e assembly. The committee ceases to exist as soon as the assembly
receives the report [Sec. 30].

The committee has no power to punish its members for disorderly conduct,
its resource being to report the facts to the assembly. No allusion can
be made in the assembly to what has occurred in committee, except it be
by a report of the committee, or by general consent. It is the duty of
a committee to meet on the call of any two its of members, if the
chairman be absent or decline to appoint such meeting. When a committee
adjourns without appointing a time for the next meeting, it is called
together in the same way as at its first meeting. When a committee
adjourns to meet at another time, it is not necessary (though

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usually advisable) that absent members should be notified of the
adjourned meeting.

29. Forms of Reports of Committees. The form of a report is usually
similar to the following:

A standing committee reports thus: "The committee on [insert name of
committee] respectfully report," [or "beg leave to report," or "beg
leave to submit the following report,"] etc., letting the report follow.

A select or special committee reports as follows: "The committee to
which was referred [state the matter referred] having considered the
same respectfully report," etc. Or for "The committee" is sometimes
written "Your committee," or "The undersigned, a committee."

When a minority report is submitted, it should be in this form (the
majority reporting as above): "The undersigned, a minority of a
committee to which was referred," etc. The majority report is the
report of the committee, and should never be made out as the report of
the majority.

All reports conclude with, "All of which is

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respectfully submitted." They are sometimes signed only by the chairman
of the committee, but if the matter is of much importance, it is better
that the report be signed by every member who concurs. The report is
not usually dated, or addressed, but can he headed, as for example,
"Report of the Finance Committee of the Y. P. A., on Renting a Hall."

30. Reception of Reports. When the report of a committee is to be
made, the chairman (or member appointed to make the report) informs the
assembly that the committee to whom was referred such a subject or
paper, has directed h