be required to reconsider the same; and such vote shall not be a second time reconsidered: But the vote on the final passage of any bill creating, continuing, altering or renewing any moneyed incorporation, shall not be reconsidered whenever such bill shall be lost. 51. No standing rule or order of this House shall be Altering suspended, changed or rescinded, without one day's rules. previous notice being given of the motion therefor; nor shall the fiftieth rule be altered, changed, rescinded or suspended, unless two-thirds of all members elected to this House agree to such alteration, change, rescinding or suspension. to the floor 52. No person, unless in the exercise of an official Who may duty, or by special invitation of a member, shall be be admitted admitted on the floor of the House, except the Execu- of the tive, State Officers, the Chancellor, Judges of the Su- House. preme Court, and circuit judges, members of the Senate, and former members of the Legislature. 53. Standing committees, consisting of five members Standing each, shall be appointed on the following subjects: committees. Duty. Motion to print to be referred. Duty of committee on printing. Duty of com mittees on expenditures. Expenditures in the Executive Department, And it shall be the duty of each of the several com mittees to inquire into the matters indicated by its name, and to report thereon to the House any information, and any bill or resolution, which it may deem conducive to the public good. 54. Every motion or resolution to print more than the usual number of copies of any paper or document, shall be referred to the standing committee on public printing, to consider and report thereon; and no printing shall be done for the House without the order of the House made in each case, except in the case of bills reported favorably upon by a standing committee of the House. 55. It shall be the duty of the committee on public printing to examine and report on all questions of printing referred to them, and to state an approximate estimate of the cost in the particular case referred, when practicable; to examine, from time to time, and ascertain whether the prices charged for printing are in conformity to the contract therefor, and whether it is done in conformity to the orders of the House, and without unreasonable delay; to ascertain and report what number of copies ought usually to be printed, and how distributed, and to report to the House, from time to time, any measures they may deem useful for the economical and proper management of the public printing. 56. It shall be the duty of the committee on expenditures of the House and in the Executive Department, severally to inquire into the said expenditures, and whether the same have been made in conformity to law, and whether proper vouchers exist for the same, and whether the funds provided for the purpose are economically applied, and to report, from time to time, such provisions, laws and regulations as may conduce to economy, and secure the faithful disbursement of the moneys appropriated by law. 57. Resolutions giving rise to debate, and those con- What resotaining calls for information from the Executive De- lutions to lie partment, shall lie over one day for consideration, over. after which they may be called up, by the mover, of course, under that order of business. JOHN O. COLE, Clerk. P ORDER OF BUSINESS IN THE ASSEMBLY. 1. Presentation of Petitions. 5. Communications from State Officers. 6. Messages from the Senate. 7. Third reading of Bills and Resolutions. 8. Motions, Resolutions and Notices. 9. Unfinished business of the preceding day. 10. Special orders of the day. 11. Unfinished business generally. 12. General orders of the day. |