28. No engrossed bill or resolve shall be sent to the house, without notice thereof being given to the senate by the president. 29. Every member who shall present a petition, shall place his name thereon and briefly state its subject. 30. All confidential communications made by the gov ernor to the senate, shall be by the members thereof kept inviolably secret until the senate shall by their resolution take off the injunction of secrecy. 31. No rule shall be dispensed with, except by the consent of two-thirds of the members present. 32. Any member of the senate may exchange seats on consulting the president and obtaining his permission. 33. No member shall absent himself from the senate, without leave, unless there be a quorum left present at the board. 34. All committees shall be nominated by the president, (except when it may be determined that the election shall be by ballot,) and appointed by the board. 35. The following standing committees shall be ap pointed at the commencement of the session, viz :— STANDING COMMITTEES OF THE SENATE. On engrossed bills, To consist of twelve members each. Any one of the first and any two of the second shall constitute a quorum. 36. No member of the senate shall act as counsel for any party, before any committee of the legislature. 37. All messages from the senate to the house and to the governor, or governor and council, shall be carried by the secretary, and all papers shall be transmitted to the governor and council, and to the house by the secretary or his assistant. 38. No bill or resolve, the subject matter of which has been acted upon by a committee, shall be laid upon the table by leave. MEMORANDA. 1. Orders, motions in writing, and reports of committees, should never be presented on less than half a sheet of paper. 2. When a report of a committee is made to the senate, it should be accompanied by the order, appointing said committee. 3. Petitions, memorials, and remonstrances from towns, in their corporate capacity, should be indorsed thus, "Petition of the town of -," [stating concisely the subject matter thereof.] 4. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances from individuals, should be indorsed thus, "Petition of ————, and others of the town of "[stating concisely the subject matter thereof.] 5. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances from corporations, should be indorsed thus," Petition of " [naming the corporation, and stating concisely the subject matter thereof.] 6. The name of the member presenting petitions, memorials and remonstrances, should be indorsed on the back thereof, near the bottom, with the place of his residence. 7. The member presenting an order, should put his name thereto, on the inside, at the bottom of the page, on the left, with the place of his residence. 8. Petitions, memorials and remonstrances on which leave to withdraw was ordered by a former legislature, cannot be recalled from the files with a view of being again referred. The original, however, may be taken from the files, and the subject presented de novo. |