The JANITORS of the House shall have charge, under the direction of the sergeant-at-arms, of the cloak and retiring rooms adjoining the chamber, and shall see that the same are kept in proper order.

The MESSENGERS of the House shall attend the house during its sittings, and perform the duties generally devolving on like employes. The messengers shall be under the direction of the sergeant-at-arms while the House is not sitting, and shall attend to such duties as he may assign them.

OF COMMITTEE ON THE WHOLE HOUSE.

65. In forming Committees of the Whole House, the Speaker shall leave his chair, and a Chairman to preside in Committee, shall be appointed by the Speaker.

66. Upon bills committed to the Committee of the Whole House, the bill shall be first read throughout by the Clerk or Chairman, and then read again or debated by the clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered. After report, the bill shall be again subject to be debated and amended by clauses, before a question to engross it be taken.

67. All amendments made to an original motion in Committee shall be incorporated in a motion, and so reported.

68. All amendments made to a report committed to a Committee of the Whole House shall be noted and reported as in the case of bills.

69. In filling up blanks in the Committee of the Whole House, and in the House, the largest sum and longest time, and the highest number shall be first put.

70. The Rules of the House shall be observed in Committee of the Whole House, so far as they are applicable.

JOINT RULES.

1. Whenever either House shall amend a measure, and the other House shall refuse to concur in and adopt the amendment, the House which has adopted such amendment shall either insist on, or recede from the same. In case a motion to insist on the amendment be decided in the negative, such action shall be deemed a receding from the amendment, and so entered upon the journal of such House. In case the amendment is insisted upon, the House so insisting shall request a Committee of Conference on the subject of disagreement, and shall appoint a committee therefor. The other House shall thereupon appoint such committee. Unless another number is specified in said request, such Conference Committee shall consist of four members from each House. They shall meet at a convenient time, to be agreed upon by their chairman, and having conferred freely, each shall report to their respective House the result of their conference. In case of agreement, the report shall be first made, with the papers referred accompanying it, to the House which refused to concur, and there acted upon; and such action shall be immediately reported by the Secretary or Clerk to the other House, the papers referred accompanying the message. In case of disagreement of Conference Committee, the papers shall remain with the House which insisted on the amendment. The agreeing report of a Conference Committee shall be made, read, and signed in duplicate by all the members of the committee, or by a majority of those of each House, one of the duplicates being retained by the committee of each House. Should either House disagree to the report of the committee, such House shall appoint a second committee, and request a further conference, which shall be acceded to by the other House before adhering. The motion for a Committee of Conference, and the report of such committee, shall be in order at any time. When both Houses shall have adhered to their disagreement, a bill or motion is lost.

2.

When a message shall be sent from either House to the other, it shall be announced at the door of the House to which it is sent, by the door-keeper thereof, and shall be respectfully communicated to the Chair by the person by whom it is sent.

3. All messages between the two Houses shall be communicated by the Secretary or Chief Clerk, or their respective assistants.

4. When a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled by the Enrolling Clerk of the House in which it originated, and the fact of its origin shall be certified by the endorsement of the Secretary or Clerk thereof.

5.

When bills are enrolled they shall be examined by a Joint Committee of two from the Senate and two from the House of Representatives, who shall be a Standing Committee for that purpose, and who shall carefully compare the enrollment with the engrossed bills, as passed in the Houses, correct any errors therein, and make report thereof forthwith to their respective Houses.

6. After the report, each bill shall be signed, first by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and then by the President of the Senate, in the presence of their respective Houses.

7.

After the bill shall have been thus signed in each House, it shall be forthwith presented by said committee to the Governor for his approval, and they shall forthwith report the day of presentation, which shall be entered upon the journal of the House in which the bill originated.

8. All orders, resolutions, memorials, or other votes, which are to be presented to the Governor for his approval, shall be enrolled, examined, signed, and presented in the same manner as bills.

When any bill, resolution, or memorial, which shall have passed in one House, is rejected, or adopted in the other, notice of such action shall be given to the House which passed the same. And each bill, resolution, or memorial shall have properly endorsed thereon, at time of its transmission, a statement, signed by the Secretary or Clerk, of the action which has been taken thereon by the House transmitting the same, with the dates thereof.

10. When a bill, resolution, or memorial, which shall have passed one House, is rejected in the other, it shall not be again introduced during the session without five days' notice, and leave of two thirds of the members voting thereon.

11. Each House shall transmit to the other, with any bill, resolution, or memorial, all papers upon which the same shall be founded.

12. When any report, bill or resolution shall be ordered printed, by either House, without stating the number, three hundred copies shall be printed for the use of both Houses; but when any bill or resolution which may have passed one House is ordered printed by the other, a greater number of copies shall not be printed than the House making the order shall determine.

13. It shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of the Senate, when any document, except bills and resolutions, is ordered to be printed in their respective Houses, forthwith to communicate such order to the other House.

14. In all elections in Joint Convention of the two Houses, the names of all the members shall be arranged in alphabetical order, and they shall be called upon to vote in the order in which they stand arranged.

15. It shall the duty of the Committee on Claims in each House to keep a book of record, in which shall be entered each claim for money against the State referred to them, whether presented in favor of private persons or municipal or other corporations, entering therein the name of the claimant, the amount of the claim, the grounds thereof, with note of the evidence offered in support of the same, and the final conclusion of the committee thereon. At the close of the session, said book of record'shall be deposited with the Auditor of State, to be kept by him; and he shall provide an index, showing the names of the claimants recorded therein. At any subsequent session the same shall be delivered, when desired, to the like committee having jurisdiction of such claims, and shall always be open to the examination of the said committee of either House.