order, bills upon the calendar but no bill upon the calendar shall be substituted for the one under consideration.

RULE 64.

Rule 64. In forming Committees of the Whole House the Speaker shall leave his chair, and the Chairman to preside in Committee shall be appointed by the Speaker.

RULE 65.

Rule 65. Bills committed to the Committee of the Whole House shall be first read throughout by the Clerk or Chairman and then read again, or debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered. After report the bill shall be again subject to be debated and amended by clauses before a question to engross be taken.

RULE 66.

'Rule 66. All amendments made to an original motion in Committee shall be incorporated in a motion and so reported.

RULE 67.

Rule 67. All amendments made to a report committed to the Committee of the Whole House shall be noted and reported as in case of bills.

RULE 68.

Rule 68. In filling up blanks in a Committee of the Whole House, in the House, the largest sum, the longest time and the highest number shall be first put.

RULE 69.

Rule 69. The rules of the House shall be observed in Committee of the Whole House as far as they are applicable.

RULE 70.

Rule 70. It shall be the duty of the Chief Enrolling Clerk to enroll, or caused to be enrolled, in a legible and fair, round hand, or in typewriter form, without erasure or interlineation, and subject to the approval of the Committee on Enrolled Bills, all House Bills and Joint Resolutions which have been passed by both Houses. And it shall be

the duty of the Chief Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk to see that all conversation is suppressed in the enrolling and engrossing room, and he shall not permit any person other than his assistants and members of the House to enter the Enrolling and Engrossing room at any time. for any purpose, and that the said Clerk shall have complete charge, control and direction of the said enrolling and engrossing room.

RULE 71.

Rule 71. That it is the duty of the Chief Clerk to call the roll of his staffs at nine o'clock A. M., of each Legislative day. It is also the duty of the Sergeant-at-Arms to call the roll of his staff and Janitors at nine o'clock A. M., each Legislative day and report the absentees to the Chief Clerk before ten o'clock A. M. of said day. It shall be the duty of the Chief Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk to call the roll of his assistants at the Enrolling Clerks' room at nine o'clock A. M., of each Legislative day and report the absentees to the Chief Clerk of the House before the hour of ten o'clock A. M., of each Legislative day. The Chief Clerk at the roll call of the House shall announce the absentees. Any employee or officer of the House failing to answer to the roll twice in succession without good cause shown shall be discharged and the vacancy so declared shall be filled by the House.

JOINT RULES.

RULE 1.

Rule 1. Each house shall, as soon as organized, report that fact to the other House; and the two Houses shall, by joint committee, inform the Governor that they are ready to receive any communication that he may have to make.

RULE 2.

Rule 2. In joint convention of the two Houses the President of the Council shall preside.

RULE 3.

Rule 3. It shall be in the power of either House to. amend any amendment made by the other to any bill or resolution. And that such amendment to the amendment be in tpyewritten form.

RULE 4.

Rule 4. Whenever either House shall amend a measure, and the other House shall refuse to concur in and adopt the amendment, the House which has adopted such an amendment shall then insist on or recede from the same. In case a motion to insist on the amendment be decided in the negative, such action shall be deemed a receding from the amendment, and so entered on the Journal of such House. In case the amendment is insisted upon, the House so insisting shall request a committee of conference on the subject of disagreement, and shall appoint a committee therefor. The other House shall thereupon appoint such committee. Unless another number is specified in said request, such committee shall consist of three members from the House and three from the Council. They shall meet at a convenient time, to be agreed upon by their Chairman, and, having conferred freely, each shall report to its respective House the result of their conference. In case of agreement, the report shall be first made, with the papers referred accompanying it, to the House which refused to concur, and there acted upon; and such action shall be immediately reported by the Secretary or Clerk to the other House, the papers referred accompanying the message. In case of disagreement of Conference Committee, the papers shall remain with the House which insisted on the amendment. The agreeing report of a Conference Committee shall be made, read, and signed in duplicate by all members of the committee, or by a majority of those of each House. Should either House disagree to the report of the Committee, such House shall appoint a second committee and request a further conference, which shall be acceeded to by the other House before adhering. The motion for a Committee of Conference and the report of such committee shall be in order at any time. When both Houses shall have adhered to their disagreement, a bill or resolution is lost.

RULE 5.

Rule 5. When a message shall be sent from one House to the other, it shall be announced at the door of the House to which it is sent, by the doorkeeper thereof, and shall be respectfully communicated to the Chair by the person by whom it is sent.

RULE 6.

Rule 6. All messages between the two Houses shall be communicated by the Chief Clerk through the Messenger or his assistants.

RULE 7.

Rule 7. When a bill shall have passed both Houses, it shall be duly enrolled by the Enrolling Clerk of the House in which it originated, and the fact of its origin shall be certified by the endorsement of the Clerk thereof.

RULE 8.

Rule 8. When the bills are enrolled, they shall be examined by the Committees on Enrolled and Engrossed Bills of the Council and House acting jointly, who shall carefully compare the enrollment with the engrossed bills as passed in the House, correct any errors thereon, and make report forthwith to their respective Houses; which report shall be signed by the Chairman of said Committee from each House.

RULE 9.

Rule 9. After the report, each bill shall be signed, first by the Speaker of the House and then by the President of the Council, in the presence of their respective Houses.

RULE 10.

Rule 10. After the bill shall have been thus signed in each House, it shall be forthwith presented by said Committee to the Governor for his approval, and they shall forthwith report the day of presentation, which shall be entered on the Journal of the House in which the bill originated.

RULE 11.

Rule 11. All orders, resolutions, memorials, or other votes which are presented to the Governor for his approval shall be enrolled, examined, signed and presented in the same manner as bills.

RULE 12.

Rule 12. When any bill, resolution or memorial, which shall have passed in one House, is rejected or adopted in the other, notice of such action shall be given the House which passed the same. And each bill, resolution or memorial shall have properly endorsed thereon, at the time of transmission, a statement signed by the Clerk of the action which has been taken thereon by the House transmitting the same, with the dates thereof.

RULE 13.

Rule 13. When a bill, resolution or memorial shall have passed one House and is rejected in the other, it shall not again be introduced during the session without five day's notice and leave of a majority of all the members elected to the House in which it is sought to re-introduce that bill or resolution.

RULE 14.

Rule 14. Each House shall transmit to the other, with any bill, resolution or memorial, all papers upon which the same shall be founded.

RULE 15.

Rule 15. When any report, bill, or resolution, shall be ordered. printed by either House, without stating the number, fifty copies shall be printed for the use of both Houses, but then any bill or resolution which may have passed one House is ordered printed by the other, a greater number of copies shall not be printed than fifty.

RULE 16.

Rule 16. It shall be the duty of the Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Clerk of the Council, when any document except bills and resolutions, is ordered to be printed in their respective Houses, forthwith to communicate such order to the other House.