RULES OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 14&

RULE XLV.

It shall not be necessary, in organizing the House of
Delegates, to require the presence of any former officers,
except the Chief Clerk, the Reading Clerk and Doorkeepers,
and no other of the former officers shall receive compensa-
tion for attendance.

COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE.
RULE XLVI.

The House shall be resolved into a Committee of the
Whole House on the condition of the State for the consid-
eration of bills or Joint Resolutions of a general character
by a majority vote upon motion made and seconded, ag
usual, designating the subject-matter for consideration
therein, which committee may originate bills or resolutions.

RULE XLVII.

In forming a Committee of the Whole House the Speaker
shall leave his Chair, and a Chairman to preside in Com-
mittee shall be appointed by the Speaker.

RULE XLVIII.

Upon Bills and Resolutions being committed to a Com-
mittee of the Whole House, the same shall be first read
throughout by the Clerk, and then again read and debated
by clauses, leaving the title and preamble to be last consid-
ered. The body of the Bill or Resolution shall not be
defaced or interlined, but all amendments, noting the page
and line, shall be duly entered by the Clerk on a separate
paper, as the same shall be agreed to by the Committee,
and so report to the House.

RULE XLIX.

The Rules of Proceedings in the House shall be observed
in a Committee of the Whole House, so far as applicable.