Part 2 — INDEX
Reading edition
The figures refer usually to the page where the treatment of the subject begins. The arrangement of the work can be most easily seen by examining the Table of Contents (pp. 1-4); its plan is explained in the Introduction (p. 20). If it is desired to find the proper motion to use to accomplish a certain object, turn to page 44. On pages 5-10 will be found a large amount of information about all the motions in common use, which should be carefully studied so that when the facts are needed they can be quickly found. On those pages will be found, among other things, the circumstances under which any of the common motions may be made; the motions that are in order while a specified motion is pending; and whether a specified motion may be debated, amended, or reconsidered, and whether it requires a two-thirds vote, etc. In the Index under the title, “Motions, List of,” will be found a complete list of motions. To find the details refer to the particular motion in the Index. It is best always to refer to general subjects first, as under them will usually be found all the details. Look under Adjourn, Committee, Debate, Forms, Vote, etc., for illustrations.
Accept, Adopt, or Agree to, 223
Adjourn, motion to, 60
when not privileged, 63
effect upon unfinished business, 63
not used in committee of the whole (see Rise), 63
motion to fix the time to which to adjourn, 59
Amendment, motion to amend, 134
by inserting or adding words, 137
by striking out words, 138
by striking out and inserting words, 139
by inserting or adding, or by striking out, an entire paragraph, 140
by substituting one paragraph for another 141
of an amendment, 135
of reports of committees or boards, 228
of reports or propositions containing several paragraphs, 93
of Rules of Order, By-laws, and Constitutions, 269
of Standing Rules, 268
improper amendments, 143
motions that cannot be amended, list of, 146
Announcing the Vote, 42, 190
Annul, 169
Appeal from the decision of the chair, 81
Apply, meaning of, 21
Assembly, how organized and how business is conducted in, 275
the word to be replaced by Society, Club, etc., when it occurs in forms of questions, 22
division of the, 95
right to punish members, 299
right to eject persons from its room, 299
trial of members, 302
Ballot, voting by, 193
blanks not counted, 195
nominating or informal ballot, 263
form of report of vote by, 196
Blanks, filling of, 148
in balloting not to be counted, 195
Boards of Trustees, Managers, or Directors, 207
rules of procedure in, 208
reports of, and their amendment, 209
reports of, treated as reports of standing committees, 262 (See Quorum)
Business, how introduced, 25
how conducted, 25-42, 275-298
to change order of is undebatable and requires a two-thirds vote, 85
priority of, questions relating to are undebatable, 187
unfinished, 63
By-laws, what they should contain, 266
adoption of, 287, 288
amendment of, 269
suspension of, 267
Call of the House, 175
Call to Order, 80
Chairman, etc. (presiding officer), mode of address, 27
duties of, 236
election of, 276, 289
temporary, or pro tem., 240
right to vote when it affects result, 238
of a committee, 211
of committee of the whole, 230
inexperienced, hints to, 242
Charts, description of, 307
Clerk, (see Secretary), 244
Close Debate now (see Previous Question), 111
at a future time, 118
Commit, motion to, 125
forms of the motion, 130
Committees, Executive, and Boards, 207
ex-officio members of, 210
of the whole, 229
as if in committee of the whole, 233
Committees, Special and Standing, 211
distinction between special and standing, 211
object of, 130
appointment of, 128
of whom they should be composed, 131, 132
proper size of, 132
chairman of, 131
reporting member of, 220
quorum in, consists of a majority, 259
manner of conducting business in, 213
to discharge, 132
Reports of, their form, 215
their reception, 220
their amendment, 228
their adoption or acceptance, 223
their place in the order of business, 262
common errors in acting upon, 222
Minority Reports or Views of, their form, 216
cannot be acted upon unless moved as a substitute for the committee’s (majority’s) report, 216
Congress, Rules of, the basis of this work, 20
(Rules of, to be found in footnotes when different from those given in text)
Consent, unanimous or general, 202
can be given only when a quorum is present, 259
Consideration of a Question, objection to, 87
Constitutions, what they should contain, 265
adoption of, 287
amendment of, 269
cannot be suspended, 85
Convention, organizing and conducting a meeting of a, 292, 296
Credentials of delegates, 293
Debate, 38, 178
what precedes, 26
no member to speak but twice on same day in same, 39
no speech to be longer than ten minutes, 39
number and length of speeches in Congress (Note), 178
member reporting measure has right to close, 179
undebatable questions, list of, 187
motions that open the main question to, 187
principles regulating the extent of, 184
decorum in, 180
to close now (Previous Question), 111
to close at future time, 118
to limit or extend limits of, 118
two-thirds vote required to close, limit, or extend, 205
Decorum in Debate, 180
Definitions of various terms, 22
Delegates, organization of a meeting of, 292, 296
credentials of, 293
Dilatory Motions not permitted, 174
Disorderly words in debate, 181
Division of the assembly, 95
of the question, 89
Duties of Officers (see Chairman, Secretary, Executive Secretary and Treasurer)
Ecclesiastical Tribunals, legal rights of, 300
Eject persons from the room, right of assembly to, 299
Elections, 263
Errors, common, 222
Executive Board, 207
Executive Committee, 207
Executive Secretary, 250
Ex-officio members of boards and committees, 210
Expulsion of members requires a ⅔ vote, 303
Expunge, 170
Extend the limits of debate, 118
Filling blanks, 148
Fix the time to which to Adjourn, motion to, 59
when not privileged, 59
Floor, how to obtain, 27
necessary to obtain, in order to make a motion, 27
Forms of making motions, 33
a resolution, 34, 35
a preamble, 35
stating questions, 38
putting questions, 40
announcing the result of a vote, 41
tellers’ report of vote by ballot, 196
acting on reports of committees, 220, 223
acting on reports or resolutions containing several paragraphs, 92
reports of committees, 215
treasurers’ reports, 252
minutes of a meeting, 248
(Under each motion the form of making it and of stating and putting the question is given if the form is peculiar)
General Consent, 202
Hints to Inexperienced Chairmen, 242
House, Call of the, 175
Immediately pending question, meaning of, 23
Incidental motions or questions, 56
main motions or questions, 52
Indecorum, leave to continue speaking after, 80
Indefinite postponement, 152
Informal consideration of a question, 234
Information, Request for, 93
Introduction of Business, 25
Inquiry, Parliamentary, 98
Journal (see Minutes), 247
Lay on the table, motion to, 104
Leave to continue speaking after indecorum, 80
modify or withdraw a motion, 100
read papers, 101
be excused from a duty, 102
Legal Rights (see Assembly and Ecclesiastical Tribunals)
Lesson Outlines, 308
Limit debate, motion to, 118
Main motions or questions, 51
incidental main motions or questions, 52
Majority, defined, 24, 202
Meeting, distinction between it and Session, 254
how to conduct an occasional or mass meeting, 275
how to conduct a meeting to organize a society, 284
how to conduct a regular meeting of a society, 291
how to conduct a meeting of delegates (a convention), 292
Members not to be present during a debate concerning themselves, 182
not to vote on questions personal to themselves, 192
trial of, 302
not to be expelled by less than a ⅔ vote, 303
Minority Report, or Views (see Committees), 216
Minutes, form and contents of, 248
correction of before adoption, 147
correction of after adoption, 148, 159
Moderator (see Chairman), 27
Modification of a motion by the mover, 100
Motions, list of (for details see each motion in the Index)
accept a report, 223
adjourn, 60
adjourn, fix the time to which to, 59
add words (see Amendment), 137
add a paragraph (see Amendment), 140
adopt a report (same as Accept), 223
agree to (same as Adopt), 223
amend, 134
annul, 169
appeal, 81
blanks, filling, 148
call to order, 80
close debate now (previous question), 111
close debate at a future time, 118
commit, or refer, or recommit, 125
consideration of a question, objection to, 87
divide the assembly, 95
divide the question, 89
expunge, 170
extend the limits of debate, 118
fix the time to which to adjourn, 59
incidental motions or questions, 56
incidental main motions or questions, 52
indefinitely postpone, 152
informal consideration of a question, 234
insert words (see Amendment), 137
insert a paragraph (see Amendment), 140
lay on the table, 104
leave to continue speaking when guilty of indecorum, 80
leave to read papers, 101
leave to be excused from a duty, 102
leave to withdraw or modify a motion, 100
limit debate, 118
main motions or questions, 51
objection to the consideration of a question, 87
order, questions of, 78
order, to make a special, 73, 124
orders of the day, call for, 68
permission, to grant (see Leave)
postpone to a certain time, or definitely, 121
postpone indefinitely, 152
previous question, 111
principal (same as Main) motions or questions, 51
priority of business, questions relating to, 187
privileged motions or questions, 57
privilege, questions of, 66
reading papers, 101
reception of a report (see Committees), 220
recommit (same as Commit), 125
reconsider, 156
reconsider and enter on the minutes, 165
refer (same as Commit), 125
renewal of a motion, 171
rescind, repeal, or annul, 169
rise (in committee of the whole equals adjourn), 63, 231
special order, to make a, 73, 124
strike out words (see Amendment), 138
strike out a paragraph, 140
strike out and insert words (see Amendment), 139
strike out and insert a paragraph (same as Substitute), 141
subsidiary motions or questions, 54
substitute (one form of Amendment, which see), 141
suspension of the rules, 83
take from the table, 154
take up a question out of its proper order, 85, 86
withdrawal of a motion, 100
Motions, Table of rules relating to, 6
order of precedence of, 5
classified according to their object, 44
classified into Privileged, Incidental, Subsidiary, etc., 51-58
how to be made, 33
a second required (with certain exceptions), 36
to be stated by chairman before being discussed, 38
when to be in writing, 34
how to be divided, 89
how to be modified by the mover, 100
how to be stated, 38
how to be put to the question, 40
that are in order when another has the floor, 32
that do not require a second, 37
that cannot be amended, 146
that cannot be debated, 187
that cannot be reconsidered, 158
that open main question to debate, 187
that require ⅔ vote for their adoption, 205
that are null and void even if adopted unanimously, 201
dilatory, absurd, or frivolous, not allowed, 174
Nominating Ballot, 263
Nominations, how treated, 96, 263, 276
closing and reopening, 97
seconding, 263
Numbers of paragraphs, clerk to correct without a vote, 148
Objection to consideration [introduction] of a question, 87
Obtaining the floor, 27
Officers of an assembly (see Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer, and Vice President), 277
election of, 276
temporary, or pro tem., 240
Order, questions of and a call to, 78
of business, 261
of the day, 71
general, 72
special, 73
of precedence of motions, 5
Organization of an occasional or mass meeting, 275
of a semi-permanent mass meeting, 283
of a permanent society, 284
of a convention or assembly of delegates, 292, 296
Papers and Documents, reading of, 101
in custody of secretary, 245
Parliamentary Inquiry, 98
Parliamentary Law, its origin, etc., 15
Pending question, meaning of, 23
immediately pending question, meaning of, 23
Plan for Study of Parliamentary Law, 305
Plan of the Manual, 20
Plurality Vote defined, 24
Postpone to a certain time, 121
indefinitely, 152
Preamble, form of, 35
considered after the resolution, 94
Precedence of motions, order of, 5
meaning of, 21
President or Presiding Officer (see Chairman), 236
Previous Question, 111
Principal, or Main, Motion or Question, 51
Priority of Business, questions relating to, 187
Privilege, questions of, 66
Privileged Motions or Questions, 57
Program of a meeting (same as Orders of the Day), 74
Proxy Voting, 200
Putting the question, form of, 40
Questions (see Forms, Motions, Privilege, Privileged, Order, Stating, and Putting)
Quorum, 257
when there is no rule, consists of a majority, 258
committees and boards cannot decide upon, 259
in Congress and Parliament, 261
Reading of Papers, 101
Reception of a Report (see Committees), 220
Recess, to take a, 64
Recommit (see Commit), 125, 130
Reconsider, 156
motions that cannot be reconsidered, 158
Reconsider and have entered on the minutes, 165
Record, or Minutes, 247
Recording Officer (see Secretary), 244
Refer (same as Commit), 125
Renewal of a motion, 171
Reporting member of a committee, defined, 220
Reports of committees (see Committees)
Requests of any kind, 97
Rescind, 169
Resolutions, forms of, 34, 35
not in order if conflicting with Constitution, By-laws, Rules of Order, or Standing Rules, 201, 269
Restore to membership or office, 170
Rights of assemblies (see Assembly), 299
of ecclesiastical tribunals, 300
Rise, motion to, in committee equals adjourn, 63, 231
Rules of Debate (see Debate), 38, 178
of Order, what they should contain, 267
of Order, amendment of, 269
of Order, suspension of, 83
Standing, what they should contain, 268
Standing, amendment or suspension of, 268
relating to motions, Table of, 6
Seconding, motions that do not require, 37
Secretary, duties of, 244
election of, 276
corresponding, 246
executive, 250
Seriatim Consideration, 92
Session, 253
Speaking, Rules of (see Debate), 38, 178
Special Order, 73
Standing Rules, 268
Stating a Question, form of, 38
Strike out (see Amendment), 138, 140
Students, Suggestions to, 205
Subsidiary Motions or Questions, 54
Substitute (see Amendment), 141
Sum, largest put first, 149
Suspension of the Constitution, 265
of By-laws, 267
of Rules, 83
of Standing Rules, 268
Table of Rules relating to motions, 6
Table, motion to lay on the, 104
motion to take from the, 154
Teachers, Suggestions to, 305
Tellers, 195
report of, 196
Time, longest, or most distant, first put, 149
Treasurer, duties of, 251
Trial of Members, 302
Two-thirds vote, motions requiring, 205
various kinds of, explained, 204
principles regulating, 204
Unanimous Consent, 202
Undebatable Motions or Questions, 187
Unfinished Business, effect of adjournment upon, 63
its place in the order of business, 262
Vice Presidents, 242
honorary, 267
Vote, 188
putting the question, 40
viva voce, or by voice, 188
by show of hands, 189
by rising, 189
by ballot, 193
by yeas and nays, 197
by general consent, 198, 202
proxy voting, 200
voting by mail, 199
division, 95
chairman entitled to, when it affects result, 192
change of, permitted before result is announced, 193
announcing the, 42, 190
effect of a tie, 192
authorizing secretary to cast unanimous ballot, 194
declaring vote unanimous when it is not, 194, 203
personal interests that debar one’s voting, 192
definitions of plurality, majority, and two-thirds, 21
motions requiring more than a majority, 202
motions requiring ⅔, list of, 205
different kinds of ⅔, 204
Whole, Committee of the, 229
Withdrawal of a Motion, 100
Yeas and Nays, voting by, 197
Yields, meaning of, 21