RULES OF THE SENATE. 105.

may be asked in cases of difference of opinion on all matters
pending between them. The request for a conference must
always be by the House which is possessed of the papers,
and said papers must always accompany the message re-
questing the appointment of a conference committee, and
be retained by the conferees of the other. The report of a
committee of conference must be made in writing and
signed by the conferees. It is a question of the highest
privilege, and the report may be made even during the
pendency of a motion to adjourn. A conference committee
may be instructed like any other committee, but their report
cannot be amended or altered, but it may be laid on the
table, and its effect will be to lay the bill also on the table.

MESSAGES.

Messengers from the House, or from the Executive, are
received at any time, except when a question is being put or
the roll called.

SEATS.
The second-term Senators have the choice of seats.