duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to or affecting the General Statutes.

Seventeenth. A Committee on Immigration and Labor, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all questions relating to immigration or labor, and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

Eighteenth. A Committee on Internal Improvements, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to the public highways and navigable streams of the Commonwealth, and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

Nineteenth. A Committee on the Judiciary, who are to take into consideration all matters relating to courts of justice not herein otherwise provided, and such other matters as may from time to time be referred to them, and report their proceedings, with their opinion thereon, to the Senate; and are to inspect the Journal of the preceding session, and draw up a statement of the matters then pending and undetermined, and the progress made therein; also to examine what temporary laws have expired since the last session, and inspect such temporary laws as are near expiring, and report the same to the Senate with their opinion which of them ought to be revived and continued.

Twentieth. A Committee on Library and Public Buildings and Offices, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to the Library and Public Offices and Buildings, and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

Twenty-first. A Committee on Military Affairs, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to the militia and military affairs of the Commonwealth, and report their proceedings and opinion to the Senate.

Twenty-second. A Committee on Penitentiary and House of Reform, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to the Penitentiary and House of Reform, and report their proceedings and opinion to the Senate.

Twenty-third. A Committee on Printing, to consist of five members, whose duty it shall be to take into consideration all matters pertaining to the public printing and binding, and report thereon to the Senate.

Twenty-fourth. A Committee on Propositions and Grievances, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration

all propositions and grievances that may be referred to them, and report their proceedings and opinions thereupon to the Senate.

Twenty-fifth. A Committee on Suffrage and Elections, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to or affecting the election and return of Senators to serve in the General Assembly, and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

Twenty-sixth. A Committee on Religion and Morals, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to or affecting religion and public morals in the Commonwealth, and report their proceedings and opinion in relation thereto to the Senate.

Twenty-seventh. A Committee on Railroads and Commerce, to whom shall be referred, and whose duty it shall be to consider, all matters relating to or affecting the railroads of this Commonwealth, including the incorporation, organization, and management of all railroads now or hereafter to be constructed, and report their proceedings and opinion in reference thereto to the Senate.

Twenty-eighth. A Committee on Rules, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to the rules for the government of the Senate, and, with a like committee from the House, all matters relating to the rules for the government of the two Houses, and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

Twenty-ninth. A Committee on the Sinking Fund, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to or connected with the Sinking Fund, and report their proceedings and opinion in relation thereto to the Senate.

Thirtieth. A Committee on Public Health, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to the public health and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

Thirty-first. A Committee on Municipalities, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to Municipalities, and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

Thirty-second. A Committee on Criminal Laws, whose duty it shall be to take under consideration all matters relating to crimes and punishments and report their proceedings and opinion thereon to the Senate.

The committees heretofore selected by the Senate shall

remain standing committees of the Senate until otherwise ordered by it.

15. Select committees shall consist of three members only, unless otherwise ordered by the Senate. No select committee shall be appointed unless by a majority vote of the senators present.

ORDER OF BUSINESS OF THE DAY.

16. The order of business shall be as follows:
First. Reading and approval of the Journal.

Second. Petitions, motions and Senate resolutions.
Third. Bills and joint resolutions.

Fourth. Second reading and reference of bills.
Fifth. Standing Committees.

Sixth. Special Committees.

Seventh. Orders of the day.

17. The business specified in the preceding rule shall be done at no other part of the day than between the meeting of the Senate and 12 o'clock M., except by leave of the Senate.

18. In all elections the President shall call for a previous nomination.

19. It shall be in order for the Committee on Enrollments to report at any time.

20. It shall be the duty of the President to direct the door-keeper and the sergeant-at-arms to exclude all persons from the bar of the Senate, except the Governor, members and ex-members and attaches of the General Assembly, members of the several departments of State Government, such newspaper reporters as may be authorized by the President to be present, and members of the Federal Congress, and all chief executive and judicial officers of the United States.

OF DECORUM AND ORDER.

21. When a senator is about to speak in debate or deliver any matter to the Senate, he shall rise from his seat and respectfully address himself to "Mr. President," and being recognized by the President, may proceed, but shall confine himself to the question under debate, and avoid personality.

22. If any senator, in speaking or otherwise transgress the rules of the Senate, the President shall, or any member

may, call him to order; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain; and the Senate, if appealed to, shall decide on the case; if there be no appeal, the decision of the President shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the senator called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, he shall not be at liberty to proceed without leave of the Senate; and if the case require it, he shall be liable to the censure of the Senate.

23. If a senator be called to order by another for words spoken in debate, the exceptional words shall be immediately taken down in writing by the clerk, that the President be better enabled to judge of the matter.

24. No senator shall designate another senator by name. 25. When two or more senators rise at once, the President shall name the senator who first addressed the Chair as the one entitled to the floor.

26. No senator shall speak more than twice to the same question without leave of the Senate, nor more than once until every senator choosing to speak shall have spoken.

27. While the President is putting any question or addressing the Senate, none shall walk out or across the chamber; nor when a senator is speaking shall any other senator entertain private discourse nor shall he pass between him and the Chair.

28. No senator shall vote on any question in the event of which he is immediately or pecuniarily interested, or in any case where he was not present when the question was put, unless by the consent of two-thirds of the Senate; and in no case shall such absent senator be allowed to vote where his vote will change the decision of the question.

29. Every senator who shall be in the Senate when the question is put shall give his vote, unless the Senate, for special reasons, or the President, upon being satisfied that the motion or request is made for dilatory purposes, shall excuse him.

30. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the President, or, being in writing, shall be handed to the Chair, and read aloud by the clerk before debated. 31. Every motion must be reduced to writing, if the President or any senator desire it.

32. After a motion is stated by the President, or read by the clerk, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Senate, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment.

DIGNITY AND PRIVILEGE OF QUESTION.

33. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but

1. To fix the time to which the Senate shall adjourn. 2. To adjourn.

3. To take a recess.

4. To lay on table.

5. For the previous question.

6. To postpone to a day certain.

7. To commit.

8. To amend.

9. To postpone indefinitely.

Which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged, and the first five shall be decided without debate. No motion to postpone to a day certain, to refer, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided, shall be again allowed on the same day, and at the same stage of the bill or proposition.

34. A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall have precedence of a motion to amend, and if carried, shall be equivalent to its rejection.

35. When a motion is made to refer any subject, and different committees are named, the question shall be taken in the following order: 1. To a committee of the whole. 2. A standing committee. 3. A select committee.

36. A motion to fix a day to which the Senate shall adjcurn, a motion to adjourn and take a recess shall always be in order.

37. The previous question being moved and secorded, the question from the chair shall be: "Shall the main question be now put?" And if the nays prevail, the main question shall not then be put. But a refusal to order the previous question shall not bar the Senate from, forthwith proceeding to the consideration of the subject. The effect of the previous question shall be to put an end to all debate and bring the Senate to a direct vote upon the immediate question or questions on which it has been asked and ordered. The previous question may be asked and ordered upon a single motion, a series of motions allowable under the rules, or an amendment, or amendments, or may be made to embrace all authorized motions or amendments and include the bill to its passage or rejection. After the previous question has been ordered, and until it may have