SEC. 11. A motion for an amendment, until decided, shall preclude all further amendment on the main question.

SEC. 12. Motions and reports may be committed at the pleasure of the House.

SEC. 13. When the reading of a paper is called for, and the same is objected to by any member, it shall be determined by a vote of the House.

SEC. 14. No member shall speak more than twice on the same question, without leave of the House, nor more than once, until every member chosing to speak shall have spoken.

SEC. 15. No member shall name another member in debate.

SEC. 16. If any member in speaking or otherwise, shall transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, and any member may, call to order: in which case, the member so called to order, shall immediately sit down, unless, permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate. If there be no appeal, the decision of the chair shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the member called to order, he shall be at liberty to proceed; if otherwise, and the case require it, he shall be liable to the censure of the House.

SEC. 17. All questions shall be propounded in the order in which they were moved, except privileged questions, and in filling up blanks, the largest sum and longest time shall be first put.

SEC. 18. Whilst the Speaker is putting any question, or addressing the House, none shall walk out or across the house, nor in such case, or when a member is speaking, or the journals reading, shall entertain private discourse, nor whilst a memember is speaking, shall pass between him and the chair.

SEC. 19. Questions shall be distinctly put in this form, to wit:"As many as are of opinion that (as the case may be) say aye,” and after the affirmative voice is expressed, " as many as are of the contrary opinion say no." If the Speaker doubts, or a division is called for, the House shall divide; those in the affirmative of the question shall first rise from their seats, and afterwards those in the negative; if the Speaker still doubts, or a count be required, the Speaker shall name two members, one from each side, to tell those in the affirmtive, which being reported, he shall name two others, one from each side, to tell those in the negative, which, being also reported, he shall rise and state the decision of the House.

SEC. 20. No member shall vote on any question, in the event of which he is immediately or particularly interested, or in any case in which he was presen, when the question was put.

SEC. 21. Every member who shall be in the House when a question is put, shall give his uote, unless the House for special reasons shall excuse him, and no member without the bar shall vote or be counted on a division.

SEC. 22. When a question is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be acted upon again during the session.

SEC. 23. When a motion has once been made and carried in the affirmative or negative, it shall be in order for any member who voted on that side which prevailed, to move for a reconsideration thereof on the same day, or within three days, but not thereafter, nor at any time after the paper on which the vote passed is out of the possession of the House, or the vote shall have been communicated to the Senate. SEC. 24. The yeas and nays on any question shall be entered on the journals at the desire of any two members, if requested, before the question is put.

SEC. 25. On taking the yeas and nays on any question, the names of the members shall be called alphabetically, except the Speaker, who shall be called last, each member shall answer from his seat, and the absentees noted, and the names of the absentees again called over.

SEC. 26. In all cases of elections by the House, and when the yeas and nays are taken, the Speaker shall vote; in other cases he shall not vote, unless the House be equally divided, or unless his vote if given to the minority will make the division equal, and in case of such equal division, the question shall be lost.

SEC. 27. All questions relating to the priority of business to be acted on, shall be decided without debate.

SEC. 28. Whenever confidential communications are received from the Governor or Senate, the House, shall be cleared of all persons except the members, clerk, sergeant at arms, and doorkeeper, and so continued during the reading of such communications, and unless otherwise decided by the House, during all debates and proceedings to be had thereon; and when the Speaker, or any other member, shall inform the House that he has a communication to make which he conceives ought to be kept secret, the House shall in like manner be cleared till the communication be made, and the House shall then determine whether the matter communicated required secrecy or not, and take order accordingly.

ARTICLE VIII-OF COMMITTEES OF THE WHOLE HOUSE

SEC. 1. It shall be a standing order throughout the session, for the house to resolve itself into a committee of the whole house on the state of the republic.

SEC. 2. In forming a committee of the whole house the speaker shall leave his chair, and a chairman to preside in committee, who shall be appointed by the speaker.

SEC. 3. Upon a bill being committed to a committee of the whole house, the same shall be first read throughout by the clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses, leaving the preamble to be last considered; after report, the bill shall again be subject to debate and amended by clauses before a question for engrossing be taken.

SEC. 4. All amendments made to an original motion in committee, shall be incorporated with the motion and so reported.

SEC- 5. All amendments made to a report, resolution or other

matter committed to a committee of the whole house, shall be noted and reported as in case of bills.

SEC. 6. The rules of proceeding in the house shall be observed in committee of the whole house as far as they are aplicable, except that limiting the time of speaking.

SEC. 7. A majority of all the members elected shall be a quorum to do business. And if at any time a sufficient number shall not be present in committee of the whole the committee shall rise, the speaker resume the chair, and the chairman report the cause of the rising of the committee.

SEC. 8. A motion for the rising of a committee of the whole, shall always be in order, unless a member is speaking, and to be decided without debate.

ARTICLE IX-OF ADMISSION WITHIN THE HALL.

SEC. 1. No person except members of the Senate and their Secretary, the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Judges of the supreme and circuit courts, and the secretary of state, attorney general, auditor of public accounts, Treasurer, Governor's private Secretary, and such gentlemen as have been members of either branch of the general assembly, and stenographers admitted by the Speaker, shall be admited within the hall of the house of representatives, unless by order of the house.

ARTICLE X-OF AMENDING RULES, &c.

SEC. 1. No standing rule or order of the house shall be rescinded or changed, or new rules introduced, without one days notice of the motion therefor.

SEC. 2. No standing rule or order of the house shall be dispensed with unless two thirds of the members present concur therein, and all motions for that purpose shall be limited to the question or prop

osition.

Mr. Noland then moved to amend the report of the committee by striking out the words "two thirds," in the ninth section of the seventh article, and insert in lieu thereof the words "a majority." Mr. Monroe moved to amend the amendment, by striking out the words "a majority" and insert "three fifths."

Which was rejected.

Mr. Chambers then moved to lay the report and amendment on the table.

Which was decided in the negative.

The question recurring on the amendment,

Mr. Gordon desired the vote to be taken by ayes and nays, which

was ordered, and the question decided in the negative.-Ayes 13— Nays 61.

Ayes-Messrs. Bradshaw, Brawley, Canole, Cravens, of Pettis,

Curle, Davis, Ellison, Fort, Jeffries, M'Causland, Noland aud Snyder,

-12.

Nays-Messrs. Allard, Barnes, Bay, Blythe, Bowlin, Burns, Caldwell, Calvert, Chambers, Clark, Coalter, Cravens, of Madison, Detchemendy, Doniphan, Duncan, Edwards, Fewell, Fulkerson, Gordon, Gray, Groom, Head, Holliday, Holloway, Hunter, Hutchison, Jackson, Jones, Kelly, King, Layton, M'Gunnegle, Marlin, Maupin, Minor, Monroe, Netherton, Penn, Price, Persell, Redman, Shannon, Simmons, Smith, of Clinton, Smith of Washington, Stuart, Taylor, Thomas, Thompson, Thornton, Turner, Watts, Wilkerson, Williams, Wilson of Barry, Wilson of Van Buren, Woodson, Wright, of Pike, Wright of Warren, Young and Mr. Speaker.-61.

On motion of Mr. Bowlin,

The report was an ended, by inserting at the end thereof the words "except a rule adopted at the last session, requiring more than two member to call the ayes and nays on questions of adjournment." On motion of Mr. Cravens of Pettis,

Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring therein, that they will, on Saturday next, at the hour of 3 o'cleck P. M., proceed to the election of a Senator to the Congress of the United States.

On motion of Mr. Bowlin,

The rule requiring one days notice to bring in a bill being dispensed with, leave was given him to bring in

A bill to regulate the Governor's salary-which was read the first time and ordered to a second reading; and

On motion of Mr. Monroe,

The rule requiring bills to be read on three several days, being dispensed with, the bill was read a second time; and

On motion of Mr. Chambers,

The bill was considered as engrossed, and ordered to a third reading,

Mr. M'Gunnegle proposed to fill the blank in the second section with the words "three thousand."

Mr. Head proposed two thousand.

Mr. Hunter proposed two thousand five hundred.

Mr. Young proposed eighteen hundred.

Mr. Cravens of Pettis proposed seventeen hundred.

The question then recurred on filling the blank with "three thousand," when

Mr. Chambers desired the vote to be taken by ayes and nays. Which was ordered, and the question decided in the negative, ayes 9-nays 66.

Ayes-Messrs. Alford, Bay, Bowlin, Chambers, Clark, Jones, M'Gunnegle, Smith, of Washington and Thomas.

Nays-Messrs. Allard, Barnes, Blythe, Bradshaw, Brawley, Burns, Caldwell, Canole, Calvert, Coalter, Cravens of Pettis, Cravens of Madison, Curle, Davis, Detchemendy, Doniphan, Duncan, Edwards,

Ellison, Fort, Fewell, Fulkerson, Gordon, Groom, Gray, Hancock, Head, Holliday, Holloway, Hunter, Hutchison, Jackson, Jeffries, Kelly, King, Layton, McCausland, Marlin Maupin, Minor, Monroe, Netherton, Noland, Penn, Price, Persell, Redman, Shannon, Simmons, Smith, of Clinton, Snyder, Stuart, Taylor, Thompson, Thornton, Turner, Watts, Wilkerson, Williams, Wilson of Barry, Wilson, of Van Buren, Woodson, Wright, of Pike, Wright, of Warren, Young, and Mr. Speaker.

The question was then taken on filling the blank with two thousand five hundred,

Which was decided in the affirmative.

On motion of Mr. Thornton,

The vote on filling the blank with "two thousand five hundred," was reconsidered.

The question again recurred, on filling the blank with two thousand five hundred, when

Mr. Wright, of Warren, desired the vote to be taken by ayes and nays, Which was ordered, and the question decided in the negativeayes 33-nays 42.

Ayes.-Messrs. Alford, Bay, Blythe, Bowlin, Chambers, Clark, Coalter, Curle, Davis, Edwards, Fewell, Gray, Holloway, Hunter, Hutchison, Jeffries, Jones, Kelly, Layton, M'Causland, M'Gunnegle, Minor, Noland, Persell, Shannon, Simmons, Smith of Washington, Taylor, Thomas, Thornton, Wilson of Barry, Wright of Pike and Mr. Speaker.

Nays.-Messrs. Allard, Barnes, Bradshaw, Brawley, Burns, Caldwell, Canole, Calvert, Cravens of Madison, Cravens of Pettis, Detchemendy, Doniphan, Duncan, Ellison, Fort, Fulkerson, Gordon, Grom, Hancock, Head, Holiday, Jackson, King, Marlin, Maupin, Monroe, Netherton, Penn, Price, Redman, Smith of Clinton, Snyder, Stuart, Thompson, Turner, Watts, Wilkerson, Williams, Wilson, of Van Buren, Woodson, Wright, of Warren and Young.

Mr. M'Gunnegle then moved to fill the blank with the words. "twenty two hundred and fifty." When

Mr. Fort desired the vote to be taken by yeas and nays.

Which was ordered, and the question decided in the negativeayes 35-nays 40.

Ayes-Messrs. Alford, Bay, Blythe, Bowlin, Burns, Caldwell, Chambers, Clark, Coalter, Curle, Davis, Edwards, Fewell, Gray, Holliday Hunter, Hutchison, Jeffries, Jones, Kelly, Layton, M'Gunnegle, Minor, Monroe, Noland, Persell, Sannon, Simmons, Smith of Washington, Taylor, Thomas, Thornton, Wilson of Barry, Wright of Pike, and Mr. Speaker.

Nays-Messrs. Allard, Barnes, Bradshaw, Brawley, Canole, Calvert, Cravens of Pettis, Cravens of Madison, Detchemendy, Doniphan, Duncan, Ellison, Fort, Fulkerson, Gorden, Groom, Hancock, Head, Halloway, Jackson, King, M'Causland, Marlin, Maupin, Netherton, Penn, Price, Redman, Smith of Cliuton, Snyder, Stuart,