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isider the business

rly present
ssembly.
laid on the
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tended as to entirely
tion, and thus passed,
:ther name, introduce
ie principles, indirect-
secure for the propo-

Subsequent events may so change the
of an assembly as to induce them to vote
tion that they have before rejected.

The Disposal of Questions.
ions and quetions while nearly synonymous in parlia-
.ry usage, are somewhat different in meaning. To move
* act be passed, is termed a motion. The subject, how,
o be acted upon, is called a question. The action of the
bly is termed a resolution or vote. The motion being pet,
Le question adopted by a vote of the assembly, the deci-
then known as an ordinance, order, law, statute, resolu-
'tc.. according to the character of the meeting.
move the previous question by moving that the question
v put, if carried in the affirmative, causes the question to
t immediately, and is thus at once disposed of without
r debate. If decided in the negative, the question was
fly disposed of for the session. At the present time, it
es of the question for the day only.. In some parliament-
dies, according to the standing rules, the debate goes on.
effect of securing a postponement of a question with-
te,, is to suppress the motion entirely. If postponed to
Ln day, it can be taken up on that day, or as soon as the
ss of that day is completed.
PUTTING THE QUESTION.
putting a question to the assembly, after it has been care-
onsidered, altered, amended, etc., as the case may be,
esiding officer should ask if the assembly is ready for
tstion ? If no further sug_gestions are offered by the

Referring to a Committee.
If it be thought best to refer a question to a committee, it is
done on motion. Such reference to a committee is termed a
"commitment" of the question. If to a special committee,
the chair may name such committee, or they may, upon request
of the presiding officer, be appointed by the meeting, Fre-
quently, the person moving that the question be referred, not
desiring to be on the committee himself, will, with the motion,
suggest thename of some one as chairman of the committee.
If no objection "is made, such person may be selected.
-       APPOINTMENT OF THE COMMITTEE.
It is more common, however, for the person interested in a
measure, to move its reference to a committee, the presiding
officer to appoint the same. If it be a select committee, it is
in accordance with parliamentary rule for the presiding officer
to appoint as chairman on the committee, the mover of the res-
olution.*
When a question is referred, the committee may be instructed
by the assembly to take such course of action in the examina.-
tion of the subject as is desired, and report upon the whole, or
portions of the subject, as may seem advisable. A portion may
be referred to one committee, and the remainder of the prop-
osition, involving a different principle, may be given to an-
other committee.
The clerk may give the bill to any member, but it is usual
to hand it to the one first named on the committee.
PLACE OF MEETING.
The committee may meet where they please, unless ordered
to meet in a certain place by the assembly ; and can meet at
such time as they desire, when the main body is not in session.
Any member of the main body may be present at the meet-
ing of the committee, but cannot vote.
Amendments to the Question.
The committee having given their report to the meeting, or
the question having been considered by the assembly itsel&;
may lack yet a few essential points necessary to make the same
what it should be when passed. To add these is what is
termed amending the question.
, DIVIDING THE QUESTION.
Mr. Cushing recommends where a question contains two or
more parts that are so distinct from each other as to form sep-

and   arate propositions, some of which the assembly may favor, and
ma-   the others not, that the motion be divided, and submitted in
* "Though the. majority on a committee shonld be favorable to a
m-nrp the minoritv mav be of those who nre onnosed to it in some