any question, it shall be the duty of the speaker to direct such member. who may be away from his seat but within the bar of the house to return to his seat and announce his vote. If a member shall refuse to vote after being directed so to do by the speaker he shall be deemed to be in contempt of the house and shall suffer such punishment as the house may direct, and a statement of the contempt and the determination of the house shall be entered on the journal.

Conduct During Roll Call.

Rule 28. While the speaker is putting any question, or while the roll is being called by the clerk, no member shall walk out of or cross the house; nor in such case or when a member is speaking, shall entertain private discourse or pass between him and the chair.

Conduct on Adjournment.

Rule 29. When the house adjourns, the members shall keep their seats until the speaker announces the adjournment.

CHAPTER IV.

COMMITTEES.

STANDING COMMITTEES.

Names and Number of Members.

Rule 30. All standing committees shall be appointed at the commencement of the session.

The committees on city corporations, education, fish and fisheries, general taxation, liquor traffic, private corporations, public lands and forestry interests, railroads, revision and amendment of the statutes, state affairs and ways and means shall consist of nine members each.

The committees on apportionment, elections and revision and amend ment of the constitution and judiciary shall consist of thirteen members each.

All other committees shall consist of five members each.
The standing committees of the house shall be as follows:

25. Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind. 26. Michigan Farm Colony for Epileptics.

27. Michigan Home and Training School.

28. Michigan Reformatory.

29. Michigan School for the Blind.

30. Michigan School for the Deaf. 31. Michigan Soldiers' Home.

32. Michigan State Prison.

33. Military Affairs.

34. Mines and Minerals.

35. Newberry State Hospital.

43. Religious and Benevolent Societies.

44. Revision and Amendment of the Constitution. 45.

Revision and Amendment of the Statutes.

46. Roads and Bridges.

50.

State House of Correction and Branch of the State Prison in the
Upper Peninsula.

51. State Industrial Home for Girls.

52. State Library.

53. State Normal College.

54. State Psychopathic Hospital.

55. State Public School.

Chairman of Committees.

Rule 31. The first named member of any committee shall be the chairman, unless the committee by a majority of its number elect a chair

man.

Sitting of Committees During Sessions of House.

Rule 32. No committee shall sit during the sessions of the house, without special leave of the house.

Notice of Adverse Reports.

Rule 33. All standing committees before reporting without recommendation or adversely to any bill shall notify the member presenting such bill when and where he may meet such committee to explain the same; such notice to be given by mail in the house post-office twentyfour hours, or in person at any time, before so reporting.

COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.

General Orders of the Day.

Rule 34. All bills reported favorably by any committee of the house shall be ordered printed and referred to the committee of the whole. Such bills shall be kept on file in the order of their reference for consideration by the committee of the whole, and such file shall be called the "general orders of the day." Appropriation bills shall be considered an exception to this rule and shall be placed at the head of the general orders each day and shall be given preference in printing over other bills.

Consideration of Bills.

Rule 35. When the house shall have arrived at the "general orders of the day," it shall go into a committee of the whole upon such orders, or a particular order designated by a vote of the house, and no business shall be in order until the whole are considered or passed, or the committee rise; and unless a particular bill is ordered up by the house the committee of the whole shall consider, act upon or pass the general orders according to the order of their reference.

Reading; Debate; Amendment.

Rule 36. In committee of the whole bills shall be read and debated by sections, leaving the bill as a whole to be last considered. The body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined, but all amendments shall be entered on separate pieces of paper, and reported to the house by the chairman standing in his place.

Motion that Committee Rise.

Rule 37. A motion that the committee rise shall always be in order and shall be decided without debate.

Reconsideration.

Rule 38. A motion to reconsider shall be in order in committee of the whole.

Application of House Rules.

Rule 39. The rules of the house shall be observed in committee of the
whole, so far as they may be applicable, except that it cannot refer matter
to any other committee; it cannot adjourn, the previous question shall
not be ordered, the yeas and nays shall not be called, a motion to in-
definitely postpone shall not be in order, a member may speak more than
once, and the title or enacting words of the bill shall not be amended or
stricken out.

CHAPTER V.

TRANSACTION OF BUSINESS.

Rule 40.

ORDER OF BUSINESS.

The order of business of the house shall be as follows:

1. Presentation of petitions.

2. Announcement by clerk of printing and enrollment of bills.

3. Reports of standing committees.

4. Reports of select committees.

Printing in Journal.

Rule 41. No memorial, remonstrance or petition shall be printed in
full in the daily journal without having been first read to the house.

Stating Motions.

MOTIONS AND RESOLUTIONS.

In General.

Rule 42. When a motion is made and, when necessary under the rules,
seconded, it shall be stated by the speaker; or, if in writing, it shall be
handed to and read aloud by the clerk before being debated.

Reducing to Writing.

Rule 43. Every motion shall be reduced to writing if the speaker or

any member shall request it, and shall be entered on the journal, together

with the name of the member making it, unless withdrawn or ruled out

of order by the speaker.

When in Possession; Withdrawal.

Rule 44. After a motion has been stated by the speaker, or read by the clerk, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the house, but may be withdrawn at any time before decision or amendment.

Precedence of Motions.

Rule 45. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but

Such motions shall take precedence in the order in which they stand arranged. When a recess is taken during the pendency of any question, the consideration of such question shall be resumed upon reassembling unless otherwise determined. No motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit or to postpone indefinitely, being decided, shall be again allowed on the same day and at the same stage of the question.

Always in Order, not Debatable.

Rule 46. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order; that and the motion to lay on the table, and all matters relating to questions of order, shall be decided without debate. A motion for a recess, pending the consideration of other business, shall not be debatable.

Order of Putting Questions.

Rule 47. All questions shall be put in the order they were moved, except in the case of privileged questions.

Amendments to be Germane.

Rule 48. No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of an amendment.

Division of Question.

Rule 49. Any member may call for a division of the question, which shall be divided if it comprehend propositions in substance so distinct that one being taken away a substantive proposition shall remain for the decision of the house. A motion to strike cut and insert shall be deemed indivisible.

Concurrent Resolutions. Rule 50. Every order or resolution to which the concurrence of the senate shall be necessary shall be read to the house and shall lie upon the table one day preceding its adoption. Such order or resolution shall be taken up the next day after it is offered under the order of