Handbook of Parliamentary Law; A Complete Syllabus of Rules of Order, with Explanatory Notes, Directions for the Study of Parliamentary Law, Review Questions, and Usable Graphic and Diagrammatic Classifications of Motions (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SECTION IV. INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS Obtaining the floor. (See also page 62.) 1. The member must rise and address the chairman by his proper title. Vz. Recognition must be received from the chairman. 3. When two or more seek recognition at the same time a. The maker of a motion is entitled to recognition first in debate on his motion; b. The member on the opposite side from the last speaker is entitled to recognition over one on the same side; c. The member that has not yet spoken on a motion is entitled to recognition over one that has spoken; d. The one who seldom asks the privilege of the floor should be preferred to one who frequently secures it; e. In other cases the one first addressing the chair is entitled to recognition. v 4. If the chairman prefers, he may ask the assembly to decide by vote who is entitled to the floor. 5. A member who remains standing while another is speaking, or who rises before the floor is relinquished by another speaker, or who approaches the presiding officer in order to secure attention, is not entitled to recognition by the chairman. Methods of introducing business. By motion. xy 1. The motion may be made only by a member who has obtained the floor. x/2. The motion must be seconded by another member, who does not need to obtain the floor. The following are exceptions and do not require seconding: a. A Call for the Order of the Day; b. A Question of Order (not an Appeal); c. An Objection to the Consideration of a Question; d. A motion pertaining to matters of mere routine. x/3- The motion must be stated by the presiding officer. If he refuses, the mover may himself put the question to vote. By presenting a communication requiring action, or by a report of a committ...