RULES AND ORDERS

OF THE

SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

1887.

Order of Business.

RULE 1. The president having taken the chair at the hour to which the senate shall have adjourned, and a quorum being present, the journal of the preceding day shall be read, to the end that any mistakes therein may be corrected.

RULE 2. After the reading and approval of the journal, the order of business shall be as follows:

1. The presentation of petitions.

2. Reports of standing committees.

3. Reports of select committees.

4. Messages from the governor.

5. Communications and reports of state officers.

6. Messages from the assembly.

7. Introduction of bills.

8. Third reading of bills.

9. Motions and resolutions.

10. Special orders.

11. General orders; but messages from the governor and assembly, and communications and reports from state officers, and reports from the committee on engrossed bills, may be received under any order of business.

Of the President.

RULE 3. The president shall preserve order and decorum; in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct in the lobby he shall have power to order the same to be cleared; he shall decide all questions of order, subject to appeal to

senate; on every appeal he shall have the right, in his place, to assign his reasons for his decision; he shall appoint all committees, except when the senate shall otherwise order. He shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, who is hereby vested, during such time, with all the powers of the president; but such substitute shall not lose the right of voting on any question while so presiding, nor shall his power as such substitute continue for any longer period than two days, without leave of the senate.

RULE 4. When the senate shall be ready to go into committee of the whole, he shall name a chairman to preside therein.

RULE 5. He shall assign to the doorkeepers their respective duties and stations.

RULE 6. He shall, immediately or as soon as the bills are engrossed, certify the passage of all bills by the Senate, with the date thereof, together with the fact whether passed as majority, three-fifths or two-thirds bills, as required by the Constitution or laws of the State, and deliver said bills to the clerk.

Of the Clerk.

RULE 7. It shall be the duty of the clerk to have the journal of each day's proceedings printed, and copies thereof placed upon the files of the president, senators and reporters, within three days after approval by the senate.

RULE 8. He shall also furnish each senator daily with a printed list of the general orders, which shall be kept on file by the superintendent of documents, in the same manner as other documents. And the clerk of the senate shall see that all bills shall be acted upon by the senate in the order in which they are reported and stand upon the calendar, unless otherwise ordered by two-thirds of the senators present. The calendar shall also, and in like manner and form, include the number and title of bills and joint resolutions which have passed the assembly, and been received by the senate for concurrence