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Medford Second Section Voter's Legislative Report (This ii the fifth In a serial of article! regarding legisla tive procedure and organisa tion taken from The Oregon Voter.) COMMITTEE PROCEDURE Under the Oregon constitution, no committee may close the doors on attendance at its meet ings except under specific au thorization of the house of which it is a committee. We re call no -occasion when this au thorization has been granted. The prevailing practice of exclusion from the executive sessions of committees would seem to be a breach of this provision of the constitution, but as conducted, it simply is an intimidation by the committee of all who dislike to offend by remaining present aft er the chairman announces "the committee will now go into executive session." Custom has developed to have all committee meetings open to attendance bv representatives of the press, but there are not enough press representatives to cover all the meetings. Hence much of the committee work is done without the public being in formed as to what is happening. It also is a custom to have com mittee meetings open for hear ings and then closed, except to the press, for consideration of what was brought up at the pub lic hearing. This practice has its drawbacks, as in so-called "ex ecutive session" points are raised u 11 ua r4icr.iiccp4 ranahlv llldt luuiu "'-' f - only by the citizens who have been excluded from the meeuns and. in many cases, have left for home, very often disgruntled at having been dismissed from the meeting. It is not unusual for committees in executive session to agree upon and report out bills in form that is opposed by many who attend hearings and then were dismissed. The first that is known by the citizens is a text which is far from meet- l i nnnP Cn thon Hp. lllCll iiccuj. .J "J . tlli-.l .... mands for reconsideration are turned in, the committee tu noi tnn nhetinntp nr splf-willpril Bets the bill re-referred back, has another open session, followed by another executive session, which migljaj Wxr tUa nrncflnca nf Hid interested citizens, again reports Olll H Dill 111 lUlm IIIHl ntfa vnni ONLY $845-76 DOWN for new 1950 Packard Eight 135-HP, 6-passenger Club Sedan. (While sideualh optional at extra cost.) Price Includes: Fore-and-aft direction signals, electric clock and cigarette lighter, trunk and courtesy lights, Tender shields . . . and other extras. Come In try itl MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1950 defects, or is otherwise unsatis factory. This kind ol procedure nas happened over and over again, and has delayed sessions. A bet ter plan would be for the com mittee to request those who were heard by it to remain in the room for questioning on fur ther points as raised by the com mittee members in their consid eration. Some members object to this because they think they will be interrupted. Some object be cause they do not want to be overheard making arguments for which their home folks might criticize them; others hate to ex Dose their ignorance. Committees meet on schedules which are arranged in advance bv conference and are published in the daily calendar. The chair man usually reminds by an nouncing from the floor of his house at the close 01 eacn aauy meeting. In his announcement he may state what bill or subject will be considered. The chairman may call special meetings or hearings. A majority of the membership of each committee constitutes a Quorum. As soon as the chair man is satisfied that enough of them who can attend are present. he calls the committee to order As chairman he selects the bill or bills to be submitted for con sideration at that meeting and submits each in the order he chooses. The larger the commit tee, the more fromal the proce dure. In the largest committees min utes are kept by the clerk. Some of the clerks are highly compe tent and keep excellent minutes. Copies of these minutes are turn ed over to the chairman, who usually retains them. Joint ways and means committee minutes are filed with the secretary of state, as they set forth condi tions and understandings formal ly dopted as they relate to bud get policy and budget items. In many committees no minutes are kept. In all committees the clerk pre pares in triplicate the committee report on each bill, with amend ments if any. The chairman signs the report, noting non-concurrence, if any, on request of dissenting members. 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Occasionally, when debate has cleared the issues, the rules are suspended, the bill is consid ered "engrossed" (that term is another archaism; its meaning was "to write the bill in large formal handwriting" when it is ready to be acted upon), which now means that its text is re written to include any amend ments that have been adopted; the bill is given its third reading, and the roll is called on its passage. Similar action mav be taken under suspension of the rules upon any committee report if immediate passage is desired in the interest of early enactment into law to meet an emergency or, late in the session in anticipa tion if final adjournment. Under the rules, the bills originated and introduced by joint ways and means committee automatically are advanced on the calendar without being re referred. Under suspension of the rules, similar action may be had on bills introduced by other committees. In neither house is a second reauired for a motion by a mem ber. 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