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62 the hands of a committee it cannot be considered in the assembly, nor can any motion be adopted relating to the subject so referred excepting a motion to instruct the committee or to discharge it. [See page 79.] Before the committee has actually commenced its work, the vote on the motion to commit may be reconsidered, the same as any other vote.

Standing Committees. Committees appointed to take certain action or to consider and report upon certain subjects are called special or select committees, and as stated above exist until their duty is performed or they are discharged. There are also committees of a permanent nature appointed to take charge of certain departments of work. These are called standing committees. When a standing committee reports on work referred to it, it is automatically discharged from the further consideration of that subject but the committee continues to exist, its personnel, however, being changed by new elections or appointments as prescribed in the by-laws.

(1) When should a committee's report be made?

(2) Assume that a committee reports on a resolution referred to it: How does the committee's chairman introduce the report? What does the chairman of the assembly do if the report recommends the adoption of the resolution? What does he say it the report is adverse?

(3) The case as in No. 2: If the resolution had