The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 16
VI.—Select Committees
VI.— Select Committees.
90. At the commencement of every Session,
the following Committees are appointed viz.:—House Committee, Printing Committee, and Private Petitions Committee.
Sessional committees.
91. No Select Committee shall consist of
less than three or of more than seven members, without leave from the Council on motion upon notice.
Number of members.
92. It shall not be compulsory on Mr.
Speaker to serve on any Select Committee.
Not compulsory on Speaker to serve on committees.
93. Any member upon whose motion a
Select Committee shall be appointed shall be one of the Committee without being named.
Member proposing committee to be member thereof.
94. Every notice of motion for the appointment
of a Select Committee shall contain the names of the members proposed by the mover to serve on such Committee.
Notice of motion for select committee to contain names of proposed members.
Mode of electing select committees.
Addition, &c. to select committee, how to be made. May sit during adjournment.
Quorum.
Chairman.
99. The examination of witnesses before
every Select Committee shall be conducted as follows, viz:—The Chairman shall first put to the witness, in uninterrupted series, all such questions as he may deem essential. The Chairman shall then call upon the other members severally by name in the order of their sitting, to put further questions. All questions and replies, or either, at the discretion of the Committee, shall be reduced to writing and signed by the witness, and the name of every member interrogating a witness shall be prefixed to the question asked.
Mode of examining witnesses.
100. Every Report of a Select Committee
shall be signed by the Chairman thereof.
Report.
101. A list shall be affixed in some conspicuous
place in the Council Chambers, and also in the Lobby, of all members serving on Select Committees.
Lists of committees to be posted.
102. Whenever it may be considered necessary
to examine witnesses, special application shall be made to the Council for power to call for papers, persons, and reports, and for leave to report from time to time.
Power to call for evidence to be asked for.
Chairman to report to Mr. Speaker in cases of special expenditure.
Day to be fixed for reporting.
No discussion to be on presenting report.
Specific motion on report.