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tee of three Members, to be appointed by the Speaker; and
Bills of a public or general character, received from the Sen-
ate relating to subjects upon which Committees have been ap-
pointed, shall be referred, severally, to the Committee to
which the same belong respectively.

XLI.

Every Resolution originating in this House, or received
from the Senate, shall be read on two several days, with an
intermission of one day at least, during which time it shall
lie on the table, for the perusal of Members, unless on very
urgent occasions the House, by special order, two-thirds of
the Members present agreeing, dispense with the rule; which
order shall be entered on the Journal.

XLII.

No Resolution shall have a second reading, or a Bill a-third
reading, until every Member in the city shall be called upon
to attend, (if required by three Members,) except he be ex-
cused by the House for indisposition, or a necessary attend-
ance on public business; but calls of the House shall be made,
if required by seven Members, at any time when a subject is
under consideration.

XLIII.

All Joint Resolutions which have been once read, and are
entitled to a second reading, and all Bills which have been
once or twice read, and are entitled to a second or third
reading by the Rules of the House, shall be arranged every
morning agreeably to seniority, by the Clerk, placed on the
Speaker's desk, taken up by them 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.

Members having Bills or other matter connected with the
business of the House to be copied, shall place the same-in
the hands of the Chief Clerk, who will have them correctly
copied and returned to the Members.

XLIV.

The following Standing Committees, each to consist of
seven Members, (except the Committee on Ways and Means,
Judiciary and Corporations, which shall consist of nine mem-
bers each,) shall be appointed by the Speaker, at the com-
mencement of the Session, viz:

1. A Committee on Elections.

2. A Committee. OR Ways and Means.