48. No petition of a private nature shall be received after the expiration of thirty days from the commencement of the session, unless by order of the house.

BILLS, RESOLUTIONS, AND GRANTS.

49. No resolution for a grant of money shall pass without being read on two several days; the second time to be assigned by the house.

50. No engrossed bill or resolve shall be sent to the senate, without notice thereof being given to the house by the speaker.

51. No bill shall pass to be engrossed, until it shall have had three several readings; the time for the last reading shall be assigned by the house; the second reading shall be by the title; and at the time of the first, unless objected to, in which case a time shall be assigned.

52. No act or resolve shall be passed, affecting the rights of individuals or corporations, without previous notice to such individuals or corporations.

53. All bills in their third reading, and resolves in their second reading, shall be committed to the standing committee on bills in the third reading, to be by them examined, corrected, and so reported to the house.

54. All engrossed bills and resolves shall be committed to the standing committee on engrossed bills, to be strictly examined; and if found by them to be truly and strictly engrossed, they shall so report to the

house, and the same shall pass to be enacted without any further reading, unless on motion of any member, a majority of the house shall be in favor of reading the same as engrossed.

COMMITTEES.

55. The following standing committees shall be appointed at the commencement of the session, with leave to report by bill or otherwise, viz:

On state roads,

On the state prison,
On roads and bridges,
On canals and rail roads,
On interior waters,
On the militia,
On agriculture,

On manufactures,

On accounts,
On parishes,
On claims,

On public buildings,
On interior fisheries,
On military pensions,
On Indian affairs,

. On hospital for the insane.

On the library,

To consist of seven members each on the part of the house, except on the library, which shall consist of three.

56. In all elections by ballot, of committees of the house, the person having the highest number of votes, shall act as chairman.

57. Any member having obtained leave of absence, and having in his possession any papers relative to the business before the house, shall leave the same with the clerk.

58. The chairman of every committee, other than of the standing committees, that shall have business referred to it, shall make report of its doings therein, within four days after its appointment.

ELECTIONS.

59. In all elections by ballot of the house, a time shall be assigned for such election, at least one day previous thereto.

OF THE REPRESENTATIVES' HALL.

60. No person, not a member or officer of the house, except members of the senate, its secretary and assistants, the governor and council, state's treasurer, secretary of state, land agent, adjutant general, judges of the S. J. court, and district court, chaplains of the house and senate, and reporters of the proceedings and debates of the house, shall be admitted within the representatives' hall, unless invited by the speaker, or some member of the house.

JOINT RULES.

1. All indorsements on papers on their passage between the two houses (excepting bills and resolves on their final passage) shall be under the signature of the secretary of the senate, or clerk of the house, respectively.

2. Whenever a select committee shall be appointed by either house, and be joined by the other, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate, or clerk of the house, respectively, as the case may be, to transmit, one to the other, the names of the members so joined, in order that they may be entered upon the journals of both houses.

MEMORANDA.

1. Orders, motions in writing, and reports of committees, should never be presented on less than a half sheet of paper.

2. When a report of a committee is made to the house, it should be accompanied by the order, appointing said committee.

3. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances from towns, in their corporate capacity, should be indorsed thus, "Petition of the town of," [stating concisely the subject matter thereof.]

4. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances from individuals, should be indorsed thus," Petition ofand others of the town of

-," [stating concisely the subject matter thereof.]

5. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances from corporations, should be indorsed thus, "Petition of [naming the corporation, and stating con

cisely the subject matter thereof.]

6. The name of the member presenting petitions, memorials and remonstrances, should be indorsed on the back thereof, near the bottom.

7. The member presenting an order should put his name thereto, on the inside, at the bottom of the page, on the left.

8. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances on which leave to withdraw was ordered by a former legislature, cannot be called from the files with a view of being again referred. The original, however, may