Standing-committees Sentence Examples

There were in 1910 62 regular or standing committees in the House of Representatives, each consisting of from 3 to 20 members.

Regular appropriation bills down to 1883 were all passed by the House committee on appropriations, but in that year a new committeeon rivers and harboursreceived a large field of expenditure; and in 1886 certain other supply bills were referretl to sundry standing committees.

In addition to these three departments, standing committees exist to take a collective view of such matters as contracts, concessions, mineral and other leases, and patronage.

The board has adopted a revised memorandum on corporate governance and revised terms of reference for each of the board's standing committees.