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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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