The Chairman then retires as before, after reporting on the three bills referred.

The Clerk makes a note of every amendment made to bills in Committee of the Whole, and the Chairman has no further responsibility in the matter after the bill has been reported to the House.

If the bill is not gone through with at the first sitting of the Committee of the Whole, it is customary for the same Chairman to officiate at each sitting of the committee until it is finally disposed of; but this is at the discretion of the Speaker.

The same rules of order are applicable in Committee of the Whole as in the ordinary proceedings of the House, except that there is no limit to the speaking (provided the debate be confined to the question), unless a resolution is adopted by the House expressly limiting debate. Neither can the yeas and nays be called, and the previous question cannot be moved.

After a bill has been considered by sections, a motion is in order to strike out the enacting clause. If it prevail, the report of the Chairman is thus:

Mr. Speaker:

The Speaker responds:

Mr. Chairman:

The Chairman proceeds:

The Committee of the Whole have had under consideration the bill entitled (here recite the title), have stricken out the enacting clause, and have directed their Chairman to report that fact to the House, and to recommend its concurrence therein.

A motion to strike out the enacting clause is not in order until the bill has been gone through, for the obvious reason that the House ought first to try to perfect before they destroy the bill. For the same reason, a motion to amend

a section takes precedence of a motion to strike out. If while a motion is pending to strike out the enacting clause, a motion is made to amend a certain part of the bill, the question on the latter motion takes precedence of the former.

If, at any time, while the House is in Committee of the Whole, the point is raised that there is no quorum present, the Chairman directs the Clerk to ascertain that fact by count. If it appears that there is not a quorum, the Speaker immediately resumes the chair and the Chairman reports thus:

Mr. Speaker:

The Speaker responds:
Mr. Chairman:

The Chairman proceeds:

The Committee of the Whole have had under consideration the bill entitled (here recite the title), and after proceeding some time in the consideration thereof, find that there is no quorum present; that fact I herewith report to the House.

The Speaker then directs a call of the roll. If, on such roll call, a quorum be found to be present, the Speaker calls to the Chairman to resume his place, and the business of the committee is resumed at the point where it left off without a quorum.

If, during the session of the committee, disturbance arise on the floor, or the Chairman finds it impossible to maintain order, he vacates the chair upon the approach of the Speaker, who

takes it for the purpose of enforcing order. When order has been restored, the Chairman resumes his seat, and the business of the committee proceeds.

A motion that the committee report progress is in order at any stage of the proceedings in Committee of the Whole, being equivalent to the motion to adjourn in the House; but a motion to rise and report the bill to the House is not in order till the whole process of consideration in Committee of the Whole has been gone through. If a bill which has been amended in Committee of the Whole, and then progressed, is ordered to a third reading by the House, the amendments fall to the ground, and the bill goes to a third reading in the same shape in which it went to the Committee of the Whole. The report of "progress" does not include any amendments, and it is only on the report that the bill "has been gone through" that the amendments are brought before the House. When the question of agreeing with the report on a bill which has been fully considered in Committee of the Whole is before the Ilouse it is subject to division, so that each amendment may be separately voted on if called for by any member; or any amendment may be excepted for a separate vote, and the vote on all the rest may be taken collectively, if desired.

FORMS OF INDORSEMENTS AND REPORTS. All papers presented by a member are required by the rules to be properly indorsed.

If the paper is a petition, it must be indorsed legibly on the back, with a brief statement of the contents, together with the name of the member presenting the same, as for example:

Petition of John Smith of Kingston, Ulster county, praying for a change of name.

Mr. JONES.

If it be a resolution, it will only be necessary to add, on the upper or lower margin, the name of the mover, thus:

Resolved, hat when this House adjourns to-day, it adjourn to meet at eleven o'clock A. M., on Monday next. Mr. JOHNSON.

Reports of a standing or select committee on a petition or bill referred to it may be made according to the following forms:

FORM OF A REPORT ON A PETITION, WITH A BILL.

Mr. -

from the Standing (or Select) Committee on (or, if Select, consisting of Messrs. -), to which was referred the petition (or petitions) of praying for (here recite briefly the prayer of petitioner), reports by bill entitled An act, etc. (here insert title of the bill).

FORM OF ADVERSE REPORT ON A PETITION.

Mr.

from the Standing (or Select) Committee on (or, if Select, consisting of Messrs. -), to which was referred the petition (or petitions) of

praying for (here recite the prayer of the petitioner), reports adversely thereto.

FORM OF FAVORABLE REPORT ON BILL

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE.

Mr. from the Standing (or Select) Committee on (or, if Select, consisting of Messrs. -), to which was referred the bill entitled An act, etc. (here insert the title), reports in favor of the passage of the same (with or without amendment, as the case may be).

When the conclusion is unfavorable, the form of the latter portion of the report is changed accordingly.

In cases where a committee has power to report a bill complete (that is, ready for a third reading), the form of the report is as follows: FORM OF REPORT ON A BILL REFERRED WITH POWER TO REPORT COMPLETE.

Mr.

from the Standing (or Select) Committee on (or, if Select, consisting of Messrs. -), to which was referred the bill entitled An act, etc. (here insert the title), with power to report complete, reports the same complete (with or without amendment, as the case may be).

Where a resolution is referred to a committee, as, for instance, resolutions to print extra copies, to the Committee on Public Printing, or to incur certain expenses, to the Committee on Expendi