RULE 49. After a motion is stated by the President, or read by the Secretary, it shall be deemed to be in the possession of the Senate, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment; but afterward, only with the consent of the Senate. Privilege motions: RULE 50. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinitely; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged; and pending the motion to lay on the table,. the merits of the question shall not be discussed; and no motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided, shall again be allowed on the same day, at the same stage of the bill or proposition. RULE 51. A motion to adjourn, and a motion to fix the day to which the Senate shall adjourn, shall always be in order, unless a member is speaking, or the yeas and nays are being taken, or a call is being made, and shall be decided without debate; and no member shall leave his seat until the result is declared. Privileged persons: RULE 52. No persons, except members of the House of Representatives, their clerks, the Governor, the Secretary of State, Judges of the Supreme and Circuit Courts, Attorney-General, and members of Congress, shall be admitted within the bar of the Senate during the sitting of the same, unless invited by a member. Questions, how voted on: RULE 53. All questions, whether in committee or Senate, shall be propounded in the order in which they are moved, except privileged questions, which shall be propounded as stated in rule 35, and in filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest time shall be first put. Petition, etc., purport to be stated: RULE 54. When any petition, memorial or remonstrance is presented to the Senate, the person presenting the same shall give a concise statement of the purport thereof, and it shall be disposed of according to its character, without reading, unless the reading thereof be required by two members. Secret session : RULE 55. On the discussion of any business which may, in the opinion of a member, require secresy, the President shall order the gallery to be cleared; and during the discussion, the doors shall be closed, unless otherwise directed by the Senate. When nominations shall be made in writing by the Governor of the State to the Senate, a future day shall be assigned, unless the Senate unanimously direct otherwise, for taking them into consideration. Enrolling clerk, elected when : RTLE 56. When the Senate shall think their business requires it, they shall elect one or more Enrolling Clerks for the Senate. Times of meeting: RULE 57. The times of meeting of the Senate, during its present session, unless otherwise ordered, shall be ten o'clock in the forenoon and two o'clock in the afternoon. Protest of members-how entered: RULE 58. Any member voting in the minority on any subject, and protesting against the vote of the House, may have his protest entered on the journal, if the tenor and language of such protest would have been admissible in the discussion of the subject. Journal-ayes and nays: RULE 59. The Senate shall, from time to time, publish a journal of its proceedings, and the yeas and nays on any question shall be taken and entered on the journal at the motion of any two members. Whenever the yeas and nays are demanded, the whole list of members shall be called, and the names of the absentees shall be noted and published in the journal. Reconsideration: RULE 60. When any question may have been decided in the Senate, on which two-thirds of the members present are necessary to carry the affirmative, any member who voted on that side which prevailed on the question, may be at liberty to move a reconsideration; and a motion for reconsideration shall be decided by a majority of votes. Indefinite Postponement: RULE 61. When a question is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be acted upon during the session. Bills- engrossed: RULE 62. All bills ordered to be engrossed shall be executed in a fair, round hand. Ayes and noes: RULE 63. No member shall call for the ayes and noes on any question after the same has been declared to be a vote by the President. Member shall not vote-when: RULE 64. No member shall be permitted to vote on a subject in which he is immediately interested. Absentees: RULE 65. No member shall absent himself from the service of the Senate, unless he has leave, or be sick, or unable to attend. Three readings—when required: RULE 66. All resolutions proposing amendments to the Constitution shall receive three readings previous to their being passed; and the President shall give notice at each, whether it be the first, second or thirds; which reading shall be on three different days. And all resolutions to which the approbation and signature of the Governor may be requisite, or which may grant money out of the contingent or any other fund, shall be treated in all respects, in the introduction and form of proceedings on them in the Senate, in a similar manner with bills; and all other orders, resolutions or votes to which the concurrence of the House may be necessary (except for adjournment) shall be read in the Senate, and laid on the table, on a day preceding that on which the same shall be moved, unless the Senate shall otherwise expressly allow by a vote of two-thirds of those present. Rules and orders of business—how changed: RULE 67. No standing rule or order of the Senate shall be rescinded or changed without one day's notice being given of the motion therefor; nor shall any rule be suspended, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present; nor shall the order of business, as established by the rules, be postponed or changed, except by a vote of at least two-thirds of the members present. COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. RULE 68. It shall be a standing order of the day, throughout the session, for the Senate to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole. RULE 69. In forming the Committee of the Whole, the President shall leave the chair and appoint a chairman to preside. RULE 70. Upon a bill being committed to Committee of the Whole, the same shall be read throughout by the Secretary, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered. The body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined After the report, the bill shall be subject to be debated and amended by clauses, before a question to engross and print it be taken. RULE 71. All amendments made to an original motion in committee shall be incorparated with the motion and so reported. RULE 72. All amendments made to reports, resolutions or other matter committed to Committee of the Whole, shall be noted and reported as in case of a bill. RULE 73. The rules and proceedings of the Senate shall be observed in Committee of the Whole, so far as they may be applicable. RULE 74. A majority of the members constituting the Senate shall be a quorum to do business, and if the committee find itself without a quorum, the chairman shall cause a roll of the Senate to be called, and thereupon the committee shall rise, the President resume the chair, and the chairman shall report the cause of the rising of the committee and the names of the absentees to the Senate, which shall be entered on the journal. RULE 75. On motion for the rising of the Committee of the Whole shall always be in order unless a member is speaking or vote being taken, and shall be decided without debate. STANDING COMMITTEES. RULE 76. The following standing committees, to consist of five members each, shall be appointed by the President, with leave to report by bill or otherwise, unless otherwise ordered: 8. A Committee on Free Public and Normal School Education. 9. A Committee on Federal Relations. 10. A Committee on Agriculture. 11. A Committee on Privileges and Elections. 12. A Committee on Militia. 13. A Committee on Accounts. 15. A Committee on Enrolled Bills. A Committee on Permanent Seat of Government. 16. A Committee on Penitentiary. ment. A Committee on Senatorial and Representative Apportion 18. A Committee on State Lands. 19. A Committee on Roads and Highways. 20. A Committee on Blind Asylum. 21. A Committee on Lunatic Asylums. 28. 29. 30. 31. A Committee on Mining and Manufacturing. A Committee on County Boundaries. 32. A Committee on Township Organization. RULE 77. Any member of the Senate, appointed upon any of said committees, may resign at any time by leave of the Senate, or may be, by leave of the Senate, transferred from one committee to another. RULE 78. In cases not provided for by the above rules, the Senate shall be governed by the rules laid down in Jefferson's Manual and Smith's Digest. Reports of Committees: RULE 79. All reports of Special or Standing Committees of the Senate relating to the appropriation, expenditure or improper use of money; also all Senate reports relating to the duty or management of any board of managers, directors, trustees or agents of any of the educational and eleemosynary institutions of the State, or of any State officer, or co-ordinate branch of the State government, shall, without further order, be perpetuated by printing same in the appendix to the journal. RULE 80. No report of a Committee of Conference, or any house amendment to a Senate bill, shall be declared adopted without the assent of a majority of all the members of the Senate elect, and that the ayes and nays shall be taken thereon and entered upon the journal. Reference: RULE 81. When motions are made to refer any subject, and different committees shall be proposed, the question shall be in the following order: The Committee of the Whole; a Standing Committee; a Select Committee. RULE 82. No committee shall sit during the sitting of the Senate without special leave. |