SEC. 169. JOINT AND CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS AND CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS. Joint and concurrent resolutions shall be treated the same as bills; provided, that they shall be read but once, and that after they have been reported by a committee; and provided, further, that the ayes and noes shall not be called upon the adoption of concurrent resolution, unless regularly demanded, or required by statute or the constitution. Proposed amendments to the constitution shall be treated the same as bills; provided, they shall be read but once, and only after they have been reported by a committee. (Assembly Rule No. 10. Senate Rule No. 28.) SEC. 170. PETITIONS TO BE PRESENTED WITH A BRIEF STATEMENT OF CONTENTS. Whenever petitions, memorials, or other papers addressed to the House are presented by a member, a brief statement of the contents thereof shall be made verbally by the introducer. They shall not be debated on the day of their being presented, but shall lie on the table, or be referred, as the House shall determine. (Assembly Rule No. 6.) SEC. 171. on (Form.) INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF BILLS, ETC. The following bills were introduced: By Senator1 An Act, etc. Bill No. Bill read first time, ordered to print, and referred to Committee Resolution ordered to print and referred to Committee on A Resolution, etc. S.2 C. R. No. Resolution ordered to print and referred to Committee on A Resolution, etc. S.2 C. A. No. Constitutional Amendment ordered to print and referred to Committee on INTRODUCTION OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.2 The following concurrent1 resolution was offered by Senators EXPLANATORY NOTE. 1Or Joint. : 2Or Constitutional Amendment. Or Mr. The following report of standing committee was received and read: ON INTRODUCTION OF BILLS. SENATE CHAMBER, SACRAMENTO, March 18, 1915. MR. PRESIDENT: Your Committee on Introduction of Bills, to which was referred the request of Senator Also: The request of Senator". to introduce a bill entitled: "An Act, etc.;' to introduce a bill entitled: “An Act, etc. ;** Has had the same under consideration, and respectfully reports the same back and recommends that each of such requests be granted. The question being on the adoption of the report. Chairman. The roll was called, in accordance with the provisions of section two of article IV of the Constitution, and the report adopted by the following vote: AYES-Senators3 Senate and sixty votes in the Assembly.) NOES-Senators". (Requires at least thirty votes in the INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF BILLS. The following bills were introduced in accordance with above report: CHAPTER IV. COMMITTEES. CHAPTER CONTENTS. PART I. APPOINTMENT AND ORGANIZATION. Sec. 176. Appointment of standing committees of Legislature. (Political Code.) Sec. 177. Appointment of committees. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 178. Standing committees. (Joint rule.) Sec. 179. Additional standing committees. (Senate rule; Assembly rule.) (Form.) PART II. REFERENCE OF BILLS TO COMMITTEES. Sec. 181. Bills referred, how. (Senate rule; Assembly rule.) Sec. 182. Referred otherwise, how. (Assembly rule; senate rule.) Sec. 183. Order of questions on motion to refer. (Assembly rule; Senate rule.) Sec. 184. Appropriation bills. (Assembly rule; Senate rule.) Sec. 185. Certain bills always introduced by or referred to committee on ways and means. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 186. Contingent expenses of the Senate. (Senate rule.) Sec. 189. Motion to re-refer. (Form.) Sec. 190. Motion to re-commit. (Form.) Sec. 191. Motion to refer. (Form.) (Form.) PART III. THE COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. (Senate rule.) Sec. 192. Proceedings touching appropriations of money to be considered in comImittee of the whole. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 193. Committee of the whole-How formed. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 194. Rules in committee of the whole. (Assembly rule; Senate rule.) PART IV. GENERAL PROVISIONS GOVERNING COMMITTEES. Sec. 196. Standing committee, quorum of-What constitutes. (Senate rule.) Sec. 199. Re-drafting of bills. (Senate rule.) Sec. 200. Introduction of bills by committee. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 201. Joint meeting of committees. (Joint rule.) Sec. 202. Notice of committee meetings. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 203. Leaves of absence of members of the Senate visiting public institutions. (Senate rule; Assembly rule.) Sec. 204. Who may administer oaths to witnesses. (Political Code.) Sec. 205. Fees for witnesses. (Assembly rule.) Sec. 206. Report of standing committee. (Form.) Sec. 207. Report of special committee. (Form.) PART V. PROVISIONS GOVERNING INDIVIDUAL COMMITTEES. Sec. 208. Duties of judiciary committee. (Political Code.) Sec. 209. Committees other than judiciary reporting favorably on bill-Effect. (Political Code.) (Joint rule.) Sec. 210. Committee on revision and printing. (Joint rule.) (Joint rule.) Sec. 215. Enrolling committee to compare. (Joint rule.) SEC. 176. (Form.) PART I. APPOINTMENT AND ORGANIZATION. APPOINTMENT OF STANDING COMMITTEES OF LEGISLATURE. All standing committees of the Senate and Assembly shall be appointed by the presiding officer of the respective Houses; provided, that each House may by resolution, or the rules thereof, direct otherwise. (Political Code, sec. 248.) SEC. 177. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES. All committees shall be appointed by the presiding officer, unless otherwise ordered, and the first named shall be the chairman thereof. (Senate Rule No. 7. Assembly Rule No. 28.) SEC. 178. STANDING COMMITTEES. Subject to the right of either house to appoint additional committees, the following standing committees shall be appointed in the Senate and Assembly, the number of members and the manner of selection to be determined by the rules of each house: (10) Finance in the Senate and Ways and Means in the Assembly. (11) Fish and Game. (12) Hospitals and Asylums. (13) Insurance. (14) Irrigation. (15) Judiciary. (16) Labor and Capital. (17) Military Affairs. (18) Mines and Mining. (19) Municipal Corporations. (20) Oil Industries. (21) Prisons and Reformatories. (22) Public Health and Quarantine. (24) Public Utilities. (25) Revenue and Taxation. (26) Roads and Highways. JOINT COMMITTEES. Joint Standing Committees of Senate and Assembly shall be appointed as follows: (1) Committee on Revision and Printing, to consist of three (3) members from the Senate and five (5) from the Assembly. (2) Committee on Joint Rules, to consist of the members of the Rules Committee of each house. (Joint Rule No. 2.) SEC. 179. ADDITIONAL STANDING COMMITTEES. In addition to the foregoing there are maintained in each House committees on (1) Civil Service. (2) Contingent Expenses and (3) Engrossment and Enrollment. Over and above this number, the Assembly has sixteen committees which are not found in the Senate. For the most part these additional committees divide with the other Assembly committees the scope of the Senate Committees bearing respectively the same names as the latter. The list of additional committees in the Assembly is as follows (1) Attaches, (2) Building and Loan Associations, (3) Claims, (4) Conservation, (5) Constitutional Amendments, (6) Contested Elections, (7) Direct Legislation, (8) Libraries, (9) Live Stock and Dairies, (10) Manufactures, (11) Medical and Dental Laws, (12) Mileage, (13) Normal Schools, (14) Public Charities and Corrections, (15) Revision of Criminal Procedure, (16) State Grounds and Parks and (17) Universities. (Senate Rule No. 8. Assembly Rule No. 27.) SEC. 180. (Form.) APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE. (On Joint Rules) The President1 announced, in accordance with the above resolution, the appointment of Senators? and EXPLANATORY NOTE. as a Senate Special Committee on Joint Rules. 'Or other presiding officer. 2Or Messrs. |