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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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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