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§ 56 report is not binding upon either body until agreed to by all the bodies.

56. In small assemblies, especially those in which but little business is transacted, there is not much use for standing committees; but in large or legislative assemblies, or in permanent organizations which have to deal with important and difficult questions, committees are of the utmost importance in saving time, also in preventing hasty or unwise action.

In nine cases out of ten when such committees are properly selected their action or recommendations as embodied in their reports decides that of the assembly. It is the work of such committees to prepare matters to be acted upon, to digest and put into proper form for the action of the assembly all matters relating to the subject of which they are in control, and to report their recommendations to the assembly for its modification, adoption or rejection. The assembly acts only on the report of the committee (63).