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XXXIII.

Every bill and every resolution originating in the Senate

or received from the House, shall be read on three several
days, with the intermission of one day, at least, (hiring which
time it shall lie on the table for the perusal of members,
unless the Senate by special order, two-thirds of the members
of the Senate agreeing, dispense with the rule, which order
shall be entered on the Journal.

XXXIV.

Any Member, on motion or in debate, may call for the
reading of any law, journal, record, or other public proceed-
ings which may relate to the subject matter under consid-
eration.

XXXV.

No committee shall sit during the sitting of the Senate
without special leave.

XXXVI.

Bills and resolutions from the House shall be open to
amendments on their second or third reading.

XXXVII.

A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill, shall
have precedence of a motion to amend, and if carried, shall
be considered as equivalent to its rejection; and when a
question is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be

acted on again during the session.

XXXVIII.

After a motion is stated by the President, or read by the

Secretary or Reading Clerk, it shall be deemed to be in the

possession of the Senate, but may be withdrawn, at any time

before a decision or amendment, by or with the consent of

the Senate.

XXXIX.

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 Senate.

XL.

All questions relating to the priority of business to be
acted on, shall be decided by a majority of the Senate with-
out debate.

XLI.

The following Standing Committees, who shall have
leay.e to report by bill -or otherwise, shall he appointed at