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graphed and circulated to the senators 50 that we know
that the following day such and such a bill will comelup
for consideration and final passage They shall be listed IN
the order i, 2, 3, as they come out from Committee except
as modified by the Rules Committee or a majority vote OF
q the members Of the Legislature
g Now we hear people standing on our floor talking
about parliamentary procedure. I'm talking about the
IS English language. Modify" merely means that the major
ity has the power to say, well, gentlemen. we have an ur-
gent bill before us to build a dock in Saint John, or, there
is something that is not controversial, so we could give
e priority to such and such a bill. The majority can then list
Number Four as Number One for consideration the next
i day on the Daily File. That's all that Rule XIII says. That
4 is no great amount Of power that is given to the Chair.
j Now, leach section shall be open to amendment as
: read." Yesterday these bills came up. No motion was made
e Of any knd-objecticns were raised but no motion was
i made by the majority to waive the rules. The bills were
not even read in formal session. And it is required that
when the bills come up for final passage you must go down
8 section by section. Section SO and SO, are there any objec-
tions2 Hearing none, we move on to section SO and so and
I we go right on until finally the bill is in excellent shape
IL members have now perused this legislation and they
! know what they are voting on. Okay!
. AL bills and resolutions shall be engrossed before
final action is taken Before final action is taken. / know
that this is not too pleasant to you, Mr.. Chairman, but I
hope you will bear with me. All bills and resolutions
e shall be engrossed before final actioni is taken Now this
Z is part Of Rule XIII that you have been quoting. This is
y section 4, Mr.. Chairman Of Rule XIII. Why don't YOU
quote us that section?
"Engrossment shall consist Now for the ediica-
ton Of those who don't know what "engrossnent' means.
"Engrossment shall consist Of comparing the mineo-
: graphed bill with the original bill introduced and any
: amendments adopted to ascertain that it is correct. When
: a bill is reported correctly engrossed it shall be substitute
ed on the file for the original BILL Now, we are set to go!
There is no question the bill is ready for passage. You
! ! put it on the Daily File then the next day, when we come
into formal session, we start going down our list Of bust
ness. We have a Roll Call, Call for the correction and ap-
& proval Of the Journal; Messages from the Governor; Privi-
] leges of the Floor; Communications and Petitions; Unfn-
: ished Business; Reports Of Standing Committees; Reports
: : Of Select Committees; Motions, Resolutions and Notices;
! ! Introduction & First Reading Of Bills by Title-which is
something that is always taken out Of place, reference of
Bills to Committees; Bills on Final Reading!
n. And those bills on Final Reading are before every
t member with all amendments and they are listed so that
e we know as soon as we come in here-we know exactly
what we're going to consider. Then, after bills on Final
s. Reading, you find Special Orders; you find Consideration
: Of Daily File. That's when you take up those bills that
8 have been reported out of committee. And. YOU say pen