Note 39 — MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.
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Rule 34. The following Standing Committees, shall be appointed at the commencement of each session, with leave to report by bill or otherwise.
A Committee on Foreign Relations to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Finance to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Manufactures to consist of five members.
A Committee on Agriculture to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Military Affairs, and Militia, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Naval Affairs, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on the Judiciary, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Public Lands, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Private Land Claims, to consist of five members.
A Committee on Indian Affairs, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Pensions, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Revolutionary Claims, to consist of five members.
A Committee on Claims, to consist of five members.
A Committee on the District of Columbia, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on Patents and Patent Office, to consist of five members.
A Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to consist of five members, who shall have power also to act jointly with the same committee of the House of Representatives.
A Committee on Territories, to consist of seven members.
A Committee on the Pacific Railroad, to consist of nine members.
A Committee on Mines and Mining, to consist of seven members.
A Committee to Audit and Control the Contingent Expenses of the Senate, to consist of three members, to whom shall be referred all resolutions directing the payment of money out of the contingent fund of the Senate, or creating a charge on the same.
A Committee on Engrossed Bills, to consist of three members, whose duty it shall be to examine all bills, amendments, resolutions or motions, before they go out of the possession of the Senate, and shall deliver the same to the Secretary of the Senate, who shall enter upon the journal that the same have been correctly engrossed.
A Committee on Enrolled Bills, to consist of three members.