New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-01-08

thirty days, all nominations pondlng anC
not fnaily acted upon at the time OF taxing
such adjournment or recess, shall be re-
turned to the Governor, aud shall not bt
afterward acted upon. unless again submit
ted to the Senate BY the Governor; and al
motions pending to reconsider a vote upon {
nomination shall fall On such adjournment o.
recese; and the Secretary OF the Senate
shall thereupon make out and furnish tt
the heads of departments, aud other officers
the list of nominations rejected or not con
frmed as required by law.
MATTERS CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRET.
Rule "a. All confidential communication
made by the executive OF the State to tht
Senate shall be by the members thereo
kept inviolably secret until the Senate take
of the injunction Of secrecy by resolution
SECRECY OF REMARKS ON NOMINATIONS.
Rule 45-All information or remarks con
corning the character Or qualifications O
any person nominated by the Governor tt
office shall be kept secret, but the fact tha
nomination has been made shall not bt
kept a secret.
CLEARING OF THE SENATE.
Rule as When acting upon confidential
or executive business, the Chamber shall
be cleared Of all persons except the Score
tsry of the Senate, the principal or execu
tive clerk, the Sergeant-at-Arms and door
keeper, the assistant doorkeeper. and such
other officers as the presiding officers shall
think necessary; and all such Omcers snail
be sworn to secrecy.
SEPARATE BOOKS TO DE KEPT.
Rule H.-The proceedings of the Senate
when they act in their executive capacity
shall be kept III separate aud distinc,
books.
EXECUTIVE PROCEEDINGS FURNISHED TO
THE GOVERNOR.
Rule 4S-NOmnaticn approved or def
nitely acted upon by the Senate shall not be
returned by the Secictary Of the Senate 10
the Governor until the expiration of the
time limited for making a motion to recon
slider the same, or while motion TO recon
slider is pending. unless otherwise ordered
by the Senate.
MESSAGES TO THE HOUSE oF REPRESENTA-
TIvES.
Rule 49.-Messages shall be sent to the
House OF Representatives by the Secretary
who shall previously indOrse the final deter
mination of the Senate upon bills and other
papers communicated.
MESSAGES INTRODUCED.
Rule 50.-Messages may be introduced in
any state of business, except while ques
ton is being put, while the yeas and nays
are being called. OF while the ballots are
being counted.
PERSONS ADMITTED on THE FLOOR.
Rule 5l-No person shall be admitted to
the floor of the Senate, while in session, ex-
cept as follows, viz: The officers of the
Senate, members of the House of Repre-
and their Clerk, the President OF
the United States and his private secretary,
the heads of departments, ministers Of the
United States and foreign ministers, ex-
Presidents and exVice Presidents of the
United States, ex-Senators and Senators
elect, judges of the Supreme, districr or par
ish courts. and Governors of States and Ter
ritories, or their private secretaries or mes
sengers.
OF THE SENATE WING OF THE
CAPITOL.
Rule 52-The presiding officer Of the SsI-
ate shall have the regulation and control of
such parts of the Capitol and its passage
as are or may be Set apart for the use of the
Senate and its officers.
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING CONFIDENCE OF
SENATE.
Rule 53-Any Senator or officer of the
Senate who shall disclose the secret or &C u
fidential business or proceedings of the
Senate shall be liable, ii Senator. to su:fer
expulsion from the body. and if an officer,
to dismissal from the service of the Senate
and 10 punishment for contempt.
OATHS OF OFFICE.
Rule 54.-Tne Oaths or affirmations pre-
scribed by the constitution shall be taken
and subscribed by every Senator in open
Senate before entering upon bis duties.
They shall also be taken and subscribed in
the same way by the Secretary of the Sen
ate: but the other officers of the Senate may
take and subscribe them n the office OF the
Secretary.
BUSINESS CONTINUED FROM SESSION TO sES-
SION.
Rule J5.-At the second, or any subse-
luent session of the General Assembly the
legislative business of the Senate which re
mains undetermined at the close of the next
preceding session of the Legislature shall be
resumed and proceeded with IN the same
manner as If no adjournment of the Sen ate
IA taken place: and all subjects referred to
committees, anu not reported upon at the
close of a session of the Senate, shall be re-
turned to the Office of the Secretary OF the
Senate, and be by him retained until the
next succeeding session of that General AS
,embly, when they shall be returned to the
several committees to which they had been
previously referred.
SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF RULES.
Rule 56.-No standing rule or order of
,he Senate shall be rescnded or changed
without one day. notice being given of the
motion therefor; nor shall any rule be sus-
pended except by yo.e of twc-thirds of
the members present.
DUlIEs OF THE SECRETARY.
Rule 57-All questions OF order shsil be
noted by the Secretary with the decision.
md put together at the end OF the Journal
If every session.
In case any clerk, Sergeant.at, Arms, or
of the Senate shall fail to per-
orm bis duty, the Secretary shall make
'eport thereof without delay.
The Secretary shall read the journal
laiiy, from the sheet on which he takes his
minutes, and after being SO read and cor
'ec;ed, and not before, the said minutes
shall be examined by the President,
md, if necessary, corrected and
amended. under the sanction of the
senate, and copies furnished to the printer,
by the signature OF the Sac
'etary.
The Secretary ehall consider himself re-
'ponsible to the Senate for the accuracy of
be journal.
DUTIES OF SERGEANT-AT-ARMS.
Rule 5S-It ehall be the duty of the Ser
to attend the Senate during
is sittinge, to execute the commands of the
senate frcm time to time, together with all
such process, Issued by the authority there
If, as shall be directed to him by the Presi-
lent.
1t shall be the duty of the doorkeeper to
Keep the door of the lobby, to announce
nessae es, and perform such other duties as
The members may require.
Rule 59.-That the Sergeant-at-Arms be
directed to keep the doors of the Senate
closed on Sunday to all persons
except persons who are entitled under the
ty-fourth rule of the Senate, and that he
be directed to call on any officer of the