shall call the House to order, and cause the journal of the preceding day to be read, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and compel the attendance of absent members, and any two members, at any time after the hour has arrived to which the Senate has adjourned, may have a call of the House, and have the names of absentees entered on the journal. 2nd. It shall be the duty of the President to preserve order, and he may speak on all questions of order in preference to any other member, rising from his seat for that purpose, and shall decide on all questions of order subject to an appeal to the House. 3rd. All questions shall be put in this form: You who are of opinion (as the case may be) say aye: of the contrary opinion say no. And in doubtful cases the President may direct, or any member call for a division. 4th. All committees shall be nominated by the President, unless otherwise directed by the House, in which case they shall be elected by ballot. 5th. Every member present when a question is taken shall vote, unless the Senate for special reasons shall excuse him. 6th. Every motion shall be reduced to writing, if the President or any member require it. 7th. A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, unless a member is speaking, and shall be decided without debate, and no member shail leave his seat after a question of adjournment is put, nor until the President shall have left the chair. 8th. When a member is about to speak, he shall rise and respectfully address himself to the President, and when a member is speaking, no member shall pass between him and the Chair. per 9th. The President shall preserve decorum, and if any member transgress the rules of toe House, the President shall, or any member may call to order, in which case, the member called to order, shall immediately sit down, unless mitted to explain, and the House, if appealed to, shall decide on the case, 10th. No member shall speak more than twice on any one question without leave of the Senate. 11th. When a motion is made and seconded, it shall be stated by the President, or being in writing it shall be handed to the Chair, and read aloud by the President or Secretary before debated. 12th. After a motion is stated by the President, or read by the Secretary, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Senate, but may be withdrawn at any time before a decision or amendment, by consent of the Senate. 13th. While a question is before the Senate, no motion shall be received, unless for an amendment, for the previous question, or for postponing the main question. or to commit it, or to adjourn. 14th. The previous question shall be put in these words: Shall the main question be now put? It shall be admitted only on demand of two members, and sustained by vote of two thirds of the House, and until decided, shall preclude all amendments and debate on the main question. 15th, Any member may call for a division of the question, when the same shall admit of it. 16th. No committee shall sit during the sitting of the Senate, without special leave. 17th. The first reading of a bill shall be for information, and if objections be made to it, the question shall be: Shall the bill be rejected? If no objection be made, or if the question to reject be lost, the bill shall go to its second reading without a question. 18th. Upon the second reading of a bill, the President shall state it is ready for commitment or engrossment, and if committed, then the question shall be whether to a standing or select committee, or committee of the whole? And the House shall determine on what day; but if the bill be ordered to be engross ed the House shall appoint the day when it shall be read a third time. 19th. A bill after committment or reports thereof, may be committed at any time before its passage. 20th. In forming a committee of the whole, the President shall leave the chair, and appoint a chairman to preside. 21st. The President may at any time leave the chair and call any member of the Senate thereto, who shall be President of the Senate for the time being, and the President shall at pleasure resume the chair, and if the person called to the chair shall object, and the President insists, the question shall be decided by the Senate. 22nd. When a motion is made for an amendment of any bill, or resolution, the mover's name shall be inserted on the journal. 23rd. The rules and proceedings of the House, shall be observed in committee of the whole, so far as they may be applicable. 24th. No member shall be permitted to vote on a subject, in which he is immediately interested. 25th. No member in the minority of any vote declared, shall have a right to move a re-consideration thereof. 26th. 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. 27th. Any member may excuse himself from serving on a committee, if at the time of his appointment, he shall be a member of three other committees. 28th. 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. 29th. No bill shall pass the House until a third reading, nor shall any bill be read more than once in any one day, unless otherwise directed by the Senate. 30th. If two or more members happen to rise at once, the President shall name the person who is to speak first. 31st. No standing rule of the House shall be revised or amended without one days notice being given of the motion thereof. 32nd. No member shall absent himself from the service of the Senate without leave is first obtained, and in case a less number than a quorum of the Senate shall convene, they are hereby authorised to send the doorkeeper, or any person or persons by them authorised, for any absent member or members as the majority of such members present shall agree at the expense of such absent member or members respectively, unless such excuse for non-attendance shall be made as the Senate, when a quorum is convened shall judge sufficient. 33rd. It shall be the duty of the doorkeeper to keep order in the lobby, and to obey the orders of the Senate from time to time. 34th. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep an exact journal of all the proceedings of the Senate, and shall from time to time be subject to such further orders as the Senate may direct. 35th. No persons except the members of the House of Representatives, their clerk, the Governor, 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 mem ber. 36th. On the discussion of any business, which may in the opinion of a member require secrecy, the President shall order the gallery to be cleared, and during such discussion the doors shall remain shut unless otherwise directed by the Senate. 37th. When the Senate shall think their business requires it, they shall elect one or more enrolling and engrossing clerks for the House, who shall when elected, be subject to the same rules as the Secretary of the Senate now is. 38th. Any member voting in the minority on any subject, and protesting against the vote of the House, may have his protest entered on the journals if the language and tenor of such protest would have been admissible in the dis cussion of the subject. 39th. That in all cases not provided for, by the above rules, the Senate shall be governed by the rules as laid down in Jefferson's Manuel, ORDER OF BUSINESS. 1. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances. 2. Reports from standing committees. 3. Reports from select committees. 4. Propositions and motions. 5. Second reading of bills. 6. Engrossed bills. 7. Bills reported and other business lying on the table. 8. Orders of the day. Which was read, agreed to, and ordered to be printed. On motion, The Senate adjourned until to-morrow morning at ten o'clock. SATURDAY MORNING, November 30, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Mr. Campbell from the committee on engrossed bills reported as truly cngrossed. A bill to change a certain portion of a State road. A bill to Divorce Milly Owen. A bill respecting bank directors. Mr. Hancock from the committee on claims to whom was referred the House bill entitled, A bill for the relief of the collector of Perry county. Reported it back without amendment, and recommended its passage. Which was received and read. The following bills were severally introduced read a first time, and ordered to a second reading. By Mr. Massey on leave, A bill respecting Grand Jurors, and A bill in relation to locating State roads. By Mr. Polk, on leave, A bill respecting Circuit Judges. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Huston assistant clerk. MR. PRESIDENT: I am instructed by the House of Representatives to inform the Senate, that the following bills have passed the House. A bill for the relief of William Thrailkill. An act to repeal an act to provide for the sale of land for the taxes, approved Feb. 27, 1843; also That Messrs. O'Bannon, Clark, Maupin, Roberts, Owens and Boas, constitute the standing committee of the House on enrolled bills. The following bills have been introduced into the House. A bill for the relief of the collectors of the revenue of this State. An act providing for the security of creditors against the frauds of debtors in certain cases. An act for the relief of Preston Mu'lineaux, sheriff of Adair county. An act for the relief of George B. Tolson. An act for the relief of the collector of Cape Girardeau county. An act to define the boundaries of Putnam county, and to organize the same. An act for the relief of Marvin Munger. An act for the relief of R. D. Austen and W. K. Van Arsdale of Monroe county. An act for the relief of William J. Tutt, collector of Morgan county. An act to curtail the number of justices of the peace in this State, and to cxtend the jurisdiction of magistrates and constables. An act for the relief G. W. Taylor collector of Buchanan county. An act to organize the county of DeKalb. An act for the distribution of the monies arising from the 500,000 acres of land. An act to survey and mark out a State road from Bolivar in Polk county to Fort Scott. An act for the relief of Nathaniel Harman. An act to organize the county of Gentry. An act to regulate fees in certain cases. An act to organize Ashley county. An act to provide for an additional justice of the peace for St. Louis county. An act to define the boundary line between Washington and Crawford counties. An act amendatory of an act incorporating the St. Louis fire company. An act for the relief of Benjamin Gregg; also the following joint resolu tions: Joint resolution in relation to distributive shares of the proceeds of the sales of the public lands of the U. S. Joint resolution in favor of the annexation of Texas. Joint resolution in favor of R. Kerr. The following joint resolutions were read a second time. Joint resolutions in relation to the annexation of Texas. Mr. Monroc moved to refer them to the select committee on the annexation of Texas and occupation of Oregon. Mr. Ellis moved to refer them to committee of the whole. Which was determined in the affirmative. Mr. Massey on leave of the Senate, submitted the following: Resolved, That the Secretary of State, be and he is hereby required to report to the Senate as soon as he can, abstracts of the census so far as received. Which was rejected. A bili to amend the 9th section of the 4th article of the administration law, concerning the allowance of demands against estates, approved 21st March, 1835, Was read a second time, and referred to the joint committee on revision. A bill to change a certain portion of a State road. Also, a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, A bill for the relief of the collector of Perry county. On motion of Mr. Ellis, The committee of Ways and Means, was discharged from the further consideration of A bill for the relief of B. J. Brown, Which was read a third time and passed. A bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, An act to authorise John Jacobs treasurer of Shelby county, to draw certain monies belonging to said counry, Was read a first time, and On motion of Mr. Reesc, the rule was suspended, and the bill read a second and third times and passed. Mr. Fort, asked and obtained leave of absence for Mr. Johnson, and On motion, the Senate adjourned, until Monday morning at ten o'clock. MONDAY MORNING, December 2, 1844. The Senate met pursuant to adjournment. Message from the House of Representatives by Mr. Huston. I am instructed by the House of Representatives to inform the Senate, that the House has adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That the clerk inform the Senate that the House is ready to go in to meeting for the election of bank officers; also, The Speaker of the House of Representatives has signed the accompanying enrolled bill, entitled An act to appropriate money. Also, "A joint resolution in relation to the abstract of the census." Whereupon the aforesaid bill and resolution were signed by the President of the Senate. Mr. Reese, from the committee on revision, reported that the committee had had under consideration An act concerning coroners. And had instructed him to report the same with an amendment to come in at the end of the 3rd section. Also, An act to provide for the erection of county buildings. Also, an act concerning contracts and promises, And had instructed him to report the same without amendment. Also, an act respecting constables. And had instructed him to report the same with an amendment, to come in as a tenth section. Which report was read and agreed to, when The following bills were severally read a first time, the rule suspended, read a second time, referred to a committee of the whole and ordered to be printed. An act to provide for erecting county buildings. An act concerning coroners. An act concerning constables, And the following was referred to the committee on the judiciary. An act concerning contracts and promises. Mr. Lucas moved to suspend the rules and take up a bill from the House of Representatives, entitled, An act to repeal an act to provide for the sale of lands for taxes, approved Feb. 27th, 1843. Which was rejected. Mr. Jones submitted the following: Resolved by the Senate, That the following be appended to the order of busi ness, as adopted by the Senate, as follows: |