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 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 Rule 40. The order of business of the house shall be as follows: 2. Announcement by clerk of printing and enrollment of bills. 3. Reports of standing committees. 4. Reports of select committees. Rule 41. No memorial, remonstrance or petition shall be printed in Stating Motions. Rule 42. When a motion is made and, when necessary under the rules, 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 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 "motions and resolutions." In case such order or resolution is not reached under that order of business at the next succeeding session it shall be considered thereafter under the order of "unfinished business." Motions for the Previous Question. Method of Ordering. Rule 51. The method of ordering the previous question shall be as follows: Any member may move the previous question. This being seconded by at least ten members, the chair shall put the question, "Shall the main question now be put?" This shall be ordered only by a majority of the members present and voting. After the seconding of the previous question and prior to ordering the same, a call of the house may be moved and ordered, but after ordering the previous question nothing shall be in order prior to the decision of the pending questions, except demands for the yeas and nays, points of order and appeals from the decision of the chair, which shall be decided without debate. The effect of the previous question shall be to put an end to all debate and bring the house to a direct vote upon all pending questions in their order down to and including the main question. When a motion to reconsider is taken under the previous question and is decided in the affirmative, the previous question shall have no operation upon the question to be reconsidered. If the house shall refuse to order the main question, the consideration of the subject shall be resumed as though no motion for the previous question had been made. Motions to Reconsider. Motion for Reconsideration. Rule 52. Any member may move for a reconsideration of any question on the same or next succeeding day; and such motion shall take precedence of all other questions, except a motion to adjourn and a motion to take a recess, but shall not be renewed on the same day. A motion to reconsider any question if laid on the table may be taken therefrom and disposed of at any time within the period allowed by this rule for moving a reconsideration. The motion to postpone indefinitely shall require the votes of a majority of the members-elect, and shall not be reconsidered. Notice of Reconsideration. Rule 53. A notice of intention to move for a reconsideration of any bill may be given by any member, and the bill shall be retained by the clerk of the house until after the time expires during which, under rule 52, the motion can be made, unless such notice is given within three days of the time when the house will cease to transact business. Majority Vote. Rule 54. Any proposition which requires for its adoption a twothirds vote may, upon failure of adoption, be reconsidered by a majority |