RULE 28. To receive three separate readings.

RULE 29. Bills materially amended on second reading to be reprinted before third reading; when put on third - reading.

RULE 30. No amendments on third reading without unanimous consent, except, etc.

RULE 31. Clerk to keep register.

CHAPTER X.

Motions and their Precedence.

RULE 32. When question under consideration, no motion received, except, etc.

RULE 33. Motion to reconsider.

RULE 34. Motion to reconsider not to be reconsidered; what votes not to be reconsidered; recalling bill from the governor for correction.

CHAPTER XI.

Resolutions.

RULE 35. Certain, to lie over one day.

RULE 36. Referring to printing extra copies, etc., to be referred to committee on public printing.

RULE 37. Calling for or leading to expenditures, to be referred.

CHAPTER XII.

Previous Question.

RULE 38. How put; to preclude amendments or debate; "main question" amendments.

CHAPTER XIII.

Assembly Chamber; and the Privileges of Admission to the Floor thereof.

RULE 39. Use of, may be granted to State Agricultural and other societies; application not to be entertained without unanimous consent.

RULE 40. Who may be admitted to floor of house.

CHAPTER XIV.

Miscellaneous Provisions.

Securing presence of members.

RLLE 41. RULE 42. Call of house to secure attendance of members. RULE 43. When less than quorum vote speaker to order bar of house closed and roll called, if quorum present yeas and nays to be called; contempt to refuse to vote unless purged, etc.

RULE 44. Persons before bar of house for breach of privileges; speaker to execute judgment

RULE 45. House equally divided, question lost.

RULE 46. Division of question; motions to strike out or insert.

RULE 47. Entry of bill, order, motion, etc., on journal; name of member introducing same to be also entered.

RULE 48. Yeas and nays, when may be taken; to be entered on journal.

RULE 49. Roll-call on asking unanimous consent to advance bill.

RULE 50. Journal to be printed and laid on members' table within two days after approval; clerk to supervise printing of calendar.

RULE 51. Reporters: clerk not to issue orders for stationery to, who are also reporters for senate.

RULE 52. Standing rules not to be changed, suspended or rescinded, except on notice; what notice to contain and when given.

RULE 53. Persons privileged to use of clerk's desk during session of house; no person except officers to be at clerk's desk when yeas and nays are called.

RULE 54. Stenographer, duties of.

RULE 55. Questions of order and decisions thereon to be entered in journal; at close of session to be printed as an appendix to journal.

RULE 56. Request of members to be excused from voting, etc.

RULE 57. Amendments by senate sent to house for concurrence referred to committee which reported measure.

RULE 58. Third reading of bills; after reading of title, open to debate on its merits; previous question.

RULE 59. Sergeant-at-arms not to allow smoking in assembly chamber, and to enforce rules. RULE 60. Committees; final reports.

CHAPTER I.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE SPEAKER.

RULE 1. The speaker shall take the chair each day at the hour to which the house shall have 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.

RULE 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 intocommittee of the whole, he shall name a chairman to preside therein.

6. He shall certify the passage of all bills by the house, with the date thereof, together with the fact whether passed as majority, three-fifths or two-thirds bills, as required either by the Constitution or laws of this State.

7. He shall designate the persons who shall act as reporters for the public press, not exceeding 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 also be ex-officio member and chairman of the committee on rules.

CHAPER II.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

RULE 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