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Engrossed bill to Secretary of State
Message to Senate on transmission.
Duplicate bills not to be printed.

Senate bills special order in the House.
House bills special order in the Senate.
Introduction of

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INITIATIVE PETITIONS IN LEGISLATURE:

Precedence

JOINT COMMITTEES:

Meeting of

(See Conference.)

JOINT RESOLUTIONS:

Defining

Procedure

JOINT SESSION:

Lieutenant Governor to preside.
Chief clerk to act as clerk.

How called

Business limited

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Rule 1. The president shall call the senate io order each day of sitting at 10:00 o'clock a. m., unless the senate shall have adjourned to some other hour.

QUORUM.

Rule 2. A majority of all members elected to the senate shall be necessary to constitute a quorum to do business: Provided, That less than a quorum may adjourn from day to day until a quorum can be had.

DUTIES OF THE PRESIDENT.

Rule 3. The president shall take the chair and call the senate to order precisely at the hour appointed for meeting, and, if a quorum be present, shall cause the journal of the preceding day to be read. He shall preserve order and decorum, and in case of any disturbance or disorderly conduct within the chamber, shall order the sergeant-at-arms to suppress the same, and may order the arrest of any person creating any disturbance within the senate chamber. He may speak to points of order in preference to members, arising from his seat for that purpose, and shall decide all questions of order without debate, subject to an appeal to the senate by any three members, on which appeal no member shall speak more than once without leave of the senate. He shall have charge of and see that all officers, attaches and clerks perform their respective duties, and shall, in open session, sign all acts, addresses and joint resolutions.

He

shall sign all writs, warrants and subpoenas issued by order of the senate, all of which shall be attested by the secretary. He shall have general control of the senate chamber and lobby, and have the right to name any senator to perform the duties of the chair, but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment, nor authorize the senator so substituted to sign any document requiring the signature of the president.

PRESIDENT PRO TEM.

Rule 4. Upon the organization of the senate the members shall select one of their number as president pro tem., who shall have all the power and authority, and who shall discharge all the duties of the lieutenant-governor, acting as president during his absence or inability to discharge the duties of his office.

In the event that the lieutenant-governor is acting as governor the senate shall also elect one of its members temporary president, who in the absence or disability of the president elected by the senate, shall have all the power and authority and who shall discharge the duties of such president.

SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.

Rule 5. The subordinate officers of the senate shall perform such duties as usually pertain to their respective positions in legislative bodies, under the direction of the president, and such other duties as the senate may impose upon them. The compensation of any employe of the senate shall not be increased except by a two

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