RULE LXII.

› During the two first weeks of the session, the Orders of the Day shall not be taken up, nor any bill be read a third time, before 12 o'clock meridian.

RULE LXIII.

The Clerk of the House, shall cause to be printed and laid on the tables of the Members, every morning, the orders of the preceding day, arranged according to priority, and numbered from the commencement of the session every matter being introduced and numbered anew after every new order upon it, and the substance of the order being summarily stated, as "Bill, &c., ordered for a second reading;" "Report of Committee, &c., on bill, &c., ordered for consideration;" "Report on bill, &c., taken from the table and ordered for consideration."

RULE LXIV.

A debate interrupted by a simple adjournment, shall afterwards be resumed at the point of interruption, as if the debate had been formally adjourned. If the matter under debate be in the orders, general or special, it shall first be taken up when next the orders are taken up, unless a special order to the contrary be made by the House; if it be a matter not in the orders, it shall be taken up at the next meeting, before any other question is presented, except incidental questions, and such matters on his table as the Speaker may think necessary to present, and such questions as the House may give spe. cial leave to be first presented. In like manner, and with like exceptions, a matter interrupted by a call for the Orders of the Day, shall, after the orders have been disposed of, or laid aside, and such matters as may be taken up from the table, have been disposed of, or after adjournment, be resumed at the point of interruption, before any other question.

RULE LXV.

Messages may be received at any time whilst the door is open, except whilst a question is putting, or a ballot is taking, (the latter exception not to apply to messages from the Senate, asking leave for Senators to deposite their ballots.) A message shall be presented to the House by the Speaker, when ⚫ received, or afterwards, according to its nature and the business in which the House is engaged; or its consideration may, on motion, be ordered by the House.

RULE LXVI.

The Reading Clerk shall prepare, in writing, present to the Speaker for his signature, and bear all messages to the Senate, ordered by the House, unless a different form of sending any message, be ordered by the Speaker, or the House. The Reading Clerk shall read all papers to be read at the desk, which the Speaker may direct him to read, the Speaker being specially responsible that all amendments ordered by the House, be correctly made, and

that the attention of the House be called to all amendments made by the Senate, since the matter was before the House. The Reading Clerk shall also be charged with the duty of having executed, in a prompt and accurate manner, all the Printing executed by the rules or orders of the House.

RULE LXVII.

The prayer of no petition nor memorial shall be granted, nor shall any report from the Senate be concurred in, until there has been a report from a Committee of the House, on the said petition or memorial, or on the said report of the Senate, or on the matter of the said report, unless the report of its Committee shall be dispensed with by the House, unanimously, without debate.

RULE LXVIII.

No resolutions concerning Managers of Elections, or places of Election, or Justices of the Peace, or Quorum, or Commissioners for District purposes, &c., such as is proper to be embraced in a general report of the Committee of Privileges and Elections, or the Committee on Vacant Offices, or other Committee, shall be received, until the general report, into which it might be introduced, shall be under consideration, or shall have been disposed of.

RULE LXIX.

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No Contingent Account of any District Officer, shall be received by the House, which does not come to the House by the Comptroller-General.

RULE LXX.

No Member shall take any Books or Papers from the possession of the House or Clerk, without first acquainting the Clerk; and, if required, giving him a receipt to return the same in a reasonable time, or on his demand.

RULE LXXI.

In forming a Committee of the Whole, the Speaker shall leave the Chair, and appoint a Chairman to preside over the Committee.

RULE LXXII.

The Rules of the House, so far as they may be applicable, shall be observed in a Committee of the Whole, the Chairman being substituted for the Speaker, except the rule limiting the times of speaking on a debatable question; but no Member of the Committee shall speak on the same question oftener than twice, until every other Member choosing to speak, has spoken.

RULE LXXIII.

No Committee of the Whole, or other Committee, shall deface or interline

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bill or other paper referred to, but shall report any amendments recommend.. ed, on a separate paper, noting the page and line.

RULE LXXIV.

After the second week of the Session, no petition or memorial of a private nature, shall be received; nor shall leave be granted to any Member for the introduction of a bill, after the third week.

RULE LXXV.

The Speaker may name a Member to fill his place, during his occasional absence from the Chair-but such substitution shall not extend beyond an adjournment.

RULE LXXVI.

If the Speaker should be absent at any meeting after an adjournment, a Speaker pro tempore, shall be elected to hold the office until the Speaker re. turn, his absence be excused, and his desire to resume his duties be expressed.

RULE LXXVII.

The Speaker, when the Standing Committees are announced, shall appoint a Cashier and Deputy Cashier of the House; whose duty severally it shall be to countersign drafts ordered by the House and signed by the Speaker, and to prepare the pay bill of every Member, when he may obtain leave of absence, or the House may adjourn sine die: present the pay bills to the Speaker for his signature, countersign them, and deliver them to the Members; taking special care that no Member shall receive his pay bill before the adjournment, who has the intention to depart from the House without leave.

RULE LXXVIII.

No other title or addition, except "Mr." shall be used by the Speaker or lerk, in calling the name of any Member of the House.

RULE LXXIX.

No person, not a Member or Officer of the House, shall be admitted with. in the Bar, without the special leave of the House. Besides the Members and Officers of the House, the following persons, and no others, shall be admitted within the Hall, namely: the Members and Officers of the Senate; Members of Congress; the Governor and Suite; Lieutenant Governor; Jud. ges; former Governors; the Comptroller General; Attorney General; and Solicitors; President of the Bank; Treasurer of the State; Surveyor General; Printer of the House; Secretary of State; and the President and Professors of South Carolina College; also, such persons as may be invited by the Speaker, or by order of the House. All persons in the gallery and lobby

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shall be uncovered, and all persons, not Members of the House, shall be uncovered whilst in the hall.

The Door-keeper and Messenger are charged with the enforcement of this Rule.

RULE LXXX.

None of the foregoing Rules shall be rescinded, suspended, or altered, without the concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present, after one day's previous notice of a motion to rescind, suspend, or alter, has been given."

RULE LXXXI.

In all particulars not determined by these Rules, or by the Laws or Constitution of this State, or of the United States, the practice of the House shall conform to its previous usage, or be guided by Parliamentary Law, as it may be collected from the best authorities.