64th. Upon bills committed to a co~ttee of the whole house, the bill shnll be first rend throughout by the clerk, and then again rend and debuted by clnuscs, leaving the preamble to be last considered_; the body of the bill shall not be defaced or interlined, but all amendments noting the pnge and line, shall be duly entered by the clerk on a separate paper, as the same shall be agreed to by the committee, and so reported to the house. After report, the bill shnll again be subject to be debated and amended by clauses, before a question to engross it be taken. G5th. All amendments made to an original motion in commit- tef:, shall be incorporated with the motion and so reported. l:i6th. All amendments made to a report committed to a com- mittee of the whole house, shall be noted and reported as in cases of bills. 67th. All questions, whether in a committee or in the house, shall be propounded in the order in which they were moved, ex- cept that in filliug up blanks, the largest sum and the longest time shall be first put. 68th. No motion or proposition for a tax or charge upon the people shall be discussed the day in which it is first made or offered, · nnd every such proposition shall receive its first discussion in a committee of the whole house. . 69th. No s11111 or quantum of tax or duty voted by a committee of the whole house, shall be increased in the house until the mo- tion or· proposition for such increase shall be first discussed and voted in n committee of the whole house, and so in respect to the time of its continuance. 70th. All i>roceedings, touching appropriations of money, shall first be discussed in a committee of the whole house. 71st. The rules of proceedings in the house shall be observed in a committee of the whole house, so far as they may be ap- plicable, except the rule limiting the time of speaking; but no member shall speak twice to any question, until every member choosing to speak shall have spoken. 72d. No standing rule or order of the house shall be rescinded or changed, without one day's notice being given of the motion thereror. Nor shall any rule be suspended except by a vote of at least two tl1irds of the members present. Nor shall the order of business, as established by the rules of the house, be postponed or changed, except by a vote of at least two thirds of the mem-· hers present. 73d. It shnll be in order for the committee on enrolled bills to report at nny time. 74th. No person shall be permitted to perform divine service in the chamber occupied by the Convention, unless with the consent of the President.
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