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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 27

Standing Orders

Standing Orders.

37. At all Executive Council Meetings, and at Ordinary General Meetings, Annual Meetings, and Special General Meetings, the first business to be entertained shall be—reading the minutes of the previous Meeting, and their adoption or otherwise. The consideration of business arising from the minutes, postponed business to take precedence. Correspondence to be read; each letter or communication to be disposed of before entering upon other business. Then shall follow general business, including appeals, reports of Committees to be adopted, objected to, or referred to Committee for further consideration.

38. Any Member, when proposing a motion or amendment, or discussing any question, must rise and address the Chairman; and no Member shall be interrupted, unless by a call to order, when he shall sit down; the member calling to order shall then state his point of order, and the Chairman shall decide upon the same.

39. Any Member desirous of proposing either an original motion or amendment, must state the nature of such motion or amendment before addressing the chair in support thereof, and shall write it in form, if required, sign and deliver it to the Secretary, who shall add thereto the name of the seconder; and no motion or amendment shall be withdrawn without the sanction of the Meeting, nor shall any motion be entertained until seconded.

40. If more than one Member rise at the same time, the Chairman shall decide which is entitled to precedence.

41. The Mover of any motion or amendment shall be held to have spoken to the same in the discussion of either.

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The Seconder of a motion or amendment shall not be held to have spoken if he has only seconded the same without remark.

No Member shall be allowed to speak more than once, except strictly in explanation, or in contradiction of a misstatement, excepting the mover of the motion, who shall have the right of reply, and no speaker shall occupy a longer time than ten minutes. No further discussion shall take place after the mover of the motion has replied.

42. No Member shall propose more than one amendment upon any motion.

43. The Chairman's decision shall be final on all questions of order or practice, and he shall state the same without comment or argument.

44. Only one amendment shall be discussed at one time, and, upon the adoption of any amendment, the original motion shall be deemed rejected, and the amendment carried shall be acted upon as an original motion. It is competent whether the amendment is carried or not to receive other amendments, one at a time, to be disposed of in like manner, and decided on until the subject is disposed of.

45. Should the Chairman desire to speak to any question under discussion, he must do so before the reply of the mover of the original motion.

46. Questions touching the interpretations of the Rules shall not be considered or answered unless submitted to the Secretary in writing prior to the opening of the Meeting.

47. In the event of any Officer or Member of the Association having urgent business to place before the Association, it shall be competent for him to move the suspension of Standing Orders, and, if agreed to by the Association, such business shall take precedence of all other.

48. All questions brought under discussion at any Meeting, shall be decided by the majority of Members present, by show of hands.

49. In case of any doubt or difficulty arising as to questions of practice and points of order that are not met by these Standing Orders, reference shall be had to Parliamentary usage.