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PART II.

ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.[1]


Art. IX. Organization and Meetings.

[§§ 46–49.]

46. An Occasional or Mass Meeting.

(a) Organization. When a meeting is held, which is not one of an organized society, shortly after the time appointed for the meeting, some member of the assembly steps forward and says: “The meeting will please come to order;


  1. The exact words used by the Chairman or member are in many cases in quotations. It is not to be inferred that these are the only forms permitted, but that these forms are proper and common. They are inserted for the benefit of those unaccustomed to parliamentary forms, and are sufficiently numerous for ordinary meetings.

    If pressed for time, the beginner, after reading this section, should begin at § 54, and read the remainder of this second part.