§ 25
Seconding a Motion.
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keeps within the rules of the assembly, except to have entered on the minutes a motion to reconsider (135), by a call to order (32), by an objection to the consideration of the question (126), by a call for the orders of the day ([1]89), or by a question of privilege requiring immediate action (87).
SECONDING A MOTION.
25. After a motion has been made it should have the support of another member (to assure the assembly it has more than one supporter, and is worthy of consideration), who rises in his place and without waiting for recognition says: “I second the motion.” There are many reasons why a member should rise in seconding a motion. Among these reasons may be mentioned that it bars a non-member
- ↑ Note.—Some writers hold that a speaker cannot be interrupted by call “call for the orders,” but this ruling is not generally accepted at the present, because the member speaking might defeat the order by prolonging his speech until adjournment, and declining to yield the floor, except for a motion to adjourn.
