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the bill, &c., shall be rejected; if in the affirmative, it shall
be engrossed and read a third time, according to the rules of
the Senate.

XXXIII.

No amendment shall be received at the third reading of
any bill, resolution, report or other proposition originating
in the Senate, unless by consent of two-thirds of the members
present; but it shall at all times be in order before the final
passage of any such bill, resolution, report or other proposi-
tion, to move its re-commitment; and should such commit-
ment take place, and any amendment be reported by the com-
mittee, the said bill, resolution, report or other proposition,
as amended, shall be read, and such reading be considered a
second reading; and then the question shall be put, whether
it shall be engrossed and read a third time, and if decided in
the negative, the bill, &c., shall be rejected; if in the affir-
mative, it shall be engrossed and read a third time, according
to the rules of the Senate.

XXXIV.

Every resolution originating in the Senate or received from
the House, shall be read on two several days, with the inter-
mission of one day at least, during which time it shall lie on
the table for the perusal of members, unless the Senate, by
special order two-thirds of the members present agreeing, dis-
pense with the rule, which order shall be entered on the jour-
nal.

XXXV.

Any member, on motion or in debate, may call for the read-
ing of any law, journal, record or other public proceedings,
which may relate to the subject matter under consideration.

XXXVI.

No committee shall sit during the sitting of the Senate,
without special leave.

XXXVII.

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

XXXVIII.

A motion to strike out the enacting words of a bill, shall
have precedence of a motion to amend, and if carried, shall
bo considered equivalent to its rejection; and when a ques-
tion is postponed indefinitely, the same shall not be acted on
again during the session.

XXXIX.

After a motion is stated by the President, or read.by the