RULES AND ORDERS OF THE Assembly of the State of New-York, ADOPTED JAN. 12, 1853. 1. Upon the appearance of a quorum, the Speaker Appearance having taken the chair, and the members being called of a quorum. to order, the journal of the preceding day shall be read, to the end that any mistakes therein may be corrected Reading the by the House; and in all cases of the absence of a minutes. quorum, the members present may take such measures as shall be necessary to procure the attendance of absent members; and the Speaker, with the consent of the majority of the members present, may adjourn from day to day until a quorum shall appear. 2. After the reading and approving of the journal, Order of 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 from the State officers. 6. Messages from the Senate. 7. Third reading of bills. 8. Notices. 9. Introduction of bills. 10. Motions and resolutions. 12. Special orders of the day. Absence of quorum. business. Motions for reterence. General orders. Priority of business. Speaker to preserve order. Speaker's vote. Order. Adjourn ment. 13. General orders of the day; but messages from the Governor, communications from State offi cers, and messages from the Senate, may be received at any time. 3. Motions for reference to different committees shall be put in the following order: 1. To the committee of the whole. 2. To a standing committee. 3. To a select committee. But no bill or other matter shall be considered in committee of the whole until the same is printed. 4. No bill shall be ordered to a third reading without having been acted on in committee of the whole. 5. The Speaker shall cause the Clerk to make a list, in the order in which they were referred, of all bills, resolutions and reports of committees, and other proceedings of the House which are committed to a committee of the whole, and not made a special order of the day for any particular day; which list shall be called "The general orders of the day." 6. All questions relating to the priority of business shall be decided without debate. 7. The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide all questions of order, which decision shall be final unless an appeal is taken to the House. On every appeal from the decision of the Speaker, he shall have the right in his place to assign his reason for his decision. He shall also have the right to substitute any member to perform the duties of the chair, but such a substitution shall not extend beyond one day, unless by leave of the House. 8. When the House shall be equally divided, including the Speaker's vote, the question shall be lost. 9. When the Speaker is putting the question, no member shall walk across or out of the House. 10. When the House adjourns, the members shall keep their seats until the Speaker leaves the chair. 11. A member arising to debate, to give a notice, Order of make a motion or report, or to present a petition or speaking. other paper, shall address the Speaker, and shall not proceed further until recognized by the chair. speak. 12. No member shall speak more than twice to the Members entitled to same general question, without leave of the House; nor more than once in any case, until every member choosing to speak on the question pending, shall have spoken. 13. While a member is speaking, no member shall Order and entertain any private discourse, or pass between him silence. and the chair. 14. If any member, in speaking or otherwise, trans- Calls to gress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any order. member may call to order; in which case, the member so called to order, shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain. vote. 15. Every member who shall be within the bar of Members the House when a question is stated from the chair, entitied to shall vote thereon, unless he be excused by the House, or unless he be directly interested in the question, in which case he shall not vote. No member shall be permitted to vote on any question, unless within the bar when his name is called in regular order. The bar of the House shall be deemed to include only the Assembly Chamber within the rails, including the cloak room. 16. Petitions, memorials, and other papers addressed Petitions to the House shall be presented by the Speaker, or by and memoa member in his place. rials. etc. 17. Every member, previous to presenting any peti- Manner of tion or memorial, shall endorse on the same the sub- presenting, stance thereof, and add his name; the clerk shall then read the endorsement; after which the speaker shall put the question on the disposition of said petition or memorial. 18. Every motion shall be first stated by the Speaker, Motions. or read by the clerk before debate, and immediately before the question is put; and every such motion shall X |