I. |
Organizing and Conducting Business in Mass Meetings and Permanent Societies. |
Organization, pp. 275 277. |
Offering, Amending, and Adopting Resolutions, pp. 277 280. |
Committee on Resolutions, pp. 280 283. |
Permanent Society, 1st Meeting, pp. 284 286. |
Permanent Society, 2d Meeting, pp. 286 291. |
Permanent Society, Regular Meeting, pp. 291, 292. |
Obtaining the Floor, etc., pp. 25 28. |
Preparing, Making, and Seconding Motions and Resolutions, pp. 33 38. |
II. |
Debate, Stating and Putting Questions, and What Motions to Use to Accomplish Certain Objects. |
Stating the Question, p. 38. |
Debate, pp. 38, 39. |
Secondary Motions, p. 40. |
Putting the Question and Announcing the Vote, pp. 40 43. |
What Motions to Use to Accomplish Certain Objects, pp. 43 51. |
[The form of making each of these motions should be explained by the leader or teacher.] |
III. |
How to Find if a Motion is in Order, if it can be Debated, Amended, or Reconsidered, and if it Requires a Second, or a 2/3 Vote, etc. |
Order of Precedence of Motions, p. 5. |
Table of Rules Relating to Motions, pp. 6 12. |
[The order of Precedence of Motions, p. 5, should be memorized, and the student should be able by reference to the Table of Rules to find quickly the ruling on any of the 300 questions decided by it.] |
IV. |
Definitions, and How to Find Rulings in the Manual. |
Plan of the Manual, pp. 20 22. |
Definitions, pp. 22 24. |
Plan of the Index, p. 313. |
Practice in the Use of the Entire Manual for finding Rulings or Decisions. |
V. |
Amendments. |
Amend, pp. 134 152. |
Inserting or adding, striking out, and striking out and inserting words, pp. 137 140. |
Amendments affecting an entire paragraph, pp. 140 143. |
Improper Amendments, pp. 143 146. |
Motions that cannot be Amended, pp. 146, 147. |
Amending Minutes, p. 148. |
Filling Blanks, pp. 148 152. |
VI. |
Classification of Motions and Most of the Privileged Ones. |
Main Motions, pp. 51 54. |
Subsidiary Motions, pp. 54 56. |
Incidental Motions, pp. 56, 57. |
Privileged Motions, pp. 57, 58. |
Certain Other Motions, p. 58. |
Fix the Time to which to Adjourn, pp. 59, 60. |
Adjourn, pp. 60 64. |
Take a Recess, pp. 64 66. |
Questions of Privilege, pp. 66 68. |
VII. |
Orders of the Day, and Definite and Indefinite Postponement. |
Postpone Indefinitely, pp. 152, 153. |
Postpone Definitely or to a Certain Time, pp. 121 125. |
Call for the Orders of the Day, pp. 68 71. |
General and Special Orders, pp. 71 77. |
VIII. |
Laying Aside a Question Temporarily, Resuming its Consideration, and Closing and Limiting Debate. |
Lay on the Table, pp. 104 111. |
Take from the Table, pp. 154 156. |
Previous Question, pp. 111 118. |
Limit or Extend Limits of Debate, pp. 118 120. |
IX. |
The Motion to Commit, and Committees. |
Commit, pp. 125 134. |
Special and Standing Committees, pp. 211 220. |
Form of their Reports, pp. 215, 216. |
Form of Minority Report, p. 216. |
X. |
Committees (Concluded). |
Reception of Committees Reports, pp. 220 223. |
Adoption of Committees Reports, pp. 223 229. |
Committee of the Whole, pp. 229 233. |
As if in Committee of the Whole, pp. 233, 234. |
Informal Consideration, pp. 234, 235. |
Committees Classified, pp. 206, 207. |
Boards of Managers, etc., and Executive Committees, pp. 207 210. |
Ex-Officio Members of Boards and Committees, p. 210. |
XI. |
Reconsidering and Rescinding a Vote. |
Reconsider, pp. 156 165. |
Reconsider and Enter on the Minutes, pp. 165 168. |
Rescind, pp. 169, 170. |
XII. |
Some Miscellaneous and Incidental Motions. |
Renew, pp. 171 173. |
Ratify, pp. 173, 174. |
Dilatory and Absurd Motions, pp. 174, 175. |
Incidental Motions, pp. 56, 57. |
Questions of Order, pp. 78 81. |
Appeal, pp. 81 83. |
Suspension of the Rules, pp. 83 87. |
XIII. |
Incidental Motions (Concluded). |
Objection to the Consideration of a Question, pp. 87 89. |
Division of a Question, pp. 89 92. |
Consideration by Paragraph or Seriatim, pp. 92 95. |
Division of the Assembly and Other Motions relating to Voting and the Polls, pp. 95, 96. |
Motions relating to Methods of Making and to Closing and to Reopening Nominations, pp. 96, 97. |
Parliamentary Inquiry, pp. 98, 99. |
Request for Information, pp. 99, 100. |
To Withdraw or Modify a Motion, pp. 100, 101. |
To Read Papers, pp. 101, 102. |
To be Excused from a Duty, pp. 102 104. |
Request for any other Privilege, p. 104. |
XIV. |
Debate. |
Debate, pp. 39 and 178 180. |
Decorum in Debate, pp. 180 182. |
Closing and Preventing Debate, pp. 182 184. |
Principles of Debate, pp. 184 187. |
Motions that Open the Main Question to Debate, p. 187. |
Undebatable Motions, p. 187. |
XV. |
Voting. |
Voting, pp. 188 201. |
Announcing the Vote, pp. 190, 191. |
Voting by Ballot, pp. 193 196. |
Voting by Yeas and Nays, pp. 197, 198. |
General Consent, pp. 198, 199. |
Voting by Mail, pp. 199, 200. |
Voting by Proxy, pp. 200, 201. |
Votes that are Null and Void even if Unanimous, pp. 201, 202. |
Motions requiring More than a Majority Vote, pp. 202 206. |
XVI. |
The Officers and the Minutes. |
Chairman or President, pp. 236 244. |
Hints to Inexperienced Chairmen, pp. 242 244. |
Secretary or Clerk, pp. 244 247. |
Corresponding Secretary, p. 246. |
The Minutes, pp. 247 250. |
Executive Secretary, pp. 250, 251. |
Treasurer, pp. 251 253. |
XVII. |
Nominations and Elections, and Miscellaneous. |
Session, pp. 253 257. |
Meeting, pp. 253 255. |
Quorum, pp. 257 261. |
Order of Business, pp. 261 263. |
Nominations and Elections, pp. 263, 264. |
[As the officers are usually elected by ballot that method of voting (pages 193196) should be reviewed in connection with this lesson. The incidental motions relating to the methods of making nominations and taking the vote and of closing and reopening nominations and the polls (pages 9597) should also be reviewed in connection with this lesson.] |
XVIII. |
Rules of an Assembly and their Amendments. |
Constitutions, pp. 264 266. |
By-laws, pp. 266, 267. |
Rules of Order, pp. 267, 268. |
Standing Rules and their Amendment, pp. 268, 269. |
Amendment of Constitutions, etc., pp. 269 273. |
Amending a Proposed Amendment to the Constitution, etc., p. 272. |
Review Use of Tables on pages 5 10, and Index. |