Manual of Parliamentary Practice / Rules of Proceeding and Debate in Deliberative Assemblies
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Chapters (77)
- Manual of Parliamentary Practice
- Author’s Statement
- Publisher’s Remarks
- Introduction
- Chapter I. Of Certain Preliminary Matters
- Section I. Quorum
- Section II. Rules and Orders
- Section III. Time of Meeting
- Section IV. Principle of Decision
- Chapter II. Of the Officers
- Section I. The Presiding Officer
- Section II. The Recording Officer
- Chapter III. Of the Rights and Duties of the Members
- Chapter IV. Of the Introduction of Business
- Chapter V. Of Motions in General
- Chapter VI. Of Motions to Suppress
- Section I. Previous Question
- Section II. Indefinite Postponement
- Chapter VII. Of Motions to Postpone
- Chapter VIII. Of Motions to Commit
- Chapter IX. Of Motions to Amend
- Section I. Division of a Question
- Section II. Filling Blanks
- Section III. Addition—Separation—Transposition
- Section IV. Modification or Amendment by the Mover
- Section V. General Rules relating to Amendments
- Section VI. Amendments by striking out
- Section VII. Amendments by inserting
- Section VIII. Amendments by striking out and inserting
- Section IX. Amendments changing the Nature of a Question
- Chapter X. Of the Order and Succession of Questions
- Section I. Privileged Questions
- Adjournment
- Questions of Privilege
- Orders of the Day
- Section II. Incidental Questions
- Questions of Order
- Reading Papers
- Withdrawal of a Motion
- Suspension of a Rule
- Amendment of Amendments
- Section III. Subsidiary Questions
- Lie on the Table
- Previous Question
- Postponement
- Commitment
- Amendment
- Chapter XI. Of the Order of Proceeding
- Chapter XII. Of Order in Debate
- Section I. As to the Manner of Speaking
- Section II. As to the Matter in Speaking
- Section III. As to Times of speaking
- Section IV. As to stopping Debate
- Section V. As to Decorum in Debate
- Section VI. As to Disorderly Words
- Chapter XIII. Of the Question
- Chapter XIV. Of Reconsideration
- Chapter XV. Of Committees
- Section I. Their Nature and Functions
- Section II. Their Appointment
- Section III. Their Organization and Manner of Proceeding
- Section IV. Their Report
- Section V. Committee of the Whole
- Concluding Remarks
- Constitution of the United States
- Preamble
- Article I. The Legislative Department
- Article II. The Executive Department
- Article III. The Judicial Department
- Article IV. Miscellaneous Provisions
- Article V.
- Article VI.
- Article VII.
- Amendments to the Constitution of the United States
- Declaration of Independence
- Index
- Washington’s Farewell Address
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