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 debatable.

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 atten-
tion of the Senator responsible for the bill) puts the question,
"Will the Senator concur in the House amendments?" 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 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 XXII, and succeeding ones under the head of "Bills.")

A joint resolution 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 me-
morial or petition, the number of the signers of the same, and
of what city, county or town they are residents. This endorse-
ment is to facilitate its reference to a committee by the Presi-
dent and for entry on the Journal; but any petition or me-
morial may be entered in full upon the Journal by a majority
vote of the Senators present.