the same day, on the ground that the fourteenth rule of the Senate enjoins, "That every bill shall receive three readings previous to its being passed, which readings shall be on different days;" and the twenty-sixth rule enjoins, that "The consent of two-thirds of the members present shall be necessary to dispense with any rule." The Speaker decided the point of order not well taken. The Senate sustained the decision. [Senate Journal, 1865, p. 150.]

The Speaker decided that "An Act to incorporate the cemetery at M'Kee's Rocks, Allegheny county," was not in order. [Senate Journal, 1865, pp. 153, 189.]

The Speaker decided that it was not in order for a Senator elect to present a paper to the Senate before he was qualified. [Senate Journal, 1866, p. 6.]

The Speaker decided that it was not in order to receive a paper from persons elected as Senators previous to their being qualified. The Senate sustained the decision. [Senate Journal, 1867, p. 6.]

The Speaker decided that it was not in order for the Senate to instruct a committee of conference. The Senate reversed the decision. [Senate Journal, 1868, pp. 430, 431.]

The Speaker decided that the previous question cut off a motion to postpone indefinitely. The Senate sustained the decision. [Senate Journal, 1868, p. 914.]

The Senate having voted down a certain bill, some weeks after a bill on the same subject was originated by the House, and passed and sent to the Senate. The Speaker decided it out of order to consider any bill containing provisions on a subject similar to one

defeated heretofore at the present session. An appeal was taken, and the decision of the chair sustained. [Senate Journal, 1870, p. 1092.]

The Speaker decided that an amendment, directing that the name of a Senator, whose seat was contested be omitted in calling the yeas and nays on the resolution before the Senate, relating to the right of such Senator to a seat in that body, was not in order. An appeal was taken and laid on the table. [Senate Journal, 1871, p. 125.]

A question of order was raised, that a Senator should not vote upon a question affecting his seat in the Senate. The Speaker submitted the question to the Senate, and it was decided that the question of order was not well taken. [Senate Journal, 1871, p. 127.]

"An Act to authorize certain persons to view and lay out a State road in the counties of Schuylkill and Berks," being before the Senate, it was so amended as to make its provisions apply only to Schuylkill county. A question of order was raised, that as the provisions of the bill, as amended, only applied to one county, it came within the jurisdiction of the courts, and was, therefore, out of order. The Speaker submitted the question of order to the decision of the Senate, and it was decided in the a firmative. [Senate Journal, 1871, p. 1419.]

"A supplement to an act to authorize the city of Lancaster to borrow money," &c., being before the Senate, a motion was made to amend, by adding new sections in relation to elections, &c., when a question of order was raised, that the amendment was not in order, not being germane to the bill.

The question was submitted to the Senate and decided in the negative. [Senate Journal, 1871, p. 142.]

A motion was made, on the last day of the session, to proceed to the consideration of the report made by a committee of conference, which the Speaker decided to be out of order, it being in violation of the tenth joint rule, which prohibits any bill or resolution, to which the signature of the Governor may be required, from being passed by either House on the day of the final adjournment. [Senate Journal, 1872, p. 1154.]

The Speaker decided that when to strike out had just been inserted in committee of the whole, it was not in order to move to strike out an amendment which had just been inserted. [Senate Journal, 1873, p. 821.]

The Speaker decided that bills were out of order over which the courts have jurisdiction. [Senate Journal, 1873, p. 975.]

The Speaker decided that it was not in order to consider a bill which had been previously postponed, and which required the vote of a majority of Senators present to bring it up, at a time which had been set apart for the consideration of bills on call, which could be brought before the Senate on the call of one Senator. [Senate Journal, 1873, p. 1014.]

The Speaker decided that in a committee of conference on the appropriation bill, the differences between the two Houses on said bill extended to the whole bill and not to any particular parts of it, although both may have separately voted for some parts of it. The Senate sustained the decision. [Senate Journal, 1873, p. 1056.]

The Speaker decided that all bills when read must be referred to a committee, reported upon and printed, before they can be considered. [Senate Journal, 1874, p. 10.]

The point of order was raised that an amendment proposed to be inserted in committee of the whole, having been proposed and negatived on second reading, could not be offered. The Speaker decided the point of order not well taken. [Senate Journal, 1874, p. 179.]

The Speaker decided that a bill can be amended only when upon its second or third reading, and that upon the final passage of a bill nothing is in order but discussion upon it, and the final vote upon it by yeas and nays, as required by the Constitution, except privileged questions, such as a motion to re-consider. [Senate Journal, 1874, p. 192.]

The Speaker submitted to the Senate, for decision, the question, whether it is in order to move, when a bill is on third reading, to strike out an amendment inserted by the Senate on the second reading of the same? The Senate decided in the negative. [Senate Journal, 1874, p. 692.]

The Speaker decided that when a bill was regularly before the Senate a simple majority could make such a disposition of it as they saw proper. [Senate Journal, 1874, p. 722.]

The Speaker decided that bills which have passed both Houses, and have not been sent to the Governor, cannot be taken up again and acted on. [Senate Journal, 1874, p. 908.]

The President pro tem. decided that at a special session, for a special purpose, a single objection would prevent the suspension of the orders. [Scnate Journal, 1875, pp. 490, 589.]

The President decided that at a special session, for a special purpose, a motion cannot be considered without the unanimous consent of the Senate. [Senate Journal, 1875, p. 586.]

The President pro tem. decided that a bill having been sent to the printer to be printed, it was not in the possession of the Senate, and therefore it was not in order to consider it under the rules.

Journal, 1875, p. 477.]

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The President decided it out of order to amend a resolution to print the report of the Pennsylvania State College, by adding a provision for the appointment of a committee to investigate its accounts. [Senate Journal, 1875, p. 202.]

The President decided that a motion to re-commit a bill to a committee, with instructions to the committee to amend the said bill so as to change the character of the bill, was not in order. [Senate Journal, 1875, p. 357.]