adjourned. He shall call to order, and, except in the absence of a quorum, shall proceed to business in the manner prescribed by these rules. II. He shall possess the powers and perform the duties herein prescribed, viz.: 1. He shall preserve order and decorum, and, in debate, shall prevent personal reflections, and confine members to the question under discussion. When two or more members rise at the same time, he shall name the one entitled to the floor. 2. He shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal to the House. On every appeal he shall have the right, in his place, to assign his reason for his decision. In case of such appeal no member shall speak more than once. 3. He shall appoint all committees, except where the House shall otherwise order. 4. He may substitute any member to perform the duties of the Chair for a period not exceeding two consecutive legislative days, but for no longer period, except by special consent of the House. 5. When the House shall be ready to go into Committee of the Whole, he shall name a Chairman to preside therein. 6. Not adopted in 1895, 1896 or 1897. 7. He shall designate the persons who shall act as reporters for the public press, not exceed ing thirty in number; but no reporter shall be admitted to the floor who is not an authorized representative of a daily paper. Such reporters, so appointed, shall be entitled to such seats as the Speaker shall designate, and shall have the right to pass to and fro from such seats in entering or leaving the Assembly Chamber. 8. He shall not be required to vote in ordinary legislative proceedings, except where his vote would be decisive. In case of a tie vote the question shall be lost. He shall have general control, except as provided by rule or law, of the Assembly Chamber and of the corridors and passages in that part of the Capitol assigned to the use of the Assembly. In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the galleries, corridors or passages, he shall have power to order the same to be cleared, and may cause any person guilty of such disturbance or disorderly conduct to be brought before the bar of the House. In all such cases the members present may take such measures as they shall deem necessary to prevent a repetition of such misconduct, either by the infliction of censure or pecuniary penalty, as they may deem best, on the parties thus offending. 9. He shall be cx officio member and chairman of the Committee on Rules. CHAPTER II. Order of Business. III. The first business of each day's session shall be the reading of the Journal of the preceding day, and the correction of any errors that may be found to exist therein. Immediately thereafter, except on days and at times set apart for the consideration of special orders, the order of business, which shall not be departed from, except by a vote of two-thirds of the members present, to be determined by a call of the roll, shall be as follows: 1. Messages from the Governor and from the Senate, communications from State officers, reports from State institutions, and reports from the Committees on Revision and Printed and Engrossed Bills. 2. First reading of a bill by its title, and reference of the same, during the months of January and February, and thereafter on Wednesdays and Fridays only. 3. Reports of standing committees in their order. (See Rule XIV.) 4. Reports of select committees. After the foregoing orders have been finished the following shall be the orders of the day: For Mondays: 1. Bills on second reading. 2. Original resolutions by counties in alphabetical order during the months of January and February only. 3. Unfinished business (other than bills) may be considered. For Tuesdays: 1. Bills on third reading. 2. Bills on second reading. For Wednesdays: 1. Bills on second reading. 2. Bills on third reading. For Thursdays: 1. Bills on third reading. 1. Bills on second reading. For Saturdays: 1. Bills on second reading. When the regular orders for any day shall be gone through, the following shall be the order of business: 1. Bills on third reading. 2. Bills on second reading. When the consideration of the orders of the day is not finished, those not acted upon shall be the orders for the next and each succeeding day until disposed of, and shall be entered first in the calendar without change in their order. CHAPTER III. Rights and Duties of Members. IV. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances may be presented to the Clerk at the close of each day's session. Bills may be deposited, at any time during the session, in a box to be known as the "bill box," which shall be under the immediate charge of the Clerk, and which shall be kept securely locked until all bills so deposited are removed by him, or by a deputy clerk authorized by him. Every bill shall be in duplicate, and both shall be indorsed with a statement of the title, accompanied by the name of the member introducing it. At the close of each day's session one of each of such bills so deposited shall be handed by the Clerk to the Speaker for his examination after due record thereof has been entered in a book which shall be kept for that purpose. At the next regular session, as provided for in subdivision 2 of rule 3, the Speaker shall announce the introduction of all bills thus received by him for their first reading, and thereupon shall refer them to the appropriate committees with the consent of the House. The other of each such bills having first been entered in the record book shall, on the day or their reception, be filed by the clerk with the Librarian of the Assembly, who shall keep a record thereof, which, together with |