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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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 |