By the House of Representatives, Gentlemen of the Senate : } We propose, with the concurrence of your Honorable Body, to proceed, on - inst., at 12, М., to the election of a United States Senator to supply the place of the Hon. -, whose time will expire on the 4th of March, 185-. We have nominated, on the part of this House, the Hon. و and the Hon. و 一, and appointed Hon. Teller, to join such gentleman as may be named by your Honorable Body, to count the ballots and report the Gentlemen of the House of Representatives : We have received your message, proposing to go into an election of United States Senator, on - inst., and concur therein. We nominate the following persons: the Hon. as We have appointed the Hon. Const. U. 8, and Sec. 11. § 1. Whenever any legislature is apprised of a s vacancy in the representation of its State in the p Senate of the United States, notice may be given for the members of each House to meet in the Hall of Representatives at a certain hour, usually 12 M., for the purpose of electing, on joint ballot, a Senator, or Senators, as the case may be, to represent the State in the Senate of the United States. § 2. Previous to the day of meeting, each House should appoint a teller, and nominate the candidates it prefers, and communicate to the other the names of the persons nominated.* At the hour of meeting, the President of the State Senate, and in his absence, the Speaker of the House, should preside. § 3. A candidate must have a majority of all the votes cast to be elected, hence it sometimes occurs that days elapse before any election is effected. Whenever any person receives a majority of all the votes cast, the presiding officer declares him elected to represent the State in the Senate of the United States, and announces the time for which he should serve. § 4. After the election it is usual for the presiding officer, in the presence of both Houses, to sign three certificates of election, attested by the tellers, one of which should be forwarded to the person elected, one to the President of the Senate of the U. S., and the other should be preserved among the archives of the court of the county in which the legislature sits, in addition to which the proceedings should be entered in full on the journals of both Houses. * The way of communication is usually by message. MANNER OF ENACTING LAWS.* § 1. Bills for raising money should originate in the House of Representatives; but those of every other kind may originate in either House. Bills, after being passed by one branch, may be rejected in the other by a majority of the votes present. § 2. When a bill may be vetoed by a Governor, it should become a law, if by being reconsidered, it is passed by two-thirds of the votes in both Houses. Const. U. S., Sec. 7, p 14. Const. U. S., p. 15. Joint Rls. § 3. Every bill, before it becomes a law, should 7, int be examined by a joint committee,† who should p. 108. carefully compare the enrolled with the engrossed bill, and see that the name of the House in which it originated is written on its back. § 4. It should also be examined and signed by both the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate. After which the committee should present it to the Executive for his signature. * See Bills 99, 100, and 101st page, and 161st to the 168th page. Also the 178th and 179th page. A Bill is a form or draft of a law presented to a legislature, but not enacted. Laws are frequently originated by petitions, the usual form of which is as follows: To the Legislature of To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of in General Assembly convened: The petition of the subscribers, citizens of county, respectfully showeth. [Here state the subject.] And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c. † Usually two members from each House. † And attested by the Secretary and Clerk. Object as semblies. NECESSITY OF METHOD. § 1. In associations of every kind, as well as in all legislative bodies, order, regularity, and form, are indispensable to the attainment of the greatest benefit, with the least expenditure. § 2. Every society and assembly should have prescribed land-marks, founded on reason and sanctioned by experience, in order to secure universal confidence, and effectually guard the rights of all. § 3. The object of meetings of every grade, should be to obtain a clear, full, and proper expression of opinion from all present. Hence, permanent and proper rules of order and constitutions should always form the bond of union and protection.* § 4. In this way can the wishes and the interest of the majority be best carried out, and at the same time the rights of the minority shielded from the abuses and excesses so apt to be exercised by the party in power. § 5. No printed form of a constitution for an association can be given, which, under every circumstance, will precisely suit its wants, without addition or restriction. § 6. But it is believed that the following outline, with slight additions, or alterations, will meet the general wants of all literary and debating societies. * In societies, and temporary or called meetings of every kind, the rights and privileges of all may be inviolably guarded by the uniform system of rules laid down in this book. A FORM FOR ESTABLISHING LITERARY SOCIETIES. CONSTITUTION. PREAMBLE. WE, the undersigned, do hereby adopt and agree to obey the following CONSTITUTION and the several BY-Laws that may be enacted in accordance with its provisions. ARTICLE I. Name and Object. [Here insert the name of the society; the object it is intended to accomplish; the means to be used; and the way in which its benefits will be realized.] ARTICLE II. § 1. The members of the society shall be active, corresponding, and honorary. § 2. Any person of good moral character may become an active member by signing the constitution and paying an admission fee of - cents. § 3. Persons of other towns may be elected corresponding members, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. § 4. Honorary members shall be admitted by a like vote of two-thirds. § 5. All members may participate in the discussions, but the privilege of voting and of eligibility to office, shall be confined to active members. |