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Title
Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies
Author
Henry M. Robert
Year
1876
Publisher
S. C. Griggs and Company
Location
Chicago
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djvu
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
page
Table of Rules Relating to Motions
8
Preface
11
Introduction
Parliamentary Law
13
Plan of the Work
16
Plan of
„
Part I
18
Plan of
„
Part II
19
Plan of
„
Part III
19
Definitions and Common Errors
19
Part I.—Rules of Order
.
Art. I.—Introduction of Business
§ 1.
How introduced
21
2.
Obtaining the floor
21
3.
What precedes debate on a question
24
4.
What motions to be in writing, and how they shall be divided
25
5.
Modification of a motion by the mover
26
Art. II.—General Classification of Motions
§ 6.
Principal or Main motions
27
7.
Subsidiary or Secondary motions
28
8.
Incidental motions
29
9.
Privileged motions
29
Art. III.—Motions and their Order of Precedence
Privileged Motions.
§ 10.
To fix the time to which to adjourn
30
11.
Adjourn
31
12.
Questios of privilege
33
13.
Orders of the day
34
Incidental Motions.
14.
Appeal [Questions of Order]
38
15.
Objection to consideration of a question
41
16.
Reading papers
42
17.
Withdrawal of a motion
43
18.
Suspension of the Rules
43
Subsidiary Motions.
§ 19.
Lie on the table
44
20.
Previous Question
46
21.
Postpone to a certain day
53
22.
Commit [or Refer]
54
23.
Amend
56
24.
Postpone indefinitely
59
Miscellaneous Motions.
25.
Filling blanks, and Nominations
60
26.
Renewal of a motion
60
27.
Reconsideration
62
Art. IV.—Committees and Informal Action
.
§ 28.
Committees
68
29.
Committees
„
Form of their Reports
72
30.
Committees
„
Reception
of their Reports
„
73
31.
Committees
„
Adoption
of their Reports
„
75
32.
Committee of the Whole
76
33.
Informal consideration of a question
80
Art. V.—Debate and Decorum
.
§ 34.
Debate
82
35.
Undebatable questions and those opening the main question to debate
84
36.
Decorum in debate
87
37.
Closing debate, methods of
89
Art. VI.—Vote
.
§ 38.
Voting, various modes of
91
39.
Motions requiring more than a majority vote
97
Art. VII.—Officers and the Minutes
.
§ 40.
Chairman or President
100
41.
Clerk, or Secretary, and the Minutes
105
Art. VIII.—Miscellaneous
.
§ 42.
Session
109
43.
Quorum
112
44.
Order of Business
114
45.
Amendment of the Rules of Order, etc.
117
Part II.—Organization and Conduct of Business
.
Art. IX.—Organization and Meetings
.
§ 46.
An Occasional or Mass Meeting
(
a
) Organization
119
(
b
) Adoption of resolutions
121
(
c
) Committee on
resolutions
„
122
(
d
) Additional Officers
126
47.
A Convention or Assembly of Delegates
126
48.
A Permanent Society.
(
a
) First meeting
129
(
b
) Second meeting
132
49.
Constitutions, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Standing Rules
135
Art. X.—Officers and Committees
§ 50.
President or Chairman
139
51.
Secretary, or Clerk, and the Minutes
140
52.
Treasurer
143
53.
Committees
147
Art. XI.—Introduction of Business
.
§ 54.
Introduction of Business
150
Art. XII.—Motions
.
§ 55.
Motions Classified according to their object
152
56.
To Modify or Amend.
(
a
) Amend
154
(
b
) Commit
155
57.
To Defer Action.
(
a
) Postpone to a certain time
156
(
b
) Lie on the table
156
58.
To Suppress Debate.
(
a
) Previous Question
157
(
b
) An Order limiting or closing debate
159
59.
To Suppress the question.
(
a
) Objection to its consideration
160
(
b
) Postpone indefinitely
160
(
c
) Lie on the table
161
60.
To Consider a question the second time.
(
a
) Reconsider
161
61.
Order and Rules.
(
a
) Orders of the day
164
(
b
) Special orders
165
(
c
) Suspension of the rules
165
(
d
) Questions of order
166
(
e
) Appeal
167
62.
Miscellaneous.
(
a
) Reading of papers
167
(
b
) Withdrawal of a motion
167
(
c
) Questions of privilege
168
63.
To close a meeting.
(
a
) Fix the time to which to adjourn
168
(
b
) Adjourn
169
Art. XIII.—Miscellaneous
§ 64.
Debate
170
65.
Forms of stating and putting questions
171
Part III.—Miscellaneous
.
§ 66.
Right of an Assembly to Punish its members
175
67.
Right of an Assembly to Eject any one from its place of meeting
176
68.
Rights of Ecclesiastical Tribunals
176
69.
Trial of Members of Societies
177
70.
Call of the House
181
Index
185
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