are prepared to report.” The Chairman tells him that the assembly will now hear the report, which is then read by the chairman of the committee and handed to the presiding officer, upon which the committee is dissolved without any action of the assembly.
A member then moves the “adoption” or “acceptance” of the report, or that “the resolutions be agreed to,” which motions have the same effect if carried, namely, to make the resolutions the resolutions of the assembly, just as if the committee had had nothing to do with them.[1] When one of these motions is made the Chairman acts as stated above, when the resolutions were offered by a member. If it is not desired immediately to adopt the resolutions, they can be debated, modified, their consideration postponed, etc., as explained in §§ 55–63.
When through with the business for which the assembly were convened, or when from any other cause it is desirable to close the meeting, some one moves “to adjourn;” if the motion is carried, and no other time for meeting has been appointed, the chairman says: “The
- ↑ See note to § 30 for some common errors in acting upon reports.
