RULE XXIV.

All questions, except on the final passage of a bill, or a
motion to suspend the Rules or those otherwise herein pro-
vided for, shall be determined by a majority of the members
present and voting; those dividing in the affirmative rising in
their places, those in the negative continuing in their seats,
and so vice versa, until a decision by the Speaker.

RULE xxv.

The question on the final passage of a bill shall always be de-
termined by the yeas and nays which shall be recorded on the
Journal; and unless it shall thus appear that a majority or
the whole number of members elected to the House have voted
in the affirmative, the bill shall be declared rejected.

RULE XXVI.

When a question has once been decided in the affirmative or
negative, a motion of reconsideration shall be in order, if made
by one member and seconded by two others who voted in the
majority on the same day or within the next two days of actual
session after the decision, which motion shall be disposed of
within three days of actual session; provided, that such mo-
tion, if made during the last six days of the session, shall be
disposed of on the day on which made; but should a bill, on
its final passage, be declared rejected merely for want of a
constitutional majority, motion for reconsideration may be
made by one member and seconded by two others who voted
in either the affirmative or negative.

The motion to reconsider shall not be made more than once
touching the same subject-matter. The motion to reconsider,
and the motion to lay on the table the motion to reconsider
may be made by a member at the same time, and when the
motion to reconsider has been laid upon the table the subject-
matter shall not be again considered during the session.

RULE XXVII.

Petitions, memorials and other papers, addressed to The
House, shall be presented by the Speaker, or by a member in
his place; and the object of all petitions and memorials shall
be endorsed on the back and entered on the Journal.

RULE XXVIII.

The unfinished business in which the House was engaged at
the preceding adjournment shall have the preference in the