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RULES OF ORDER
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Extend the Time Appointed for Adjournment or for Taking a Recess 20

Close Nominations [26] or the Polls 25

Limit the Names to be Voted for

Expel from Membership: it also requires previous notice and trial 75

Depose from Office: it also requires previous notice

Discharge a Committee when previous notice has not been given 32

Reconsider in Committee when a member of the majority is absent and has not been notified of the proposed reconsideration 36


Art. IX. Committees and Boards

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49. Committees Classified 206

50. Boards of Managers, etc., and Executive Committees 207

51. Ex-Officio Members of Boards and Committees 210

52. Committees, Special and Standing 211

53. Reception of Reports 220

54. Adoption or Acceptance of Reports 223

55. Committee of the Whole 229

56. As if in Committee of the Whole 233

57. Informal Consideration 234

49. Committees Classified. A Committee is a body of one or more persons appointed or elected by an assembly or society to consider, or investigate, or take action in regard to, certain matters or subjects, or to do all of these things. Committees may be divided into two distinct classes:

(1) Boards of Managers or Directors, Boards of Trustees, Executive Committees, etc.

(2) Ordinary Committees, Special or