be received without special leave of the Convention, until the former is disposed of. 32. Upon the second reading of any article or section, the President shall state that it is ready for commitment, or amendment, or engrossment; and if committed, then the question shall be, whether to a select or a standing committee, or to a committee of the whole; if to a committee of the whole, then the Convention shall determine on what day; but if the article or section presented be ordered to be engrossed, the Convention shall appoint the day when it shall be read the third time; and upon the third reading the yeas and nays shall in all cases be taken and recorded." 33. Every article or section ordered to be engrossed shall be written in a fair, round, plain hand. 34. All questions, whether in committee of the whole or in the Convention, shall be propounded in the order in which they are moved, except that in filling up blanks, the largest sum and the longest time shall be first put.7 35. When a motion has been once made and decided in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority, at any time, to move for the reconsideration thereof. But the question shall not be taken on the same day, unless by unanimous consent; and if lost, shall not be renewed, or any vote taken on a reconsideration a second time, unless with the unanimous consent of the Convention. If the motion to reconsider is not made on the same day, one day's notice shall be required to be given of the intention to make it.8 36. Any article or section, after commitment and report thereon to the Convention, or at any time before it is finally concluded and agreed upon, may be recommitted. 6. Notice was given on November 15 to amend the thirty-second rule so that any article or section ordered to be engrossed, shall be placed on the regular file, and shall first come up for action." Apparently no further action was taken on this proposition (p. 254). 7. As originally reported by the committee, Rule No. 34 did not contain the words "of the whole'' after the word committee'' in line one. 8. As originally reported by the committee, Rule No. 35 did not contain the word unanimous'' before the word "consent' in line five; and instead of the word 'one'' the word three'' occurred in line eight requiring three days' notice of an intention to move to reconsider. On October 19, the words "but the question shall not be taken on the same day, unless by unanimous consent'' were stricken out (pp. 97, 102). On November 12, Rule No. 35 was amended to read as follows: When a motion has been once made and decided in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member of the majority to move for the reconsideration thereof, on the same or any other day, during the session of this Convention (pp. 226, 242). 37. Every resolution of an important character, if objection be made, shall lie over one day.9 38. No standing rule or order of the Convention, shall be rescinded or changed without one day's notice being given of the motion therefor. Nor shall any rule be suspended except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present. Nor shall the order of business, as established by the rules of the Convention be postponed or changed, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present. 39. No member shall absent himself from the service of the Convention unless he have leave, or be sick and unable to attend. 10 40. The duty of the door-keeper shall be to give notice to the Convention of all messages, to carry all messages the Convention may require, private as well as public; when requested to call a member of the Convention he shall do so by name. He shall keep the Hall clean and have a good fire made therein by the hour of nine o'clock in the morning, when the weather requires it. 41. It shall also be the duty of the door-keeper to attend the Convention during its sittings; to keep the Hall and committee rooms in perfect order; and in all things to execute the commands of the President and of the Convention from time to time. It shall be the duty of the sergeant-at-arms to attend the Convention during its sittings; announce all messages; preserve order in the lobbies and galleries of the Hall; and to execute all process issued by the authority of this Convention and directed to him by the President thereof. 43. No person shall be allowed to smoke within the Hall, nor within the lobbies or galleries thereof. 44. Any resolution or other proposition introduced by any 9. On October 16, Rule No. 37, was amended by consent to read as follows: Every resolution of instruction to a standing committee of an important character, if objection be made, shall lie over one day (pp. 73, 86). On January 22, the thirtyseventh rule was stricken out (pp. 734, 743). 10. On November 14, Rule No. 39 was amended to read as follows: That the roll be called each morning, and the names of the absentees noted and entered upon the journal of our proceedings: Provided, That any delegate not answering to his name at the calling of the roll, and being present during the day, may, on reporting himself to the secretary, have his name struck from the list of absentees. And it shall further be the duty of the secretary, on each motion to adjourn, to note on the journal the mover's name, and the precise hour of the day. Adopted on November 15 by a vote of 71-34. An amendment that "hereafter the Convention will meet at half-past eight o'clock until the close of the convention'' was declared out of order (pp. 250, 254). Later on November 18 this rule was amended to read that the calling of the roll every morning shall be dispensed with'' (pp. 257, 264). delegate for the purpose of referring the same to any standing committee, shall embrace one subject only." 138. Supplementary Rules and Orders of the Convention. The following supplementary rules were adopted from time to time as indicated below: 1. No member shall offer more than one resolution on the same day until every member choosing to offer a resolution has done so. Adopted by consent on October 17 (pp. 74, 93). 2. The minority of a committee may report, without argument, articles or sections for the new Constitution expressing the views of such minority. Adopted on October 29 (pp. 142, 153). A proposed amendment, that "such report shall be made without assigning any reasons for the same," was rejected. 3. All sections of the amended Constitution, reported from the standing committees, shall be printed on their first reading. Adopted on October 28 by consent (pp. 139, 142). 4. That in all cases, the sections of the amended Constitution, reported by the minority of a standing committee, be printed along with the sections reported by the majority of the same committee. Adopted on October 29 (p. 154). 5. The previous question shall not cut off a motion to commit previously made. Adopted December 13 (pp. 429-30). 6. On Saturday, resolutions shall have precedence of all other business until 11 o'clock a. m. at which time the order of the day shall be taken up, and speeches on resolutions shall be limited to five minutes each. Adopted December 27 (pp. 518, 544-45). 7. When a section or article has been recommitted with instructions, it shall not be in order to move additional instructions to said committee. Adopted January 2 (pp. 562, 588). 8. That the rules be so altered that it shall be in order, immediately after an article is disposed of, to introduce an additional section. Adopted January 24 (pp. 743, 764). 9. That after Tuesday next (February 4, 1851) no new sec 11. Rule No. 44 was not contained in the original report of the committee; it was proposed on the floor of the Convention by Mr. Graham of Warrick and adopted. An amendment to Rule No. 44, offered by Mr. Smith of Ripley, "That no member shall offer more than one resolution on the same day, and that each resolution shall embrace but one subject'', was rejected. An additional rule, proposed by Mr. Zenor, that 'Any member submitting any matter which may be referred to any of the standing committees, shall be considered a member of the committee during the investigation of the subject', and an amendment to this proposed rule, submitted by Mr. Hardin and accepted by Mr. Zenor, designed to add after the word ''subject'' the words ''but shall have no right to vote in such committee', was rejected by the Convention. tion shall be introduced; nor shall any motion be entertained to reconsider the passage of any section, unless three-fourths of the Convention so order. Adopted February 1 (p. 877). 10. Resolutions shall take precedence of the order of the day on every Saturday. Adopted November 2 (p. 189). 11. Each section may be separately engrossed or passed. Adopted November 12 (pp. 241-42). 12. That the rule requiring committees to report without argument, be suspended as to the Committee on Elections. Adopted October 18 (p. 97). 139. Rules and Orders Proposed and Rejected. The following rules were proposed but apparently never adopted: 1. It shall not be in order to entertain a motion for the adoption of a resolution, where one of similar import has already been adopted. October 15 (p. 77). 2. Notice was given on November 21, to change the rule "to admit any member to vote if within the hall, when the question is put." Obviously no further action was taken (p. 281). 3. Notice was given on November 29, to amend the rules to provide that "a motion to reconsider a section that has passed, shall not be in order unless made within three days after its passage." No further action (p. 309). 4. December 13, notice was given that an attempt would be made to rescind the rule setting apart Saturday of each week for resolutions. The proposition was rejected (pp. 430, 444). 5. On December 13, notice was given of an attempt to amend the rules by adding that "No section of the new Constitution shall pass, unless the same shall be voted for by a majority of all the members elected to the Convention." This proposed amendment was laid on the table on December 14 (pp. 432, 448). 6. On December 26, notice was given to amend the rules of proceedings as follows but apparently the propositions were given no further consideration. or Rule Whenever any of the printed numbers reports of committees containing sections of the Constitution shall come on a second reading, if amendments are suggested, they shall be thereupon referred to a committee of the whole for that purpose, upon which the Convention may then or at any future time, resolve itself into such committee of the whole to consider the same, on which occasion the President shall call some member to pre |