RULE XXXIII. . .

All motions shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the
President or any Senator, and read by the Clerk:, before the
same shall be debated, and after a motion is stated by the
President, or read by the Clerk, it shall be deemed in the
possession of the Senate, but may be withdrawn at any time
before a decision or amendment, with the consent of the
Senate.

RULE XXXIV.

Any member may call for the division of the question,
which shall then be divided, if it comprehend propositions in
substance so distinct that, one being taken away, a substantive
proposition shall remain for the decision of the Chair.

RULE XXXV.

A motion to strike out and insert shall be deemed indivisi-
ble ; but the matter proposed to be inserted may be divided,
if required, according to Rule XXXIV; the motion to strike
out being lost, shall preclude neither amendment nor motion
to strike out and insert; no motion or proposition on a
subject different from that under consideration shall be
admitted under color of amendment.

RULE XXXVI.

When a question has once been put and carried in the
affirmative or negative, by yeas and nays, it shall be in order
for any member voting with the prevailing side to move for
the reconsideration thereof; but in cases where the question
has failed for want of a constitutional majority it shall be in
order for any member voting on either side of the question to
move for the reconsideration thereof; and in all cases where
the vote has not been taken by yeas and nays, any Senator
may move a reconsideration; but no vote for the reconsider-
ation of any vote shall be in order after a bill, resolution
message, report, amendment, or motion, upon which the vote
was taken, shall have gone out of the possession of the