OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. 米米 1. UPON the appearance of a quorum the Speaker shall take the chair, and the members shall be called to order. 2. Immediately after the Speaker shall have taken the chair, the minutes of the p eceding day shall be read by the Clerk, to the end, that any mistakes therein may be corrected by the House. 3. The Speaker shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the House. 4. The Speaker shall not vote in any case, unless the House shall be equally divided. 5- When the House adjourns, the members shall keep their seats until the Speaker leaves the chair. 6. Every member, previous to his speaking, shall rise from his seat, and address himself to the Speaker. 7. When two or more members rise at once, the Speaker shall name the member who is first to speak. 8. No member shall speak more than twice to the same question, without leave of the House; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken. 9. No motion shall be debated or put, unless the same be seconded; when a motion is seconded, it shall be stated by the Speaker before debate, and every such motion shall be reduced to writing, if the Speaker or any member desire it. 10. After a motion is stated by the Speaker, it shall be deemed to be in possession of the House; but may be withdrawn at any time before decision or amen ment 11. Wheu a question is under debute, no motion shall be received, unless to amend it, to commit it, to postpone it to a day certain, for the previous question, or to a journ. 12. A motion to adjou n shall be always in order, and shall be decided without debate. 13. The previous question, until it is decided, shall preclude all amendment and debate of the main question, and shall be in this form-shall the main question be now put? 14. No member shall speak more than once, without leave, upon a previous question. 15. A motion for commitment, un'il it is decided, shall preclude all amendment of the main question. 16. Every order, resolution, and vote, to which the concurrence of the Senate shall be necessary, shall be read to the House, and laid upon the table, on a day preceding that in which the same be moved, unless the House shall - otherwise allow. 17. Petitions, memorials, and other papers, addressed to the House, shall be presented by the Speaker; or by a member in his place. 18. Every member who shall be present when a question is stated from the chair, and no other, shall vote for or against the same, unless the House shall excuse him, or unless he be immediately interested in the question, in which case he shall not vote. 19. While the Speaker is putting a question, no memAber shall walk out of, or across the house, nor when a member is speaking, shall any member entertain any private discourse, or pass between him and the chair. 20. A member called to order, shall immediately sit -down, unless permitted to explain; and the House, if appealed to, shall decide on the case, but without debate; if there be no appeal, the decision of the chair shall be submitted to. 21. Every bill shall be introduced by motion for leave, or by an order of the House on the report of a committee, and one day's notice at least shall be given of a motion to F bring in a bill, unless the House unanimously allow the same to be brought in without such previous notice. 22. Every bill shall receive three several readings, previous to its being passed: and the second and third reading shall be on different days, and the third reading shall be on a day subsequent to that in which it has passed a committee of the whole House, unless the House unanimously direct otherwise. 23. No bill shall be committed or amended, until it has been twice read. 24. In forming a committee of the whole House, the Speaker shall leave the chair, and a chairman shall be appointed to preside. 25. Bill committed to a committee of the whole House, shall be first read through by the Clerk, and then read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered: All amendments shall be entered on a separate piece of paper, and so reported to the House by the chairman, standing in his place; after the report, the bill shall be subject to debate and amendment before the question to engross it be taken. 26. All questions, whether in committee or in the House, shall be put in the order they were moved: except that in filling up blauks, the largest sum and longest time shall be first put. 27. A similar mode of proceeding shall be observed with bills which have originated in, and have passed the Senate, as with bills originating in the House. 28. When a bill passes the House, the Speaker shall certify the same, with the date thereof, at the foot of the bill. 29. Upon a division, either in the House, or in committee of the whole House, the names of those who vote for, and those who vote against the question, shall be entered upon the minutes, if any two members require it. 30. In all divisions to be taken in this House, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to enter on the minutes the name of the member calling for a division, and the name of the member who shall second such call. 31. The order of the day shall have the preference to any motion before the House. 32. A motion that the chairman leave the chair, shall always be in order, and shall take place of any other motion. 33. In the absence of a quorum, the Speaker may adjourn the House until the next sitting day; or if in committee of the whole, the committee may rise and report progress. 34. No motion for re-consid ration shall be in order, upless on the same day or day following that on which the decision proposed to be re-considered took place, nor unless one of the majority shall move such re-consideration. A motion for re-consideration being put and lost, shall not be renewed, nor shall any subject be a second time re-considered without unanimous consent. 35. The rules of the House shall be observed in a com mittee of the whole House, so far as they may be applicable, except the rule limiting the time of speaking. 36. Select committees, to whom reference shall be made, shall in all cases report a state of facts, and also their opinions thereon to the House. 37. That in all cases where a bill, orders, resolutions or motion, shall be entered on the journals of this House, the name of the member moving the same, shall also be entered on the journals. 38. No person, unless introduced by a member, shall be admitted within the bar of the Assembly Chamber, but members and officers of the Senate and Council of Revision, the heads of departments of the state government, former members and officers of the House, and such other persons as the Speaker shall, on application, assign places for, as stenographers. 39. Every message from the Honorable the Senate communicating any bill, for the concurrence of this House, shall, after the second reading of the said bill, be referred to a select committee, with the accompanying documents (if any) to consider and report thereon. 40. The Speaker shall cause the Clerk of this House to make a list of all bills, resolutions, reports of committees, and other proceedings in this House, which are committed to a committee of the whole House, and which are not made the order of the day, for any particular day, which list shall be called "the general orders of the day." 41. On the meeting of the House, after the reading of the journal, the presentation of petitions shall be first in order, and it shall be the duty of the Speaker to call for the same. 42. When the House have proceeded to "the general orders of the day," no other business shall be in order until the House have disposed of the same, by laying them upon the table, or by postponing them until the next day. RULES OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF 1. THE President shall take the chair every day at the hour to which the Senate shall have adjourned the preceding day, and upon the appearance of a quorum shall call to order. 2. Immediately after the President shall have taken the chair, the journal of the preceding day shall be read, to the end, that any mistakes therein may be corrected. 3. The President shall preserve order and decorum, and shall decide questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Senate. 4. Every member, previous to his speaking, shall rise in his place, and address himself to the President. 5. When two or more members rise at once, the Presi dent shall name the member who is first to speak. 6. No member shall speak more than twice to the same question without leave of the Senate, nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak, shall have spoken. 7. No motion shall be debated or put, unless the same be seconded; when a motion is seconded, it shall be stated by the President before debate, and every such motion |