5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. Amos Abbott, Timothy A. Phelps, Charles C. P. Hastings, John B. Wells, Melatiah Everett, Jesse Perkins, Seth Ames, Henry W. Kinsman, Thomas Bradley, James White, William Williams. RULES AND ORDERS. Of the Duties and Powers of the President. 1. The President shall take the chair every day at the hour to which the Senate shall have adjourned, shall 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, may speak to points of order in preference to other members, and shall decide all questions of order subject to an appeal. He shall rise to put a question or to address the Senate, but may read sitting. 3. He shall declare all votes; but, if any member rises to doubt a vote, the President shall order a return of the number voting in the affirmative and in the negative, without any further debate upon the question. 4. In all cases of ballot by the Senate, the President shall vote; and in other cases he may, but shall not be required to vote unless the Senate is equally divided. 5. All Committees shall be appointed by the President, except when it may be specially directed that there shall be an election by ballot. 6. When any member shall require a question to be determined by yeas and nays, the President shall take the sense of the board in that manner, provided one fourth part of the members present are in favor of it. 7. When a question is under debate, the President shall receive no motion but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to postpone indefinitely, which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged; and a motion to adjourn shall be decided without debate. 8. When two or more members happen to rise at once, the President shall name the member who is to speak first. 9. The President shall have the right to name a member to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjourn ment. 10. In case the President shall be absent at the hour to which the Senate was adjourned, the senior member present shall call the board to order, and shall preside until a President pro tempore be elected. Decorum and Debate. 11. Every member, when he speaks, shall stand in his place, and address the President, and when he has done speaking, shall sit down. 12. No member shall speak more than once on one question, to the prevention of any other who has not spoken, and is desirous to speak, nor more than twice without obtaining leave of the board. 13. No member speaking shall be interrupted by another but by rising up to call to order. 14. After a question is put to a vote, no member shall speak to it. 15. Every member presenting a petition, memorial, or remonstrance, shall endorse his name thereon, and in the filing thereof, state briefly the nature and object of the instrument, and shall also give, in his place, a brief summary thereof, and the reading of the same shall be dispensed with, unless specially ordered by the board 16. A motion, when seconded, and not before, shall be received and considered, and every motion shall be reduced to writing if the President direct it; and no member shall be permitted to lay a motion in writing on the table, until he has read the same in his place, and the same has been seconded. 17. When a vote has passed, it shall be in order for any member to move for a reconsideration thereof, on the same or the succeeding day; and notice given, by any member, on the day when the vote is passed, of an intention to move a reconsideration on the next day, shall preclude a motion for present reconsideration; and when a motion for reconsideration is decided, that decision shall not be reconsidered. 18. A question containing two or more propositions capable of division, shall be divided whenever desired by any member. A motion to strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisible. But a motion to strike out, being lost, shall neither preclude amendment nor a motion to strike out and insert. 19. The unfinished business in which the Senate was engaged at the time of the last adjournment, shall have the preference in the orders of the day. 20. No member shall absent himself from the Senate without leave, unless there be a quorum left present at the Board. 21. No member shall act as counsel for any party before any committee of the Legislature. 22. No rule or order shall be dispensed with, or rescinded, unless two thirds of the members present shall consent thereto. 23. Whenever a question shall be taken by yeas and nays, the clerk shall call the name of each member, and every member shall vote thereon unless excused. But the President need not vote unless the Senate is equally divided. Of Committees. 24. The following Standing Committees shall be appointed at the commencement of the first session, to wit: : A Committee on the Judiciary; A Committee on Matters in Probate and Chan cery; A Committee on Education; And each of these Committees shall consist of Three Members. A Committee on Bills in the third reading; And each of these Committees shall consist of 25. The person first named on Committees appointed by the President shall be chairman. In all elections of Committees by ballot, the person having the highest number of votes shall act as chair man. 26. All Committees may report by bill, resolve, or otherwise; and such report, except it be an order |