RULE XLIII.

Reports of committees on subjects of a private or local
nature shall not, in future, be entered in extenso on the Jour-
nal, but the favorable or unfavorable character only of such
reports shall be placed on the Journal.

RULE XLIV.

No standing rule or rules of the House shall be suspended
unless by unanimous consent or by vote of two-thirds of the
members present, to be ascertained by a call of the yeas and
nays, except as may be otherwise required by the Constitu-
tion.
RULE XLV.

It shall not be necessary, in organizing the House of Dele-
gates, 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 compensation for at-
tendance.
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 consideration of
bills or Joint Resolutions of a general character by a majority
vote upon motion made and seconded, as usual, designating
the subject-matter for consideration therein, which commit-
tee may orignate 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 Commit-
tee shall be appointed by the Speaker.

RULE; XLVIII.

Upon Bills and Resolutions being committed to a Commit-
tee of the Whole House, the same shall be first read through-
out by the Clerk, and then again read and debated by clauses,
leaving the title and preamble to be last considered. The
body of the Bill or Resolution shall not be defaced or inter-
lined, 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.