that less than a quorum is present, it shall be the duty of the Speaker to order the doors of the Senate to be closed, and to direct the clerk to call the roll of the Senators, and note the absentees; after which the names of the absentees shall be again called, and those for whose absence no excuse or an insufficient excuse is made, may, by order of a majority of the Senators present, be sent for and taken into custody by the Sergeant-at-Arms, or his assistants appointed for the purpose, and brought before the bar of the Senate, where, unless excused by a majority of the Senators present, they shall be reproved by the Speaker for neglect of duty. [Adopted January 28, 1869.]

XXXIII. When a call for the previous question has been made and sustained, the question shall be upon pending amendments and the main question in their regular order; and all incidental questions of order arising after a motion for the previous question has been made, and, pending such motion, shall be decided, whether an appeal or otherwise, without debate. [Passed session of 1844. Senate Journal,

p. 7.]

XXXIV. No law shall be passed except by bill; and no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through the Senate as to change its original purpose. No bill shall be considered unless referred to a committee, returned therefrom, and printed for the use of the members. No local or special bill shall be reported unless the same be accompanied by proof of the publication of the notice thereof, in accordance with law, and of section eight of article three of the Constitution. [Amended January 8, 1874.]

XXXV. At any time after the expiration of five days from the time when any nomination shall be made by the Governor for the approval of the Senate, any Senator may move, when original resolutions are in order, that the Senate go into committee of Executive business, and, on the motion being agreed to, such nomination shall be considered the first order of the day until finally disposed of, unless the same shall be postponed by a majority of the Senate; but such business, when commenced, shall not be postponed for more than five days, except in case of an adjournment of the body for a longer period.

XXXVI. A proposition requesting information from the Governor, from any of the Executive Departments, or the Board of Canal Commissioners, shall lie one day on the table for consideration, unless otherwise ordered by unanimous consent of the Senate.

XXXVII. That the Librarian of the Senate be directed to keep the doors of the Senate Chamber closed on the Sabbath day to all persons, except persons who are entitled under the twenty-fifth rule of the Senate, and that he be directed to call on any officer of the Senate to aid him in enforcing this order; and that on other days, when the Senate is not in session, the officers are hereby required to strictly prohibit any lounging or loafing within the Senate Chamber, by any person not connected with the Legislature; and that henceforth no officer be permitted to occupy the seat of a Senator at any time. That it shall be the duty of the Speaker to see that this rule is enforced, and a persistent disregard of it by any officer shall be cause of dismissal by the Speaker: Provided, That this rule shall not be so construed as to prevent any

Senator from inviting a citizen to occupy a seat on the floor of the Senate at any time. [Adopted session of 1865, pp. 320, 329.]

XXXVIII. When less than a quorum vote on any subject under the consideration of the Senate, not less than four Senators may demand a call of the Senate, when it shall be the duty of the Speaker forthwith to order the doors of the Senate to be closed, the roll of the Senators to be called, and if it is ascertained that a quorum is present, either by answering to their names or by their presence in the Senate, the Speaker shall again order the yeas and nays, and if any Senator or Senators present refuse to vote, the name or names of such Senator or Senators shall be entered on the Journal as "present, but not voting," and such refusal to vote shall be deemed a contempt, and unless purged, the Speaker shall direct the Sergeant-atArms to bring such Senator or Senators before the bar of the Senate, where he or they shall be publicly reprimanded by the Speaker. [Adopted February 11, 1869.]

XXXIX. When bills which require a two-third vote are under consideration, the concurrence of two thirds of all the Senators elected shall not be requisite to decide any question or amendment, or extending to the merits, being short of the final question, and on any other question short of the final one, a majority of Senators voting shall be sufficient to pass the the same. [Adopted January 8, 1874.]

XL. Any Senator who shall have voted in the negative on a bill failing to pass, because not having the constitutional majority, shall have a right to move a reconsideration thereof, within five days of actual session thereafter. [Adopted January 8, 1874.]

XLI. No committee shall be discharged from the consideration of a bill within five days of its reference, without unanimous consent of the Senate.

Decisions of the Senate of Pennsylvania on Points of Order.

The Senate decided that the previous question, having been called on the pending question of a bill and not sustained, could be called again on the same day. [Senate Journal, 1844, p. 690.]

Decided it in order, without asking leave of the Senate, to make a motion to reconsider the vote negativing a bill on its final passage, when the order for the third reading of bills has been reached. [Senate Journal, 1844, PP. 836-7.]

Not in order to amend amendments made by the House of Represenatives, to amendments made by Senate, to a bill from the House of Representatives. [Senate Journal, 1844, pp. 935–6.]

The Senate decided that when bills on first reading being the pending order, it was not in order to proceed to the consideration of a bill not first in numerical order, without dispensing with the orders of the day. [Senate Journal, 1845, pp. 169–70.]

The Speaker, when a motion to reconsider a vote on the Executive nomination for president judge was pending, decided that the question was not debatable. [Senate Journal, 1847, p. 337.]

The Speaker decided that a bill to remove the seat of justice of a county was a private bill. From which decision an appeal was taken, and the decision susstained by the Senate. [Senate Journal, 1848, p. 280.]

The Speaker decided that the defeat of the first section of a bill did not necessarily involve the de