22. Judiciary, twenty members.

23. Labor, Capital, and Immigration, nine members. 24. Library, seven members.

25. Manufactures and Oil Industry, nine members. 26. Military Affairs, five members.

27. Mines and Mining, seven members.

28. Municipal Corporations, seven members.

29. Printing, three members.

30. Prisons and Reformatories, nine members.

31. Public Buildings and Grounds, nine members.

32. Public Health and Quarantine, five members. 33. Public Morals, five members.

34. Roads and Highways, nine members.

35. Rules, five members.

36. Revenue and Taxation, nine members.

9. President pro tem.-His Powers and Privileges.

The President pro tem. shall, in the absence of the President, take the chair and call the Senate to order at the hour of the meetings of the Senate, and have the same power as the President; but the President pro tem. shall vote only as any other member of the Senate.

10. The Duties of Secretary.

1. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of the Senate to attend every session, call the roll, read all bills, amendments, resolutions, and all papers ordered read by the Senate or the presiding officer.

2. To superintend all copying and work to be done for the Senate. To have supervision over all attachés and employés of the Senate. To certify to, and transmit to the Assembly all bills, resolutions, and papers requiring the concurrence of the Assembly, immediately after their passage or adoption by the Senate.

3. To keep a correct journal of the proceedings of the Senate.

4. To notify the Assembly of the action by the Senate on all matters originating in the Assembly, and requiring action on the part of the Senate.

5. To permit no papers or records belonging to the Senate to be taken out of its custody otherwise than in the regular course of business.

6. To assign to the attachés and employés the duties pertaining to their offices.

11. No Records or Papers to be Taken from Desk.

The Secretary of the Senate shall not suffer any records or papers to be taken from the desk, or out of his custody, by any person except a chairman of a committee; but he shall deliver any bill or paper to be printed to the Superintendent of State Printing, and all bills ordered engrossed or enrolled to the Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment, and take their receipt therefor.

12. Sergeant-at-Arms.

A Sergeant-at-Arms shall be elected, to hold his office during the pleasure of the Senate, whose duty it shall be to attend the Senate during all its sittings, to execute the commands of the Senate, from time to time, together with all such process issued by authority thereof as shall be directed to him by the President. The actual expenses of the Sergeant-at-Arms, for every arrest, for each day's custody and releasement, and the traveling expense for himself and special messenger, going and returning, shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund, and no other fees shall be paid him beyond his per diem. It shall be the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to keep the accounts for pay and mileage of Senators, to prepare checks, and, if required to do so, draw the money on such checks for the Senators (the same being previously signed by the President, and indorsed by the Senator, or person to whom check is made), and pay over the same to the Senator or person entitled 'thereto.

13. Printed Bills, etc., Must be Placed on Desks.

The Sergeant-at-Arms shall place copies of all bills, joint and concurrent resolutions, and constitutional amendments, when printed, on the desks of Senators at least one hour previous to the opening of session.

14. Doorkeeper.

It shall be the duty of the Doorkeeper to prohibit all persons, except Senators, ex-Senators, members of the Assembly, State officers, officers of the two houses, and such reporters as have seats assigned to them by the President, from coming within the bar of the Senate, unless upon written invitation of the President or a Senator; provided, that no visitor shall be allowed upon the floor of the Senate during a session. The Sergeant-at-Arms is authorized to arrest for contempt all persons outside the bar, or in the gallery, found engaged in loud conversation, or otherwise making a noise to the disturbance of the Senate.

15. Attendance, Duties, and Obligations of Senators.

No Senator shall absent himself from the service of the Senate without leave first obtained. A less number than a quorum of the Senate is hereby authorized to send the Sergeant-at-Arms, or any other person, for any and all absent Senators, as the majority of such Senators present shall agree, at the expense of such absent Senators, respectively, unless such excuse for non-attendance shall be made as the Senate, when a quorum is convened, shall judge sufficient, and in that case the expense shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate; and this rule shall apply as well to the first convention of the Senate, at the legal time of meeting, as to each day of the session after the hour has arrived to which the Senate stood adjourned. The President or acting President of the Senate, or less than a quorum thereof, shall have the power to issue process directed to the Sergeant-at-Arms, or to any other person, to compel the attendance of Senators absent without leave. Any Senator who shall refuse to obey such process, unless sick or unable to attend, shall be deemed guilty of a contempt of the Senate, and the Sergeantat-Arms, or any other person to whom such process may be directed, shall have power to use such force as may be necessary to compel the attendance of such absent Senator, and for this purpose he may command the force of the county, or of any county in the State.

16. Senators Must Address the President.

1. When a Senator desires to address the Senate he shall rise in his place, address the President, and when recognized he shall proceed to speak.

2. No Senator shall speak more than twice in any one debate on the same day and at the same stage of the bill, without leave; and Senators who have once spoken shall not again be entitled to the floor (except for explanation), so long as any Senator who has not spoken desires to speak.

3. No Senator shall be interrupted when speaking, and no questions shall be asked him, except those directed through the presiding officer.

4. The author of a bill, motion, or resolution shall have the privilege of closing the debate.

17. The Senator Entitled to Floor.

When two or more Senators arise at the same time to address the Senate, the presid. ing officer shall designate the Senator who is entitled to the floor.

18. Senator, When Called to Order, Must Sit Down.

When a Senator shall be called to order he shall sit down until the President shall have determined whether he is in order or not; and every question of order shall be decided by the President, subject to an appeal to the Senate by any Senator. If a Senator be called to order for words spoken, the objectionable language shall immediately be taken down in writing.

19. Voting.

When a Senator declines to vote on a call of his name he shall be required to assign his reasons therefor, and having assigned them, the presiding officer shall submit the question to the Senate: "Shall the Senator, for the reasons assigned by him, be excused from voting?" which shall be decided without debate. And these proceedings shall be had after the roll call and before the result is announced, and any further proceedings in reference thereto shall be after such announcement.

20. Printing.

Five hundred copies of all bills shall be printed; and the Sergeant-at-Arms shall be required to certify to the reception by the Senate of all printed matter, and the quantity. One copy of each bill or paper printed by order of the Senate shall be delivered to each Senator at his desk, and the balance shall be distributed according to law.

21. Number of Copies to be Printed.

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Five hundred copies shall be printed of each document or other matter ordered £ the Senate especially directs a different number.

22. Number of Copies to be Printed of Journal.

The Superintendent of State Printing shall print five hundred copies of of each day's proceedings of the Senate, and one copy of the same shall be pronon each Senator's desk, and a sufficient number sent to the Assembly to spach Assemblyman with one copy; he shall also print a sufficient number of copies casperly paged, to bind in book form as the Journal of the Senate, at the end of the sei sion, as required by law.

23. What Shall be Printed in the Journal.

Messages from the Governor (other than biennial messages and inaugural addresses), titles of bills, joint and concurrent resolutions, and constitutional amendments shall be printed in the Journal in full.

24. Petitions.

Every vote and a brief statement of the contents of each petition, memorial, or paper presented to the Senate shall be entered in the Journal.

25. When Not in Committee of the Whole, Proceedings Must be Entered in the Journal. The proceedings of the Senate, when not acting as Committee of the Whole, shall be entered in the Journal as concisely as possible, care being taken to record a true and accurate account of the proceedings.

26. Printing for the Senate.

The Superintendent of State Printing shall not print for the use of the Senate any matter other than provided by law, unless upon a written order signed by the Secretary. The Secretary may, when necessity requires, order from the State Printer such printing as he deems necessary to be printed in advance of the regular order of business, under å specially prepared written order, to be known as a "Rush Order."

21. Introduction and Reading of Bills.

1. Any Senator desiring to introduce a bill shall rise in his place and address the President, and upon being recognized shall present the same; and the title shall be announced from the Secretary's desk, shall be read the first time, when it shall be referred to a standing committee. Every bill shall be read on three several days previous to its passage (unless, in case of urgency, two thirds of the Senate shall, by vote of ayes and noes, dispense with this provision), and the last reading shall be at length. The President shall give notice, at each of the second and third readings, which reading it is, and no bill shall be read at either reading until the Senate has so determined by a vote (should any Senator object to such reading). Joint and concurrent resolutions shall be read but once, unless the Senate, by a majority vote of all the Senators present, otherwise directs. 2. The titles of all bills, when introduced, shall be inserted in the Journal.

28. Order of Engrossing and Enrolling Bills.

All bills ordered engrossed shall be delivered to the Engrossing Clerk by the Secretary of the Senate, and the receipt, in writing, of the Engrossing Clerk taken therefor; and all said bills shall be engrossed in the order of their receipt by said Engrossing Clerk. And all Senate bills shall, after their final passage by and receipt from the Assembly, be delivered to the Enrolling Clerk by the Secretary of the Senate in the order of their receipt from the Assembly, and the receipt in writing of said Enrolling Clerk taken therefor; and said bills shall be enrolled by the Enrolling Clerk in the order of their receipt from the Secretary of the Senate.

29. Engrossed Bills to be Examined and Reported.

All bills, amendments, and resolutions, after being engrossed, in pursuance of the order of the Senate, shall be carefully examined and reported back by the Committee on Engrossment and Enrollment; the engrossed copy to be transmitted to the Assembly with proper indorsements, and the original retained by the Senate.

30. Assembly Bills to be Read First Time.

All Assembly bills shall be read the first time, when taken up in Assembly messages, and then referred to the proper committee; provided, however, that when an Assembly bill is received, the provisions of which are identical with those of a Senate bill which has already been considered and reported by a committee of the Senate, such Assembly bill shall be substituted for the Senate bill (the latter being considered withdrawn), shall take a place upon a special file, and be considered as having received the same recommendation of the Senate committee; provided, that the fact that the bills are id tical shall be entered in the Journal.

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rence of Bills to Finance Committee.

.lls or resolutions appropriating money from any fund within the control of the 11 be referred to the Committee on Finance before being read the second time.

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ittees shall act upon all bills as soon as practicable, and when acted upon, ported back to the Senate forthwith, and the chairman of each committee is th the observance of this rule; provided, that the Senate may at any time order all reported back from any committee by a majority vote.

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33. Standing Committees, Quorum of- What Constitutes.

Each standing committee shall determine its own quorum; provided, that not less than one third of the number of members constituting such committee shall in any case constitute such quorum.

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34. Leave of Absence to Committee.

When leave of absence shall be granted to any committee, special or standing, to visit public buildings or institutions, or for any other purpose, such leave shall be granted only by two-thirds vote, and no expense or mileage of attachés shall be allowed. 35. Claims on Contingent Fund Must Go to Committee on Contingent Expenses.

No claim shall be paid out of the Contingent Fund of the Senate until the same shall have been referred to and reported on by the Committee on Contingent Expenses.

36. Executive Communications and Nominations to Committee.

When executive communications or nominations shall be sent by the Governor to the Senate for their confirmation, the same shall be referred to the Committee on Executive Communications, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate, which motion shall be determined without debate.

37. San Francisco Delegation.

The members of the Senate from the City and County of San Francisco shall constitute a standing committee, to be known as the San Francisco Delegation.

38. The General File: Its Hours-Special Order of Bills on File.

The General File shall be the special order for each day between such hours as the Senate may hereafter set, unless sooner disposed of; but no bill shall lose its place upon the file by expiration of the time or by adjournment of the Senate while it is under consideration.

39. Bills "Passed on File," Placed at Foot of File.

When bills have been "passed on file" for the second time, they must be placed at the foot of the file in their regular order unless otherwise ordered by the Senate.

40. Engrossed Bills Have Preference.

All bills, after the second reading (if the same be not committed, then upon being reported), shall be placed upon a general file, and shall be taken up for consideration and passage in the order of their being placed on file.

41. Order of Questions on Motion to Refer.

When a resolution shall be offered, or a motion made to refer any subject, and a different committee shall be proposed, the question shall be taken in the following order: 1. The Committee of the Whole Senate.

2. A Standing Committee.

3. A Select Committee.

42. Order of Questions Under Debate.

When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but the following privileged questions, which shall have precedence in the following order:

1. To adjourn.

2. For a call of the Senate.

3. To lay on the table.

4. To postpone to a day certain.

5. To commit.

6. To amend.

7. To postpone indefinitely.

43. Motion Not to be Debated Until Seconded and Announced.

No motion shall be debated until the same be seconded and distinctly announced by the President; and it shall be reduced to writing if desired by the President or any Senator, and read by the Secretary, before the same shall be debated.

44. Reading of a Paper, if Objected to, Determined Without Debate.

When the reading of a paper is called for (except petitions), and the same is objected to by any Senator, it shall be determined by a vote of the Senate.

45. Amendments and Substitutes- When in Order.

Substitutes may be offered at any time when a bill or resolution is open to amendment, previous to engrossment; and when adopted shall take the place of the original bill or resolution, and shall be open to amendment.

46. Amendments and Substitutes Must be Germane.

No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of amendment or substitute.

47. Least Sum and Shortest Time in Filling Blanks.

In filling up blanks, the least sum or number and the shortest time shall be put first. 48. Short of Final Question, Two-thirds Vote Not Requisite on Propositions to Amend Constitution.

When an amendment to the Constitution, or any bill requiring the concurrence of two thirds of the Senators, is under consideration, the concurrence of two thirds shall not be required to decide any question for amendment, or extend to the merits, being short of the final question.

49. Notice of Reconsideration.

On the day succeeding that on which a final vote on any bill, concurrent or joint resolution, or constitutional amendment has been taken, said vote may be reconsidered on the motion of any Senator; provided, notice of intention to move such reconsideration shall have been given on the day on which such final vote was taken, by a Senator voting with the prevailing side; and it shall not be in order to reconsider on the day on which such final vote was taken. Said motion of reconsideration shall have precedence over every other motion, except a motion to adjourn; and it shall require twenty-one votes to carry any motion to reconsider the vote by which any bill, concurrent or joint resolution has been passed or defeated, and twenty-seven votes to carry any motion to reconsider the vote by which any constitutional amendment has been passed or defeated. No notice of reconsideration shall be in order on the day preceding the last day of the session.

50. Reconsideration of Bills Sent to Assembly.

When a bill, resolution, amendment, order, or message upon which a vote has been taken shall have gone out of the possession of the Senate and been communicated to the Assembly, a motion to reconsider shall be preceded by a motion to request the Assembly to return the same, which last-named motion shall be acted upon immediately and without debate, and if determined in the negative, shall be a final disposition of the motion to reconsider.

51. Secretary, Upon Notice of Reconsideration, Not to Report Bill to Assembly.

If a Senator gives notice that he intends to move a reconsideration, the Secretary shall not report the bill, concurrent or joint resolution, or constitutional amendment, to the Assembly till the reconsideration is disposed of, or the time for moving the same has expired, unless the bill or resolution has been transmitted to the Assembly.

52. Motion to Reconsider May be Debated.

A Senator, after a notice of motion to reconsider is given, as provided in Rule 49, may, at the reconsideration thereof, present the main question in his argument thereon, and the same may be debated by the Senate, provided that the subject-matter is debatable.

53. Amendments to Original Question.

1. An amendment may be laid on the table without prejudice to the bill. When an amendment proposed to any pending measure shall be laid on the table, it shall not carry with it or prejudice such measure.

2. If the question in debate contains several propositions, any Senator may have the same divided; except a motion to strike out and insert shall not be divided. But the rejection of a motion to strike out and insert one proposition shall not prevent a motion to strike out and insert a different proposition, nor shall it prevent a motion to simply strike out, nor shall the rejection of a motion to strike out prevent a motion to strike out and insert; but pending a motion to strike out and insert, the part to be stricken out and the part to be inserted shall each be regarded, for the purpose of amendment, as a question. And motions to amend the part to be stricken out shall have precedence.

54. Final Question on Second Reading of Bill—No Amendment on Third Reading, but May Commit.

The final question on the second reading of every bill originating in the Senate, and requiring three readings previous to being passed, shall be: "Shall the bill be engrossed?" And no amendment shall be received for discussion at the third reading of any bill; but it shall at all times be in order, before the final passage of such bill, to move its commitment under special instructions to amend.

55. Special Orders.

Any subject may, by vote of two thirds of the Senators present, be made a special order, and when the time fixed for its consideration arrives, the presiding officer shall lay it before the Senate.