The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 21

Order of Debate at Quarterly Meetings

Order of Debate at Quarterly Meetings.

6.	No discussion shall take place except upon a motion or amendment moved and seconded, and in writing, with the names of proposer and seconder attached.
7.	Only one amendment can be entertained at one time. If the amendment be carried, it shall take the place of the original motion, and there will be no necessity to put the original motion to the meeting. It is competent, whether the page 42 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 finally disposed of.
8.	No member shall propose more than one amendment upon a motion, and no member shall speak more than once upon either motion or amendment, except the mover of the motion first proposed, who shall be entitled to reply. The seconder of a motion or amendment shall not be held to have spoken thereon if he has only seconded same without remark. In the case of proposed amendments being lost, the presiding officer shall put the original motion to the vote.
9.	Any Representative may, by consent of the Presiding Officer, offer an explanation of any particular expression used by him, but must confine himself strictly to the explanation.
10.	In all eases where a vote is to be taken, it shall be decided by the usual exclamation "Aye" or "No," and if a division be called for, it shall be taken by the "Ayes" going to the right of the Chair, and the "Noes" to the left. The Presiding Officer may appoint one teller from each side, who shall report to him the result, and he shall immediately declare the numbers for or against. No division shall be taken unless called for by six members.
11.	No Representative shall leave the meeting whilst a vote is being taken, and all Representatives must vote.
12.	Any subject that may be once settled by vote or division cannot be again entertained at the same Council Meeting.
13.	An amendment to proceed with next business (which shall take precedence of all matters before the meeting), upon which no discussion shall be allowed, shall, if carried, supersede the original motion, and every amendment thereon.
14.	The Presiding Officer shall have a casting vote only.
15.	On all questions, and during all discussions, the member speaking shall address the meeting through the Presiding Officer, and shall be standing.
16.	In all cases where a point of order is raised, the member raising same shall state his point of order clearly and distinctly; and if a member be speaking, such member shall take his scat until the point of order is decided; the Presiding Officer to decide the matter promptly, and not allow a discussion.
17.	Any member violating any of the above rules shall be fined for every such violation two shillings and sixpence. A repetition of the offence, or continuing disorderly, having been first called to order by the Chair, to be deemed a separate offence. Any member refusing to retract any offensive expression, having been first directed to do so by the Chair, shall be lined two shillings and sixpence, and be debarred from taking part in any discussion until such retraction be duly made.

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