RULE XXIV.

Bills of general character, and such as are amendatory of
the charters of private corporations, shall be printed after
their first reading, but all bills may be printed, by order of
the Senate, at any stage whatever.

RULE XXV.

Whenever any Senate bill or resolution shall have been
read through a second time, with or without amendment, the
President shall ask the question : "Shall this bill or resolu-
tion be engrossed for a third reading ? If this question be
decided in the negative, the bill or resolution, shall be rejec-
ted ; if in the affirmative, it shall be engrossed for a third
reading.

RULE XXVI.

No amendment shall be received at the third reading of any
bill or resolution, originating in the Senate; but it shall be in
order at all times, before the final passage of any such bill or
resolution, to move its recommitment; and should such recom-
mitment take place, and any amendment be reported by the
committee, the said bill or resolution, as amended, shall be
read, and such reading be considered a second reading, and
then the question shall be put whether it shall be engrossed
for a third reading, and if this question be decided in the
negative, the bill shall be rejected; if in the affirmative, it
shall be engrossed for a third reading.

RULE XXVII.

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

RULE XXVIII.

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 ques-
tion is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be acted on