Joint Rules and Orders of the two Houses.

1. The following joint standing committees shall be appointed at the commencement of the session, viz. On the judiciary,

On education,

On banks and banking,

On incorporation of towns,
On division of towns,

On division of counties,

On state lands and state roads,

On indian affairs,

On agriculture,

On fisheries,

On manufactures,

On rail roads and bridges,

On interior waters,

On accounts,

On claims,

On the militia,

On military pensions,

On the insane hospital,
On the state prison,
On public buildings,
On the library.

And each of the said committees shall consist of three on the part of the senate, and seven on the part of the house. 2. Whenever a select committee shall be appointed by either house, and be joined by the other, it shall be the duty of the secretary of the senate, or clerk of the house, respectively, as the case may be, to transmit, one to the other, the names of the members so joined, in

order that they may be entered on the journal of both houses.

3. The enacting clause of every bill shall follow its title in these words, namely:

"Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Represen tatives in Legislature assembled, as follows:-"

And if any bill shall contain more than one section, the words "section 1," shall be inserted immediately after the enacting clause, and before the first part of the bill, and to each subsequent section shall be prefixed the words "section 2," or otherwise, as the case may be, in conformity with the style of the Revised Statutes. And if any bill shall be found not to conform to the requisitions of this rule, it shall be the duty of the committee on bills in the second reading, or of the secretary of the senate, or of the committee on bills in the third reading, or of the clerk of the house, to correct the same, without a proposition to either branch to amend.

4. All indorsements on papers, while on their passage between the two houses, shall be under the signature of the secretary of the senate, or clerk of the house, respectively; but bills and resolves on their final passage shall be signed by the presiding officer of each branch.

5. Every bill that shall have passed both houses to be enacted, and all resolutions, or resolves having the force of law, that shall have finally passed both houses, shall be presented by the secretary of the senate to the governor, for his approval; and the secretary of the senate, shall enter on the journal of the senate, the day on which such bills or resolutions are so presented to the governor.

6. No business shall be entered on in convention of both branches, except by unanimous consent, other than that which may be agreed on before the convention is formed.

7. When a bill or resolve shall be printed by order o either house, the name of the committee by whom sucl

bill or resolve was reported, or of the member by whom it was introduced, shall be stated on the printed copies.

8. Whenever the house shall order the printing of any document for the use of the legislature, the number of copies so ordered shall be not less than three hundred and fifty, and such order shall be immediately communicated to the senate. If the senate shall desire an additional number of copies, for the use of the senate, its order for that purpose shall be communicated to the house, and the clerk of the house shall without further order, or vote, procure such additional copies to be printed without any change of form, and delivered to the messenger of the senate.

The same course of proceedings shall be observed whenever an order to print for the use of the legislature shall be passed by the senate.

The copies printed for the use of the legislature shall be delivered to the messengers of the two houses, in the proportion of one fourth for the use of the senate, and three fourths for the use of the house, after reserving the usual number of copies for the departments and for binding.

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