RULES

OF THE

ASSEMBLY OF STATE OF NEW YORK.

ADOPTED JANUARY 3, 1900, AS AMENDED TO JANUARY 1, 1905.

Powers and Duties of Speaker.

1. To take the chair, call to order, and, if a quorum be present, proceed to business.

2. To preserve order, decide questions of order subject to appeal, appoint committees, except where otherwise ordered, substitute any member to perform duties of Chair, and designate reporters. Not required to vote except where his vote would be decisive. In case of disturbance may order galleries and lobly cleared. Ex-officio member and chairman Committee on Rules.

Sergeant-at-Arms.

3. Shall enforce rules subject to direction of Speaker.

Stenographer.

4. Duties of

Order of Business.

5. Reading and correction of Journal; general order of business; not to be departed from, except, etc.; orders of the day specified; order of business after regular orders of any day concluded; orders of the day not finished, acted upon next day.

6. How introduced.

Of Bills.

7. Every bill to be printed and placed on files.

8. Private, how introduced.

9. Title of bill must indicate purpose of proposed law; subject of private or local bill must be expressed in title; bills amending Codes, Greater New York charter, chapter of Revised General Laws or other act having short title shall quote descriptive name of the Code and may quote the short title of law and except private or local bills must contain brief reference to subject-matter of amendment; title of bill proposing amendment to other existing law must contain number of chapter of statute to be amended and year enacted with brief reference to subject-matter of proposed amendment; amendatory act must state in first section, if Code amendment, descriptive name and section of Code; if Greater New York charter, section of same as re-enacted by chapter 466, Laws 1901; if other law, section and chapter with year of enactment and title of original law and chapter and year of all amendatory acts; in amendatory acts, when printed. new matter must be underscored, matter to be omitted bracketed; power of Speaker to cause bill to be reprinted.

10. From Senate, with accompanying documents, to be referred.

11. After first reading, to be referred to committee; committee may report with or without amendment or adversely; proceedings after report.

12. Bills on second reading subject to debate before ordered to third reading to be considered section by section; time allowed in debate.

13. To receive three separate readings. 14. Petitions,

sented.

memorials

and remonstrances, how pre

Of Resolutions.

15. Certain, to lie over one day.

16. Referring to printing extra copies, etc., to be referred to Committee on Public Printing.

17. Calling for or leading to expenditures, to be referred.

Committees and their Duties.

18. Standing committees, list of, to be appointed.

19. On Revision; duties; all bills shall be so referred prior to third reading.

20. Reports of committees; what must contain.

21. Committees shall make final reports on all matters on or before April fifth; no bills introduced after that date except messages from Senate.