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66 not, attend the committee meetings, and his presence or absence should not affect the question of quorum.

62. The authority of a committee extends only so far as authorized by common parliamentary law, or as instructed by the assembly at the time of its appointment; therefore, when a committee is instructed it must follow instructions, and has authority only over the business referred to it. The committee may, however, be further instructed by the assembly while in the exercise of its duty as such committee. A committee may submit a part of its work to a sub-committee, but such sub-committee should report to the committee creating it, and not to the assembly, it cannot alter the text of such paper by amendment, addition or erasure. The original paper should be returned to the assembly intact, with the committee's amendments, if any,