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156 '', or at the call of the chair. If business is being transacted when the committee returns, the business may be completed or laid on the table, and the president proceeds:''] Is the committee prepared to report?

Mr. President, your committee nominates Messrs. E, F, G, and H for alternates.

The committee reports the following as nominees for alternates to the State Convention: Messrs. E, F, G, and H. Are there other nominations?

I move to accept the committee's report.

The motion is out of order. The committee was appointed to make certain nominations which it has done. Its nominations are treated the same as nominations from the floor.

But, Mr. President, it is certainly in order to accept a committee's report.

When a committee reports a nomination, or a resolution, or an amendment, or recommends the adoption of any other motion, it is treated as if the nomination, or resolution, etc., were proposed by a member. If a committee or a member submits, or proposes, a resolution, an amendment, or any other motion, the assembly adopts, accepts, or agrees to, or rejects the proposition. If a committee or a member makes a nomination, this is also treated exactly alike in both cases. Are there any further nominations?

I nominate Mr. J.