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 Committee
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 considered. 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 Procedings in the House shall be observed in
a Committee of the Whole House, so far as applicable.

RULE L.

The officers of the House shall be one Chief Clerk, one Read-
ing Clerk, one Journal Clerk, one Sergeant-at-Arms, one Post-
master, one Assistant Postmaster, five Assistant Clerks, one
Keeper of the Cloak Boom, three Doorkeepers, three Pages, five
Folders, three Chaplains.

The Speaker shall appoint a suitable person to be Assistant
Janitor, also a Messenger to the Printer, and Messenger to the
Speaker, and shall provide, by appointment, such employees
as may be found requisite and necessary for the care and cus-
todianship of the rotunda, committee rooms and lavatory.

The Speaker shall appoint additional assistant engrossing
and committee clerks, as the same may be necessary hereafter,
not to exceed six, to be paid from date of appointment.

The Speaker shall assign and re-assign the employees of the
House from one position to another, as their capacity and
efficiency may indicate, and shall have power to suspend from
duty without pay, for neglect of duty or other misconduct in
his discretion.

He shall also select and appoint a private secretary, who
shall be a stenographer and typewriter, to attend to the official
correspondence and clerical work connected with the office of
Speaker.