AMENDING BILLS BEFORE THE HOUSE.

House bills are open to amendment on the second reading,
and Senate bills on the third.

When a bill is before the House for amendment it is read
by sections, and amendments are only in order to the section
under consideration. After that is passed, it can be returned
to and amended as a whole.

An amendment submitted should be plainly written, and
endorsed with the name of the member submitting it, indi-
cating the section and the line to be amended, thus:

In section —, line —, after the word "—," insert the words
"—;" or, in section—, line—, strike out the words"—,"
and insert the words "—;" or, in section—, strike out all
after the word "—," and insert "—."

When an amendment has been submitted to a section
under consideration, it is competent for any member to sub-
mit an amendment to the amendment, but there the amend-
ments must cease until the latter has been disposed of.

When, however, an amendment has been submitted, the
intention of which is to strike out the entire section, it is
competent for a member to submit an amendment to the
section, and another amendment to that amendment. When
the two latter are disposed of, other amendments in the same
degree can be proposed. The question on the motion to
strike out being postponed until the friends of the measure
have an opportunity of making it acceptable by amendments.

PREAMBLES AND TITLES.

After the bill has been considered the preamble comes up
for adoption, and the vote is taken on the whole by yeas and
nays. The title is then open to amendment.

HOUSE BILLS AMENDED BY THE SENATE.

When a bill is returned from the Senate with amendments,
the question it taken upon the adoption of the Senate's
amendments. The proper motion then is, if the amendments