Manual of Parliamentary Practice

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Author

Cushing, Luther Stearns, 1803-1856

Title

Manual of Parliamentary Practice Rules of Proceeding and Debate in Deliberative Assemblies

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

JF: Political science: Political institutions and public administration

Subject

Parliamentary practice

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60757

Release Date

November 22, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.3 ] MANUAL OF PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.
2. 2.4 ] AUTHOR’S STATEMENT.
3. 3.PUBLISHER’S REMARKS.
4. 4.7 ] TABLE OF CONTENTS.
5. 5.9 ] PARLIAMENTARY PRACTICE.
6. 6.20 ] CHAPTER I. OF CERTAIN PRELIMINARY MATTERS. — Section I. Quorum. [Footnote 2 ] — Sect. II. Rules and Orders. — Sect. III. Time of Meeting. — Sect. IV. Principle of Decision.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. OF THE OFFICERS. — Sect. I. The Presiding Officer. — Sect. II. The Recording Officer.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. OF THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE MEMBERS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. OF THE INTRODUCTION OF BUSINESS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. OF MOTIONS IN GENERAL.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. OF MOTIONS TO SUPPRESS. — Sect. I. Previous Question. — Sect. II. Indefinite Postponement.
12. 12.51 ] CHAPTER VII. OF MOTIONS TO POSTPONE.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. OF MOTIONS TO COMMIT.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. OF MOTIONS TO AMEND. — Sect. I. Division of a Question. — Sect. II. Filling Blanks. — 60 ] Sect. III. Addition,—Separation, Transposition. — Sect. IV. Modification or Amendment by the Mover. — Sect. V. General Rules relating to Amendments. — Sect. VI. Amendments by striking out. — Sect. VII. Amendments by inserting. — Sect. VIII. Amendments by striking out and inserting. — Sect. IX. Amendments changing the Nature of a Question.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. OF THE ORDER AND SUCCESSION OF QUESTIONS. — Sect. I. Privileged Questions. — 81 ] Adjournment. — Questions of Privilege. — Orders of the Day. — Sect. II. Incidental Questions. — Questions of Order. — Reading Papers. — 91 ] Withdrawal of a Motion. — Suspension of a Rule. — Amendment of Amendments. — Sect. III. Subsidiary Questions. — Lie on the Table. — Previous Question. — Postponement. — Commitment. — Amendment.
16. 16.101 ] CHAPTER XI. OF THE ORDER OF PROCEEDING.
17. 17.108 ] CHAPTER XII. OF ORDER IN DEBATE. — Sect. I. As to the Manner of Speaking. — 112 ] Sect. II. As to the Matter in Speaking. — Sect. III. As to Times of speaking. — Sect. IV. As to stopping Debate. — 119 ] Sect. V. As to Decorum in Debate. — Sect. VI. As to Disorderly Words.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. OF THE QUESTION.
19. 19.135 ] CHAPTER XIV. OF RECONSIDERATION.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. OF COMMITTEES. — Sect. I. Their Nature and Functions. — 141 ] Sect. II. Their Appointment. — Sect. III. Their Organization and Manner of Proceeding. — Sect. IV. Their Report. — Sect. V. Committee of the Whole.
21. 21.CONCLUDING REMARKS.
22. 22.165 ] 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.
23. 23.189 ] DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
24. 24.195 ] INDEX.
25. 25.209 ] WASHINGTON’S FAREWELL ADDRESS.
26. 26.Transcriber’s Note

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