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INDEX TO JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES.

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ADJOURNMENT sine die, no new bill to be transmitted within four days of,
final, no bills to be passed on day of,

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rejection of, which have passed either House, notice to be given,
CLAIM, reference of, when in order,

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JOINT RULES OF THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF PENNSYLVANIA.

BILLS, ET CETERA, FOR CONCURRENCE.

Rule 1. All bills, resolutions, votes, orders, and amendments of either House to which concurrence of both is necessary, as well as messages, shall be presented to the other by the clerk of the House from which they are sent.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLERK OF EITHER HOUSE.

Rule 2. When the clerk of either House shall wait on the other, notice thereof shall be given by the sergeant-at-arms, or doorkeeper, to the Speaker or President, who shall declare the same to the House or Senate, as the case may be.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.

Rule 3. When either House shall request a conference and appoint a committee for that purpose, and the other House shall also appoint a committee to confer, such conference shall be held at any time and place, to be agreed upon by the chairman; and in all cases where a conference takes place, the committee shall be composed of members who vote in the majority on the point or points of difference; but the committee shall not have power or control over any part of a bill, resolution, or order, except such parts upon which a difference exists between the two Houses.

CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATE.

Rule 4. Whenever a claim against the State, of any description, has been or shall be presented to either House, and referred to a committee, and such committee shall have made a report, in writing, against the allowance of the claim, setting forth the grounds of their decision, and the same shall have been concurred in by such House, it shall not be in order to originate again the consideration of such claim in that House, either by bill, resolution, petition, or otherwise, except upon a memorial of the claimant first setting forth upon affidavit, that he has obtained material evidence in support of his claim, since the decision against it. which was not before the committee at the former decision, and a statement of the substance of such evidence, or, second, assigning specific errors in the report of the committee adverse to it.

NOTICE OF REJECTION OF BILLS, ET CETERA.

Rule 5. When a bill, resolution, or order which shall have passed in one House is rejected in the other, notice thereof shall be given to the House in which the same shall have passed.

GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.

Rule 6. That the committee having charge of the general appropriation bill shall be required to report the same to the House on or before the first Monday in March, and when reported in either House, said bill shall have priority over all other business until finally disposed of.

NEW BILLS.

Rule 7. No new bills shall be transmitted from or received by either House within four days of the time fixed on for an adjournment sine die.

BILLS, ET CETERA, ON DAY OF FINAL ADJOURNMENT.

Rule 8. No bill, resolution, or order, to which the signature of the Governor may be required, shall be passed by either House on the day of final adjournment; and all such bills, resolutions, and orders, after they have been duly compared and certified by the proper committee shall be presented to the Governor for his signature, before eight o'clock on the morning of the day of the final adjournment.

BILLS, ET CETERA, TO BE PRINTED.

Rule 9. No bill, resolution, or order shall be sent to the Governor for his approval unless the same shall be printed on bond paper in exact reproduction of the bill, resolution or order as finally passed.

DISPENSING WITH JOINT RULES.

Rule 10. No joint rule shall be dispensed with but by a concurrent vote of two-thirds of each House; and if either Honse shall violate a joint rule, the question of order may be raised in the other House, and decided in the same manner as in a case of the violation of the rules of such House; and if it shall be decided that the joint rules have been violated, the hil involving such violation shall be returned to the House in which it originated, without further action, or, at the option of such House, the Speaker may direct the Clerk to mark the section or sections in conflict with the rules, as non-concurred in or negatived.

AMENDMENTS.

Rule 11. Every bill, resolution, or order, transmitted to either House, if amended by the House to which transmitted, shall have the amendment or amendments printed in italics, or inclosed in brackets, by the House in which the amendment or amendments are made marked Senate or House amendments, as the case may be. (Adopted January 13, 1874, amended January, 1901.)

INDEX TO DECISIONS OF JOINT ASSEMBLY.

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ADJOURNMENT, motion to, supersedes motion to take a recess,

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AFTERNOON session for balloting, in accordance with precedent,

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BALLOT, one, at least, on each day to be taken,

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ORDER OF BUSINESS fixed by joint assembly, only to be changed by,

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PETITION, question of privilege appertaining to,

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received and read, President cannot exclude it,

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right of, when pertinent to the business before joint assembly,

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RECESS, motion to take, superseded by motion to adjourn,

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RULES, concurrent, of each House binding on Joint assembly,

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SENATOR OF U. S., member in voting for, is not restricted to names of persons
nominated,

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DECISIONS ON POINTS OF ORDER RAISED IN JOINT ASSEMBLY-SESSION OF 1881.

1. On the question, "Can votes cast for a person who has not been nominated in either House, and whose name has therefore not been communicated from one House to another not less than two days prior to the meeting of the joint assembly, as required by the act of Congress and of the General Assembly of this State, be received and counted?" The President decided: That the provisions of the act of 1867, regulating the manner of electing Senators, provides, amoung other things, that each House shall nominate at least one person-the restriction being at least one person-and that the name of the person or persons nominated, shall be communicated from each House to the other, at least two days before the time of electing. In the opinion of the Chair the purpose of that requirement is that each House may, if possible, take concurrent action, that the Senate may know the name of the persons that the House will probably vote for, and that the House may know the name of the persous for whom the Senate will probably vote, and if possible, as is contemplated by law, that the two Houses may take concurrent action in an election by each House separately. In the event of a failure to do that, the duty then devolves upon a joint assembly of the two Houses. If the same person shall not have received a majority of all the votes cast in each House, or if either House shall have failed to take the steps required by this act, then the joint assembly shall proceed to elect, and in 80 doing it is not restricted to the names of the persons nominated. In the opinion of the Chair, the failure to make any nomination-the provisions of the first section being directory-would not prevent the joint assembly when assembled from taking any action or electing any person that the majority thereof may agree upon. The second section evidently contemplates a possible failure to perform the duties required by the first section. These two bodies being now in joint assembly, in the absence of any constitu tional restriction or any more positive requirement of law fixing the qualification of Senators, the Chair does not feel justified in refusing to receive a vote cast for any gentleman in this Commonwealth who answers the requirements provided for by the constitution, consequently the Chair will direct such votes to be counted, unless the joint assembly take different action. Journal of Senate, 1881, p. 179.

2. On the question, "That this joint assembly, not being governed by any rules, except those governing conventions in general, the yeas and nays cannot be called for by any certain number of members, but must be ordered as any other order is made, by a majority vote of the convention :" The President decided: That the Chair is obliged to recognize the en current interpretation of parliamentary law as evidenced by the custom of both Houses. Where a joint assembly is formed of two bodies whose practice is concurrent respecting any particular question, the Chair is disposed to think it binding upon such assembly, and that in this case the fixed custom of both Houses based on constitutional requirements, to order the yeas and nays upon the call of two members, is binding, and the Chair will be obliged to recognize the custom in this instance.—Journal of Senate, 1881, p. 180. 8...The President decided that until the provision of the law has been complied with, which prescribes that the joint assembly shall meet, and take at least one ballot each day,' else is in order. When that provision has been complied with, the Chair is disposed to hold that anything strictly appertaining to the business of the joint assembly is in order. The fixing of an afternoon session for the express purpose of balloting, in the opinion of the Chair, does strictly appertain to the proper business of this joint assembly, and is in accordance with precedent in other states, under the same or similar laws, and the Chair cannot refuse to entertain the resolution offered.-Journal of Senate, 1881, p. 261.

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4. The 'resident ruled that the right of petition being a constitutional right, and one which is very carefully guarded, and the choice of United States Senator having passed beyond the control of either House, or of the two Houses concurrently, the petition, being pertinent to the business before the joint assembly, would be received and read.-Journal of Senate, 1881, p. 277.

5. The President ruled that the petition having been received, read and laid upon the table, it has passed beyond the power of the President to exclude it, and the point of order was raised too late.-Journal of Senate, 1881, p. 278.

6. The President decided the question of privilege should have been raised as a point of order at the time the question was presented, and does not now involve any question of privilege. the paper being directed to the honorable members of the Senate and House of Representatives embracing all and not any particular class.-Journal of Senate, 1881, p. 298.

7. The President decided that a motion to take a recess, being subject to amendment and debate, was, according to all parliamentary law, superseded by a motion to adjourn, otherwise the joint assembly might be kept in session indefinitely, against its own wish.-Journal of Senate, 1881, p. 361.

8. The President ruled that the order of business being fixed by a majority of the joint assembly, it is competent for the joint assembly to change said order. Journal of Senate, 1881. p. 424.

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CHIEF CLERK, officers and employes, subject to order and direction of,
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to see that Rule 40 in reference to care of Senate chamber is enforced,
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