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§ 53]
COMMITTEES.
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auditing committee’s certificate to the correctness of the account should be written on the statement. Often the statement is made out in the form of an account, as follows:

Dr. The M. L. S. in acct. with S. M., Treas’r. Cr.
1875. 1875.
Dec. 31. To rent of hall $500 00 Jan. 1. By balance on hand from last year’s account $ 21 13
To gas  80 00
To stationery  26 50 Dec. 31. By initiation fees  95 00
To janitor 360 00 By members’ dues  860 00
To balance on hand 24 63 By fines  15 00
 
 
  $991 13   $991 13

We do hereby certify that we have examined the accounts and vouchers of the treasurer, and find them correct; and that the balance in his hands is twenty-four dollars and sixty-three cents.

R. V., Audit. Com.
J. L.,

53. Committees. In small assemblies, especially in those where but little business is done, there is not much need of committees. But in large assemblies, or in those doing a great deal of business, committees are of the utmost importance. When a committee is properly selected, in nine cases out of ten its action decides that of the assembly. A committee for action should be small, and consist only of those heartily in favor of the proposed action. A committee for deliberation or investigation, on the contrary, should be larger,