142 MARYLAND MANUAL.

RULE XXXVII.

Every bill shall receive three readings in the House on
three different days of the session, previous to its passage,
unless two-thirds of the members elected to the House
otherwise determine;'the first of which readings shall be
by the title only, unless a majority of the House shall
otherwise order.

RULE XXXVIII.

All bills of a local -character, and of a partial operation,
received from the Senate or originating in the House, shall
be referred to the proper local delegation, except in cases
when the delegation consists of only two members, in
which case the Speaker shall name another member, making
a committee of three.

RULE XXXIX.

All bills which, on a third reading, shall be committed
either to Committee of the Whole House or other com-
mittee, shall be considered as upon their second reading,
when reported back to the House, with amendments, other-
wise as upon their third reading, in the same state as when
committed.

Bills committed or recommitted on their second reading
shall occupy the same position when reported back as when
committed or recommitted.

RULE XL.

All resolutions which have been read once and are enti-
tled to a second reading, and all bills which have been once
or twice read and are entitled to a second or third reading
by the Eules of the House, shall be arranged every morn-
ing agreeably to seniority by the Clerk, placed on the
Speaker's desk, taken up by them in due order, the date
of their last reading announced, and read a second or
third time, although no motion for a second or third read-
ing may have been made.