HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
Mr. WILLARD moved to take up the bill [H. R. 33], being the next bill in order, and on that motion demanded the previous question.
Mr. SPANN raised the point of order that it needs no motion, as the bill is in order without a motion.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. [Mr. Henry in the Chair] decided the bill [H. R. 33] to be the order of business-the Clerk had already commenced reading the bill-the motion is not in order.
page: 223[View Page 223]Mr. WILLARD took an appeal from this decision-which he subsequently withdrew.
Mr. BELL moved to proceed with the reading of the House bill 33 without the intervention of any other business, and demanded the previous question.
Mr. VAN VORHIS made an ineffectual motion-yeas, 17; nays, 24-to lay his motion on the table.
The demand for the previous question was seconded by the Senate.
The motion to proceed with the reading of the bill was agreed to-yeas, 24; nays 16.
Accordingly the Clerk proceeded to read the bill [H. R. 3[?]] to amend Section 1 of an act providing for a homestead exempting it from sale or execution, and having read the title only-
Mr. BUNDY moved that the Senate adjourn.
Mr. BELL made the point of order that the motion is not in order.
The PRESIDENT, pro tem. decided the point of order not well taken.
Mr. BELL appealed from the decision of the Chair, joined by Mr. Brown.
Mr. BUNDY made an ineffectual motion-yeas, 17; nays, 23-to lay the appeal on the table.
The question being shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the Senate-
Mr. BELL demanded the previous question.
Mr. YANCEY (before the Clerk commenced to call the roll) asked to be excused from voting.
Mr. BELL made the point of order that the demand having been made for the previous question, and stated by the Chair, no motion to be excused from voting is in order.
The PRESIDENT pro tem. sustained the point of order.
The Senate seconded the demand for the previous question by yeas, 23; nays, 15, and the main question ordered by yeas, 23; nays, 14.
The question recurring, Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the House? The decision of the Chair was not sustained by yeas, 15; nays, 23.
The Clerk proceeded with the first reading of the bill [H. R. 33]. When he had concluded-
