Committees
1. Committees are nominated by the chairman, if so directed by the body, or by any member; and the nomination is confirmed by a vote of the body. More commonly the body directs that all committees shall be appointed by the chairman, in which case no vote is needed to confirm.
2. Any matter of business, or subject under debate, may be referred to a committee, with or without instructions. The committee make their report, which is the result of their deliberations. The body then takes action on the report, and on any recommendations it may contain.
3. The report of a committee is accepted by a vote, which acknowledges their services, and takes the report before the body for its action. Afterward, any distinct recommendation contained in the report is acted on, and may be adopted or rejected.
4. Frequently, however, when the recommendations of the committee are of a trifling moment or likely to be generally acceptable, the report is accepted and adopted by the same vote.
5. A report may be recommitted to the committee, with or without instructions; or that committee discharged, and the matter referred to a new one, for further consideration, so as to present it in a form more likely to meet the general concurrence of the body.
6. A committee may be appointed with power for a specific purpose. This gives them power to dispose conclusively of the matter, without further reference to the body.
7. The first named in the appointment of a committee is by courtesy considered the chairman. But the committee has the right to name its own chairman.
8. The member who moves the appointment of a committee is usually, though not necessarily, named its chairman.
9. Committees of arrangement, or for other protracted service, report progress from time to time, and are continued until their final report, or until their appointment expires by limitation.