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the engrossed bill is filed by the Chief Clerk; the enrolled bill is then
endorsed by the Chief Clerk as having originated in the Assemty, (ror Lhe
information of the Governor, in case he vetoes it,) then it is signed Dy
the
Speaker, and sent by the Chief Clerk to the Pres'dent of the Senate, desiring
the signature of the President of the Senate thereto. The Committee on
Enrolled Bills of the two Houses, acting jointly, then present the bill,
duly
signed, to the Governor, for his approval, and report that fact to the House.
The Governor, if he approves the bill, informs the Hlouse in which it origin-
ated, of the fact, and that he has deposited it with the Secretary of State.
  This is the ordinary process of a bill through ,all its stages until it
becomes
a law. A bill of great interest or importance, or one which is warmly con
tested, may, by reason of majority and minority reports, special orders,
recommitment, amendments, substitutes, committees of conference, and
various other parliamentary appliances, pass through a vast variety of stages
not before enumerated.
  Senate bills coming into the Assembly, after passing the Senate, are read
twice by title, (unless they appropriate money, when they must be read at
length), and then referred to the appropriate committee.
  After consideration in Committee of the Whole, the recommendation of the
Committee is acted upon in the Assembly-the question being afto: recom-
mendations are disposed of,
  "Shall this bill be ordered to a third reading?"
  If it is decided affirmatively, thie bill passes into the order of "bills
on
third reading," and when reached in that order, the questiion is,
  "Shall this bill be concurred int?"
  If concurred in, the bill is returned to the Senate, with the messege informA
  ing it of that fact.
  If it is desired to hasten the passage of the bill, it is done bVmc'ion
as fLl-
  lows:
  "I move to suspend all rules which will interfere with the imnmediate
pass-
  age of bill No. - , Assembly, entitled 'a bill to-.''
  If this motion prevails, which requires an aflirmativc vote of two-thirds
of
  the members present, the qt,cstion will be put oc. the passage of the bill
and
  if passed, it will go at once to the Senate.

                       Committee of the Whole.*

  The Committee of the Whole is an expedient to simplify the business of
  legislative bodies. No record is made of its proceedings, and it has no
officers except of its own creation, for temporary purposes. It is hiablo
to
i"stant dissolation, in case of disorder, when the Speaker takes the
Chair to
suppress it, in case of lack of quoram, when the Speaker takes the Chair
for a Call of the IHouse or an adjournment, and in case of a message from
the
Senate or Governor, when the Speaker takes the chair to rece~ve it.
            The Senate does no business in Committee of the Wl.ole.