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RULE. XXVI.

No amendment shall be received at the third reading of any
bill or resolution, originating in the Senate; but it shall be
in order at all times, before the final passage of any such bill
or resolution, to move its recommitment; and should such,
recommitment take place, and any amendment be reported,
by the committee, the said bill or resolution, as amended,
shall be read, and such reading be considered a second read-
ing, and then the question shall be put whether it shall be
engrossed for a third reading, and if this question be
decided in the negative, the bill shall be rejected; if in the
affirmative, it shall be engrossed for a third reading.

RULE XXVII.

Bills and resolutions from the House shall be open to.
amendments on their second and third reading.

RULE XXVIII.

A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill shall'
have precedence of a motion to amend, and, if carried, shall
be considered as equivalent to its rejection; and when a ques-
tion is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be acted on
again during the session; and a motion to lay on the table
having prevailed, the bill, resolution or other paper so dis-
posed of cannot again be taken up for consideration.

RULE XXIX.

The titles of all bills introduced to repeal or amend any
Article or Section of the Code, shall refer to the subject of
such Article or Section to facilitate the indexing of the
same.

RULE XXX.

The President shall order every bill originating in the
Senate, when passed by the General Assembly and sealed,
with the Great Seal, to be presented to the Governor for his
approval.

OF MOTIONS AND THEIR PRECEDENCE.

RULE XXXI.

When a question is before the Senate, no motion shall be
received except as herein specified, which motions shall have
precedence in the following order: