Yeas and Nays-When Guilty of Contempt.

RULE 43. 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 member or members 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 Member Shall Vote, Except.

RULE 44. 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 45. No member 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 46. 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 47. All resolutions for printing of an extra number of any document, paper or bill shall be referred to the Committee on Printing, to consider and report thereon.

Indorsements Must be Made on Bills, etc.

RULE 48. 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 member introducing it.

Bills Printed.

RULE 49. 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 "General Orders" without further order, and bills reported unfavorably may be printed by order of the Senate.

Admitted to Floor.

RULE 50. No person other than elective state officers, members of the legislature, officers and employees of the Senate and House, unless on invitation of the president, or by vote of the Senate, or by the written permit of a senator, on a regular senate blank, shall be admitted to the floor.

Occupying Members' Chairs.

RULE 51. 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 52. 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 53. 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 54. 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 55. It is the duty of the secretary to call the roll; report correctly the report 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, all other clerks of the Senate shall be under his direction.

Assistant Secretary.

RULE 56. 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 57. It shall be the duty of the chairman of the Committee on Enrolled Bills 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 58. 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 59. 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. 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 60. 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 61. 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 clerk 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 62. 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 63. 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 members 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 8 A. M. to 9 P. M. each day, except on Sunday, and from 11 A. M. to 5 P. M. on that day.

No Smoking.

RULE 64. No person shall be allowed to smoke tobacco in the Senate chamber or the galleries.

Suspending Rules, When in Order.

RULE 65. No rule of the Senate shall be altered, suspended, or amended, without a two-thirds vote of all the senators present; and no motion to suspend, alter or amend any rule shall be in order without the unanimous consent of the Senate, unless one day's previous notice thereof shall be given. And no motion to suspend shall embrace more than one rule, or relate to any other subject than the one specified in such motion.

Cushing's Manual,

RULE 66. In all cases where these rules do not apply, the rules of parliamentary law laid down in Cushing's Manual shall govern.

Senator Hanna moved to dispense with reading the report of the Committee on Rules.

The motion prevailed.

Senator Householder moved to adopt the report of the Committee on Rules.

The motion prevailed.

Senator Householder moved to have 200 copies of the report of the Committee on Rules printed, together with a list of committees.

The motion prevailed.

THIRD READING OF BILLS.

Senator Lewelling moved an emergency be declared, the rules be suspended, and House bill No. 198 be put upon third reading and final passage.

The motion prevailed.

House bill No. 198 was read the third time, and the question being, Shall the bill pass? the roll was called, with the following result: Yeas 34, nays 0; absent or not voting, 6.

Senators voting in favor of the passage of the bill were: Messrs Armstrong, Battey, Braddock, Caldwell, Coleman, Cooke, Crossan, Farrelly, Field, Forney, Fulton, Hanna, Harris, Hart, Helmick, Hessin, Householder, Johnson, King, Lamb, Lewelling, Lupfer, Matthews, Morrow, Mosher, Pritchard, Reser, Ryan, Shaffer, Sheldon, Stocks, Titus, Young, and Zimmer.

Senators absent or not voting were: Messrs. Benson, Campbell, Helm, Jumper, Sterne, and Wallack.

A constitutional majority having voted in favor of the passage of the bill, the bill passed, and the title was agreed to.

INTRODUCTION OF ORIGINAL MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

Senator Hart offered Senate resolution No. 33, and moved its adoption.

The resolution was read, and is as follows:

Resolved, That the thanks of the senators are hereby extended to Crane & Co. for their valuable hand-book of the legislature of 1897, and in recognition of courtesies shown, the privileges of the floor of the Senate during all open sessions are hereby extended to Mr. Crane and W. A. Seiler.

The resolution was unanimously adopted.

Senator Johnson offered Senate resolution No. 34, and moved its adoption.

The resolution was read, and is as follows:

Resolved, That until otherwise ordered, the hours of meeting of the Senate shall be at 10 o'clock A. M. and 2 o'clock P. M.

Senator Forney moved to amend, by inserting after the word "ordered." the words, "by the Senate."

The amendment was adopted.