| Table of Rules Relating to Motions | 11 |
| Preface | 17 |
| Introduction | 21 |
| Parliamentary Law | 21 |
| Plan of the Work | 23 |
| Plan of the Work Part I | 24 |
| Plan of the Work Part II | 25 |
| Plan of the Work Part III | 25 |
| Definitions and Common Errors | 25 |
Part I | Rules of Order | |
Art. I | Introduction of Business | 27 |
1 | How introduced | 27 |
2 | Obtaining the floor | 27 |
3 | What precedes debate on a question | 29 |
4 | What motions to be in writing, and how they shall be divided | 30 |
5 | Modification of a motion by mover | 30 |
Art. II | General Classification of Motions | 31 |
6 | Principal or Main motions | 31 |
7 | Subsidiary or Secondary motions | 31 |
8 | Incidental motions | 32 |
9 | Privileged motions | 32 |
Art. III | Motions and Order of Precedence | 33 |
| Privileged Motions | 33 |
10 | To fix the time to which to adjourn | 33 |
11 | Adjourn | 33 |
12 | Questions of privilege | 35 |
13 | Orders of the day | 35 |
| Incidental Motions | 37 |
14 | Appeal [Questions of Order] | 37 |
15 | Objection to consideration of a question | 39 |
16 | Reading papers | 39 |
17 | Withdrawal of a motion | 40 |
18 | Suspension of the Rules | 40 |
| Subsidiary Motions | 41 |
19 | Lay on the table | 41 |
20 | Previous Question | 43 |
21 | Postpone to a certain day | 47 |
22 | Commit [or Refer] | 47 |
23 | Amend | 49 |
24 | Postpone indefinitely | 51 |
| Miscellaneous Motions | 52 |
25 | Rescind | 52 |
26 | Renewal of a motion | 52 |
27 | Reconsideration | 53 |
Art. IV | Committees and Informal Action | 56 |
28 | Committees | 56 |
29 | Committees Form of their Reports | 58 |
30 | Committees Reception Form of their Reports | 59 |
31 | Committees Adoption Form of their Reports | 60 |
32 | Committee of the Whole | 63 |
33 | Informal consideration of a question | 65 |
Art. V | Debate and Decorum | 66 |
34 | Debate | 66 |
35 | Undebatable questions and those opening the main question to debate | 67 |
36 | Decorum in debate | 69 |
37 | Closing debate, methods of | 70 |
Art. VI | Vote | 71 |
38 | Voting, various modes of | 71 |
39 | Motions requiring more than a majority vote | 75 |
Art. VII | Officers and the Minutes | 77 |
40 | Chairman or President | 77 |
41 | Clerk, or Secretary, and the Minutes | 80 |
Art. VIII | Miscellaneous | 83 |
42 | Session | 83 |
43 | Quorum | 85 |
44 | Order of Business | 86 |
45 | Amendment of the Rules of Order, etc. | 86 |
Part II | Organization and Conduct of Business | |
Art. IX | Organization and Meetings | 88 |
46 | An Occasional or Mass Meeting | 88 |
(a) | Organization | 88 |
(b) | Adoption of resolutions | 89 |
(c) | Committee on Adoption of resolutions | 90 |
(d) | Additional Officers | 91 |
47 | A Convention or Assembly of Delegates | 92 |
48 | A Permanent Society | 93 |
(a) | First meeting | 93 |
(b) | Second meeting | 94 |
49 | Constitutions, By-Laws, Rules of Order and Standing Rules | 96 |
Art. X | Officers and Committees | 98 |
50 | President or Chairman | 98 |
51 | Secretary, or Clerk, and the Minutes | 100 |
52 | Treasurer | 102 |
53 | Committees | 104 |
Art. XI | Introduction of Business | 105 |
54 | Introduction of Business | 105 |
55 | Motions Classified according to their | |
Art. XII | Motions | 106 |
| Object | 106 |
56 | To Modify or Amend | 108 |
(a) | Amend | 108 |
(b) | Commit or refer | 108 |
57 | To Defer Action | 108 |
(a) | Postpone to a certain time | 108 |
(b) | Lay on the table | 109 |
58 | To Suppress Debate | 109 |
(a) | Previous Question | 109 |
(b) | An Order limiting or closing debate | 110 |
59 | To Suppress the Question | 111 |
(a) | Objection to its consideration | 111 |
(b) | Postpone indefinitely | 111 |
(c) | Lay on the table | 111 |
60 | To consider a question the second time | 112 |
(a) | Reconsider | 112 |
61 | Orders and Rules | 113 |
(a) | Orders of the day | 113 |
(b) | Special orders | 113 |
(c) | Suspension of the rules | 114 |
(d) | Questions of order | 114 |
(e) | Appeal | 114 |
62 | Miscellaneous | 115 |
(a) | Reading of papers | 115 |
(b) | Withdrawal of a motion | 115 |
(c) | Questions of privilege | 115 |
63 | To close a meeting | 115 |
(a) | Fix the time to which to adjourn | 115 |
(b) | Adjourn | 115 |
Art. XIII | Miscellaneous | 116 |
64 | Debate | 116 |
65 | Forms of stating and putting questions | 117 |
Part III | Miscellaneous | |
66 | Right of an Assembly to Punish its members | 119 |
67 | Right of an Assembly to Eject any one from its place of meeting | 119 |
68 | Rights of Ecclesiastical Tribunals | 120 |
69 | Trial of Members of Societies | 120 |
70 | Call of the House | 122 |
| Guide and Commentary | |
Part 1 |
| The Rules-What They Mean and What They Do | 130 |
Part 2 |
| Organization Structure and Accepted Procedures | 155 |
| Bibliography | 182 |
| Diagram of Parliamentary Motions in Order of Precedence | 183 |
| Index | 184 |