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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
Source djvu
Progress Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
Transclusion Fully transcluded

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
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