ORDER OF BUSINESS.

RULE 1. President to take the chair; journal to be read.
RULE 2. Order of business.

Of the President.

RULE 3. May appoint senator to perform duties of chair.
RULE 4. To name chairman for committee of the whole.

RULE 5. To assign door-keepers to their respective duties and stations

RULE 6. To certify passage of all bills.

Of the Clerk.

RULE 7. To have journals printed and placed on file.

RULE 8 To furnish, daily, printed list of general orders, with president to see that all bills are acted upon in order in which reported; calendar.

RULE 9. To present bills originating in senate to governor, and enter on journals.

RULE 10. To designate reporters.

Of the Rights and Duties of Senators.

RULE 11. Relative to presentation of petitions, reports, resolutions, etc.

RULE 12. To preserve order while journals or public papers are being read.

RULE 13. Debate; senators to address the president, and not to proceed until recognized; limitation; president to decide who entitled to floor.

RULE 14. Within bar of senate when question is stated, to vote, unless, etc.

RULE 15 Wishing to be excused from voting, may make brief statement.

Committees and their Duties.

RULE 16. Standing committees, to consist of three; list of committees.

RULE 17 Of public printing; to examine and report on all matters relating to printing.

RULE 18. On engrossed bills; to examine all bills, resolutions, etc., and report as correctly engrossed before third reading.

RULE 19. Reports of committees on bills; proceedings when not considered at time of making.

Of General Orders and Special Orders.

RULE 20. What to constitute the general orders; business of, how taken up; no bill to be considered in the committee of the whole until printed.

RULE 21 Special orders.

Of the Committee of the Whole.

RULE 22. Rules to be observed in; may strike out enacting clause in bills, and if report is agreed to by senate, bill to be deemed rejected.

RULE 23 Bills committed to be read through by sections; amendments not offered in; not in order except by unanimous consent.

RULE 24. Motion to rise and report progress always in order.

Of Bills.

RULE 25. How introduced; notice of introduction, what to state. Rule 26. Proceedings when reported by the committee of the whole, when deemed lost; final question to be taken immediately after third reading.

RULE 27. To receive three readings; not to be amended or committed until twice read; not to be read a third time out of its order, nor until printed; resolutions proposing amendments to constitution to be treated as bills, except, etc., to be acted on in committee of the whole.

RULE 28. Or resolution amending constitution, after ordered to a third reading, may not be amended, except, etc.

RULE 29. Two-thirds bills.

RULE 30. Questions on final passage, to be taken by ayes and nays.

RULE 31. To be printed in the order as reported by committees, unless, etc.

RULE 32. When final vote on, may be reconsidered; to be read by sections.

RULE 33. When may be laid on table.

On Motions and their Preference.

RULE 34. When question is before senate, no motion to be received, except, etc; motion to adjourn or lay on table, to be decided without debate.

RULE 35. When to be reduced to writing

RULE 36. When questions to be divided.

RULE 37. Certain, to preclude debate of main question.

Rule 38. Filling of blanks, question, how taken.

RULE 39. Reconsideration.

RULE 40. Concurrent resolutions.

Of Questions of Order.

RULE 41. Priority of business.

Rule 42. When reading of paper is called for and objected to, be decided without debate.

RULE 43. Senator called to order, to take his seat; when may proceed; words objected to, to be taken down in writing.

Rule 44. Divisions; when names to be entered alphabetically on minutes; senators to vote, unless excused.

Of Executive Session.

RULE 45. When president shall direct doors to be closed, etc.; secrecy to be observed.

RULE 46 Proceedings in, to be kept in separate journal.

RULE 47. Senate may go into, when deemed necessary; nominations in, how referred; when consent to appointment may be transmitted.

Miscellaneous Provisions

RULE 48. Who may be admitted within bar of senate.

RULE 49. When may take books from senate chamber; duty of librarian.

RULE 50 Sergeant-at-arms to place documents and bills on files; assistant sergeant-at-arms to see that mails are punctually delivered.

RULE 51. Alteration or rescission of rules.

RULE 52. Claims before, reported adversely upon, papers rela tive to, to remain on files of senate, unless, etc.

RULE 53. Proceedings in absence of quorum.

RULE 54. Resolutions for expenditure of moneys must be decided by a majority vote.

ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS,

APPORTIONED BY LEGISLATURE, CHAPTER 208. PASSED APRIL 23,

1879.

DISTRICT.

ALBANY COUNTY-FOUR DISTRICTS.

I. First, Second, Third and Fifteenth wards of the city of Albany, and towns of Berne, Bethlehem, Coeymans, Rensselaerville and Westerlo.

II.-Tenth, Eleventh, Fourteenth, Sixteenth and Seventeenth wards of the city of Albany, and towns of Guilderland, Knox and New Scotland.

III.-Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Twelfth and Thirteenth wards of the city of Albany, and southern district of Ninth ward.

IV.-Northern district of the Ninth ward of the city of Albany, the city of Cohoes and the town of Watervliet.

BROOME COUNTY-ONE DISTRICT.

CATTARAUGUS COUNTY-TWO DISTRICTS.

I.-Towns of Allegany, Ashford, Ellicottville, Farmers-
ville, Franklinville, Freedom, Hinsdale, Humphrey,
Ischua, Lyndon, Machias, Olean, Portville and York-
shire.
II. -Towns

of Carrollton, Conewango, Coldspring,
Dayton, East Otto, Great Valley, Leon, Little Valley,
Mansfield, Napoli, New Albion, Otto, Perrysburgh,
Persia, Randolph, South Valley, Salamanca and Red
House.

CAYUGA COUNTY -TWO DISTRICTS.
I.-Towns of Sterling, Victoria, Ira. Conquest, Cato,
Mentz, Brutus, Sennett, and the First, Second, Fifth,
Sixth and Tenth wards of the city of Auburn, and
towns of Throop and Montezuma.

II.-Towns of Aurelius, Owasco, Fleming, Ledyard, Spring
port, Scipio, Niles, Venice, Moravia, Sempronius, Ge-
noa, Locke, Summer Hill, and the Third, Fourth, Sev-
enth, Eighth and Ninth wards of the city of Auburn.

DISTRICT.

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY-TWO DISTRICTS.

I.-Busti, Chautauqua, Clymer, Ellery, French Creek,
Harmony, Mina, Portland, Ripley, Sherman, Stockton
and Westfield.

Il.-Towns of Arkwright, Carroll, Charlotte, Cherry
Creek, Dunkirk, Ellicott, Ellington, Gerry, Hanover,
Kiantone, Poland, Pomfret, Sheridan and Villenova.
CHEMUNG COUNTY-ONE DISTRICT.

CLINTON COUNTY-ONE DISTRICT.
COLUMBIA COUNTY - ONE DISTRICT.
CORTLAND COUNTY- -ONE DISTRICT.
DELAWARE COUNTY -ONE DISTRICT.

DUTCHESS COUNTY-TWO DISTRICTS.

I.-Towns of Amenia, Beekman, Dover, East Fishkill, Fishkill, La Grange, Northeast, Pawlings, Pine Plains, Stanford, Union Vale, Washington and Wappingers. II.-Towns of Clinton, Hyde Park, Milan, Pleasant Valley, Poughkeepsie, city of Poughkeepsie, Red Hook and Rhinebeck.

I. First, Second, Third, Eighth and Thirteenth wards of the city of Buffalo.

II.-Fourth, Fifth and Sixth wards of the city of Buffalo. III.-Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh wards of the city of Buffalo.

IV. Towns of Alden, Amherst, Chictawauga, Clarence,
Grand Island, Lancaster, Marilla, Newstead, Tona-
wanda, Wales and Twelfth ward of city of Buffalo.
V.-Towns of Aurora, Boston, Brandt, Colden, Collins,
Concord, East Hamburgh, Eden, Evans, Hamburgh,
Holland, North Collins, Sardinia, Elma and West
Seneca.

ESSEX COUNTY - ONE DISTRICT.