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required by any Senator, the said question shall be deter-
mined by taking the yeas and nays.

LII.

All confidential communications made by the Governor to
the Senate, shall be by the members and officers thereof kept
secret until the Senate shall, by order or resolution, take off
the injunction of" secrecy ; this rule not to impose secrecy
as to who are the nominees to office, unless specially ordered
by the Senate.

LIII.

All information or remarks touching or concerning the
character or qualifications of any person nominated by the
Governor, shall be kept secret.

LIV.

All nominations definitely acted on by the Senate, shall
be returned by the Secretary to the Governor, from day to-
day as they may occur ; and when requested by the Gover-
nor, authenticated transcripts of the Executive Records of the
Senate may, by order of the Senate, be furnished to the Gov-
ernor ; and all original papers touching ,the Executive pro-
ceedings of the Senate shall be carefully filed in the office of
the Secretary of the Senate, and- there preserved, unless re-
quested to he returned by the Governor, or ordered to be so
returned by the order of the Senate ; and no Executive Busi-
ness shall be made known or published by the Secretary, or
other officers, without the special direction of the Senate.

LV.

Whenever it shall be determined by the joint resolution of
the two branches of the General Assembly or otherwise, that
the General Assembly will finally adjourn on a particular
day, the Senate shall, at least twenty-four hours before such
contemplated adjournment, communicate the facts through
their Secretary to the Governor and request to be informed
whether he has any further nominations to make.

LVI.

The secrecy enjoined by the 52d and 53rd rules shall be-
construed to apply to all proceedings in Executive Session, ex-
cept the nades of nominees, and trie confirmation or rejection
thereof, without the privilege of assigning reasons pending
the injunction or disclosing the vote or opinion of any
Senator.

LVII.

It shall not be permitted to any Senator in the form of any
order, resolution or otherwise to place upon the Journals