Subject Index

Henry M. Robert (1837–1923). Robert's Rules of Order. 1915.
Subject Index

right to vote when it affects result 238

of a committee 211

of committee of the whole 230

inexperienced, hints to 242

Clerk, (see Secretary) 244

Close Debate now (see Previous Question) 111

at a future time 118

Commit, motion to 125

forms of the motion 130

Committees, Executive, and Boards 207

ex-officio members of 210

of the whole 229

as if in committee of the whole 233

Committees, Special and Standing 211

distinction between special and standing 211

object of 130

appointment of 128

of whom they should be composed 131,132

proper size of 132

chairman of 131

reporting member of 220

quorum in, consists of a majority 259

manner of conducting business in 213

to discharge 132

Reports of, their form 215

their reception 220

their amendment 228

their adoption or acceptance 223

their place in the order of business 262

common errors in acting upon 222

Minority Reports or Views of, their form 216

cannot be acted upon unless moved as a substitute for the committee’s (majority’s) report 216

Congress, Rules of, the basis of this work 20

(Rules of, to be found in footnotes when different from those given in text)

Consent, unanimous or general 202

can be given only when a quorum is present 259

Consideration of a Question, objection to 87