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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 Committee 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
endorsement is to facilitate its reference to a committee by the
President and for entry on the Journal; but any petition or
memorial may be entered in full upon the Journal by a ma-
jority vote of the Senators present.

COMMITTEES.
(See Rule XV to XX.)

JOINT COMMITTEES.

A request for the appointment of a joint committee is
embodied in a message from one house to the other. It
embraces the subject and names the committee upon the part
of the House originating or concurring in the request. The
committee is appointed by the presiding officer, and consists
usually of two members of the Senate and three of the House.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.
(See Rule XVII.)

A conference committee usually consists of three members
of each House, and is usually asked where one House dis-
agrees to amendments of its bills made by the other; but