The deliberative assembly: its types and their rules

The conduct of business in a deliberative assembly

Description of motions in all classifications

Meeting and session

The main motion

Subsidiary motions

Privileged motions

Incidental motions

Motions that bring a question again before the assembly

Renewal of motions; dilatory and improper motions

Quorum; order of business and related concepts

Assignment of the floor; debate

Voting

Nominations and elections

Officers; minutes and officers' reports

Boards and committees

Mass meetings; organization of a permanent society

Bylaws

Conventions

Disciplinary procedures

Charts, tables, lists

Appendix: Sample rules for electronic meetings.

Preface to the 11th edition

Introductiion

Principles underlying parliamentary law

I. The deliberative assembly : its types and their rules. 1. The deliberative assembly ; 2. Rules of an assembly or organization

II. The conduct of business in a deliberative assembly. 3. Basic provisions and procedures ; 4. The handling of a motion

III. Description of motions in all classifications. 5. Basic classifications; order of precedence of motions ; 6. Description of classes and individual motions ; 7. Standard descriptive characteristics of motions

IV. Meeting and session. 8. Meeting, session, recess, adjournment ; 9. Particular types of business meetings

V. The main motion. 10. The main motion

VI. Subsidiary motions. 11. Postpone indefinitely ; 12. Amend ; 13. Commit or refer ; 14. Postpone to a certain time (or definitely) ; 15. Limit or extend limits of debate ; 16. Previous question ; 17. Lay on the table

VII. Privileged motions. 18. Call for the orders of the day ; 19. Raise a question of privilege ; 20. Recess ; 21. Adjourn ; 22. Fix the time to which to adjourn

VIII. Incidental motions. 23. Point of order ; 24. Appeal ; 25. Suspend the rules ; 26. Objection to the consideration of a question ; 27. Division of a question ; 28. Consideration by paragraph or seriatim ; 29. Division of the assembly ; 30. Motions relating to methods of voting and the polls ; 31. Motions relating to nominations ; 32. Request to be excused from a duty ; 33. Requests and inquiries

IX. Motions that bring a question again before the assembly. 34. Take from the table ; 35. Rescind; amend something previously adopted ; 36. Discharge a committee ; 37. Reconsider

X. Renewal of motions : dilatory and improper motions. 38. Renewal of motions ; 39. Dilatory and improper motions

XI. Quorum : order of business and related concepts. 40. Quorum ; 41. Order of business; orders of the day; agenda or program

XII. Assignment of the floor : debate. 42. Rules governing assignment of the floor ; 43. Rules governing debate

XIII. Voting. 44. Bases for determining a voting result ; 45. Voting procedure

XIV. Nominations and elections. 46. Nominations and elections

XV. Officers : minutes and officers' reports. 47. Officers ; 48. Minutes and reports of officers

XVI. Boards and committees. 49. Boards ; 50. Committees ; 51. Reports of boards and committees ; 52. Committee of the whole and its alternate forms

XVII. Mass meetings; organization of a permanent society. 53. Mass meetings ; 54. Organization of a permanent society ; 55. Merger, consolidation, and dissolution of societies

XVIII. Bylaws. 56. Content and composition of bylaws ; 57. Amendment of bylaws

XIX. Conventions. 58. Conventions of delegates ; 59. Organization of a convention of an established society ; 60. Conventions not of a permanent society

XX. Disciplinary procedures. 61. Discipline of members and guests ; 62. Removal from office and other remedies for dereliction of duty in office or misconduct ; 63. Investigation and trial

Charts, tables, and lists. I. Chart for determining when each subsidiary or privileged motion is in order ; II. Table of rules relating to motions ; III. Sample forms used in making motions ; IV. Motions and parliamentary steps ; V. Motions and parliamentary steps ; VII. Motions whose reconsideration is prohibited or limited ; VIII. Table of rules for counting election ballots.