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to attend, if required, by three members But calls of the
Convention shall be made is required by seven members, at
any time, when a subject is under consideration
Rule 18. All resolutions which have been once read, and
are entitled to a second reading, and all reports which have
been once or twice read, and are entitled to a second or third
reading by the Rules of the Convention, shall be arranged
every morning agreeably to seniority by the Secretary, placed
on the President's desk, taken up by him in due order, the
date of their last reading announced, and read a second or
third time, although no motion for a second or third reading
may have been made.
Rule 19. AH reports from Committees containing clauses
proposed to be made part of the Constitution, shall be entered
oh the Journal, and also printed in form similar to bills.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
Rule 20. The Convention shall be resolved into a Standing
Committee of the Whole, if required by nine members, which
Committee may originate articles or clauses to be embodied in
the Constitution. Reports of Committees containing clauses
proposed to be embodied in the Constitution on their third read-
ing, and resolutions on their second reading shall, if required
by seven members, be committed to a Committee of the
Whole.
Rule 21. In forming a Committee of the Whole, the Presi-
dent of the Convention shall leave his Chair, and a Chairman
to preside in Committee shall be appointed by the President.
Rule 22. Upon reports of Committees, resolutions or other
matters committed to a Committee of the Whole, the same
shall be first read throughout by the Secretary, and then
again read and considered by clauses. The body of the
report, resolution, or other matter, shall not be defaced or
interlined, but all amendments noting the page and line shall
be duly entered by the Secretary on separate paper, as the
same shall be agreed to by the Committee, and so reported to
Convention. After report, the report, resolution, or other
matter shall again be subject to be debated and amended by
clauses.
Rule 23. The Secretary shall keep a Journal of the pro-
ceedings which take place in Convention of the Whole, and
the same shall be printed separately and appended after the
Journal of the proceedings of the day's session.
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