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Tenth District-William N. Stevens.

Eleventh District-J. H. Gayle.

Twelfth District-William D. Quesenberry.
Thirteenth District-William C. Nunn.
Fourteenth District-George W. Ward.
Fifteenth District-Mann Spitler.

Sixteenth District-Alexander B. Cochran.
Seventeenth District-James W. Marshall.
Eighteenth District-John Dickenson.
Nineteenth District-Henry C. Slemp.
Twentieth District-H. C. Wood.
Twenty-first District-Lawson Eastham.
Twenty-second District-Charles Herndon.
Twenty-third District-Robert S. Beazley.
Twenty-fourth District-Edgar Allan.
Twenty-fifth District-Charles T. Smith.
Twenty-sixth District-William T. Clark.
Twenty-seventh District-William R. Terry..
Twenty-eighth District-John M. Dawson.
Twenty-ninth District-John Critcher.
Thirtieth District-Albert P. Lathrop.
Thirty-first District-Samuel F. Maddox.
Thirty-second District-John W. Lawson.
Thirty-third District-Charles B. Duffield.
Thirty-fourth District-Benjamin F. Bland.
Thirty-fifth District-Louis C. H. Finney.
Thirty-sixth District-Samuel H. Moffett.
Thirty-seventh District-John L. Eubank.
Thirty-eighth District-John E. Penn.
Thirty-ninth District-Samuel H. Newberry.
Fortieth District-James S. Greever.

The following senators, viz: Messrs. Gayle, Spitler, Dickenson, Marshall, Hairston, Wood, Elliott, Grimsley, Cochran, Johnson, Hinton, Nunn, Hurt, Sinclair, Ward, Claughton, Wortham, Quesenberry, Tanner, Daniel, Powell, and Stevens, (having previously filed in the office of the clerk of the Senate certificates of their election,) came forward, and the President of the Senate administered to each of them the oath required by law, and they took their seats.

The President announced that the next business in order was the election of clerk of the Senate-whereupon,

Mr. Quesenberry nominated for that office, Shelton C. Davis; and there being no other nomination, the roll was called, with the following result:

For Shelton C. Davis,

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The senators who voted for Mr. Davis are-Messrs. Allan, Beazley, Bland, Claughton, Cochran, Dickenson, Duffield, Eastham,

Elliott, Eubank, Finney, Gayle, Greever, Grimsley, Hairston, Hinton, Hurt, Johnson, Lathrop, Lawson, Maddox, Marshall, Moffett, Newberry, Nunn, Powell, Quesenberry, Sinclair, Smith, Spitler, Stevens, Tanner, Terry, Ward, Wood, and Wortham-35.

Shelton C. Davis having received all the votes cast, was declared duly elected clerk of the Senate.

The Senate proceeded to the election of a sergeant-at-arms-when, Mr. Quesenberry nominated for that office, Wm. Wirt Harrison. There being no other nomination, the roll was called, with the following result:

For Wm. Wirt Harrison,

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The senators who voted for Mr. Harrison are-Messrs. Allan, Beazley, Bland, Claughton, Cochran, Dickenson, Duffield, Eastham, Elliott, Eubank, Finney, Gayle, Greever, Hairston, Hinton, Hurt, Johnson, Lathrop, Lawson, Marshall, Moffett, Newberry, Nunn, Quesenberry, Sinclair, Smith, Spitler, Tanner, Ward, Wood, and Wortham-31.

Wm. Wirt Harrison having received all the votes cast, was declared duly elected sergeant-at-arms of the Senate.

The Senate then proceeded to the election of a doorkeeper of the Senate-when,

Mr. Sinclair nominated for that office, John W. Minor.

There being no other nomination, the roll was called, with the following result:

For John W. Minor,

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The senators who voted for Mr. Minor are-Messrs. Allan, Beazley, Bland, Claughton, Cochran, Dickenson, Duffield, Eastham, Elliott, Eubank, Finney, Gayle, Greever, Hairston, Hinton, Hurt, Johnson, Lathrop, Lawson, Marshall, Moffett, Newberry, Nunn, Powell, Quesenberry, Sinclair, Smith, Spitler, Tanner, Ward, Wood, and Wortham-32.

John W. Minor having received all the votes cast, was declared duly elected doorkeeper of the Senate.

On motion of Mr. Bland, the Senate then proceeded to the election of a President pro tempore of the Senate.

Mr. Cochran placed in nomination for that office, Senator Wm. D. Quesenberry.

There being no other nomination, the roll was called, with the following result:

For Mr. Quesenberry,

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The senators who voted for Mr. Quesenberry are-Messrs. Allan, Beazley, Bland, Claughton, Cochran, Daniel, Dickenson, Duffield, Eastham Elliott, Eubank, Finney, Gayle, Greever, Grimsley, Hairston, Hinton, Hurt, Johnson, Lathrop, Lawson, Maddox, Marshall, Moffett, Newberry, Nunn, Powell, Sinclair, Smith, Spitler, Tanner, Ward, Wood, and Wortham-34.

Mr. Quesenberry having received all the votes cast, was declared duly elected President pro tempore of the Senate.

Mr. Bland offered the following resolution:

Resolved, That the rules of the last session be adopted for the government of this body.

The question being on the adoption of the resolution,

Mr. Smith moved to amend the rules by inserting between sections X and XI of rule 29, the following:

"A committee on agriculture, mining, and manufacturing, to consist of not less than five nor more than nine senators."

The question on the adoption of the amendment being put, was determined in the affirmative.

On motions of Mr. Smith, the following consequential amendments were agreed to:

Insert after rule 40, the words "To the committee on agriculture, mining, and manufacturing shall be referred all bills, resolutions, and petitions concerning agriculture, mining, manufacturing, commerce, and mechanic arts."

Amend rule 38 by striking out the words "agriculture, manufactures, trade, commerce, and mechanic arts."

The rules of last session, as amended, were adopted for the government of the Senate.

The rules are as follow:

1. No member shall absent himself from the service of the Senate unless he is sick or unable to attend.

2. When any member is about to speak in debate, or deliver any matter to the Senate, he shall rise from his seat, and without advancing, with due respect, address "Mr. PRESIDENT," confining himself strictly to the point in debate, and avoiding all disrespectful language.

3. No member shall speak more than twice on the same subject, without leave of the Senate; nor more than once, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken.

4. A question being once determined, must stand as the judgment of the Senate, and cannot, during the same session, be drawn again into debate. No motion to suspend the rule for the purpose of reconsidering a bill which has been lost for want of a constitutional majority, shall be entertained, unless it be made by a senator voting with the minority provided, however, that when any question is decided in the negative simply for the want of a majority of the whole Senate, any senator who was absent from the city of Richmond, or detained from his seat by sickness at the time of the vote sought to be reconsidered, may move its reconsideration.

5. While the President is reporting or putting any question, or the clerk is reporting a bill or calling the roll, or a senator is addressing the Chair, strict order shall be observed.

6. Every senator present, when any question is put or vote taken, shall vote or be counted as voting on one side or the other; but no senator shall vote on a question in the event of which he is immediately or personally interested.

7. Every question shall be first put in the affirmative, and then in the negative, and the President shall declare whether the yeas or nays have it; which declaration shall stand as the judgment of the Senate, unless a senator call for a division, in which event the President shall divide the Senate.

8. A motion for a second reading, and a motion for committing the bill, may be submitted at the same time; but the question upon these motions shall be put separately, if required by any senator.

9. Any senator may call for a division of the question, which shall be divided if it comprehend propositions so distinct in substance that one being taken away, a substantive proposition shall remain for the decision of the Senate; and a motion to strike out being lost, shall preclude neither amendment, nor a motion to insert, nor a motion to strike out and insert.

10. The clerk of the Senate shall not suffer any records or papers to be taken from the table or out of his custody by any person except a chairman of a committee, but he may deliver any bill or papers, directed to be printed, to the printer of the Senate, or to any senator, on taking his receipt for the same.

11. A majority of senators shall be necessary to proceed to business; five may adjourn, and nine may order a call of the Senate, send for ab sentees, and make any order for their censure or discharge. On a call of the Senate the doors shall not be closed against any senator until his name shall have been once enrolled.

12. When the Senate adjourns each day every senator shall keep his seat until the President leaves his seat.

13. The Journal of the Senate shall be daily drawn up by the clerk, and after being examined by the President, shall be read the succeeding day; it shall be printed under the supervision of the clerk, and delivered to the senators without delay.

14. If any question be put upon a bill or resolution, the President shall state the same without argument.

15. No question shall be debated until it has been propounded by the President, and then the mover shall have a right to explain his views in preference to any other senator.

16. When the President is putting a question, any senator who has not spoken before to the matter, may speak to the question before the negative is put.

17. During any debate any senator, though he has spoken to the matter, may rise and speak to the orders of the Senate, if they be transgressed, in case the President do not; but if the President stand up at any time he is first to be heard, and while he is up senators must keep their seats.

18. When a bill or resolution of the House of Delegates is passed or rejected by the Senate, it shall remain under the control of the Senate for the space of two days, and the fact of the passage or rejection, with the bill or resolution, shall then be communicated to the House of Delegates, unless otherwise ordered.

19. All bills or other business originating in the Senate shall be dispatched in the order in which they are introduced, and all bills and resolutions sent from the House of Delegates shall be dispatched in the order in which they are sent, unless in either case the Senate direct otherwise.

20. All bills originating in the Senate shall be read on three separate days, and in case they be of a general nature, they shall be printed after their first reading.

21. Bills and resolutions originating in the House of Delegates, and not requiring immediate action, shall be read the first and second times when received, and referred to their appropriate committees, unless the Senate direct otherwise.

22. A bill presented by a senator, by leave of the Senate, may be committed before its first reading; but no bill reported from a committee of the Senate shall be recommitted or amended until it has been twice read, nor shall any bill be amended after its third reading, except by the unanimous consent of the Senate.

23. Joint resolutions originating in the Senate shall lie on the table one day at least, unless otherwise ordered.

24. The yeas and nays on any question shall, at the desire of five senators, be entered on the Journal, and any senator may enter a protest on the Journal upon the determination of any question. After the yeas and nays shall have been taken, and before they are counted or entered on the Journal, the clerk shall read over the names of those who voted in the affirmative and of those who voted in the negative, at which time any senator shall have the right to correct any mistake committed in enrolling his name.

25. Upon a motion for the pending question, seconded by a majority of senators present, indicated by rising, or by a recorded vote, the President shall immediately put the pending question, and all incidental questions of order arising after a motion for the pending question is made, and pending such motion, shall be decided, whether on appeal or otherwise, without debate.

26. Upon a motion for the previous question, seconded by a majority of senators present, indicated by rising, or by a recorded vote, the President shall immediately put the question, first upon amendments in the order prescribed in the rules, and then upon the main question. If the previous question be not ordered, debate may continue as if the motion had not been made.

27. When a question is pending, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, for the pending question, for the previous question, to lie on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to adjourn the question to a different day, to commit, or amend; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged.

28. If words be spoken in debate that give offence, exceptions thereto shall be taken the same day, and be stated in writing; and in such case, if the words be decided by the President or by the Senate, upon an appeal, to be offensive, and they be not explained or retracted by the senator who uttered them, he shall be subject to such action as the Senate shall deem necessary.

29. At the commencement of cach session, the following committees shall be appointed:

I. A committee of privileges and elections, to consist of not less than

five nor more than nine senators.

II. A committee for courts of justice, to consist of not less than seven nor more than nine senators.

III. A committee on general laws, to consist of not less than five nor more than nine senators.

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