announce, "Amendments generally are in order,” and amendments not before offered may be made to any part of the bill. A motion to amend a bill shall not be in order while the motion to strike out the enacting clause is pending.

Amendments in the Committee of the Whole to be Reported —

Enacting Clause Stricken Out.

RULE 28. All recommendations and amendments made by committee of the whole shall be noted, and reported to the Senate by the chairman. Bills reported by the committee of the whole shall still be subject to amendment and debate before the question of agreeing to the report of the committee is put; but such amendments only shall be in order as were offered in committee of the whole; and when a bill shall be reported with the recommendation that the enacting clause be stricken out, and the report shall be agreed to by the Senate, it shall be considered rejected.

Bills Engrossed.

RULE 29. When the committee of the whole shall favorably report a bill, and the report be agreed to, the bill shall be engrossed without further order.

Rise and Report Progress.

RULE 30. A motion that the committee shall arise and report progress on any bill shall always be in order, and shall be decided without debate.

No Quorum in Committee of Whole.

RULE 31. If at any time when in committee of the whole Senate it be ascertained that there is no quorum present, the chairman shall immediately vacate the chair and report the fact to the president. First Reading of Bills.

RULE 32. Every bill shall be introduced by a senator in his place, or on the report of a committee, or by message from the House of Representatives; and each bill, when introduced, shall be sent to the secretary, who shall read its title. This the president shall announce. as "The first reading of the bill."

Second Reading of Bills.

RULE 33. Upon the next day, the bill shall be read by its title only, unless three senators shall demand its reading in full. This the president shall announce as "The second reading of the bill," and it shall then be referred to the appropriate standing committee, except bills introduced by committees, which shall be referred to the committee of the whole.

No Bill Read Third Time Same Day Ordered to Third

Reading.

RULE 34. No bill shall be amended or committed until it shall have been read the second time, and no bill shall be read a third time on the same day on which it is ordered to a third reading.

Third Reading of Bills.

RULE 35. On the third reading of any bill or joint resolution, the same shall be read through by the secretary. This the president shall announce as The third reading of the bill." If the bill be reported for 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 except 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.

No Quorum at Final Vote.

RULE 36. 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 37. 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 36.

Concurring in House Amendments a Final Vote.

RULE 38. 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 39. When a bill or 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 40. No senator shall absent himself without leave of the Senate first obtained, unless prevented from attending by sickness or other sufficient cause.

Call of Senate.

RULE 41. A call of the Senate may be had upon the demand of any senator, 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 are 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.

Dispense with Call of Senate.

RULE 42. No motion to dispense with further proceedings under the call of the Senate shall be entertained until the Senate shall be satisfied that the sergeant at-arms has made diligent effort to secure the attendance of absentees.