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
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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-
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another executive session, which
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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. If there is a
minorily report, the clerk like
wise prepares it in triplicate.
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and each copy Is signed by the
minority members.
Both minority and majority
reports go together to the desk of
the house to which the commit
tee belongs and both are read
when the order of business is for
committee reports. The motion
first considered is for the adop
tion of the majority report, but
before that is put, the motion is
considered to substitute the mi
nority report for the majority
report. If the motion for the
minority report prevails, the bill
in that form goes on the calen
dar. If the minority motion fails,
the bill goes on the calendar in
the form approved by the major,
tiy. 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. In committees of both hous
es it is the custom to require a
second to be made to a motion
by a committee member. This has
been found convenient in com
mittee meetings, as for lack of a
second many a motion can be dis
posed of without comsuming
precious time for consideration
and action.
(Tomorrow Records of com
mittee meetings, and suggestions
and recommendations.)
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Detailed reports of progress in
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Historical Society, Inc., at the
organization's monthly meeting
in the courthouse here last eve
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chairman of the society's build
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painting jobs will be completed
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Miss Claire Hanley, president
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the state highway commission in
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major tourist attraction for Ore
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highways leading to Jackson
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