120 MARYLAND MANUAL.

Bills must be presented for their first reading without
interlineations or erasures.

A bill is open to amendment upon its second reading with
debate limited to the amendment, but when the reading has
been completed and the question is: "Shall the bill be
engrossed for a third reading ?" the main question is debata-
ble.

When a bill has been returned from the House endorsed :
"Passed by yeas and nays, with proposed amendment," the
amendment shall be read and the President (calling the
attention of the Senator responsible for the bill) puts the
question: "Will the Senator concur in the House amend-
ments?" If the Senate (upon motion of the interested
Senator) concurs, the bill in its amended form is at once put
upon its passage by yeas and nays. If the Senate refuses to
concur the bill fails. But a message accompanied by the
bill may be sent to the House asking them to recede from
said amendment, and if they refuse, a Conference Com-
mittee upon the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on
said bill may be appointed. If the report of the Conference
Committee on said bill be adopted in its favor, the bill must
be passed by yeas and nays.

JOINT RESOLUTION.

(See Rule XXII, and succeeding ones under the head of "Bills.")
All joint resolutions introduced must be endorsed by the
name of the Senator presenting the same, and be printed
in full upon the Journal.

PETITIONS AND MEMORIALS.

(See Rule VII.)

Senators having petitions and memorials to present, must
endorse the same with their names, and the object of the
memorial or petition, the number of the signers of the same,
and of what city, county or town they are residents. This