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MUNICIPAL LAW. 189
Imllot, of the iiiajcn-ity, liave tlieir paper included in the appendix as a part of tiie
alit}' of profeedinys of tlie eoniniittee.
nay ],c Reports of ecainnittees su1)niittiii<^ certain reconiMiciidations or oj)inions
nmittee to tht! House are concurred in In' motion, if adopted. If the recoinniemlatious
be put are a series of recommendations, each one is to l)e consirlci-ed by the House
by the separately, and disposed of as ma}' be deemed expedient.
When When a report tloes not contain any resolutions or recommendations
chair to the House, no further pr(jceedin<rs with reference to it are specially
puts to necessary.
Every report must be signed by the chairman. 1'he report is brou^dit
,1'e sup- up b}' tile chairman, and lies u]x)n the table to be dealt with as the House
ahvaj's may direct.
A report may be referred l)ack to a connnittee, either for further
consideration, or to amend it in certain respects as instructed. In such
case it is rejjular for a connnittee not only to modify its first report, but to
reverse its first decision.
No notice may be taken of the proceedinjjs of a committee until it has
reported to the House.
Papers before a committee, either, one that has been refcn-red to them
or one oriijinptinij with the co:imiittee, when they come to be considered,
they are first to be rea<l entirely through by the Clerk of tlie connnittee, if
there is one, otherwise by the chairman ; and then to be read through
again l)y paragraphs by the cliairman, pausing at the end of each para-
graph, and putting ([uestions for amending, either by .striking out or
in.serting, if propo.sed. This is the natiu'al order of proceeding in consid-
ering and amending any paper, and is to be strictly adhered to in the
a.s.send)ly ; but the same strictness does not seem necessary in a com-
mittee.
If the paper before a connnittee is one which has originated with the
connnittee, ipiestions are put on amendments proposed, but not on agreeing
to the several paragraplis of which it is com[)osed, separately, as they are
gone through with : this being reserved for the close, when a (juestion
is to l)e put on the whole, for agreeing to the paper, as amended, or
unamended.
If the paper be one which has been referred to the connnittee, they
proceed as in the other case to put (pU'stions of amendment, if proposed,
but no final ((uestion on the v.iiole. because all the pai'ts of the ""aper,
having been pa.ssed upon, if not adopted by the assembly as the basis of its
action, stand, of course, unless altered or struck out by a vote of the
assendiiy. And even if tl>e connnittee are opposed to the whole paper,
and are of opinion that it cannot be made gootl by amendments, they have
: they nuist report it back to the assembly without
no authoi'ity to reject it
amendments (speciiilly stating their ol>jections. if they think pro])er), and
there make their op[)osition as individual members, unless in those cases in
which tlie subject, as well as the form or details of a pajier, is referreil to
the committee. M
Jn the case of a paper originating willi .-i ((unniil ter. they mny erase
or interline it as much as they please: though, when tinally agreeil to, it
ought t(j be reported in a clear draft, fairly written, without erasure or
interlineation.