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Maryland Manual, 1996-97
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HOUSE OF DELEGATES
STANDING COMMITTEES

Following the practice of the English House of
Commons, the Lower House of Maryland's Gen-
eral Assembly began to use standing committees in
the seventeenth century. Though membership

would change, the functions of these standing com-
mittees continued from year to year. In 1692, the
Lower House (predecessor of today's House of
Delegates) formed four standing committees.
These first committees concerned Accounts, Ag-
grievances, Elections and Privileges, and Laws.
They were responsible for considering all proposed

 

 



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