The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-26

Ordinances Hon Written.
RULE 8S.LOrdnanees, resolutions reports
and other papers presented to the Conven-
ton shall be legbly and fairly written,
otherwise the President may refuse them.
qtro Reodinas Before Amendments.
RULE 3D.-No ordinance shall be amended
or committed until IL has been twice read.
Yeas and Mugs on Final Ihssage.
RULE The yeas and nays on the final
passage Of any ordinance or proposition to
become provision In the new constitution
shall be taken and recorded, and no ordinance
shall be passed unless majority Of all the
members elected TO the Convention are re-
corded as voting In the affirmative.
ORDER or BUSINESS ron THE DAY.
Roll Gun.
RULE H.--1he roll Of members shall first
be called, and q quorum answering. the jour
nal shall DO read and disposed Of after which
the President shall ask II there be any petit
tions memorials OF resolutions to be pre-
scented.
fHH Of G6hmdteea.
The petitions. memorials and resolutions
having been presented and disposed OF, re-
ports from committees shall DO called for and
disposed Of, Ill doing which the Preslde0t
shall call upon each standing EommiH IN
regular order, and then upon tfIact ckrpthit-
toes: and Ii the PRESIDENT slkll ~ get
through the call upon the coInzieses before
the Con vention passes To otheRbusiness he
shall resume the next call where he left of,
giving preference To the report last under
consideration; prorided, that whenever any
committees shall have occupied the morning
hours On two days. 1t shall not DO IN order for
such committee To report further until the
other committees shall have been called In
their turn; prouidcd. further, that II shall not
occupy more than one hour each day after the
meeting Of the Convention.
Notices of Bills.
Ordinances and propositions to become
provisions Of the new constitution shall then
Dc presented by members, after which the
President shall dispose Of the messages, com
municatIons and bills On the table, and then
proceed To call the order of the day. which
shall always be taken up not more than one
hour after roll call.
RernlIr Order.
RULE 42,---All questions relative to the
priority Of the business 10 be acted upon shall
be decided without debate, but no motion 10
call Up matter out Ut lts regular order shall
be allowed, unless by unanimous consent Of
the members present.
Unfinished Baainesa.
Tho unfinished business In which the Con
ventlon was engaged at the time Of the last
adjournment shall have the preference In tho
order or the day; and no motion, Or anyother
business, shall DO received without special
leave Of the Convention until the former ID
disposed Of.
order Or ire Dan.
The order Of the day shall be-:
/. The unfinished business In which the
Convention was engaged ut its last adjourn
ment. g.,
D. Special orders 81 thh day.
3. Ordinances and resolutions In the order
tn which they have been presented 10 the
Convention.
Special Orders.
RULE 43--No motion. ordinance on resolu-
ton or other subject shall be made a special
order for q particular day and hour without
the consent OF two-thirds Of the members
present.
When two or more subjects shall have been
assigned for the same hour. the subject first
assigned fur that hour shall take precedence;
but special orders shall always have prece-
dence Of general orders, unless such special
order shall be postponed by direction OF the
Convention.
Petitions and Memorials -Ho,c Presented.
RULE 44.--Petittons. memorials and other
papers addressed to the Convention shall
be presented by the President, or by q
member la hts place. A brief statement Of
the contents thereof shall be made verbally
by the member introducing the same. They
shall be Endorsed with the name of the men,
bers presenting them the date Of presenta-
ton, and words indicating. the nature Of the
subject matter.
Absences
RULE 45.--Any ten members, after the or
ganization Of the Convention, are authorized
To compel the attendance OF absent members
Roll Cdtt-Hoar Nude,
RULE 46.-Upon calls Of the Convention.
and in taking the yeas ard nays On any ques-
Priority Questions Of.
RULE F.--All questions relating to the pri-
GRITTY Of business shall be decided without de-
bate.
Journal Hon 10 be Kept
RULE 4s.-The proceedings Of the Conven-
tion shall be entered on the journal as con-
cisely as possible, care being taken to detail
a true and accurate account Of the proceed
ings; but every vote of the Convention shall
be entered on the journal, and brief state
ment of the contents Of each petition, memo
rial or paper presented to the Convention
shall also be inserted in the Journal. The
titles of ordinances and resolutions, and such
parts thereof only as shall be affected by pro-
posed amendments, shall be inserted in the
journal, unless otherwise ordered by the
Convention.
Notion for Arrays IN Order. |
RULE 49-A motion to adjourn and mo-
ton to fix the day to which the Convention
shall adjourn shall always be In order, except
when the main question is ordered. These
motions and the motion to lie on the table
shall be decided without debate.