Resolved by the Senate, the House concurring, That an adjournment of either House or Senate of the Legislature may be made this day, January 17th, until 4 P. M. of Tuesday, January 23, 1894.

Wyckoff of Appanoose, moved that the House concur in resolution from the Senate.

Carried.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE.

Morrison from the special Committee on Elections, submitted the following report:

MR. SPEAKER-Your special Committee on Elections to whom was referred the case of Stephens vs. Richardson, beg leave report that they have had the same under consideration, and have instructed me to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that the committee be given until January 29th to report. J. D. MORRISON,

Chairman.

Jester of Green, moved that the request of committee be granted. Carried.

MR. SPEAKER-- Your Committee on Rules beg leave to report that they recommend the adoption of the rules of the Twenty-fourth General Assembly except as hereinafter corrected.

First. In section 14 after "bave spoken" in the third line there be added "except as provided by section 26."

Second. In section 16 strike out all after "personally interested" in the second line.

Third. In section 51 change the word "thereof" in the third line to “therefor.”’ The rules will then be read as follows:

RULES OF THE HOUSE.

DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER.

He shall take the chair every day precisely at the hour to which the House shall have adjourned; shall immediately call the members to order, and on the appearance of a quorum, shall cause the journal of the preceding day to be read.

2. He shall preserve order and decorum, and speak to points of order in preference to other members, rising from his seat for that purpose; and he shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House by any two members.

3. He shall rise to put a question, but may state it sitting.

Questions shall be distinctly put in this form, to-wit: "As many as are of the opinion that (as the question may be) say 'aye;" and after the affirmative voice is expressed, "As many as are of the contrary opinion, say 'no.'" If the Speaker doubts, or a division be called for, the House shall be divided. Those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and afterward those in the negative.

5. The Speaker shall have a right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, except that in case of the absence of the regular Speaker, the House may proceed to elect a Speaker pro tem. whose acts shall have the same validity as those of the Speaker.

6. All committees shall be appointed by the Speaker, unless otherwise especially directed by the House.

7. In all cases of a call of the yeas and nays, the Speaker shall vote; in other cases he shall not be required to vote unless the House is equally divided, or unless his vote, if given to the minority, will make the division equal, and in case of such equal division the question shall be lost.

8. All acts, addresses and joint resolutions shall be signed by the Speaker, and all writs, warrants, subpoenas, issued by order of the House, shall be under his hand and attested by the Clerk.

9. In case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobby, the Speaker or Chairman of the Committee on the Whole House shall have the power to have the same cleared.

10. After the journal is read the following order shall govern: 1. Business pending at last previous adjournment.

Petitions or remonstrances to be offered.

2.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Ways and Means.

Judiciary.

Appropriations.

Railroads and Commerce.

Schools and Normal Schools.

Text Books.

Suppression of Intemperance.

Agriculture.

Mines and Mining.

Retrenchment and Reform.

Claims.

Compensation of Public Officers.

Insurance.

Banks and Banking.

Animal Industry.

County and Township Organization.

Roads and Highways.

Other committees.

Resolutions laid over under Rule 34.

Bills to be introduced.

Resolutions.

Messages and communications on the Speaker's table.
Bills and resolutions read a second time.

Bills on their passage.

Reports in possession of the House shall be taken

up in their order.

11. On and after the 10th day of February of each regular session, bills and joint resolutions, which have been read the second time and engrossed, shall be taken up in their proper order at three o'clock in the afternoon of each session, and put upon their passage.

OF DECORUM AND DEBATE.

11. When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the House, he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to the presiding officer by his title, saying, "Mr. Speaker," and shall not proceed until he shall be recognized by the Chair, and shall confine himself to the question under debate, and shall avoid personalities.

12. When any member in speaking, or otherwise, transgresses the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call him to order; in which case, the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, but may be permitted, with leave of the House, to explain; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide the case, but without debate. If there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to; if the decision be in favor of the member so called to order, he is at liberty to proceed. If the case requires it, he shall be liable to the censure of the House.

13. When two or more members happen to rise at once, the Speaker shall designate the member entitled to speak.

14. No member shall speak more than once on the same question without leave of the House, nor more than twice until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken, except as provided in section 26.

15. While the Speaker is putting any question, or addressing the House, none shall walk out or across the House, or, when a member is speaking, shall entertain private discourse, nor while a member is speaking, pass between him and the Chair.

16. No member shall vote on any question in the event of which he is personally interested.

17. Upon a division and count of the House on any question, only those members standing in their places shall be counted.

18. Every member who shall be in the House when the question is put shall give his vote, unless the House, for special reasons, shall excuse him; but such member must ask to be excused before commencing to take the vote on the main question.

19. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the Speaker; or, being in writing, it shall be passed to the desk and read aloud by the Clerk before debated.

20. Every motion, except subsidiary or incidental motions, shall be reduced to writing if the Speaker or any member desires it, but this exception shall not apply to motions to amend.

21. All bills, resolutions, petitions, memorials, or other papers, shall be accompanied by the name of the member presenting the same, and also the name of the county.

22. After a motion is stated by the Speaker, or read by the Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the House, but may be withdrawn by leave of the House.

23. When a question is under debate no motion shall be received but to adjourn; to lie on the table; for the previous question; to postpone to a certain day; to commit or amend; to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged, and no motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit or postpone indefinitely, being decided, shall again be allowed on the same day, and at the same stage of the bill or proposition. A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend; and, if carried, shall be considered equivalent to its rejection.

24. When a resolution shall be offered, or a motion made to refer any subject, and different committees shall be proposed, the question shall be taken in the following order: The Committee of the Whole House; a Standing Committee; a Select Committee.

25. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, except when a member is speaking, or the House voting.

26. The previous question shall always be put in this form. Shall the main question now be put?" It shall only be admitted when demanded by a majority of the members present, and its effect shall be to put an end to all debate, and to bring the House to a direct vote upon amendments, and then upon the main question, except that the member in charge of the measure under consideration shall have ten minutes in which to close the discussion before the vote is taken. On a motion for the previous question, and prior to seconding the same, a call of the House shall be in order; but after such motion shall have been adopted no call shall be in order prior to the decision of the main question.

27. Motions to lie on the table, to adjourn, and for the previous question, shall be decided without debate.

28. When a question is postponed indefinitely, it shall not be acted upon during the session.

29. Any member may call for a division of the question, which shall be divided if it comprehends questions so distinct that one being taken away, the rest may stand entire for the discussion of the House. A motion to strike out being lost, shall preclude neither an amendment nor a motion to strike out and insert. A motion to strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisable.

30. Motions and reports may be committed at the pleasure of the House.

31. No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration, shall be admitted under color of amendment. 32. When a motion has been made and carried or lost, it shall be in order for any member of the majority, on the same or succeeding day, to move for the reconsideration thereof, and such motion shall take precedence of all other questions except the consideration of a conference report, a motion to fix the day to which the House shall adjourn, to adjourn, or to take a recess, and shall not be withdrawn after the said succeeding day without the consent

of the House; and thereafter any member may call it up for consideration; provided that such motion, if made during the last six days of the session, shail be disposed of when made.

33. Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed to the House, shail be presented by the Speaker, or a member in his place; a brief statement of the contents thereof shall verbally be made by the introducer, and shall be referred to the committee of his selection, unless otherwise ordered by the House.

34. A proposition requesting information from the Governor, Secretary or any other State officer, and all resolutions shall lie on the table one day, for consideration unless otherwise ordered by the House; and all such propositions shall be taken up for consideration in the order they were presented, immediately after the reports are called for from the Select Committee, and when adopted, the Clerk shall cause the same to be delivered.

Any five members, if the Speaker be in the Chair, shall be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members.

36. Upon calls of the House, or in taking the yeas and nays on any question, the names of the members shall be called alphabetically, except that "Mr. Speaker" shall be called last.

37. No member shall absent himself from the service of the House without leave unless he be sick or unable to attend.

38. Upon the call of the House, the names of the members shall be called over by the Clerk, and the absentees noted, after which the names of the absentees shall again be called over, and the Sergeant-at-Arms be directed by the Speaker to compel their attendance.

39. No committee shall sit during the sitting of the House without special leave.

40. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum, and upon demand of any two members the yeas and nays shall be ordered; the members demanding the yeas and nays shall arise for that purpose, and their names shall be entered in the journal.

41. The hours to which this House shall stand adjourned from day to day, shall be ten o'clock a. M., and two o'clock P. M., unless otherwise ordered by the House.

42. A committee on pairs shall be appointed, to consist of two persons, one of whom shall be selected by the members of each of the two dominant political parties represented in the House. It shall be the duty of the committee to arrange all pairs between members, and to announce such pairs and the time for which they shall continue, to the House, which announcement shall be entered on the journal. Thereafter, neither member so paired shall vote (upon any question of a political or partisan nature) until the time of pairing has expired, unless such pair is sooner dissolved by the mutual agreement of the persons so paired. When pairs are dissolved, such dissolution shall be entered on the journal of the House.