OF RULES OF ORDER FOR DELIBERATIVE ASSEMBLIES. PART I. RULES OF ORDER. A COMPENDIUM OF PARLIAMENTARY LAW, BASED UPON THE RULES PART II. ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF A SIMPLE EXPLANATION OF THE METHODS OF ORGANIZING AND BY MAJOR HENRY M. ROBERT, THIRTIETH THOUSAND CHICAGO: S. C. GRIGGS AND COMPANY. HARVARD \ COPYRIGHT, 1876, KNIGHT & LEONARD, PRINTERS, CHICAGO. Art. I. Part I.-Rules of Order. Introduction of Business. § 1. How introduced 2. Obtaining the floor.. 3. What precedes debate on a question... 5. Modification of a motion by the mover. Art. II.-General Classification of Motions. § 6. Principal or Main motions.. 7. Subsidiary or Secondary motions 9. Privileged motions. 368999 13 18 19 19 19 Art. III.-Motions and their Order of Precedence. Privileged Motions. § 10. To fix the time to which to adjourn.. 30 12. Questions of privilege. 13. Orders of the day... Incidental Motions. 14. Appeal [Questions of Order]. 33 34 38 15. Objection to consideration of a question 41 16. Reading papers... 17. Withdrawal of a motion. 18. Suspension of the Rules.. 25. Filling blanks, and Nominations Form of their Reports... 72 32. Committee of the Whole.. 73 75 76 33. Informal consideration of a question.. 80 Art. V.- Debate and Decorum. $34. Debate 35. Undebatable questions and those open- 36. Decorum in debate.. 37. Closing debate, methods of. Art. VI.-Vote. $38. Voting, various modes of 39. Motions requiring more than a major- Art. VII. Officers and the Minutes. 40. Chairman or President... 41. Clerk, or Secretary, and the Minutes.. 105 Art. VIII.- Miscellaneous. $ 42. Session 43. Quorum 44. Order of Business. 109 112 114 45. Amendment of the Rules of Order, etc. 117 Part II. - Organization and Conduct of Art. IX.—Organization and Meetings. § 46. An Occasional or Mass Meeting. (b) Adoption of resolutions (c) Committee on (d) Additional Officers .. 119 121 122 126 (b) Second meeting. 132 49. Constitutions, By-Laws, Rules of Or- Art. X.- Officers and Committees. der and Standing Rules.. 135 § 50. President or Chairman.... 139 51. Secretary, or Clerk, and the Minutes.. 140 52. Treasurer 143 53. Committees 147 |