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PAGE INTRODUCTION 9
CONCLUDING REMARKS 161
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES 165
PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.
INTRODUCTION.
OF CERTAIN PRELIMINARY MATTERS.
In the Constitution of the United States, the number is one fifth; some of the State constitutions give this power to one fifth, some to three members; some to two, and some to one."--Ed.
OF THE OFFICERS.
To open the sitting, at the time to which the assembly is adjourned, by taking the chair and calling the members to order;
To announce the business before the assembly in the order in which it is to be acted upon;
To receive and submit, in the proper manner, all motions and propositions presented by the members;
To put to vote all questions, which are regularly moved, or necessarily arise in the course of the proceedings, and to announce the result;
To restrain the members, when engaged in debate, within the rules of order;
To enforce on all occasions the observance of order and decorum among the members;
To receive all messages and other communications and announce them to the assembly;
To authenticate, by his signature, when necessary, all the acts, orders, and proceedings of the assembly;
To inform the assembly, when necessary, or when referred to for the purpose, in a point of order or practice;
To name the members who are to serve on committees; and, in general,
To represent and stand for the assembly, declaring its will, and, in all things, obeying implicitly its commands.
OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS.
OF THE INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS.
This is a great abuse; and the bad example of Congress should not be followed by other assemblies. In such a case, the presiding officer should entertain the former motion, and treat the latter as if it had not been made."
OF MOTIONS IN GENERAL.
OF MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS.
OF MOTIONS TO POSTPONE.
OF MOTIONS TO COMMIT.
OF MOTIONS TO AMEND.
OF THE ORDER AND SUCCESSION OF QUESTIONS.
Adjournment.
Questions of Privilege.
Orders of the Day.
Questions of Order.
Reading Papers.
Withdrawal of a Motion.
Suspension of a Rule.
Amendment of Amendments.
Lie on the Table.
Previous Question.
Postponement.
Commitment.
Amendment.
OF THE ORDER OF PROCEEDING.
OF ORDER IN DEBATE.
"Should an appeal be taken, it will be decided without debate."--Ed.
--Also see note on page 163.
OF THE QUESTION.
OF RECONSIDERATION.
OF COMMITTEES.
CONCLUDING REMARKS.
The great purpose of all rules and forms, is to subserve the will of the assembly rather than to restrain it; to facilitate, and not to obstruct, the expression of their deliberate sense.
NOTE: The so-called "cloture" has the same end as the American previous question; it is intended to cut debate short. The English previous question works to continue debate, and a new scheme had to be devised in 1882. Then it was that the French cloture was adopted and naturalized. Under the Cloture act the Speaker of the House or the Chairman of Committee may say when he thinks the subject before the House or the Committee has been sufficiently discussed, and if a motion be made "That the question be now put," he shall put the question. If 200 members are in favor of putting the question, or if less than 40 oppose it and more than 100 are in favor, he shall put the question on the principal question before the House or the committee at once. In this country, when a member reports a bill from his committee he moves that the previous question be put at the end of one hour; debate is therefore limited to one hour. In England, a member, calling up a bill for its second reading, moves the previous question, and votes against his motion. If the previous question should be ordered, he would feel grievously disgusted--so would the American Congressman, if the previous question should not be ordered.
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