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are agreeable to the Committee which introduced the bill:
"Mr. Speaker, I move that the House concur in the amend-
ments of the Senate." The question is taken upon the
adoption of the motion. If agreed to, the bill, as amended,
is passed by yeas and nays. If not agreeable to the Com-
mittee, a motion that the House do not concur in the Senate's
amendments is the proper one, and if sustained by a vote of
the House, the Chairman of the Committee submits for
adoption a message to the Senate as follows:
BY THE HOUSE or DELEGATES,
January , 189 .
Gentlemen of the Senate :
The House of Delegates having refused to concur in amend-
ments proposed by the Senate to the House bill entitled (here
insert title) we respectfully request your Honorable Body to
recede from said amendments, and herewith return said bill.
Or,
The House of Delegates having refused to concur in
amendments proposed by the Senate to the House bill entitled
(here insert title) we respectfully propose, with the concur-
rence of your Honorable Body, the appointment of a Joint
Committee of Conference on the disagreeing votes of the two
Houses, and herewith return said bill. We have named as
conferees on the part of the House Messrs.
Should the Senate agree to recode, the bill stands as
originally passed by the House. Should the Senate adhere
to its amendments, a message is dispatched to the House,
usually in this form :
BY THE SENATE,
January , J89 .
Gentlemen of the House of Delegates :
We have received your message requesting the Senate to
recede from its amendments to House bill entitled (title
inserted). We respectfully inform you that the Senate
adheres to its amendments, and propose, with your concur-
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