15. The unfinished business in which the senate was engaged at the last preceding adjournment, shall have the preference in the special orders of the day.

16. When the ayes and nays shall be called for by two of the members present, each member called upon shall, unless for special reason be excused by the senate, declare openly and without debate his assent or dissent to the question. In taking the ayes and nays, and upon the call of the house, the names of the members shall be taken alphabetically.

17. When the ayes and nays shall be taken on any question in pursuance of the above rule, no member shall be permitted to vote after the decision is announced from the chair.

18. On a motion made and seconded to shut the doors of the senate on the discussion of any business which may, in the opinion of a member, require secresy, the president shall direct the gallery to be cleared; and during the discussion of which motion, the doors shall remain shut.

19.

No motion shall be deemed in order to admit any person or persons whatsoever within the doors of the senate chamber, to present any petition, memorial, or address, or to hear any such read.

20. When a question has been once made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof; but no motion for the reconsideration of any vote shall be in order after a bill, resolution, message report, amendment or motion, upon which the vote was taken, shall have gone out of the possession of the senate announcing their decision; nor shall any motion or reconsideration be in order unless made on the same day on which the vote was taken, or within the next two days of actual session of the senate. thereafter.

21. The president of the senate, or the temporary president, shall have the right to name a member to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.

22. After the journal is read, the president shall first call for petitions, and then for reports from standing committees; and every petition or memorial, or other paper, shall be referred, of course, without putting a question for that purpose, unless the reference is objected to by a member at the time such petition, memorial, or other paper, is presented. And before any petition or memorial addressed to the senate shall be received and read at the table, whether the same shall be introduced by the president or a member, a brief statement of the contents of the petition or memorial may verbally be made by the introducer.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

23. The following shall be the order of business :

24. No paper or document, except bills, shall be printed for the use of the senate without special order.

25. Every bill shall receive three readings previous to its being passed, and the president shall give notice at each whether it be the first, second or third, which reading shall be on three different days. And all resolutions to which the approbation and signature of the governor may be requisite, or which may grant money

out of the contingent, or any other fund, shall be treated in all respects, in the introduction and form of proceedings on them in the senate, in a similar manner with bills; and all other resolutions shall lie on the table one day for consideration, and also reports of all committees, except a committee of the whole.

26. No bill shall be committed until it shall have been twice read such bill shall then be printed, after which it may be referred to a committee.

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27. All standing committees shall be appointed by the senate. 28. All bills on a second reading shall first be considered by the senate in the committee of the whole, before they shall be taken up and proceeded on by the senate, agreeably to the standing rules, unless otherwise ordered. And when the senate shall consider a bill or resolution, as a committee of the whole, the president, or temporary president, shall call a member to fill the chair during the time the senate shall remain in committee of the whole; and the chairman so called shall, during such time have the power of a temporary president.

29. The final question, upon the second reading of every bill, resolution, or motion originating in the senate, and requiring three readings previous to its being passed, shall be, "Whether it shall be engrossed and read a third time?" and no amendment shall be received for discussion at a third reading of any bill, resolution, or motion, unless by unanimous consent of the members present; but it shall at all times be in order before the final passage of any bill, resolution, or motion, to move its commitment; and should such commitment take place, and any amendment be reported by the committee, the said bill, resolution, or motion, shall be again read the second time, and considered in committee of the whole, and then the aforesaid question shall be again put.

30. The titles of bills and such parts thereof only as shall be affected by proposed amendments, shall be inserted on the journals.

31. The proceedings of the senate, when not acting as in committee of the whole, shall be entered on the journal as concisely as possible, care being taken to detail a true and accurate account

of the proceedings; but every vote of the senate shall be entered on the journal, and a brief statement of the contents of each petition, memorial, or paper presented to the senate, shall also be inserted on the journal.

32. When motions are made for reference of the same subject to a select committee and to a standing committee, the question on reference to the standing committee shall be first put.

33. When nominations shall be made in writing by the governor to the senate a future day shall be assigned, unless the senate unanimously direct otherwise, for taking them into consideration.

34. All confidential communications, made by the governor to the senate, shall be, by the members thereof, kept secret. All information or remarks, touching or concerning the character or qualifications of any person nominated by the governor to office, shall be kept secret.. When acting on confidential or executive business, the senate shall be cleared of all persons except the secretary and assistant secretary of the senate, sergeant-at-arms, and door-keeper. The legislative proceedings, the executive proceedings, and the confidential legislative proceedings of the senate shall be kept in separate and distinct books.

35. Messages shall be sent to the house by the secretary, sergeant-at-arms, or door-keeper, the secretary having previously endorsed the final determination thereon.

36. Messages are introduced in any state of business, except when a question is being put, while the yeas and nays are being called, or while the ballots are being counted.

37. The presiding officer of the senate shall have the regulation of such parts of the capitol and its passages as are or may be set apart for the use of the senate and its officers.

38.

The rules of the senate shall be observed in the committee of the whole, so far as they may be applicable, except limiting the time of speaking, and except the yeas and nays shall not be taken.

39. A motion that a committee rise shall always be in order, and shall be decided without debate.

40. Any officer or member of the senate convicted of disclosing any matter directed by the senate to be held in confidence, shall be liable, if an officer, to dismissal from the service of the senate, and in case of a member, to suffer expulsion from that body.

41. The rules of parliamentary practice, comprised in Cushing's manual, shall govern the senate in all cases to which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the standing rules and orders of the senate, and the joint rules of the senate and house of representatives.

42. Reporters may be admitted to the floor of the senate under the direction of the president, and be required to inform him what paper they report for.

43. No smoking shall be allowed in the senate chamber or galleries during the session of the senate.

44. These rules may be altered, amended, or suspended, twothirds of the members present voting therefor.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

46. The following standing committees shall be appointed by the senate at the commencement of the session :