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THE DEBATER. 
 
 Chairman's Assistant, 
 
 AND 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 NEW YORK: 
 
 DICK & FITZGERALD, 
 
 New York. 
 
THE DEBATEB, 
 
 CHAIRMAN'S ASSISTANT 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 ft. MANUAL FOR INSTRUCTION AND REFERENCE IN £j& MATTER* 
 
 PERTAINING TO THE MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC MEETINGS, 
 
 ACCORDING TO PARLIAMENTARY USAGES. 
 
 IT EMBRACES 
 
 How to Form and Condom Societies., t£c; 
 
 Forms of Constitutions ; 
 
 Powers and Duties of Officers, with official 
 
 Forms for their reports and guidance ; 
 Resolutions and other Written Business ; 
 
 Complete Rules of Order and moaes of pro- 
 cedure; 
 
 J id Points of Order, arranged in tabular 
 form, for instant information on all doubt- 
 ful cases that may arise. 
 
 KE¥ YORK: 
 DICK & FITZGERALD, PUBLISHERS. 
 
iLAB^SVqr 
 
 Entered according to act of Congress in the year ] 
 By DICK & FITZGERALD, 
 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court or the u ni u?d States for the 
 Southern District of New York. 
 
 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1879, oy 
 
 DICK & FITZGERALD, 
 
 in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at "Washington, D. 0. 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The want of a work which should indicate the cor- 
 rect mode of proceeding in business of a public nature, 
 has been long felt. Several manuals of order, based 
 upon the rules of Parliament or our own Congress, have 
 been published, and these had merit in either a greater 
 or lesser degree ; but they did not go far enough. Many 
 intelligent persons, fully competent to transact ordinary 
 business in an effective manner, feel highly embarrassed 
 when called on to take part in a public meeting, prepare 
 petitions, resolutions, and similar semi-official docu- 
 ments, draw up a constitution for a society, or express 
 their views on some public occasion. Their embarrass- 
 ment arises principally from the want of preliminary 
 knowledge in regard to such things. It struck the com- 
 piler, therefore, that a manual which should give the 
 rudiments of the required knowledge in a clear way, 
 with directions how to apply the rules practically — would 
 be secure of a general and steady sale. 
 
 On referring to the work, it will be seen that we essay 
 to teach .less by example, than by an explanation of the 
 
O PREFACE. 
 
 mode in which a thing should be properly done ; although 
 we give sufficient examples for imitation. Commencing 
 with the simplest political gathering, we pass on to 
 bodies of a legislative cast ; and directly or incidentally 
 touch on every thing which an American, anxious to 
 participate in the public duties of a citizen, can know 
 from mere precept. Part, however, of the dexterity and 
 ease required of the man engaged in public business 
 must come from practice. This work will not, of itself, 
 make the reader a thorough debater, or an unsurpassed 
 manager in a public convocation. But, having the 
 knowledge the volume imparts, added to common sense 
 and a fair capacity, the reader needs only to engage in 
 public business of any kind, to soon become proficient. 
 This manual is collated and condensed from the " Finger- 
 Post to Public Business." It not only contains all that is 
 essential to instruct the uninitiated in the formulae of public 
 business generally, but also furnishes a work of ready refer- 
 ence for promptly deciding all the doubtful questions and 
 points that continually present themselves, often causing 
 momentary embarrassment even to the skillful debater. 
 The decisions and modes of procedure have all been revised 
 and amended to conform with the usages of the present 
 time. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PART I. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Mode of Public Business 11 
 
 Of Public Meetings 11 
 
 Of Organizing Associations 17 
 
 Of Public Celebrations 18 
 
 Of Public Dinners 20 
 
 Of Picnics 25 
 
 Of Conventions 27 
 
 PART II. 
 
 Foems of Constitutions 30 
 
 Lyceums or Institutes 31 
 
 Village Fire Companies 33 
 
 Uniformed Militia Company , 37 
 
 Agricultural Society 44 
 
 On By-laws 50 
 
 PART III. 
 
 The Duties of Officers 47 
 
 The Presiding Officer 47 
 
 The Recording Officer 48 
 
 The Treasurer 48 
 
 The Librarian 48 
 
 The Curators 49 
 
 The Committee on Correspondence 49 
 
 The Committee on Finance 49 
 
 Other Committees 50 
 
 PART IV. 
 
 Official Forms 51 
 
 The President 51 
 
 The Recording Secretary 55 
 
 The Corresponding Secretary 57 
 
 The Treasurer 57 
 
 The Librarian 58 
 
 The Curator 58 
 
 The Committees 58 
 
 PART V. 
 
 Rules of Order 60 
 
 Quorum 60 
 
 Call ,.o.. 6J 
 
10 CONTENTS. 
 
 PAGE. 
 
 Minutes 61 
 
 Presiding Officer, and Recording Officer 62 
 
 Arrangement of Business 62 
 
 Orders 63 
 
 Committees 63 
 
 Committee of the Whole 64 
 
 Commitment 66 
 
 Reports of Committees 67 
 
 Motions, and Amendments 68 
 
 Privileged Questions 71 
 
 Previous Question 73 
 
 Division of the Question 73 
 
 Co-existing Questions, and Equivalent Questions 74 
 
 The Question 74 
 
 Division 76 
 
 Reconsideration 75 
 
 Appeals 66 
 
 Papers 76 
 
 Communications 77 
 
 Things on the Table 77 
 
 Resolutions 78 
 
 Rights of Members 78 
 
 Trial of Members 78 
 
 Order and Decorum 79 
 
 Adjournment and Recess 83 
 
 Suspension of Rules 83 
 
 Force of Words 84 
 
 Tie Vote 84 
 
 PART VI. 
 
 Op Written Business 86 
 
 Of Resolutions 85 
 
 Of Reports 91 
 
 Of Petitions 98 
 
 PART vn. 
 
 Forms and Points of Order 101 
 
 Specimen Report of a Meeting, with Decisions, etc 101 
 
 part vra. 
 
 Recapitulation of Certain Points in Tabular Form 121 
 
 Motions in Order During Debate 121 
 
 Motions in their Order of Precedence 121 
 
 Motions in Order when a Member has the Floor 122 
 
 Motions Opening Main Question to Debate 122 
 
 Successful Motions that can not be Reconsidered 122 
 
 Matters not Subject to Amendment 122 
 
 Non-Debatable Matters 123 
 
 Forms of Putting Certain QueBtionB 124 
 
 Two-Thirds Vote 125 
 
 Matter-ef-Gsurse Questions : 126 
 
THE DEBATER 
 
 CHAIRMAN'S ASSISTANT. 
 
 PAET I. 
 
 MODE OF PUBLIC BUSINESS. 
 
 The business of a public nature likely to be engaged 
 in partially, by those unacquainted with its rules, consists 
 of organized associations, public meetings, public cele- 
 brations, and conventions. We shall commence with the 
 most common of these, first. 
 
 I. Of Public Meetings. 
 
 A public meeting is the assemblage of a portion of 
 the people, more for the expression of opinion upon mat- 
 ters of local or general concern, than for deliberation. 
 The proceedings, therefore, are but few and simple ; yet, 
 to preserve order during its session, and to give effect to 
 its action, the meeting has to be guided by defined rules 
 from the time of its projection to the moment of its 
 close. 
 
 Political meetings are the most common, and therefore 
 we will choose one of these for an example. 
 
 James Clinton resides in the town of Blandon, and 
 desires, just previous to an election, that a Democratic 
 
12 OF PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
 
 meeting shall be held in his village. He, therefore, con- 
 sults with Thomas Mayor, Francis Baldwin, and John 
 Smith, whom he knows to belong to the same party with 
 himself, and who have a certain prominence in the town. 
 They agree upon a day and place. The next business is 
 to give notice of the meeting, that all those who favor 
 its purposes may attend. This is to be done by posting 
 in public places, written or printed placards containing 
 something like the following : 
 
 DEMOCRATIC MEETING 1 
 
 The citizens of Blandon, in favor of the policy of the 
 Democratic party, are requested to meet on Saturday 
 Evening, September 9th, at the house of John Pigeon, 
 Main Street, at 7 o'clock, to take such measures as are 
 deemed advisable to promote the success of the party in 
 the coming election. 
 
 This notice is also published in the county newspaper, 
 should there be one. 
 
 In the mean while, the proposers of the affair, either 
 after a caucus, or individually, obtain the consent of 
 some speaker, say a Mr. Andrew Butler, to be present 
 and give his views on public topics. In that case, the 
 advertisement closes with an announcement like this : 
 
 "Andrew Butler, Esq., has accepted an invitation to 
 address the meeting." 
 
 The projectors meanwhile meet in caucus together, and 
 agree upon officers. They select for chairman, Mr. John 
 Brown, an old resident and a man of standing, and Mr. 
 John Thompson, to act as secretary, and these gentlemen 
 consent to take the positions assigned them. 
 
OF PUBLIC MEETINGS. 13 
 
 When the evening comes, and the meeting has assem- 
 bled, no business is begun until half an hour after the 
 hour named. This interval is called "thirty minutes 
 grace," and is always allowed, through custom, for the 
 difference in watches. 
 
 At 1\ o'clock, Mr. James Clinton steps forward and 
 
 "The meeting will please come to order." 
 
 Every one hereupon suspends conversation, and, so 
 
 soon as all is quiet, Mr. Clinton continues : 
 
 " I move that Mr. John Brown act as President of 
 
 this meeting." 
 
 Mr. Thomas Mayor says : 
 
 " I second the motion." 
 
 Then Mr. Clinton puts the question thus : 
 
 "It has been moved and seconded that Mr. John 
 
 Brown act as President of this meeting. So many as 
 
 are in favor of the motion will signify their assent by 
 
 saying ' aye !' " 
 
 As soon as those in the affirmative have voted, he will 
 
 say: 
 
 " Those who are opposed, will say ' no !' " 
 
 If there are more ayes than noes, as there will be, 
 
 unless Mr. Brown be very unpopular indeed, he will 
 
 say: 
 
 " The ayes have it. The motion is carried. Mr. 
 
 Brown will take the chair." 
 
 If, on the contrary, the noes prevail he will say : 
 " The noes have it. The motion is lost." 
 Thereupon he will nominate some other, or put the 
 
 question upon other nominations. 
 
 So soon as a chairman is chosen, he will take his place. 
 
 Mr. Francis Baldwin then says : 
 
14 OF PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
 
 ' I move that Mr. John Thompson act as secretary of 
 this meeting." 
 
 This motion is seconded, and the chairman puts the 
 question and declares the result. 
 
 The form of putting the question on the chairman, 
 may be simplified thus : 
 
 " Mr. John Brown has been nominated as president 
 of this meeting. Those in favor, will say ' aye !' — Con- 
 trary opinion, ' no !' " 
 
 The meeting is now organized. The chairman will 
 direct the secretary to read the call. When that has 
 been done, he will say : 
 
 " You have heard the call under which we have as- 
 sembled ; what is your further pleasure ?" 
 
 Hereupon, Mr. John Smith says : 
 
 " I move that a committee of three be appointed to 
 draft resolutions expressive of the sense of this meeting." 
 
 This is seconded. 
 
 The chairman then says : 
 
 " Gentlemen, you have heard the motion ; are you 
 ready for the question ?" 
 
 If any one desires to speak against the resolution, he 
 arises and says : 
 
 " Mr. Chairman !" 
 
 The chairman turns toward the speaker, and listens to 
 him, and so to each in succession. When they are all 
 done, or in case no one responds to the call, he puts the 
 question in the customary form previously given, and de- 
 clares the result. 
 
 The resolution being adopted, the chairman says : 
 
 " How shall that committee be appointed ?" 
 
 If there be no reply, or a reply of " chair," the chair- 
 man names the mover of the resolution and two others 
 
OF PUBLIC MEETTOGB. 15 
 
 as a committee. The committee withdraws to prepare 
 the resolutions, or to examine those previously prepared 
 for the purpose. 
 
 During the absence of the committee is a proper time 
 for the speaker or speakers to address the meeting. 
 When the speeches are over, the chairman of the com- 
 mittee comes forward and says : 
 
 " Mr. Chairman, the committee begs leave to report 
 the following resolutions :" 
 
 He then reads the resolutions, and hands them to the 
 secretary. 
 
 The chairman now says : 
 
 " You have heard the report of the committee ; what 
 order do you take on it ?" 
 
 Some one now moves that the report be accepted, and 
 the resolutions be adopted. To save time, the chairman 
 will put the question solely on the adoption of the reso- 
 lutions. If no objection is made, and no amendment 
 offered, he will put the question, and declare the result. 
 
 As a general thing, a committee may be avoided, as a 
 useless formality, and the resolutions be offered by one 
 of the projectors of the meeting. 
 
 So soon as the resolutions are adopted, and the speech- 
 es are over, the chairman should ask : 
 
 " What is the further pleasure of this meeting ?" 
 
 If there be no further business, some one moves an 
 adjournment. The chairman does not ask if the meet- 
 ing be ready for the question, since an adjournment is 
 not debatable, but puts the question direct. If carried, 
 he says : 
 
 " This meeting stands adjourned without day." 
 
 If the meeting thinks proper to adjourn to meet at 
 another time, the time is fixed by a previous resolution, 
 
16 OF PUBLIC MEETINGS. 
 
 and then, •when it adjourns, the chairman declares it ad- 
 journed to the time fixed upon. 
 
 It will be seen that the foregoing form, by varying the 
 call, and changing the business to suit, will answer for 
 any other political party, or for any other purpose. 
 
 "When a public meeting is called by any executive or 
 other committee, the name of the chairman of that com- 
 mittee should be appended to the call, and the commit- 
 tee itself should prepare business for the action of the 
 meeting, as much as possible. 
 
 The duty of the secretary of a public meeting is near- 
 ly nominal, unless it is desired to publish an account of 
 its proceedings. In the latter case, the record of the 
 foregoing meeting, which is a form for any other meet- 
 ing, varied, under the circumstances of the case, would 
 read thus : 
 
 " At a meeting of the Democratic citizens of Blandon, 
 held pursuant to public notice, on Saturday evening, Sep- 
 tember 9th, at 7 o clock, at the house of James Pidgeon, 
 Mr. John Brown was called to the chair, and Mr. John 
 Thompson appointed secretary. 
 
 " On motion of Mr. John Smith, a committee of three, 
 consisting of Messrs. John Smith, Henry Magraw, and 
 Caspar Evans, was appointed to draft resolutions expres- 
 sive of the sense of the meeting. 
 
 " During the absence of the committee, the meeting 
 was effectively addressed by Andrew Butler, Esq. 
 
 " The committee, through its chairman, reported the 
 following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted : 
 [ Here the secretary inserts the resolutions.'] 
 
 " On motion, the meeting adjourned." 
 
 The great point for the officers and actors in a public 
 meeting, as in the meetings of deliberative bodies, is to 
 
OP ORGANIZING ASSOCIATIONS. 17 
 
 combine dispatch of business with correct form, and to 
 preserve harmony and good order. It is allowable in 
 the president, on taking the chair, to make a short ad- 
 dress upon the purpose which calls the meeting together, 
 but he should never mingle in the debate, or make ob- 
 servations on the matter before the meeting, except to 
 explain something, or give his reasons in deciding on a 
 point of order. Other remarks about his conduct may 
 be gleaned from that part of this work which treats up- 
 on the duties of presiding officers. 
 
 II. Of Organizing Associations. 
 
 When it is deemed advisable to form a society, club, 
 or other association, for any specific purpose, those who 
 agree in regard to its formation may meet upon private 
 notice or public call. If it be intended to make it se- 
 lect, or to have it composed mainly of those well ac- 
 quainted with each other, then a private arrangement is 
 the best ; and the meeting had better be at the house of 
 one or other of the parties concerned. If it be desirable 
 to obtain persons out of reach of the projectors, or if 
 the purpose be one of general interest, then a public 
 call will be necessary ; to be given either by written or 
 printed handbills, or advertisement in a newspaper, or 
 both. The mode of organizing the meeting is similar 
 to that of any other, and the reader will see the way to 
 proceed, under the head of " Public Meetings." 
 
 So soon as the meeting has been organized, and the 
 chairman announces that it is ready to proceed to busi- 
 ness, some one of the originators, previously agreed up- 
 on, should rise, and advocate the formation of the club 
 or society required for the purpose set forth in the call, 
 
18 OF PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS. 
 
 and end by moving the appointment of a committee to 
 draft a constitution and by-laws. This committee should 
 be instructed to report at the next meeting. A conven- 
 ient time of adjournment is then fixed on, and if there 
 be no further business, the meeting adjourns. 
 
 During the interval between the two meetings, the 
 friends of the proposed society cause the matter to be 
 discussed as much as possible, in order to obtain more 
 members, and a larger attendance. 
 
 When the time for the second meeting arrives, the 
 same officers continue, without any new motion. If 
 either be absent, his place is supplied, on motion, by 
 some other. The Committee on the Constitution and 
 By-laws report. If the constitution is not acceptable, 
 those present suggest amendments. So soon as it has 
 taken the required shape, it is adopted, and signed by 
 those present. The by-laws are treated in the same 
 way. 
 
 The society is now formed, but not fully organized. 
 The officers provided for by the constitution have now 
 to be elected. This may be done at that meeting, or 
 the society may be adjourned over for that purpose. So 
 soon as it has been done, the chairman of the meeting 
 gives way to the newly-elected president, or, in his ab- 
 sence, to a vice-president ; the secretary of the meeting 
 vacates his seat, which is taken by the newly-elected 
 secretary or secretaries, and thus the organization of the 
 new body is complete. 
 
 III. Of Public Celebrations. 
 
 Our festival days are not many. Formerly it was 
 customary to celebrate Washington's birthday. The 
 anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans was, until a 
 
OF PUBLIC CELEBRATIONS. 19 
 
 few years, made an occasion of rejoicing by the members 
 of a political party. These have been neglected of late ; 
 and now the anniversary of the Declaration of Indepen- 
 dence alone remains. It is to be hoped that the Fourth 
 of July will not be forgotten. 
 
 These public celebrations may be made by some pub- 
 lic society, or by the citizens at large. If by the latter, 
 a meeting is generally called, subject to the customary 
 rules, and a committee of arrangements appointed, who 
 take charge of the business. A society appoints a like 
 committee. 
 
 The committee of arrangements meet, and appoint a 
 chairman and secretary. As soon as this is done, the 
 mode of celebration is determined upon. In the case of 
 the Fourth of July, some fit person is generally invited 
 to deliver an oration, and another to read the Declara- 
 tion of Independence. A subcommittee is appointed to 
 secure a proper room, unless the celebration takes place 
 in the open air, when the committee has in charge the 
 erection of a stand. 
 
 The proper subcommittees are : 
 
 1. On correspondence. The duty of this committee 
 is to invite such distinguished guests as are desirable. 
 
 2. On orator. This committee invites the orator se- 
 lected. 
 
 3. On place. This committee attends to hiring a 
 room and fitting it up, or, if it be an out-of-door cele- 
 bration, see to the erection of a stand for the officers and 
 speaker, and seats for the auditors. 
 
 4. On printing. This committee attends to the neces- 
 sary advertising and printing. 
 
 All these report their action to the main committee 
 as it adjourns from time to time. 
 
20 OP PUBLIC DINNERS. 
 
 The day having arrived, at the hour named, the offi- 
 cers and speakers being ready, and the audience assem- 
 bled, the chairman of the committee of arrangements 
 calls the meeting to order, nominates the president of 
 the day, and puts the question on his acceptance. The 
 latter now takes his seat, and the other officers are ap- 
 pointed. So soon as this is done, a clergyman, if there 
 be one named for the purpose, delivers a short prayer. 
 The chairman of the day next announces by name the 
 reader of the Declaration, and says : 
 
 " Mr. [naming him] will read the Declaration of In- 
 dependence." 
 
 The Declaration being read, the chairman says : 
 
 " Mr. [naming him], the orator of the day." 
 
 The orator now comes forward, and delivers his ora- 
 tion, at the close of which, the exercises are determined, 
 and after a benediction, if a clergyman be present, the 
 meeting adjourns without any formal motion. 
 
 If a band of music can be had, it is always engaged 
 on such an occasion, and plays national and patriotic 
 airs previous to the taking the chair, at the close of the 
 proceedings, and at the various intervals. 
 
 The public celebration of their own anniversaries by 
 public societies, if done by orations, follows the same 
 form, or similar. 
 
 IV. Of Public Dinners. 
 
 "We are not, like the English, " a feeding people," 
 but still we engage in public dinners at times. These 
 may be either anniversary, as in the case of the Fourth 
 of July, or society dinners ; political, such as barbecues ; 
 or select, as in the case of honors paid to some distin- 
 
OF PUBLIC DINNERS. 21 
 
 guished individual. There is very little difference in 
 the etiquette to be observed in the first or last. 
 
 The barbecue requires but little arrangement, and the 
 order — or rather genial lack of it, is simple. A barbe- 
 cue is among dinners what a picnic is among parties. 
 The nearer you get it to an impromptu affair, the more 
 successful it will be. 
 
 The etymology of the word barbecue is obscure. The 
 requisites are an abundance of bread and meat, means 
 to cook the latter in the open air, a goodly number of 
 guests, and able speakers to address them after they 
 have gratified their appetites. 
 
 The set dinner, on the contrary, to ensure its success, 
 should be conducted according to strict form. 
 
 The preliminaries are similar to those of any public 
 celebration — a meeting, and the appointment of a com- 
 mittee of arrangement being necessary. 
 
 When the dinner is to be given to a particular person, 
 the proceedings are prefaced by a formal invitation, 
 which should be subscribed as numerously as possible. 
 If the party invited should accept, he either fixes the 
 day, or leaves that at the option of those who invite 
 him. In the latter case, they see him personally, and 
 fix a time which best suits his convenience. 
 
 These public dinners are usually by ticket, for which 
 a fixed price is charged, except to invited guests. 
 
 If the occasion be of importance, or the person hon- 
 ored be much known, letters of invitation are dispatched 
 to distinguished men in other places. It is not expected 
 that many, if any, of these will accept, but their replies 
 are read at the close of the entertainment, or published 
 with the account of the proceedings. 
 
 At the hour for the dinner the guests enter the room 
 
22 OF PUBLIC DINNERS. 
 
 and proceed to their places. If there he more than one 
 table, the president seats himself at the head of the 
 principal one, and a vice-president at the foot. A vice- 
 president is assigned to the head of each of the other 
 tables. The guest of the day is seated at the right hand 
 of the president, the other invited guests in the vicinity. 
 If possible, the table should be arranged in T shape, 
 and the officers and others thus disposed. 
 
 The company should stand by their chairs, with their 
 eyes fixed upon the president. As soon as he is seated, 
 they take their seats. Then the principal guest of the 
 day is escorted to his place. As he enters the room, the 
 president rises, and the company follows his example. 
 So soon as the guest of the day is in his chair, the rest 
 resume their seats. At a signal from the president, the 
 dinner is served. 
 
 When the cloth has been removed, the president pro- 
 ceeds to read the regular or formal toasts. At dinners 
 on the Fourth of July, or anniversaries connected with 
 public matters, the number of regular toasts are thirteen, 
 commemorative of the original number of States. It is 
 not necessary to have so many on ordinary occasions. 
 But there are certain toasts, given in certain order, 
 which are never to be omitted. The first toast is to the 
 day celebrated, if it be a particular day. If not, what 
 would be the second toast, " The President of the 
 United States," becomes the first. This toast is always 
 to be received with applause, even if the party dining be 
 politically opposed to him, because the toast is to the 
 office, and not the man. The next in order is to the 
 Governor of the State ; and the next is to the invited 
 guest, if there be one. The last toast is always given to 
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 After the president has read the toasts, the vice-presi- 
 dent, at the other end of the table, who should be fur- 
 nished with a copy, also reads aloud. The guests, as 
 they are about to drink it, repeat it, or part of it, aloud. 
 
 If the guest be toasted, it being personal, every one 
 rises and drinks standing, following their drinking by 
 applause. If, however, the personal toast be to any who 
 are dead, although all rise, they drink the toast and 
 resume their seats in perfect silence. 
 
 The guest of the evening having been toasted, is ex- 
 pected to reply, which he does, so soon as the party has 
 seated itself, after it has drunk the toast. As he rises, 
 the president does the same, mentions his name, and re- 
 sumes his own seat, until the guest has closed. 
 
 The regular toasts being through, volunteer ones are 
 in order. 
 
 If it be desired that any one should speak, the usual 
 course is to propose a toast in his honor. After this has 
 been done, it is expected that he will rise, return thanks, 
 and make such proper remarks as will please the com- 
 pany. 
 
 If, after the cloth has been removed, a song be desired 
 from any one, his name is called out — Mr. (naming hirn,) 
 
 for a song. The president then repeats : " Mr. , is 
 
 called upon for a song." If the party is in voice at all, 
 his best plan is to rise and sing at once ; if not, he will 
 rise, excuse himself, and offer a sentiment, or tell a story. 
 
 Towards the close of the entertainment, the president 
 will leave his seat, and call a vice-president, or some 
 other gentleman, to it ; and the company will keep the 
 fun going as long as they think proper. 
 
 "When the principal guest leaves, the company will 
 rise, and remain standing until he has left the room. 
 
OF PICNICS. 25 
 
 As the president is responsible for good order and de- 
 corum, it is the duty of the company to be attentive to 
 his directions, and to refrain from such conduct as he may 
 deem unseemly. It is naturally to be presumed that only 
 a man of sense will be placed in such a position ; and the 
 more strict the obedience and respect paid to him, in his 
 official capacity, the more credit the company confers on 
 itself. 
 
 Sometimes one of the company wishes to drink with 
 another. In that case, he sends a waiter to the person, 
 who informs him that the other desires the pleasure of a 
 glass of wine with him. The parties look to each other, 
 and, raising their glasses to their lips, either take a sip, 
 or drink it, as each thinks proper. 
 
 Sometimes there are boorish individuals on these occa- 
 sions, who make clamorous demands for certain dishes, 
 bawl loudly to the waiter, indulge in loud words or loud 
 laughter, or otherwise make themselves painfully con- 
 spicuous. Such conduct exposes them to contempt, and 
 tends to mar the enjoyment of all around them. 
 
 Formerly, at these public dinners, men drank to excess. 
 To do this now is considered ill-bred. Indeed, no guest 
 need drink at all unless he chooses. He should keep a 
 glass of wine before him, and raise it to his lips at every 
 toast ; but, if he should not choose to drink, good man- 
 ners requires that no one should note his abstinence. 
 
 "V. Of Picnics. 
 
 These gipsying parties, if properly managed, are very 
 pleasant. The less form there is about them, the more 
 agreeable they are. 
 
 A picnic should be nearly impromptu, got up on the 
 spur of the moment. If too long planned, they are 
 
26 OF PICNICS. 
 
 rarely successful. Get a few people together on Monday 
 night, and propose your picnic for Wednesday. Fix 
 your place of rendezvous, but not your place of ultimate 
 destination. Leave that to some one person in whose 
 judgment you have confidence, and remain in blissful 
 ignorance until you get to the place he has chosen. 
 
 In a picnic, every one contributes his share to the eat- 
 ing and drinking, and brings it with him. But there 
 should be some plan, otherwise, the memorable case 
 where each man brought a cold boiled leg of mutton, 
 might be repeated. Let one family provide meats, an- 
 other pies, another cakes, another light wines, another 
 bread, pickles, etc. If there are more than four, let two 
 or three bring meats, and so on. The families are al- 
 ways expected to bring the eatables ; the young men attend 
 to the conveyance, and matters of that kind. A good 
 rule is, that every one pays his own expenses, where 
 there is money to be laid out, exclusive of food. 
 
 When the place is reached, each couple, or each family 
 goes by itself, or forms part of other groups, as suits the 
 whim of the moment. A total absence of all form and 
 ceremony, except that provided by the ordinary rules of 
 good breeding, is advisable. 
 
 The only restraint necessary is that each one should 
 be bound to be at a point of rendezvous at a certain 
 hour, that all may return together, as they came ; or, if 
 they had different modes of conveyance, may depart for 
 home about the same time. 
 
 As the occasion is one of unrestrained enjoyment, the 
 strict proprieties observed by strangers are avoided. All 
 act nearly as though they were of the same family. If 
 any very reserved person should happen to be in the 
 party, it may be well, however, to remember the remark 
 
OF CONVENTIONS. 27 
 
 of a learned and pious bishop. He was enjoying himself 
 with some friends, and they were all laughing at some 
 jest, when the servant announced a certain pompous 
 dean. "Put on a wise face, boys," said the prelate, 
 " for here is a fool coming !" If there be no fools, how- 
 ever, among your party, enjoy yourselves in any inno- 
 cent way, without stint. Like the bridegroom, who was 
 asked during the marriage ceremony, if he took that 
 woman to wife, you " came there on purpose." 
 
 VI. Of Conventions. 
 
 A convention is an assemblage of delegates, for the 
 purpose of carrying out the views of constituents, and 
 is gifted with powers over that of an ordinary meeting. 
 It is the legislature of a party; and, consequently, is 
 governed by the same rules of action, or very nearly, 
 as any other legislative body. The strictest application 
 of rules is necessary, in order to preserve decorum dur- 
 ing its discussions, and dignity in its action. 
 
 A convention may be called, either by some committee 
 gifted with the power, or by invitation of the leading 
 friends of a particular cause or measure. The call 
 should contain some general directions as to the mode of 
 electing delegates. 
 
 The night before the meeting of the convention, it is 
 usual for the friends of particular men or measures, 
 among its delegates, to hold a caucus, in order to devise 
 the plan of action necessary to secure the success of the 
 man, or measures, they prefer. Here they discuss acts 
 and views with a freedom which cannot be permitted in 
 open convention, and agree upon their common ground 
 on the following day. Part of their proceedings will 
 
28 OF CONTENTIONS. 
 
 leak out, in spite of all precaution ; but care should be 
 taken to admit none but those who are friendly, in order 
 that as much secresy may be attained, as the nature of 
 the case will admit. 
 
 There are always two sets of officers in a convention — 
 temporary and permanent. The first is merely for the 
 purpose of conducting the business preparatory to organ- 
 ization. The possession of the permanent president, is 
 often a matter of great importance when there are two 
 parties in a convention. If the temporary president ap- 
 points the committee which is to nominate permanent 
 officers, it may be important to gain him. In that case 
 there is a struggle who shall nominate first, and some- 
 times there are several nominations for temporary chair- 
 man. To avoid this indecent competition, it is usual to 
 give the delegation from each county, district, or town- 
 ship, the right to name one member of the committee on 
 permanent organization. Until the permanent officers 
 have been chosen, and have taken their seats, none but 
 preliminary business is to be transacted. 
 
 The whole machinery of a convention is much like 
 that of one of the houses of legislature. But a conven- 
 tion for a political or social purpose, never formally goes 
 into committee of the whole. When there is an interval, 
 and the main body is waiting for the report of a com- 
 mittee, or after the business is done, and previous to ad- 
 journment, it is customary to call on various prominent 
 men to address the convention, which thus goes into 
 quasi-committee, without the formality of a motion. 
 
 Frequently, the permanent chairman of a convention 
 is chosen, on account of his wealth or position ; but the 
 custom is a bad one. A convention is essentially a busi- 
 ness convocation; the time of its members is more or 
 
OF CONVENTIONS. 29 
 
 less valuable ; and no chairman should be installed un- 
 less he is familiar with the duties of his position, and 
 capable of conducting affairs with promptness, dignity, 
 and force. 
 
 It is a custom to give the thanks of the convention to 
 its officers, just previous to adjournment. In that case, 
 the member who makes the motion, puts, himself, the 
 question upon its adoption, and declares the result. 
 
30 FOKMS OF OONSTITUTION8- 
 
 PAET II. 
 
 FORMS OF CONSTITUTIONS. 
 
 A constitution is the formal -written agreement mak- 
 ing the fundamental law which binds the parties who 
 associate. In the preparation of this, useless words should 
 be avoided. Most of these documents are a mass of 
 verbiage. It is not uncommon to insert articles impos- 
 ing on the president the duty of presiding ; on the vice- 
 president, that of supplying his place ; on the secretary, 
 of recording the proceedings, and so on, as though the 
 very names of the officers did not express their functions. 
 In the following forms, which, either as they stand or by 
 careful adaptation, will be found to hit almost any case ; 
 all this is avoided. 
 
 The constitution, after having been adopted, should 
 be engrossed in a blank book, and signed by the mem- 
 bers. Amendments or alterations should be entered in 
 the same book, with the date of their adoption, in the 
 shape of a copy from the minutes ; and a side-note in- 
 serted in the margin of the constitution, opposite the ar- 
 ticle amended, showing on what page the amendment 
 may be found. 
 
LYCEUMS OK INSTITUTES. 31 
 
 I. Lyceums or Institutes. 
 
 Preamble. — Whereas, experience has shown that 
 knowledge can be more readily acquired by combination 
 of effort than singly, we, whose names are hereunto an- 
 nexed, have agreed to form an association to be known 
 as [ here insert title ], and for its better government, do 
 hereby establish the following constitution : 
 
 Aeticle I. — The name, style, and title of this associ- 
 ation shall be [ here insert name J, and its objects shall 
 be the increase and diffusion of knowledge among its 
 members. 
 
 Aeticle II. — 1. The officers of this association shall 
 consist of a president, two vice-presidents, a corre- 
 sponding secretary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, 
 a librarian, and a curator, who shall be elected annual- 
 ly on [ here insert time of election and mode, whether by 
 open voice or by ballot]. 
 
 2. The said officers shall hold their offices until their 
 successors shall have been elected ; and their powers and 
 duties shall be similar to those of like officers in like as- 
 sociations. 
 
 Aeticle III. — There shall be appointed by the presi- 
 dent, immediately after his election, by and with the 
 consent of the association, the following standing com- 
 mittees, to consist of five members each, namely: on 
 finance, library, museum, lectures, and printing, who 
 shall perform such duties and take charge of such busi- 
 ness as may be assigned to them by vote of the associa- 
 tion. 
 
 Aeticle IV. — 1. Any person residing within [ here 
 state limits ], who is above the age of twenty-one years, 
 
32 LYCEUMS OR INSTITUTES. 
 
 may become a resident member of this association, by 
 consent of a majority of the members present at any 
 stated meeting succeeding the one at which his name 
 shall have been proposed ; any person residing without 
 the limits aforesaid may be chosen, in like manner, a cor- 
 responding member ; and any person who is eminent in 
 science or literature, may be elected an honorary mem- 
 ber. 
 
 2. Each and every resident member, upon his election, 
 shall sign this constitution, and pay over to the record- 
 ing secretary the sum of [here insert the sum'], and 
 shall p ay the like sum annually in advance ; but no dues 
 or contributions shall be demanded of corresponding or 
 honorary members. 
 
 Article V — 1. This association shall be divided into 
 the following sections, namely : 1. Natural Science ; 
 2. Arts ; 3. History ; 4. Agriculture and Horticulture ; 
 5. Mental and Mora"; Philosophy • 6. General Litera- 
 ture ; to each of which sections shall be referred all pa- 
 pers or business appropriate to its department ; and to 
 one or more of these sections each member, immediately 
 after his election, shall attach himself. 
 \ 2. Each section shall report, from time to time, upon 
 the business intrusted to it, as this association shall di- 
 rect. 
 
 Article VI. — This association shall meet monthly, 
 yhere insert time ], and at such other times as it may be 
 /Called upon by the president, upon the written request 
 of six members, of each of which meetings due notice 
 shall be given, and at each and all of these meetings, 
 six members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction 
 of business. 
 
 Article VH. — The rules of order embraced in " Thb 
 
VILLAGE FIRE COMPANIES. 33 
 
 Debater and Chairman's Assistant, published by Dick 
 & Fitzgerald, in the city of New York, shall govern the 
 deliberations of this association so far as the same may 
 apply ; and the order of business therein laid down shall be 
 followed, unless suspended or transposed by a two-thirds 
 tote. 
 
 Article VIII. — Any member who shall be guilty of 
 any public, felonious offence against the law, or who 
 shall persevere in a course of conduct degrading of itself 
 or calculated to bring this association into odium, may 
 be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the members present 
 at any stated meeting ; and any member who shall neg- 
 lect or refuse to pay his dues for more than one year, 
 shall thereby cease to be a member of this association ; 
 but no member shall be expelled until due notice shall 
 have been given him of the charges brought against 
 him, and until he shall have had the opportunity of be- 
 ing confronted with his accusers, and of being heard in 
 his own defence. 
 
 Article IX. — This constitution may be altered, 
 amended, or abrogated, at any stated meeting, by a vote 
 of two-thirds of the members present ; provided, that 
 written notice of said alteration, amendment, or abroga- 
 tion, shall have been given at a previous stated meeting. 
 
 II. Village Fire Companies. 
 
 Article I. — The name, style, and title of this associa- 
 tion shall be " The [ here insert distinctive name ] Fire 
 Company," and its object shall be the preservation of 
 property from the ravages of fire. 
 
 Article II. — The officers of this company shall con- 
 sist of a foreman, assistant, foreman, secretary, and 
 
34 VILLAGE EIRE COMPANIES. 
 
 treasurer, who shall be elected annually on the [ here in- 
 sert date ], and shall hold their offices until their succes- 
 sors are duly chosen. 
 
 Article III. — The duty of the foreman, and, in hia 
 absence, the assistant foreman, shall he to direct the 
 operations of the company at fires, and to preside at all 
 meetings of the company • and the duties of the secre- 
 tary and treasurer shall be the same as those of similar 
 officers in institutions of like nature. 
 
 Article IY. — Any person residing in the village of 
 [here insert name of town], or within one mile circuit 
 thereof, may be elected a member of this company, by a 
 majority of the members present at any stated meeting. 
 
 Article Y. — Each active member shall pay the sum of 
 ten cents per mouth to the funds of this company, to- 
 gether with such fines as may be, from time to time, im- 
 posed upon him for violations of the next ensuing article. 
 
 Article YI. — 1. It shall be the duty of every member 
 to provide himself, on joining this company, with the 
 following articles, that is to say : a glazed water-proof 
 hat, a great-coat and cape, of such pattern and color as 
 may be approved by the company, two leathern water- 
 buckets, bearing the name of the company and the ini- 
 tial letters of his own name, and two canvas bags of an 
 approved pattern, suitable for the conveyance of porta- 
 ble property to a place of safety. 
 
 2. The aforesaid bags and buckets shall be hung in 
 some convenient place in the dwelling-house of the mem- 
 ber, and shall be kept empty, and in good repair, and 
 be subject at all times to the visit of the Committee of 
 Inspection. 
 
 3. Immediately on an alarm of fire having been sound- 
 ed, it shall be the duty of each and every member to 
 
VILLAGE FIRE COMPANIES. 35 
 
 proceed at once to the engine-house with his bags and 
 buckets, and assist in conveying the engine to the fire, 
 or if the engine have already been started, he shall pro- 
 ceed with his bags and buckets to the place of fire, and 
 in either case, on arriving there, he shall place himself 
 under the charge of the foreman, or other person hav- 
 ing charge of operations, and at his direction assist in. 
 working the engine, carrying water, or preserving prop- 
 erty, and to remain there until the fire be over, and then 
 to assist in conveying the engine to the engine-house. 
 
 4 . The members shall be divided into sections of three, 
 and numerically arranged, and on each week one of 
 these sections shall have charge of the engine and hose, 
 and shall keep the same in good and serviceable order, 
 and report if the same needs repair ; and each member 
 shall join his section at the time assigned. 
 
 5. Each member shall be provided with a key to fit 
 the lock of the engine-house, which he shall always keep 
 by day on his person, and by night in a place where it 
 can be instantly obtained ; and shall not suffer it to go 
 into the possession of any person not a member of the 
 company. 
 
 6. For each and every violation of the foregoing sec- 
 tions, each member shall be fined the sum of twenty-five 
 cents to be paid into the treasury of the company ; pro- 
 vided, that any member who shall pay the sum of three 
 dollars semi-annually, in advance, to the treasury of the 
 company, shall be exempt from all active duty, and all 
 fines for the neglect thereof. 
 
 Article VII. — A list of the active and other mem- 
 bers, and a list of the sections on cleaning, shall be pre- 
 pared by the secretary, and hung in the engine-house. 
 
 Article VIII. — Any member who shall neglect to 
 
36 VILLAGE FERE COMPANIES. 
 
 pay his dues or fines for two months after they occur, 
 may be suspended until the same be paid ; and if he re- 
 fuse to pay the same, or engage in any course of conduct 
 calculated to throw odium upon the company, he may, 
 on trial of the fact, after he shall receive one week's no- 
 tice thereof, be expelled. 
 
 Article IX. — The first member arriving at afire shall 
 have charge of the engine-pipe, and in case of the non- 
 arrival of the foreman or assistant foreman, shall have 
 direction of the operations at the fire ; but shall yield 
 the command to the foreman, or, in his absence, the as- 
 sistant foreman, on his arrival. 
 
 Article X. — This company shall meet for the purpose 
 of business, on the [ here insert date ], or at such times 
 as it may be called together by the foreman, on the 
 written request of four members ; and at each of these 
 meetings five members shall constitute a quorum. 
 
 Article XI. — The rules of order embraced in the 
 work entitled " The Young Debater," published by 
 Dick & Fitzgerald, at the city of New York, shall govern 
 the deliberations of this company, so far as the same 
 may apply ; and the order of business therein laid down 
 shall be followed, unless suspended or transposed by a 
 two-thirds vote. 
 
 Article XII. — This constitution shall not be altered 
 or amended except the alteration or amendment shall 
 have been proposed in writing at a stated meeting pre- 
 vious to the one when the said alteration or amendment 
 Bhall be considered. 
 
 [ Where there are water-works in the town, and a suf- 
 ficiency of water-plugs, all that portion of the constitu- 
 tion relatmg to buckets, may be stricken out. In that 
 case the following section should be added to Article YI.°2 
 
UNIFORMED MILITIA COMPANY. 37 
 
 7. The foreman at every fire shall assign a member, 
 or in the absence of such, some suitable and trusty per- 
 son to every water-plug in use by the company, to turn 
 the water on or off as it may be needed, and to prevent 
 interference with the supply of water for the engine. 
 
 III. Uniformed Militia Company. 
 
 Preamble. — In order to acquire a knowledge of the 
 military art, and to perfect ourselves in the drill and dis- 
 cipline of the citizen-soldier, we, the undersigned, hereby 
 form ourselves into a military association, and to more 
 readily promote our object, and for our civil government, 
 as well as to perfect our military organization by rales 
 supplementary and subsidiary to those provided by the 
 State of [here insert name of State ], for the govern- 
 ment of the militia, we adopt the following constitu- 
 tion : 
 
 Article I. — The name of this company shall be [ here 
 insert name]. 
 
 Article II. — Any citizen between the ages of eigh- 
 teen and forty five, having been proposed in writing by 
 an active member of the company to the examining 
 committee, and having been approved by the said com- 
 mittee, and by them proposed at a regular meeting of 
 said company, or one specially called for the election of 
 members, shall be balloted for by ball-ballot, and, if he 
 have five-sixths of the balls in his favor, shall be entitled 
 to all the privileges and be subject to all the duties of 
 active membership, on signing this constitution ; provid- 
 ed, that, on the proposition of members who are minors, 
 the written consent of parents or guardians shall be ap- 
 pended thereto ; and provided further that active mem- 
 
38 UNIFORMED MILITIA COMPANY. 
 
 bers may be elected out of the legal limits of age, if the 
 examining committee shall report unanimously in their 
 favor. 
 
 Article III. — 1. The commissioned and non-commis- 
 sioned officers of the company shall be chosen agreeably 
 to the rules and regulations that now, or may hereafter, 
 govern the uniformed militia of the State of [here mseri 
 name of State J ; but the civil officers, consisting of a 
 secretary, armorer, assistant armorer, and treasurer, 
 shall be chosen at the annual meeting on the [ here in- 
 sert date]. 
 
 •2. The captain of the company shall be the president 
 thereof, ex officio ; and in case of his death, absence, res- 
 ignation, or other disability, the next commissioned offi- 
 cer in rank present shall preside, and the duties of the 
 president shall be the same as a similar officer in like 
 organizations. 
 
 3. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to collect all 
 fines, dues, and assessments ; to pay all bills, upon the or- 
 der of the president, which are countersigned by the 
 secretary ; to receive, safely keep, and pay over, when 
 properly required, all money of the company ; to keen 
 correct accounts of all receipts and expenditures, as well 
 as an account with each member ; to report annually the 
 condition of the finances ; to allow his books to be open 
 to the inspection of each member ; and to give bond, 
 with good and sufficient sureties, if required, in the pe- 
 nal sum of three hundred dollars, for the faithful per- 
 formance of his duties. 
 
 4. It shall be the duty of the secretary, in addition to 
 keeping the minutes of the proceedings of each meeting 
 for the transaction of business, to keop an account of all 
 the military meetings and parades, in an orderly-book, 
 
TTNIFOEMED MILITIA COMPANY. 39 
 
 which shall be brought to each meeting, and be, at all 
 times, open to general inspection; and he shall also 
 keep a muster-roll, which he shall call, thirty minutes 
 after the time named for assembling; and shall note and 
 report, as soon as possible, to the treasurer, all fines and 
 assessments, and those upon whom they are to be levied ; 
 and he may employ a person, at a reasonable compensa- 
 tion, to distribute orders or notifications to the members, 
 of special meetings or parades. 
 
 5. It shall be the duty of the armorer to provide, at 
 the expense of the company, all ammunition which shall, 
 from time to time, become necessary ; to keep the arms, 
 accoutrements, and military apparatus of the company in 
 safety and good order ; to keep a record of all the prop- 
 erty in his charge, and of its condition, reporting a copy 
 of the same to the annual meeting, keeping it open, mean- 
 while, for the inspection of the members; and, during 
 the absence or inability of the armorer, the assistant 
 armorer shall take his place. 
 
 6. In consideration of the faithful performance of the 
 duties appertaining to their several offices, the secretary, 
 treasurer, and armorer shall be exempt from all dues 
 and assessments, except those made for encampment 
 purposes. 
 
 Article IV. — 1. There shall be appointed by the pres- 
 ident, at the annual meeting, the following standing 
 committees, namely : on finance, uniform, music, and 
 examination, to consist of three active members each ; 
 and of each of these committees the captain shall be a 
 member ex officio. 
 
 2. The duty of the finance committee shall be to act, 
 when instructed, as a committee of ways and means ; 
 to inspect the books and accounts of the treasurer ; as- 
 
40 UNIFORMED MILITIA COMPANY. 
 
 sist him in collecting amounts due to the company; 
 aud it his account previous to his annual report ; to take 
 charge of his business in case of his absence or inability, 
 and to attend generally to the financial affairs of the 
 company. 
 
 3. The duty of the uniform committee shall be to 
 direct the making of the uniforms ; to see that they are 
 made in exact conformity to the uniforms adopted by the 
 company ; and to keep a correct list of the members, aud 
 names of the holders of uniforms and equipments. 
 
 4. The duty of the music committee shall be to en- 
 gage, on the most advantageous terms, the music neces- 
 sary for the parades and drills of the company ; to audit 
 all bills for said music, and to report them to the follow- 
 ing meeting of the company. 
 
 5. The duty of the examining committee shall be to 
 examine into the personal character and physical condi- 
 tion of all persons proposed as candidates for membership, 
 and report the result of the examination to the com- 
 pany. 
 
 Article V.— Each and every active member, except 
 the secretary, treasurer, and armorer, shall pay to 
 the treasury of the company the sum of [here insert 
 amount] per month, and pay, in addition, such sums as 
 shall be necessary for parades and encampments. And 
 each and every member shall be subject to the following 
 fines, namely : for absence from any squad drill, fifteen 
 cents ; for absence from company meetings, twenty-five 
 cents ; for absence from annual meeting, one dollar ; for 
 retiring from meeting without leave, fifty cents ; and for 
 retiring from ranks without leave, five dollars ; and no 
 fines or assessments shall be commuted or remitted, 
 except for good cause, and by a vote of the company. 
 
UNIFOBMED MILITIA COMPANY. 41 
 
 Article VI. — The commissioned officers of the com- 
 pany shall form a Board of Control, with authority to do 
 and perform all acts which it may be necessary to do and 
 perform for the benefit of the company, when, from the 
 nature of the case, it shall be impracticable to call 
 the company together to act ; and shall report their 
 action, with the reason therefor, at the next meeting of 
 the company. 
 
 Aeticle Vil. — No member shall be admitted to the 
 ranks until he shall be deemed by his drill officer to be 
 sufficiently expert in the school of the soldier ; and any 
 member whom the commanding officer shall, at any time, 
 judge to be deficient in "military discipline, shall be 
 remanded to a drill officer for further instruction. 
 
 Aeticle VIII. — The secretary shall enter, in an order- 
 book, an exact description of the uniform adopted by 
 this corps, together with such alterations and additions 
 as may, from time to time, be made ; and every active 
 member shall provide himself with a complete uniform 
 within thirty days after his admission, which said uni- 
 form he shall not permit to be worn by any person not a 
 member of this company, on any occasion ; nor shall he 
 wear his uniform in public, except at a parade of the 
 company, or when in actual service of the State, or the 
 United States, without first having obtained the written 
 leave of the commanding officer. 
 
 Aeticle IX. — Any person paying annually the sum 
 of [here insert ammm(\ in advance to the company, may 
 be elected a contributing member, by a majority of votes, 
 and is thereby entitled to visit the drills and meetings of 
 the company for instruction or amusement ; and if he 
 provide or obtain a proper uniform, and the commanding 
 officer consider him to be sufficiently drilled for the pur- 
 
42 UNIFORMED MILITIA COMPANY. 
 
 pose, may join any parade, on payment of the assess- 
 ment for the parade ; but he shall not be subject to other 
 assessments or fines for non-attendance; shall have no 
 vote for officers or on military matters, and shall be 
 eligible for no offices except that of secretary and treas- 
 urer. 
 
 Article X. — Any member intending to be absent from 
 [here name limits] for more than thirty days, must apply 
 to the commandant for a furlough, and, having obtained 
 it, he shall be exempt from all fines and assessments until 
 his return ; and any member neglecting to obtain a fur- 
 lough shall be liable to all fines and assessments which 
 may be incurred during his absence. 
 
 Article XL — Any member making written applica- 
 tion to the commandant, accompanied by a certificate 
 from the treasurer that he has paid all his debts to the 
 company, may, by a vote of the company, receive an 
 honorable discharge. And if any member shall be 
 guilty of any act discreditable to himself or the corps , 
 he shall be expelled from the company, by a two-thirds 
 vote of those present when the vote is taken. And if 
 any member absent himself for six successive meetings 
 of the company, without forwarding an excuse satisfac- 
 tory to the commanding officer, the company may, by a 
 majority vote, strike his name from the roll. 
 
 Article XII. — The regular meetings of this company 
 shall be on [here insert date], and the hour of each meet- 
 ing shall be, from the first of September to the first of 
 March, inclusive, at 1i o'clock in the afternoon ; and 
 during the rest of the year, at 8 o'clock ; but special 
 meetings may be called by the Board of Control; and 
 additional meetings for drill mav be called, if the com- 
 pany so determine, 
 
UNIFORMED MILITIA COMPANY. 43 
 
 Article XIII. — The rules of order embraced in the 
 work entitled " The Young Debater," published by 
 Dick & Fitzgerald, at New York, shall govern the delibe- 
 rations of this company in all its business meetings, so far 
 as the same may apply ; and the order of business therein 
 laid down shall be followed, unless suspended or trans- 
 posed by a two-thirds vote ; but in all committees/ 
 whether special or standing, the highest officer shall be 
 chairman ; and if no officer be on that committee, then 
 the first-named person thereon shall act as chairman. 
 
 Article XIV. — Past officers of this company, and of- 
 ficers of the army of the United States, and of the armies 
 of nations at peace with the United States, may be elected 
 honorary members, but no others ; and honorary mem- 
 bers shall be exempt from all dues, fines, and assessments 
 whatever. 
 
 Article XV. — To perpetuate the principles which led 
 to the establishment of this corps, and in honor of its 
 founders, the [here insert date] shall be celebrated as its 
 anniversary, in such manner as may be directed by a 
 majority of the members of the company. 
 
 Article XVI. — This constitution shall riot be altered, 
 amended, or abrogated, except by a vote of two-thirds of 
 the members present at the stated meeting next after 
 that at which said amendment or alteration shall have 
 been proposed in writing. 
 
 Article XVII. — In consideration of the benefits of 
 military drill, which we are to obtain as members of the 
 corps, and the use of the arms and equipments of the 
 company, we, the members of [here insert title], do sev- 
 erally promise and agree with the said corps, and the 
 members thereof, to pay all fines, dues, and assessments 
 which may, from time to time, be incurred by us, and to 
 
44 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
 
 faithfully abide by the rules and regulations enforced by 
 the foregoing constitution ; and we do further agree that 
 the books of the secretary and treasurer, as well as our 
 signatures to the constitution, shall be evidence against 
 us in any suit brought to recover said dues and fines. 
 
 IV. Agricultural Society 
 
 Article I. — The name of this society shall be " The 
 [here insert name of county or section] Agricultural So- 
 ciety;" and its object shall be the improvement of agri- 
 culture, and the study of the kindred arts and sciences. 
 
 Article II. — The officers of this society shall consist 
 of a president, two vice-presidents, a corresponding 
 secretary, a recording secretary, a treasurer, and a 
 librarian, who shall be elected annually by ballot, on 
 the [here insert date of election], who shall hold their 
 several offices until their successors shall have been 
 chosen, and who shall have like powers, and perform 
 like duties, with like officers in similar organizations. 
 
 Article III. — There shall be appointed by the presi- 
 dent, immediately after his election, by and with the 
 consent of the society, the following standing committees, 
 to consist of five members each, namely : on finance, 
 library, lectures, exhibition, and printing, who shall per- 
 form such duties and take charge of such business as 
 may be assigned to them by vote of the society. 
 
 Article IV. — 1. Any person residing within [here 
 state limits], who is above the age of twenty-one years, 
 may become a resident member of this society, by con- 
 sent of the members present at any stated meeting suc- 
 ceeding the one at which his name shall have been pro- 
 posed ; and corresponding members may be elected from 
 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY 45 
 
 among persons who reside outside of the foregoing 
 limits. 
 
 2. Each and every resident member, upon his election, 
 shall sign this constitution, and pay over to the recording 
 secretary the sum of [here insert amount], and shall pay 
 the like sum annually thereafter in advance ; but no dues 
 or contributions shall be demanded of corresponding 
 members. 
 
 Article V. — This society shall be divided into the 
 following sections, namely : 1. Soils, and their manage- 
 ment ; 2. cereals and grasses ; 3. vegetables ; 4. fruit 
 trees ; 5 hedges and fences ; 6. noxious animals ; 7. 
 farm buildings ; 8. implements ; 9. useful animals ; 10. 
 miscellaneous affairs ; to whom shall be referred all papers 
 and affairs relating to their several departments, each of 
 whom shall report to this society upon the business 
 intrusted to it, from time to time, as it may be directed ; 
 and to one or more of these sections each member, im- 
 mediately after his election, shall attach himself. 
 
 Article VI. — This society shall meet monthly, on 
 [here insert time], and at such times as it may be called 
 together by the president, upon the written request of 
 six members ; of each of which meetings six members 
 shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 
 Article VII. — The rules of order embraced in the 
 work entitled "The Debates and Chairman's Assistant," 
 published by Dick & Fitzgerald, shall govern the 
 deliberations of this society, so far as the same may apply ; 
 and the order of business therein laid down shall be fol- 
 lowed, unless otherwise ordered by a two-thirds vote. 
 
 Article ViiL — There shall be established an annual 
 fair, upon the [here insert date and time] and under the 
 charge of the committee on exhibition, at which such 
 
4:6 AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
 
 things shall be exhibited, in competition and otherwise, 
 and such premiums be paid to exhibitors, and under 
 such regulations as the said committee, by and with the 
 approval and consent of the society, shall determine. 
 
 Akticle IX. — Any member who shall be guilty of 
 any public felonious offence against the law, or any 
 disgraceful misdemeanor, or who 6hall persevere in a 
 course of conduct calculated to bring upon this society 
 disrepute, may be expelled by a two-thirds vote of the 
 members present at any stated meeting ; and any mem- 
 ber who shall neglect or refuse to pay his dues for more 
 than one year, shall thereby cease to be a member of this 
 association ; but no member shall be expelled until due 
 notice shall have been given him of the charges brought 
 against him, and until he shall have had the opportunity 
 of being confronted with his accusers, and of being heard 
 in his own defence. 
 
 Article X. — This constitution may be altered or 
 •amended, at any stated meeting of the society, by a vote 
 of two-thirds of the members present, provided that 
 written notice of said alteration or amendment shall have 
 been given at a previous stated meeting. 
 ' Fob By-laws, see page 50. 
 
THE DUTIES OF OFFICEKS. 47 
 
 P AET III 
 
 THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
 
 I. The Presiding Officer. 
 
 The chairman should have made himself fully ac- 
 quainted with the rules of order and the usages of 
 deliberative bodies. He should be prompt, dignified, 
 and impartial. He should be quick of eye to note any 
 member who rises, and quick of speech to declare him 
 in possession of the floor. He shoiild suffer no member 
 to violate order, without instant rebuke. His voice 
 should be steady, distinct, and clear, so that all may 
 hear readily. "When he puts the question, states a point 
 of order, or otherwise addresses the body, he should 
 rise; and when he has finished, resume his seat. His 
 constant attention is necessary, and his eye should never 
 wander from the speaker before him ; nor should he, in 
 any way, show a neglect of the business. No matter 
 what disturbance may arise, his coolness and temper 
 must be preserved. If his decision be appealed from, 
 he should show no resentment — an appeal being a mat- 
 ter of privilege — but should put the appeal in the 
 same indifferent manner as though it were an ordinary 
 question. He should always remember that he has been 
 placed there to guide and control the machinery of the mo- 
 ment, and not to give his own views, or display his own 
 
48 
 
 THE DUTIES OF OFFICEK8. 
 
 abilities in an organized association. He will sign al] 
 orders for the payment of money, ordered by the body. 
 
 II. The Recording Officer. 
 The secretary or clerk, at the commencement of 
 proceedings, will seat himself at his table ; and, at the 
 order of the chairman, will read the minutes of the pre- 
 vious meeting. He must note down the proceedings, 
 and write them out in full, previous to another meeting. 
 He must file all resolutions and other papers before the 
 body, and allow none to go from his custody without 
 due authority. He must read all resolutions and papers, 
 when requested to do so by the chair. He must turn 
 over his records and papers in good order to his successor 
 on leaving his office. He must countersign all orders 
 on the treasurer, which have been signed by the presi- 
 dent, as this counter-signature is the evidence that the 
 society has approved the order. 
 
 III. The Treasurer. 
 
 The treasurer must enter, in a book to be provided 
 for the purpose, all money received, and all payments 
 made, on account of the body. He must pay out no 
 money except on an order, signed by the president, and 
 countersigned by the secretary. He must retain these 
 orders, as his vouchers. He must turn over his books, in 
 good order, to his successor on leaving his office. He 
 must give bonds in such needful sum as it deems best, 
 if the body require. 
 
 IV. The Librarian. 
 
 The librarian will take upon him the charge of the 
 books and manuscripts not pertaining to the duties of 
 other officers. Of these he must keep a catalogue. He 
 
THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 4£> 
 
 must keep a record of all books borrowed, by whom and 
 when returned ; and must only loan them under such 
 regulations as the body see fit to adopt. He must turn 
 over his catalogue and records to his successor on leaving 
 his office. 
 
 V. The Curators. 
 
 The curators will take charge of all specimens of 
 nature or art, or otherwise, and all property of the body, 
 not in charge of other officers. This they will have cata- 
 logued, and will keep it under such restrictions as may 
 be imposed on them by the main body. They must turn 
 over their catalogue papers and property to their suc- 
 cessors on leaving their office. 
 
 VI. The Committee on Correspondence. 
 
 The committee will take charge of all correspondence 
 jrdered by the body, and if there be no corresponding 
 secretary, will conduct it with all parties, at direction 
 of the body, through its chairman. It will report, from 
 time to time, as directed, and will keep copies of letters 
 sent, and a file of those received, which it will turn over 
 to its successors, on its discharge. If there be a corre- 
 sponding secretary, he will perform the duties- assigned 
 above to the committee of correspondence. 
 
 VII. The Committee on Finance. 
 
 The committee on finance will devise the ways and 
 means to obtain the necessary funds for the body, and 
 report thereon from time to time ; and will attend to such 
 other duties as may be assigned to them. 
 
50 THE DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 
 
 VIII. Other Committees. 
 
 Other committees will attend to such business as may 
 be assigned to them by the main body, reporting there- 
 on as may be required. 
 
 On By-Laws. 
 
 The old custom of appending a distinct set of By-Laws 
 has fallen into disuse. The main points will be found 
 embodied in the Constitution in the forms given. Any 
 others, or any modifications of the rules necessary may be 
 provided for in the Constitution, or enacted by a majority 
 vote. But, if it be thought necessary, that portion of the 
 Constitution that contains provisions that were formerly so 
 placed, can be made distinct. There are some things that 
 had better be omitted, however, even then. To provide that 
 the President, or in his absence a Vice-President, shall pre- 
 side, that the Secretary shall record the proceedings, or the 
 Treasurer hold the money, giving each a distinct paragraph, 
 is an absurdity, when their duties have been so settled by 
 law and custom as to be covered by a single sentence. The 
 tendency of the age is to economy of words both in writing 
 and speaking, and to use action instead of speech, when mere 
 speech can be avoided. 
 
OFFICIAL FOBMS. 51 
 
 PART IT. 
 
 OFFICIAL FORMS. 
 
 I. The President, 
 
 On taking his seat, says : 
 
 " The meeting [or society, or club, or association, as 
 the case may be] will come to order." 
 
 If there have been a meeting previous : 
 
 "The secretary will please to read the minutes." 
 
 After the minutes have been read : 
 
 " You have heard the minutes of the previous meet- 
 ing read. What order do you take on them ?" 
 
 When a motion has been made and seconded : 
 
 " It has been moved and seconded that [here state the 
 motion]. Are you ready for the question?" 
 
 If a member arises to speak, recognize him by naming 
 him by his place, or in any way which will identify him 
 without using his name, if possible. 
 
 In putting the question : 
 
 " It has been moved and seconded that [here state the 
 motion]. So many as are in favor of the motion will 
 signify their assent by saying 'Aye !' " 
 
 When the ayes have voted, say : 
 
 " Those of the contrary opinion, ' No !' " 
 
 Or, have the resolution read, and say : 
 
 "It has been moved and seconded that the resolutioD 
 just read be passed. So many as are in favor," etc. 
 
52 OFFICIAL FORMS. 
 
 On a call for the previous question : 
 
 " Shall the main question be now put ? Those in the 
 affirmative will," etc. 
 
 On an appeal, state the decision, and, if you think 
 proper, the reasons therefor, and that it has been appealed 
 from, and then : 
 
 " Shall the decision of the chair stand ? Those in the 
 affirmative," etc. 
 
 Should it be sustained, say : 
 
 " The ayes have it. The decision of the chair stands 
 as the judgment of this meeting" [or society, etc., as the 
 case may oe\ 
 
 Should it not be sustained, say : 
 
 " The noes have it. The decision of the chair is 
 reversed." 
 
 In announcing the result of a question, if it be car- 
 ried, say : 
 
 " The ayes appear to have it — the ayes have it — the 
 motion [or amendment, as the case may be~\ is carried. 
 
 If it be lost : 
 
 " The noes appear to have it — the noes have it — the 
 motion is lost." 
 
 If a division be called for: 
 
 " A division is called for. Those in favor of the mo- 
 tion will rise." 
 
 Count them. "When counted, announce the number, 
 and say : 
 
 " Those opposed will rise." 
 
 Count them, report the number, and declare the result. 
 
 If the yeas and nays be called for, and no objection be 
 made, he states the question, if needed, and says: 
 
 " As the roll is called, members will vote in the affirm-' 
 ative or negative. The secretary will call the roll." 
 
OFFICIAL FOEMS. 53 
 
 After the ayes and nays have been determined, the 
 chairman states the number and declares the result. 
 
 If no quorum be present at the hour of meeting, after 
 waiting a reasonable time, he says : 
 
 " The hour for which this meeting was called having 
 arrived and past, and no quorum being present, what 
 order is to be taken ?" 
 
 Or, he may simply announce the fact, and wait for a 
 member to move an adjournment. 
 
 If during a meeting some member calls for a count, 
 he counts, and announces if a quorum be present or not. 
 If not, he says : 
 
 " This meeting is in want of a quorum. "What order 
 is to be taken ?" 
 
 Or he may state the fact only, and wait for a motion 
 to adjourn. But while there is no quorum present, busi- 
 ness must be suspended. 
 
 After the minutes have been adopted, he says : 
 
 " The next business in order is the reports of standing 
 committees." 
 
 If none, or after they have reported, he says : 
 
 " The reports of special committees are next in order." 
 
 And so he announces each business in its proper suc- 
 cession. 
 
 When the hour for the orders of the day arrives, on 
 call of a member, he says : 
 
 " Shall the orders of the day be taken up ? So many 
 as are in favor," etc. 
 
 In case of disorder in committee of the whole, which 
 its chairman cannot repress, the presiding officer may say: 
 
 " The committee of the whole is dissolved. The soci- 
 ety [or club, or association, as the case may be] will come 
 to order. Members will take their seats." 
 
54 OFFICIAL FORMS. 
 
 He will then take the chair, instead of the chairman 
 of the committee of the whole. 
 
 In taking the question on amendment, he says : 
 
 " The question will be on the amendment offered by 
 the member from [naming his place, or otherwise indi 
 eating Mm]," and then puts the question. 
 
 If on an amendment to an amendment, then : 
 
 "The question will be on the amendment to the 
 amendment," and the rest as before. 
 
 If either the amendment or the amendment to the 
 amendment be carried, he will say : 
 
 " The question now recurs on the resolution as amend- 
 ed. Are you ready for the question ?" 
 
 And if no member rises to speak, he will put the 
 question. 
 
 On the motion to amend by striking out words from a 
 resolution, he says : 
 
 " It is moved to amend by striking out the words 
 [naming them]. Shall those words stand ?" And then 
 he puts the question. 
 
 Objection being made to the reading of a paper, he 
 will say : 
 
 " Shall the paper {naming it] be read ?" and then put 
 the question. 
 
 And on an objection being made to the reception of a 
 report, he will say : 
 
 " Shall the report of the committee be received ?" and 
 after the demand he puts the question. 
 
 "When in doubt as to which member was up first, he 
 pays: 
 
 " The chair is in doubt as to which member is entitled 
 to the floor. The society [or club, or association, as the 
 ease may be] will decide. Was the gentleman from — 
 
OFFICIAL FORMS. 55 
 
 [indicating any one] first up ?" And puts the question. 
 If the body decide against that member, he puts tha 
 question on the next, and so through, until the society 
 decides that some one of them has the floor. If but 
 two contend, however, and the society decide against the 
 first named, the decision virtually entitles the other to the 
 floor without further vote. 
 
 If a member is out of order, he will say : 
 
 " The member [indicating him] is out of order." He 
 will make him take his seat, and then state wherein the 
 member is out of order. 
 
 If the point of order is raised by a member, he will 
 say: 
 
 " The member [indicating him] will state his point of 
 order." When this has been done, he decides the point. 
 
 On a question of the time of adjournment, he says : 
 
 "It has been moved and seconded that when this 
 meeting [or club, etc., as the case muy be] adjourns, it ad- 
 journs to [naming time and place]. Are you ready for the 
 question ?" And if no one rises to speak, puts the question. 
 
 On a question of adjournment, he says : 
 
 " It has been moved and seconded, that this meeting 
 [or clvh, etc.] do now adjourn;" and puts the question. 
 
 "When adjournment is carried, he says : 
 
 " This society [or club, etc.] stands adjourned to" 
 [naming time and place] ; or if without any time, he 
 
 " This society [or clvh, etc.] stands adjourned without 
 day." 
 
 II. The Recording Secretary. 
 The secretary commences his minutes thus : 
 " At a stated [or special, or adjourned stated, or ad- 
 journed special, as the case may be] meeting of [here in- 
 
36 OFFICIAL FORMS. 
 
 sert the name of the body], held on [here insert the time 
 and place of meeting], Mr. [insert chairman's name] in 
 the chair, and [here insert secretary's name] acting as 
 secretary — 
 
 " The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and 
 approved." 
 
 If the reading of the minutes was dispensed with, say 
 so, instead of the preceding line. 
 
 Then give a statement of what was done, without 
 comments, as succinctly as possible, down to the ad- 
 journment. 
 
 In countersigning an order for money, or in giving a 
 certified copy of the minutes, or an extract from them, 
 always sign the name on the left-hand corner of each 
 sheet except the last. On the last, the signature on the 
 same corner should be preceded — if an order for money 
 — by the word teste or attest; and if it be a copy of 
 minutes, by the words " A true copy of the minutes." 
 
 In case of an adjournment for want of a quorum, say r 
 
 " At a stated [or special, etc.] meeting called at [name 
 pi zee and time], no quorum being present, the meeting; 
 adjourned." 
 
 In recording the yeas and nays, prepare a list of the 
 members, or have it on hand, and after the name of each 
 have two columns ruled. 
 
 Where a member votes " aye," write it in the first 
 column, or head one column " aye," and the other " no," 
 and make a mark in the proper column, opposite the' 
 name. "Where he votes " no," write it on the second. Add' 
 up, and enter the number at the foot of each column. 
 Indorse the resolution or motion voted upon on the^ 
 back of the list. 
 
 Where a report is made, it is not necessary in the min- 
 
OFFICIAL FORMS. 
 
 5? 
 
 utes to do more than give an abstract of its contents, or 
 a sentence or two indicating its nature. The report 
 should, however, be indorsed with its title, and the data 
 of its report, and filed. 
 
 A list of the orders of the day should always be mado 
 out previous to every meeting, for the convenience of the 
 presiding officer. 
 
 III. Corresponding Secretary. 
 In addressing a letter for the body, write the words 
 " Corresponding Secretary," as concluding part of the 
 signature, and retain a copy of the letter sent, with a 
 record of the time it was dispatched, stating whether by 
 mail or private hand. 
 
 IV. The Treasurer. 
 
 The form of account of the treasurer is very simple. 
 The following will give an idea of the plan which will 
 answer, in most cases, for an annual statement ; but where 
 the accounts are complicated, a regular set of books 
 should be opened, and kept by double entry : 
 
 De. The Bergen Institute, in account with. John Smith, Treasurer. 
 
 c 
 
 B. 
 
 1859 , 
 
 
 
 1859 
 
 
 
 
 Jan. 15 To Cash paid Japheth 
 
 
 
 Jan. 15 
 
 By dues, through Secre- 
 
 
 
 
 Bailey, per order of the 
 
 
 
 
 tary. 
 
 $48 
 
 50 
 
 
 President 
 
 $16 
 
 75 
 
 Feb. 15 
 
 By do 
 
 49 
 
 50 
 
 April 1 
 
 To Cash paid for one 
 
 
 
 March 15 
 
 do 
 
 46 
 
 50 
 
 
 quarter's rent of hall. 
 
 65 
 
 00 
 
 " 15 
 
 " do 
 
 2 
 
 50 
 
 2 
 
 To Cash paid for clean- 
 
 
 
 April 15 
 
 " do 
 
 48 
 
 50 
 
 
 ing. 
 
 1 
 
 50 
 
 May 15 
 
 do 
 
 48 
 
 50 
 
 " 9 
 
 To stationery. 
 
 1 
 
 64 
 
 June 15 
 
 " do 
 
 46 
 
 00 
 
 Inly 1 
 
 To Cash paid for one 
 
 
 
 July 15 
 
 « do 
 
 47 
 
 00 
 
 
 quarter's rent 
 
 65 
 
 00 
 
 Aug. 15 
 
 " do 
 
 48 
 
 00 
 
 Oct 1 
 
 To Cash paid for one 
 
 
 
 Sept 15 
 
 " do 
 
 55 
 
 00 
 
 
 quarter's rent 
 
 65 
 
 00 
 
 Oct 15 
 
 " do 
 
 49 
 
 00 
 
 « 2 
 
 To Cash paid for clean- 
 
 
 
 Nov. 15 
 
 " do 
 
 49 
 
 00 
 
 
 ing. 
 
 1 
 
 50 
 
 Dec. 15 
 
 " do 
 
 49 
 
 00 
 
 1860 
 
 
 
 
 
 « do 
 
 
 
 Jin. 1 
 
 To Cash paid for one 
 
 quarter's rent 
 
 65 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 
 
 u 
 
 To balance on hand. 
 
 265 
 
 61 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 $547 
 
 00 
 
 
 
 $547 
 
 V 
 
58 
 
 OFFICIAL FORMS. 
 
 V. The Librarian. 
 
 The catalogue of books and MSS. should be numbered 
 and classified by size. For this matter see title " Libra- 
 ries and Museums," post. Then the record of loam 
 should be made out somewhat in this fashion : 
 
 lending book — LIBRARY of [insert name]. 
 
 Book, 
 
 No. of Vol- 
 Dmes. 
 
 Borrower. 
 
 Data of Loan 
 
 Date of Retain 
 
 648—0. 
 326— D. 
 609— Oct. 
 
 45— V. 
 
 28— T. 
 164—0. 
 
 1 
 2 
 1 
 1 
 2 
 3 
 
 George Pearson. 
 James Travis. 
 William T. Brown. 
 George Pearson. 
 Francis Innes. 
 William T. Brown. 
 
 Feb. 19 
 " 21 
 '• 21 
 " 26 
 " 26 
 " 28 
 
 Feb. 26 
 " 28 
 " 28 
 
 The abbreviations O., D., Oct., V., and T., mean sev- 
 erally octavo, duodecimo, 18mo, 24mo, and 32mo. 
 
 A separate column may be added to the above, headed 
 " Remarks," in which the librarian may enter an account 
 of the condition of the books, etc., when returned. 
 
 VI. The Curator. 
 
 The curator's catalogue should have three columns : 
 the first containing the name or description of each arti- 
 cle in charge ; the second, how obtained ; and the third, 
 the mode of its acquisition, whether by purchase, dona- 
 tion, or exchange. If minerals, shells, or natural curios- 
 ities, another column is to be added for the original local- 
 ity of the specimen. 
 
 VII. The Committees. 
 
 The chairman of the committee of the whole, when 
 the committee has risen, will say to the president of th« 
 main body, if it have concluded its business : 
 
 " Mr. President : The committee of the whole has, ac- 
 
OFFICIAL FOKMS. 59 
 
 cording to order, gone through the business assigned to 
 it, and usks leave to report." 
 
 Leave being granted, he reports what has been done. 
 
 Or, not having concluded — 
 
 " The committee of the whole has, according to order, 
 considered the business assigned to it, and made progress 
 therein, but not having time to conclude the same, ask 
 leave to sit again." 
 
 Or, if rising from want of a quorum — 
 
 " The committee of the whole has, according to order, 
 considered [or proceeded to consider] the business assign- 
 ed to it, but has risen for want of a quorum." 
 
 In putting the question for rising — 
 
 " It has been moved and seconded that this committee 
 do now rise and report [or report progress]. So many as 
 are in favor," etc. 
 
 All written reports are headed after a similar form. 
 If from a standing committee, thus : 
 
 " The committee on [insert name of committee] re- 
 spectfully report ." And then let the report follow. 
 
 If a special committee — 
 
 " The committee to which was referred [here state the 
 special matter of reference], have considered the same, 
 and respectfully report," etc. 
 
 And all reports conclude with : 
 
 " All of which is respectfully submitted." 
 
 A minority report is headed : 
 
 "The undersigned, the minority of a committee to 
 which was referred," etc. 
 And concludes as in a majority report. 
 
60 
 
 KVJLE8 OF OEDEK. 
 
 P AET T. 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 I. Quorum. 
 
 1. A quorum is a sufficient number to legally transact 
 business. A majority of the members of any associa- 
 tion constitutes a natural quorum ; but a smaller num- 
 ber is usually made a quorum, by a provision to that 
 effect in the constitution or by-laws, through motives 
 of convenience. 
 
 2. If there be a quorum present at the hour named 
 for the meeting, or within thirty minutes thereafter, the 
 presiding officer takes the chair, and calls the association 
 to order ; if not, he waits a reasonable time, and from 
 the chair announces that no quorum is present. There- 
 upon no further business is in order, except to adjourn 
 for want of a quorum. Bat it will be in order to call 
 the roll of members, and to make endeavor to obtain 
 the presence of enough to form a quorum. 
 
 i 3. During the transaction of business, should it be 
 observed that no quorum is present, the chair may an- 
 nounce the fact, or any member may call for a count. 
 If, on counting, it be found that there is no quorum, 
 business is suspended until a quorum be found. If not 
 to be had, the meeting must be adjourned. 
 
 4. If, on calling the ayes and noes, or on division, a 
 quorum be not found, the vote is null, and at the next 
 6* 
 
BUXES OF ORDEB. 
 
 61 
 
 meeting the unfinished business is in the exact state it 
 was when the absence of a quorum was discovered. 
 
 II. Oall. 
 
 1. On a call of the body, each member rises as he is 
 called, and answers to his name, and the absentees are 
 noted. In a small body it is not necessary to rise. 
 
 III. Minutes. 
 
 1. The presiding officer having taken the chair, and a 
 quorum being present, the minutes are read. If there 
 be any mistakes in the record, these are amended, and 
 then the minutes are adopted. If, under circumstances 
 requiring haste, or in the absence of the journal, the 
 reading of the minutes be suspended, they may be either 
 i-ead and adopted at another stage of the proceedings, 
 or at the next succeeding meeting. Nevertheless, the 
 minutes being a record of facts, any error subsequently 
 discovered may be amended at any time. This may be 
 done by unanimous consent ; or, if objections be made, 
 then any member who voted in the affirmative on their 
 adoption, can move a reconsideration of the motion to 
 adopt. This last motion prevailing, the minutes are open 
 to amendment ; and after being amended, the motion on 
 their adoption as amended is put. 
 
 2. The rule of record in ordinary associations is some- 
 what different from that in legislative bodies. The 
 minutes of the former stand in lieu of the journals of 
 the latter. The former never contain a question which 
 is interrupted by a vote to adjourn, or to proceed to the 
 order of the day ; the latter always do. Even prop- 
 ositions withdrawn, or ruled out of order, may be entered, 
 as so treated. The minutes are to be full and explicit, 
 
62 
 
 RULES OF ORDER. 
 
 and a true record of all that was done, but not of all 
 that was said, unless the latter be necessary to the clear 
 understanding of the business. 
 
 3. Proceedings in committee of the whole are, di 
 course, not entered ou the minutes — the entry merely 
 that the committee rose and reported thus and so, and 
 what was done thereon by the association. 
 
 IV. Presiding Officer. 
 
 In the absence of the president, or in case he declines, 
 the vice-president takes the chair. If more than one 
 vice-president, then they take it in their numerical order, 
 unless the association, by vote, designate a particular 
 one. If neither president nor vice-president be present, 
 some member is called to act temporarily as chairman, 
 on motion put by the mover thereof. 
 
 V. Recording Officer. 
 In the absence of the secretary, or, if more than one, 
 in the absence of all, a temporary secretary must be 
 appointed on motion. 
 
 VI. Arrangement of Business. 
 
 This, in associations, is usually provided for in the 
 by-laws. If not otherwise provided for, it is as follows : 
 1. Reading the minutes; 2. Reports of standing com- 
 mittees ; 3. Reports of special committees ; 4. Special 
 orders ; 5. Unfinished business ; 6. New business. The 
 election of new members, unless otherwise ordered, is 
 always in order ; and the election of officers ranks as a 
 special order; but an election of members is not in or* 
 der while other business is pending, or while a membe* 
 has the floor. 
 
BTTl.ES OF OEDEB. 63 
 
 VII. Orders. 
 There is only one case where a member has a right 
 to insist on any thing, and that is where he calls for the 
 execution of an existing order. No debate nor delay 
 can be had on it ; but where it is for an order of the day, 
 fixing some particular business to be taken up, then the 
 president, on call of a member, puts the question whether 
 the association will proceed to the order of the day. If 
 it is decided in the negative, that is, in effect, a reversal 
 of the former order, and the association decides to pro- 
 ceed to other business. 
 
 "VIII. Committees. 
 
 1. Standing committees are appointed under the con- 
 stitution or by-laws of the association, or by resolution, 
 and sit permanently, while special committees are usu- 
 ally appointed by resolution to attend to some particular 
 business, which being done, they are usually discharged. 
 
 2. The first-named person acts as chairman of any 
 committee. It is true that the committee possesses the 
 inherent power to choose its own chairman ; but custom 
 prevents this power from being used. Should a com- 
 mittee select some other than the first named as chair- 
 man, it would be considered a wanton insult. 
 
 3. It is always proper to place the mover of a success- 
 ful motion on any committee arising through his resolu- 
 tion, and to name him first ; but if the committee is 
 upon an inquiry into his conduct, or where its delibera- 
 tion concerns himself personally, or his manifest inter- 
 est, the rule is not followed. 
 
 4r. As near as they will apply, the rules of order of 
 the main body govern the deliberations of committees. 
 5. A committee to whom a resolution or affirmative 
 
64 BUXES 0E OEDEE. 
 
 proposition is committed should always have a majority 
 of members, if they can be had, favorable to such reso- 
 lution or proposition. " The child is not to be put to a 
 nurse that cares not for it." 
 
 6. Unless otherwise ordered, the chair appoints all 
 ■committees. 
 
 7. When there is a standing committee on any sub- 
 ject, any thing referring to such subject should be referred 
 to that committee alone ; but it may be given to a special 
 committee, if the association think proper. 
 
 8. Standing committees require no order to report. 
 They are always in session, and should report at every 
 meeting, if only to report progress. 
 
 9. A committee cannot sit while the main body is in 
 Bession, unless so ordered to do. 
 
 10. A majority of a committee must concur in a re- 
 port ; but the minority are never refused leave to bring 
 in a counter report. 
 
 11. Sometimes a majority cannot be found, when the 
 committee should report the fact of their disagreement, 
 and ask leave to be discharged ; they are then to be dis- 
 charged, and either a new committee raised, or the sub- 
 ject to be brought before a committee of the whole, or 
 before the main body. 
 
 12. Persons appointed upon a committee should join 
 that committee so soon as they are notified of their 
 appointment, unless they are excused. And it is the 
 duty of the first-named member of the committee to call 
 his fellows together as soon as possible. 
 
 IX. Committee of the "Whole. 
 
 1. If it be necessary to go into committee of the whole 
 eociety, either for a general or specific purpose, it is done 
 
EULES OF OEDEE. 65 
 
 by nH,Jion, when the chairman vacates the chair, and 
 calls some member to it to act as chairman ; though the 
 committee of the whole, if it chooses, can select another 
 chairman, like any other committee. This it never does. 
 The quorum of the committee is the same as that of 
 the main body. If a quorum be found wanting, the 
 committee has to rise, the regular chairman takes his 
 seat, and the chairman of the committee informs him 
 that the committee rises for want of a quorum. Then 
 the usual course is taken in regard to the absence of a 
 quorum. 
 
 2. If any communication be made to the main body 
 while in committee of the whole, the committee cannot 
 receive it. If its reception be necessary, the committee 
 have to rise. 
 
 3. If there be confusion or disturbance in committee 
 of the whole, the president may take the chair, declare 
 the committee dissolved, and reduce the body to order. 
 In that case it requires another motion for that commit 
 tee to sit again. 
 
 4. A committee of the whole cannot adjourn, but it 
 must rise. It cannot take the previous question, nor 
 take the ayes and noes. 
 
 5. If the business before the committee of the whole 
 be unfinished, it rises on motion, the regular presiding 
 officer takes the chair, and the chairman of the commit- 
 tee reports that the committee of the whole have, ac- 
 cording to order, considered the business assigned to 
 them, and have made progress therein, but, not hav- 
 ing time to conclude the same, ask leave to sit again. 
 Leave is then granted on motion. If the subject be a 
 special one, and it is concluded, the motion is that the 
 committee rise and report proceedings ; then, when the 
 
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 KULES OF OEDKE. 
 
 president takes the chair, the chairman of the committee 
 reports that the committee have gone through the busi- 
 ness referred to them, and ask leave to report. Leave is 
 then given to report then, or at some other time, either 
 by motion, or, should there be no objection, on the call 
 of some member. 
 
 6. In committee, members may speak oftener than 
 once on the same subject, and are not confined strictly 
 to the subject-matter. "With these and the foregoing 
 exceptions, the same rules of order govern the commit- 
 tee of the whole as govern the main body. 
 
 7. A motion to rise and report progress is in order at 
 any 6tage of the business, and is to be decided without 
 debate. When they have reported, they may be dis- 
 charged on motion, which brings the matter laid before 
 them directly before the association itself. 
 
 X. Commitment. 
 
 1. If it be desired to refer a resolution, address, or 
 other matter to ja, committee, it is done on motion. If 
 to a special committee, the chair names the committee. 
 Any member present may suggest one member on that 
 committee, and if the main body do not object the chair 
 will name him, since the silence of members in that 
 case is equivalent to a direct appointment of that person 
 by the association. But such a course is unusual, and 
 generally improper. 
 
 2. Though the majority on a committee should be fa- 
 vorable to a measure, the minority may be of those who 
 are opposed to it in some particulars. But those totally 
 opposed to it should never be appointed ; and if any one 
 of that view be named, he should rise and state the fact, 
 when the main body will excuse him from serving. 
 
RULES OF OEDEE. 6*7 
 
 3. If it be a written matter which is referred, the sec- 
 retary delivers it to the first named of the committee. 
 
 4. A committee meets when and where it pleases, un- 
 less the time and place is fixed for it. But it cannot act 
 unless its members assemble together. 
 
 5. The committee cannot change the title or subject 
 of the matter before them, but otherwise have full power 
 over it. 
 
 6. If it be a written matter before it, if it originate 
 with the committee, the writing must be considered par- 
 agraph by paragraph, and the question put on each. 
 After each paragraph is approved or amended, it is then 
 considered as a whole. If it has been referred, the 
 committee only report the amendments they recommend 
 separately ; as they have no right to amend a paper be- 
 longing to the main body. 
 
 7. When the committee is through, some member 
 moves that it rise, and report the matter to the main 
 body, with or without amendments, as the case may be. 
 
 XI. Reports of Committees. 
 The chairman of the committee, standing in Ms 
 place, informs the association that the committee to 
 which was intrusted such a matter, naming it, have di- 
 rected him to report thereon, and moves that the report 
 be received. The cry of " Receive !" or " Report !" or 
 " Read it !" from any one, generally dispenses with the 
 formality of a question. He then reads the report, what- 
 ever it may be, and delivers the written report to the 
 secretary. Then it lies on the table until called up by a 
 motion. The committee is dissolved, and can act no 
 more unless reconstituted for the purpose by a vote. 
 
68 BULES OF OEDEB. 
 
 XII. Motions. 
 
 1. A motion is a proposition by two members ; conse- 
 quently, if not secon ded, it is not to be entertained. This 
 is different, however, in the case of an appeal, where 
 the question may be put on the demand of one member. 
 
 2. A motion must be put in writing, if any member 
 desires it, and read, when required for information. But 
 if the demand for the reading be repeated, so as to show 
 itself a mere pretext for delay, the association may order 
 it to be read no more. 
 
 3. A motion for adjournment cannot be made while 
 one member is speaking ; because it is a breach of order 
 for one to speak when another has the floor, except to ? 
 point of order ; consequently, even a privileged motion 
 cannot be entertained. And even on a call to order, 
 decided against him, he must still be allowed to go on, 
 provided he does not persist in the same violation of 
 order in his remarks. 
 
 XIII. Amendments. 
 
 1. An amendment takes the place of the question it is 
 proposed to amend, and must be decided first. So an 
 amendment to an amendment must be decided before 
 the first amendment. 
 
 2. But amendments cannot be piled one on the other ; 
 that is, while you can amend an amendment, you cannot 
 amend the second amendment. 
 
 3. For example : it is moved to give the thanks of the 
 association for his kind gift of fifty volumes to the society. 
 It is moved to amend by striking out the word " kind," 
 and inserting " generous." This is an amendment. It 
 is then moved to strike out the word " generous" and 
 
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 69 
 
 insert that of " liberal." This is an amendment to the 
 amendment. It is then proposed to strike out the word 
 " liberal," and insert that of " munificent." This third 
 amendment is out of order. 
 
 4. Nor can amendments be made to certain privileged 
 questions. Thus, an amendment to a motion to adjourn, 
 for the previous question, a call of the house, or to lay 
 on the table. 
 
 5. But an amendment, though inconsistent with one 
 previously adopted, is still in order. It is for the associa- 
 tion alone to decide whether, by the passage of the second 
 amendment, it will recede from its former action. 
 
 6. On an amendment being moved, a member who 
 has spoken to the main question, may speak to the 
 amendment. 
 
 7. If it be proposed to amend by leaving out certain 
 words, it may be moved to amend the amendment by 
 leaving out a part of the words of the amendment, which 
 is equivalent to letting those words remain. 
 
 8. For example : the original words being, " Resolved, 
 That we have heard with feelings of lively satisfaction 
 that the authorities of our town propose to tax dogs, and 
 approve their action," it is moved to amend by striking 
 out the words " with feelings of lively satisfaction." If 
 it be moved to amend the amendment, by striking out 
 the words " with feelings of satisfaction," the question 
 would be : Shall those words stand as part of the reso- 
 lution ? If carried, the word " lively" is struck out, and 
 the rest remains. The question then recurs on the reso- 
 lution as amended. 
 
 9. When it is proposed to amend by inserting a para- 
 graph, or part of one, the friends of this should make it 
 perfect by amendments ; because if it be inserted it can- 
 
70 EUXES OF OBDEB. 
 
 not be amended, since it has been agreed to in that form. 
 So if proposed to amend by striking out a paragraph ; 
 the friends of the paragraph should also make it as per- 
 fect, by amendments, as possible ; for if the striking out 
 be negatived, that is equivalent to agreeing to it in that 
 form, and amendments are not admissible. 
 
 10. When it is moved to amend by striking out cer- 
 tain words and inserting others, the manner of stating 
 the question is, first to read the whole passage to be 
 amended, as it stands at present ; then the words pro- 
 posed to be struck out ; next those to be inserted ; and, 
 lastly, the whole passage as it will be when amended. 
 And the question, if desired, is then to be divided, and 
 put first on striking out. If carried, it is next on insert- 
 ing the words proposed. If that be lost, it may be 
 moved to insert others. 
 
 11. A motion is made to amend by striking out cer- 
 tain words and inserting others in their place, which is 
 negatived. Then it is moved to strike out the same 
 words, and to insert others of a tenor entirely different 
 from those first proposed, which is negatived. Then it 
 is moved to strike out the same words and insert nothing, 
 which is agreed to. All this is in order ; because to 
 strike out A and insert B, is one proposition. To strike 
 out A and insert C, is another proposition. To strike 
 out A and insert nothing, is another proposition. The 
 rejection of either proposition does not preclude the 
 offering of a new one. But a motion to strike out 
 alone being voted down, is equivalent to voting that the 
 words should stand, and amendments are not in order. 
 Jefferson thinks that even if the question be divided, and 
 taken first on the striking out, and that fails, amend- 
 ments are in order, because the proposition is only half 
 
BDXE8 OF OBDEB. 71 
 
 pat. There is force in this, and it seems to be the 
 practice. 
 
 12. After the paragraph is amended, it nevertheless 
 may be further amended by striking it entirely out. 
 
 XIV. Privileged Questions. 
 
 1. " When a question is under debate, no motion shall 
 be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, to post- 
 pone indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, to com- 
 mit, or to amend ; which several motions shall have pre- 
 cedence in the order they stand arranged; and the mo- 
 tion to adjourn shall be always in order, and shall be 
 decided without debate." 
 
 2. These privileged questions shall not only be enter- 
 tained while the main question is pending, but will be 
 put before it. 
 
 3. A motion to adjourn takes precedence of all others, 
 because otherwise the body might be kept sitting against 
 its will, and indefinitely. Yet even this question cannot 
 be entertained after another question is actually put, and 
 while members are voting upon it. 
 
 4. An order of the day — that is, a question which has 
 previously been set down to be argued or determined on 
 that day — takes place of all questions except adjourn- 
 ment. If, for instance, a matter be set down for 7 
 o'clock, then at that hour, although another question be 
 before the body, a motion to proceed to take up the 
 order of the day must be received by the chair. 
 
 5. These privileged questions sometimes conflict with 
 each other, but are reconciled under known rules. 
 
 6. If the previous question be first moved, it is first 
 put. This cuts off all the others. The society, having 
 decided to take the question, must vote on it as it stands 
 
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 RULES OF OBDEB. 
 
 ■ — postponement, commitment, and amendment being 
 out of order. 
 
 7. If postponement be carried, of course the question 
 cannot be either committed, amended, nor the previous 
 question be carried, for the subject is not before the body. 
 
 8. If committed, the same rules and reasons follow. 
 
 9. If amendment is first moved, the question on thai 
 must be determined before the previous question. 
 
 10. If amendment and postponement are proposed, 
 the latter is put first. The reason is, that the amendment 
 is not suppressed, but comes up again in its order when- 
 ever the main question is again considered. 
 
 11. If a motion for amendment be followed by one for 
 commitment, the latter shall be put first. 
 
 12. The previous question cannot be put on the mo- 
 tion to postpone, commit, or amend the main question. 
 
 13. The motion for the previous question, or for com- 
 mitment or amendment, cannot be postponed. 
 
 14. A motion made for reading papers relative to the 
 question discussed must be put before the main question. 
 
 15. A motion made and seconded cannot be withdrawn 
 without leave, though, if no member object, it is not 
 necessary to put the question. 
 
 16. When different sums or dates are used in filling 
 blanks, the question shall first be put on the largest sum 
 and the longest time. 
 
 17. In commitment, the motions to commit are privi- 
 leged in the following order: 1. Committee of the 
 "Whole ; 2. Standing Committee; 3. Special Committee. 
 
 18. A motion to lay on the table must be put before 
 either postponement, commitment, or amendment, al- 
 though neither of these last can be laid on the table. 
 
 19. A postponement can be amended as to time, and 
 
BTELES OF OBDEK. 73 
 
 an amendment can be amended ; bnt if it be proposed to 
 amend by inserting any thing, a motion to amend or 
 perfect the matter proposed to be inserted must be put 
 to a vote before the question to insert. The same rule 
 follows in regard to striking out. 
 
 20. A question of privilege, such as a quarrel between 
 members, or affecting the character of members, or the 
 main body, must be disposed of before the original ques- 
 tion be disposed of. 
 
 21. Questions on leave to withdraw motions, or ap- 
 peals from the decision of the chair, have a precedence 
 over the main question. 
 
 XV. Previous Question. 
 
 1. "When any question is before the association, any 
 member may move that the main question be put ; and 
 this is termed moving the previous question. If the 
 question pass in the affirmative, the main question is put 
 immediately, and no further debate is allowed upon the 
 matter at issue. 
 
 2. This is frequently styled " the gag law," because 
 its adoption cuts off all debate. When a subject in the 
 judgment of the majority has been exhausted, or when 
 personalities have been introduced, and disorders are 
 threatened, it is a very proper and wise thing ; but it 
 should not generally be brought to bear so long as mem- 
 bers who desire to speak are unheard. 
 
 XVI. Division of the Question. 
 
 1. A question which contains more parts than one 
 may be divided, on the demand of a member, provided 
 the main body concur. If the question contain parts 
 which are evidently incompatible, the presiding officer 
 
74 BULES OF OEDEE. 
 
 may divide them of his own will, unless the body deny 
 him the power. 
 
 2. When a question is divided, after the question has 
 been taken on the first member of it, the second member 
 is still open to amendment and debate, unless the previ- 
 ous question be taken upon it. 
 
 XVII. Coexisting Questions. 
 
 1. Occasionally there are two questions up at the same 
 time — one primarily, and the other secondarily. Are 
 both subject to debate ? 
 
 2. When it has been moved to commit a question, the 
 main question is debatable under that motion ; but no 
 amendment can be entertained, because the question of 
 commitment will be first put. 
 
 XVIII. Equivalent Questions. 
 Where questions are equivalent, so that the rejec- 
 tion of one is the affirming the other, that necessarily 
 determines the latter. Thus, a vote against striking out 
 is virtually the same as a vote to agree ; a vote to reject, 
 is equivalent to a vote to adopt ; but, on a motion to 
 strike out A and insert B, being decided in the nega- 
 tive, this does not preclude the motion to strike out A 
 and insert C, these being separate questions. 
 
 XIX. The Question. 
 
 1. The question is first to be put on the affirmative, 
 and then on the negative side. 
 
 2. After the question has been put, debate upon it is 
 out of order ; but after the presiding officer has put 
 the affirmative, any member who has not spoken before 
 on the question, may speak before the negative be put, 
 foj it is not a full question until the negative be put. 
 
ETTLES OF ORDER. 75 
 
 8. But on trifling matters, such as leave to bring in 
 reports of committees, withdrawing motions, reading 
 papers, and such like, the consent of the main body will 
 be supposed without the formality of a question, unless 
 some one should object, for the absence of an objection 
 in such cases testifies to unanimous consent. 
 
 XX. Division. 
 
 1. The affirmative and negative voices having been 
 heard upon a question, the presiding officer declares by 
 the sound what is the result. If he have doubts as to the 
 relative strength of the yeas and nays, or if any member 
 demands it, before other business has been gone into, 
 then a division is ordered. 
 
 2. The mode of dividing is for those in the affirma- 
 tive to rise, when the presiding officer counts those up, 
 and announces the number. These sit, and those in the 
 negative arise, to be counted in like manner. 
 
 3. One-fifth of the members present may call for the 
 yeas and nays, each member's name being called, and 
 his answer entered by the secretary. 
 
 In case of any disorder during a division or calling 
 of the yeas and nays, the presiding officer decides the 
 question of order ; and the decision is not the subject of 
 appeal at this time, although it may be revised after the 
 division or call is over. (See Rule XXXIH.) 
 
 XXI. Reconsideration. 
 1. A question which has been decided either in the 
 affirmative or the negative, may be reconsidered upon 
 the motion of a member who has voted with the major- 
 ity. But this motion for reconsideration will not be in 
 order, nnless made during the meeting whereat the 
 question was decided. 
 
76 BULEB OF OKDEE. 
 
 2. The effect of the adoption of a motion to recon 
 sider is to place the question in the position it occupied 
 before the vote on its adoption or rejection was taken ; 
 consequently it is as open to amendment, postponement, 
 commitment, or laying on the table, as it was at that 
 time. 
 
 XXII. Appeals, 
 
 1. An appeal from the decision of the chair is a mat- 
 ter of right, and brings under review and opens to de- 
 bate the grounds of such decision. 
 
 2. The presiding officer, by usage and courtesy, has 
 the right to assign his reasons for his decision before the 
 question is put on the appeal. 
 
 3. The question on an appeal is, whether the decision 
 of the presiding officer shall stand as the judgment of 
 the body itself. If a majority vote in the affirmative, 
 the decision stands ; if not, it is reversed. 
 
 4. An appeal cannot be put on an appeal ; that is, a 
 second appeal cannot be entertained while the first re- 
 mains undisposed of. 
 
 5. A mere opinion of the chair, drawn out by an in 
 terrogation on points of order, is not subject to an ap- 
 peal. To be appealed from, it must be an actual decision 
 on a question coming up legitimately in the progress of 
 business. 
 
 XXIII. Papers. 
 
 1. "When papers have been laid before the main body, 
 or referred to a committee, every member has a right to 
 hear them once read at the secretary's table, before he 
 can be compelled to vote on them. 
 
 2. But he has not a right, therefore, to have papers 
 read independently of the will of a majority of his col- 
 
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BUXES OF OBDEE. 77 
 
 leagues. If the reading be demanded purely for infor- 
 mation, and not for delay, and no one objects, the chair- 
 man will direct it to be done, without putting it to the 
 question. But should any one object, the question must 
 be put. 
 
 3. Nor can any member have a right, without a ques- 
 tion first put, to have any thing read, which is not before 
 the body. 
 
 4. Nor can a member have a right to read a paper 
 in his place, not even his own speech, if it be objected 
 to, without leave of the body. But this rule is not 
 usually enforced, unless there be a gross or intentional 
 abuse of the time and patience of the body. 
 
 XXIV. Communications. 
 
 When a communication addressed to the main body 
 is presented, the question is to be put whether it shall be 
 received. But a general cry of " Receive !" or, even if 
 there be no objection, the silence of the body, is sufficient 
 to dispense with the formality of the question. In that 
 case, or in case the vote on its reception be in the af- 
 firmative, it is to be read, unless otherwise disposed of. 
 
 XXV. Things on the Table. 
 
 1. Matters which have been laid on the table can only 
 be called up when the class of business to which they 
 belong is in order. 
 
 2. If laid on the table by a motion, they can only be 
 lifted from it by a motion. If laid there, under rules, as 
 a matter of course, they can be called up by any mem- 
 ber as a matter of right, when the business to which 
 they belong is reached in its regular order. 
 
78 RULES OF OBDEB. 
 
 3. But it is deemed discourteous, when the matter lies 
 on the table, to call it up in the absence of the mover, or 
 against his wishes, if present, provided it refers to a mat- 
 ter of local or private concern, in the mover's special 
 charge; and provided, further, that it is not designed or 
 calculated to delay final action on any measure or prop- 
 osition before the body, or impede the progress of busi- 
 ness. 
 
 XXVI. Resolutions. 
 
 All resolutions must be committed to writing if 
 demanded, and the name of the mover should be signed 
 thereto. 
 
 XXVII. Rights of Members. 
 
 1. It is the right of a member to have the question 
 put on his motion, and a refusal to do this is a breach of 
 order on the part of the chair. 
 
 2. It is the right of a member to insist on the execu- 
 tion of a standing order of the body. 
 
 3. And it is the right of a member, if he observe that 
 a quorum is not present during the transaction of busi- 
 ness, to call for a count. 
 
 XXVIII. Trial of Members. 
 
 1. This is usually provided for by the by-laws. If it 
 be not done, then the rule is to give the member due no- 
 tice that at such a meeting such charges will be preferred 
 against him, in order that he may know the nature of 
 the charges made, and how to meet them. 
 
 2. He is to have witnesses examined in his defence, 
 and reasonable delay in order tQ obtain them. 
 
RULES OF OKDEK. 79 
 
 XXIX. Order and Decorum. 
 
 1. When the presiding officer takes the chair, everj 
 member is to be seated. 
 
 2. When any member means to speak, he is to stand 
 up, uncovered, and to address himself — not to those 
 around, or to any particular member — but to the presid- 
 ing officer, who calls him by his name; or, better still, 
 indicates him by his position, or otherwise, that the body 
 may take notice who it is that speaks. But a member 
 who is indisposed may be indulged to speak sitting. 
 
 3. When a member stands up to speak, no question is 
 to be put ; but he is to be heard, unless the body over- 
 rules him. 
 
 4. If two or more rise to speak nearly together, the 
 chairman decides who was first up, and calls him by 
 name or location ; whereupon he proceeds, unless he vol- 
 untarily sits down, and gives way to the other. But if 
 the chairman is not clear in his mind, or the body does 
 not acquiesce in his decision, the question is to be put as 
 to which was first up. 
 
 5. No man can speak more than once to the same 
 question, not even though he change his opinion in the 
 mean while, unless by unanimous consent. 
 
 6. But if he be the mover, proposer, or introducer of 
 the question pending, he may close the debate ; but only 
 after every one desiring to speak on it shall have been 
 heard. 
 
 7. Or he may be permitted to speak again, to clear a 
 matter of fact ; or merely to explain himself in some 
 material part of his speech ; or to the manner and words 
 of the question, keeping himself to that only, and not 
 travelling into the merits of it ; or to the orders of the 
 body, if they be transgressed, keeping within that line. 
 
80 BULKS OF OEDEE. 
 
 8. If the chairman rise to state a point of order, give 
 information, or otherwise speak within his privilege, the 
 member standing up must resume his seat, that the chair- 
 man may be first heard. 
 
 9. No one is to speak impertinently or beside the ques- 
 tion, superfluously or tediously. 
 
 10. No person is to use indecent language against the 
 proceedings of the body ; and no prior determination of 
 which is to be reflected on by any member, unless he 
 means to conclude with a motion to rescind it. While a 
 proposition is under consideration, however, though it 
 has been even reported by a committee, reflections upon 
 it are not reflections upon the body itself. 
 
 11. No person, in speaking, is to mention a member 
 then present by his name ; but to describe him by his 
 seat, or as one who spoke last ; or on the other side of 
 the question; or in some other indirect way to identify 
 him. 
 
 12. Nor is he to digress from the matter to fall upon the 
 person ; nor to use even unmanly words against a mem- 
 ber ; nor to arraign the motives of those who propose 
 or advocate it. All such violations of order it is the 
 duty of the chair to immediately suppress. 
 
 13. When a member shall be called to order by a 
 member or the chair, he shall sit down until the point of 
 order is decided. The member who makes the call shall 
 state his point of order, and the question shall be decided 
 by the chair, without debate ; subject, of course, to an 
 appeal. 
 
 14. While the chair is putting a question, or address- 
 ing the body, none shall walk out of or across the 
 room ; nor, in such case, nor while a member is speak- 
 ing, shall entertain private discourse ; nor, while a mem- 
 
RULES OF OEDEE. 81 
 
 ber is speaking, shall pass between him and the chair. 
 Every member shall remain uncovered while the body is 
 in session. No member, or other person, shall visit or 
 remain near the secretary's table while the ayes and 
 noes are being called, or the ballots counted. 
 
 15. No one is to disturb another in his speech by hiss- 
 ing, coughing, spitting, or rude exclamations ; nor stand 
 up to interrupt him ; nor pass between the chair and the 
 speaking member, nor go across the house while he is 
 speaking ; nor walk up and down the floor ; nor take 
 books or papers from the table, or write there. Never- 
 theless, if no attention is paid to what the member says, 
 it is a piece of prudence for him to sit down, as the ill- 
 manners of his colleagues are prima facie evidence that 
 he is saying nothing worth the hearing. 
 
 16. If repeated calls do not produce order, the chair 
 may call any member by name who obstinately persists 
 in irregularity, whereupon the main body may require 
 the member to sit down. He must be heard in excul- 
 pation, if it is intended to proceed further, and then with- 
 draw to await the further action of his colleagues, who 
 may pass a vote of censure upon him ; or, if he persist, 
 may act in his case in the manner prescribed in the by- 
 laws of the body. 
 
 17. Disorderly words are not to be noted until the 
 member finishes his speech, unless they are manifestly 
 personal, indecent, blasphemous, or reflecting upon the 
 house. The offensive words are to be taken down by the 
 member who objects, or by the secretary, at his request. 
 If the chair thinks they are not disorderly, he directs 
 them not to be taken down by the secretary, unless there 
 be a general cry to the contrary. They are to be read, 
 when taken down, to the member, who may deny them ; 
 
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 in which case the body shall decide by vote whether 
 they are his or not. If they are voted to be his, or if he 
 acknowledge them, he must justify them satisfactorily, 
 explain the use of them, or apologize. If the offended 
 member still persists, and is not satisfied, the sense of the 
 body may be taken, during which both members must 
 withdraw. But when business has intervened, or any 
 member spoken after the offensive words, they cannot be 
 taken down. 
 
 18. Disorderly words spoken in committee must be 
 written down, as in the main body ; but the committee 
 can only report them to the latter for its action. 
 
 19. Blasphemous or seditious words, or words reflect- 
 ing on the religious belief of members, or on religion 
 generally, are not in order. 
 
 20. No member can be present when any tiling which 
 concerns himself is debating, much less to vote upon it ; 
 nor is any member to speak to the merit of it until he 
 withdraws. Nevertheless, he may be heard upon it, be- 
 fore he withdraws. 
 
 21. No member is to come into the place of meeting, 
 or remain there with his head covered, nor put on his hat 
 while there. 
 
 22. A question of order may be adjourned for a time, 
 to look into precedents. 
 
 23. When a member is called to order, he shall sit 
 down at once, unless permitted to explain. If the body 
 be appealed to, it shall decide the question without de- 
 bate ; if there be no appeal, the decision of the chair 
 shall be submitted to. If the decision be in favor of the 
 member, he shall be allowed to proceed ; if against him, 
 he shall not proceed without the leave of the body ; and 
 the body may, if it think proper, proceed to censure him. 
 
RULES OF ORDER. 83 
 
 24. All decisions of the presiding officer are liable to 
 be reversed, altered, or amended by the body. 
 
 XXX. Adjournments and Recesses. 
 
 An adjournment is the closing of a session for the day, 
 to be resumed on another day ; on which day the regu- 
 lar routine of business is commenced anew, except when 
 superseded by a special order. 
 
 A recess is a suspension of business from one hour of 
 a day to another hour of the same day ; at which hour 
 business is taken up at the point where it was left, unless 
 a special order takes its place. 
 
 A motion to adjourn cannot be amended, by adding 
 the day and hour. It must be put simply that this body 
 do now adjourn ; and, if carried in the affirmative, it is 
 adjourned to the next sitting day, or without day, as the 
 case may be. But any special time of adjournment may 
 be fixed by a previous resolution. 
 
 If a question be put for adjournment, it is no adjourn- 
 ment till so pronounced by the chair. And it is a 
 breach of courtesy for a member to leave his place until 
 the chair has pronounced on the question of adjourn- 
 ment. 
 
 XXXI. Suspension of Rules. 
 
 By unanimous consent any rule of order may be sus- 
 pended in part or whole ; but the object of suspending 
 the rule must be stated in the motion, and when that 
 object has failed or been attained, the rule regains its 
 former force. 
 
84 RULES OF OEDEB. 
 
 XXXII. Force of Words. 
 
 Throughout these rules, whenever the word "body " or 
 " main body " has been used, it means the society, club, 
 association, or other organized body to which the rules 
 are made to apply. 
 
 XXXIII. Tie-Vote. 
 
 "Where a presiding officer is not chosen out of the body 
 itself, as in the case of the Vice-President of the United 
 States, the Lieutenant Governor of a State, or the Mayor of 
 a city or town, who may preside over the Common Council, 
 he has naturally no vote. The Constitution in the case of 
 the two first, and the charter in case of the last, gives them 
 the privilege of deciding in case of a tie, and they do not 
 vote otherwise. 
 
 But in the case of the Speaker of Congress, or of a House 
 of Assembly, or a State Senate choosing its own presiding 
 officer, the Speaker or President votes like any other mem- 
 bar, only it is customary for the clerk, in calling the roll, to 
 call him by his title, and not by name. Hence in ordinary 
 societies the presiding officer votes on all questions, and 
 mud vote if it be pressed, or be guilty of contempt of the 
 main body, as in the case of any other member. The 
 effect of a tie vote then is merely that the question before the 
 body, not having a majority of votes, is lost 
 
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 PART TI. 
 
 OF WRITTEN BUSINESS. 
 
 Besides the usual records of deliberative or organized 
 bodies, there are other matters of public business which 
 require to be written. And as these are chiefly the 
 formal opinions of parties, or the results of specific in- 
 vestigation, a particular attention to form is necessary. 
 The principal matters to be committed to writing are 
 resolutions and reports. 
 
 I. Of Resolutions. 
 
 A written resolution is the formal record of opinion 
 upon one or more subjects, expressed by a body of men. 
 As in almost every species of written composition, the 
 language should be simple, terse, and forcible. A very 
 frequent fault of resolutions is their wordings. 
 
 A resolution may or may not be prefaced by a pream- 
 ble. If it be so constructed, the preamble should set 
 forth briefly the cause of the resolution which is to fol- 
 low. This preamble is usually commenced with the word 
 " Whereas." 
 
 After this comes the resolution, or resolutions — which 
 commence with the word " Resolved." 
 
 A good resolution — one that is pithy and forcible — re- 
 quires some care in its composition. Unless the writer 
 he a very experienced one, lie had better avoid all figures 
 
86 Ot WEITTEN BUSINESS. 
 
 of rhetoric, and confine himself to a plain statement of 
 the opinion he wishes to convey. 
 
 As example is always useful, we will take a subject, 
 and show the preferable form of a preamble and resolu- 
 tion upon it. 
 
 We will suppose that a party majority in the legisla- 
 ture passes a registry law, which is not approved by the 
 opposite party, and a public meeting of members of the 
 latter desire to condemn it. The following preamble 
 and resolutions may be suggested: 
 
 " Whereas, It is proper for the people, in their public 
 assemblages, to express their views of the conduct of 
 those in office, and to award to the latter their approval 
 or censure ; and 
 
 " Whereas, The late legislature of this State have 
 passed an oppressive registry bill, odious in its principles, 
 and burdensome in its details ; therefore, 
 
 "Resolved, That the act referred to meets our un- 
 qualified disapproval and decided condemnation ; that we 
 will spare no efforts to promote its abrogation ; and that 
 we will vote for no candidate for senate or assembly who 
 is not pledged to its speedy repeal." 
 
 Now, the above is not more wordy than such resolu- 
 tions usually are, yet it can be easily simplified. 
 
 It is unnecessary to aver that it is proper for the peo- 
 ple to express their views on official conduct, " in their 
 public assemblages," since it is their right to do that also 
 in other places. The rest of the first paragraph is a 
 mere repetition. And, finally, the whole is a matter 
 generally admitted, and, therefore, not the subject of 
 affirmation. The preamble had better begin with the 
 second paragraph. But that contains useless words also, 
 Any thing which is oppressive is apt to be odious i& 
 
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 87 
 
 its principles and burdensome in its details, and vice 
 versa. 
 
 The resolution itself contains superfluous matter in its 
 phrases — " decided condemnation" or "unqualified dis- 
 approval" should be stricken out, and the remainder of 
 the paragraph condensed. 
 
 Again : the statements of the preamble may be as fully 
 expressed in the body of the resolution itself, and may 
 be properly omitted. 
 
 Following these hints, the resolution would read as 
 follows : 
 
 " Resolved, That we are opposed to the present op- 
 pressive registry law, and that we will vote for no can- 
 didate for either house of the legislature who is not 
 pledged to its speedy repeal." 
 
 With these remarks upon composition, we proceed to 
 lay before the reader a series of resolutions upon various 
 ordinary subjects, which may possibly afford him hints, 
 or serve for the nucleus of others. 
 
 II. Various Resolutions. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS OF CONDOLENCE ON THE DEATH OF A MEM- 
 BEE OF A FIRE COMPANY. 
 
 Whereas, It has seemed good to the Almighty Disposer 
 of Events to remove from our midst our late worthy and 
 esteemed fellow-member, James Perry ; and 
 
 Whereas, The intimate relations long held by the de- 
 ceased with the members of this company render it 
 proper that we should place upon record our appreciation 
 of his services as a fireman, and his merits as a man ; 
 therefore, 
 
88 OF WRITTEN BUSINESS. 
 
 Resolved, That we deplore the loss of James Perry, 
 with deep feelings of regret, softened only by the confi- 
 dent hope that his spirit is with those who, having 
 fought the good fight here, are enjoying perfect happi- 
 ness in a better world. 
 
 Resolved, That we tender to his afflicted relatives our 
 sincere condolence, and our earnest sympathy in their 
 affliction at the loss of one who was a good citizen, a 
 devoted fireman, and an upright man. 
 
 Resolved, That the members of this company will at- 
 tend our deceased member to the grave in a body ; that 
 the engine-house be hung with the emblems of mourn- 
 ing until after the funeral ceremony shall have been per- 
 formed, and that the hall of meeting be draped with 
 black for thirty days. 
 
 Resolved, That a copy of the foregoing resolution, 
 signed by the president, and certified by the secretary, 
 be transmitted to the relatives of the deceased. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS TO THE OFFICERS OF A SHIP FOR 
 THEIR CONDUCT DURING AN EMERGENCY. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of the passengers are here- 
 by tendered to the captain and officers of the ship [here 
 insert name], for the cool, dexterous, and efficient man- 
 ner in which they performed the duties appertaining to 
 each ; to the crew for their prompt obedience to orders, 
 and to all concerned for their earnest endeavors to pro- 
 mote the safety of the passengers under their charge, 
 during the perilous storm, from which, owing to the 
 goodness of Providence, we have been safely delivered. 
 
 Resolved, That the foregoing resolutions, signed by 
 the passengers, be transmitted to the owners of the ship 
 
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 and a copy be furnished to the public journals, with a 
 request for their publication. 
 
 [Resolutions of this kind should always he sent to the 
 owners, the officers heing merely their agents ; hut tlie 
 resolutions themselves should he read to the master of the 
 vessel hy the president of the meeting, in presence of aU, 
 or a committee from the passengers.] 
 
 RESOLUTIONS EMBRACING A REMONSTRANCE AGAINST A 
 NUISANCE IN A CITY. 
 
 Resolved, That the continuance of the bone-boiling 
 establishment of Messrs. [insert name here], in the midst 
 of a densely populated neighborhood, is an intolerable 
 nuisance, which is incompatible with the health and 
 comfort of those who reside in its vicinity. 
 
 Resolved, That a committee of three be appointed by 
 the chair, whose duty it shall be to apprise the proper 
 authorities of the existence and nature of the nuisance ; 
 and in case such action shall not produce its abatement, 
 then to employ counsel, and take such other legal steps 
 as the case may require. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS OF INSTRUCTION TO MEMBERS OF THE LEGIS- 
 LATURE. 
 
 Whereas, From the situation of this county [or 
 " town," or " village"], the general road law of the State 
 is partly inapplicable to us, and highly inefficient, and the 
 circumstances of the case require a specific law, therefore 
 
 Be it resolved, by the people of [insert name here], in 
 town meeting assembled, That the Senate and Represen- 
 tatives of this district in the legislature be, and hereby 
 are, instructed to procure the passage of a law exempting 
 this county [or " village," or " town," as the case may 
 
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 be] from the action of the general road law, and placing 
 the working and repair of the roads entirely under the 
 control of the local authorities. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS TO THE OFFIOEES OF A CONVENTION. 
 
 Resolved, That the thanks of this convention are 
 hereby given to the president for the able, dignified, and 
 impartial manner in which he has presided over its de- 
 liberations, and to the other officers for the satisfactory 
 manner in which they have fulfilled the duties assigned 
 to them. 
 
 \On a resolution of this hind the question is always to 
 be put by the member who makes the motion — it being 
 personal to the presiding officer.] 
 
 RESOLUTIONS AT A MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS IN FAVOR 
 OF A CERTAIN ROUTE. 
 
 Resolved, That the proposed horse railroad should be 
 located upon the summit of the palisades, and not on the 
 shore below, for these reasons : 
 
 1. The shore route is narrow, and being limited by 
 the river on one side, and the steep palisades on the oth- 
 er, is incapable of the expanded population which may 
 be expected on the space above, and is not likely to fur- 
 nish those profits in the future which shall reimburse 
 stockholders for the present outlay. 
 
 2. There is now a road being constructed from Hobo- 
 ken to Union Hill, on the upper route. This will proba- 
 bly be extended to Bull's Ferry, and thus connecting 
 with this line an unbroken communication will be se- 
 cured between the upper terminus of our road and the 
 ferry at Hoboken. 
 
 3. The slightly increased cost of grading in the upper 
 
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 route is more than made up by the fact that the right 
 of way in the lower route will cost a vast deal more. 
 
 Resolved, That, for the foregoing and other reasons, 
 the directors be instructed to select the upper, and not 
 the lower, route for the line of the proposed road. 
 
 III. Of Reports. 
 
 A report is the written statement of a person having a 
 particular matter in charge, of the acts officially per- 
 formed, or of a committee concerning the results of an 
 investigation or matter confided to their care. The 
 usual heading and conclusion of reports of committees 
 are given elsewhere. The matter of the report is regu- 
 lated by the same rules as regards its style and nature, as 
 govern resolutions. A few examples will serve, there- 
 fore, better than any particular directions, to give a model 
 which may be improved on, by those unacquainted with 
 this species of composition. 
 
 IV. "Various Reports. 
 
 EEPOET OF A COMMITTEE INTRUSTED WITH A FARTICULAB 
 RESOLUTION. 
 
 The undersigned, a committee to whom was referred 
 the resolution offered by Mr. Johnson, in favor of an 
 amendment to the constitution of the society, providing 
 for the election of an additional recording secretary, beg 
 leave to report : 
 
 That, on investigation of the facts of the case, it ap- 
 pears that the engagements of our present recording sec- 
 retary prevent him from attending all of the meetings, 
 without great loss and inconvenience to himself; but 
 that, nevertheless, he has been present at all times to 
 
92 OF WRITTEN BUSINESS. 
 
 fulfil his duties, in a satisfactory manner ; and that it 
 further appears that the labors of the secretary have been, 
 at times, so arduous as to have required the assistance of 
 another person, the expense of which has been defrayed 
 by the secretary himself. As the society allows no com- 
 pensation to its recording officer, it is proper it should 
 put upon him no expenditure ; and as it appears, from a 
 conference on the subject with the party concerned, that 
 with an additional secretary the duties appertaining to 
 the office could be performed without serious inconveni- 
 ence to either, your committee report back the resolution 
 with a recommendation that it pass the society. 
 All of which is respectfully submitted, 
 
 Samuel L. Mitchell. 
 
 William Branson. 
 
 report of the minority of the previous committee. 
 
 The undersigned, the minority of a committee to 
 which was referred the resolution offered by Mr. John- 
 son, proposing an amendment to the constitution of the 
 society, providing for an additional recording secretary, 
 beg leave to report : 
 
 That he is forced to dissent from the majority of the 
 committee, for the reason that he believes the duties of 
 the office to be such as can be discharged by one person, 
 without inconvenience ; and that, if they have proved a 
 source of loss to the present incumbent, his proper course 
 would be to resign the trust, and let it be assumed by some 
 one as competent to fulfil it, but with whose business 
 its duties will not injuriously interfere. He, therefore, 
 recommends that the resolution do not pass. 
 
 All of which is respectfully submitted. 
 
 Andrew Ferrers. 
 
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 EEPOET OF THE TREASURER OF A BENEFICIAL ASSOCIATION. 
 
 The undersigned, treasurer of the Provident Beneficial 
 Association of Peoria, begs leave to submit his annual 
 report : 
 
 The balance in the treasurer's hands at the commence- 
 ment of the present year, was thirty-one dollars. Dur- 
 ing the year, as will be seen by reference to the exhibit 
 A, which is hereby appended, there has been received 
 into the treasury, from all sources, five hundred and 
 sixty -five (565) dollars and seventy-five (75) cents. Dur- 
 ing the same time the expenditures have amounted to 
 two hundred and seventeen (217) dollars and ninety (90) 
 cents, leaving a balance to the credit of the society, and 
 subject to its order, of three hundred and forty-seven 
 (347) dollars and eighty-five (85) cents. 
 
 All of which is respectfully submitted, 
 
 A. Pedder, Treasurer, P. B. A. 
 
 Db. Provident Beneficial Association, in account with A. Pedder, Ireas., Ce. 
 
 1860. 
 Dec 31. To Cash paid for aid to 
 
 divers members, $108 00 
 
 To rent, paid J. Freeman 60 00 
 
 " Stationery, 4 90 
 
 " Funeral expenses, 45 00 
 
 $217 90 
 Balance on hand 347 85 
 
 $565 75 
 
 1860. 
 Jan. 1. By balance on hand from 
 
 lost year's account, . . .$ 31 00 
 
 Dec. 81. " Dues 455 00 
 
 " Initiation fees, 78 00 
 
 " Fines, 1 16 
 
 $565 75 
 
 The undersigned, a committee appointed for the purpose, have compared the fore- 
 going account with the vouchers, and find, it to be correct. 
 
 James L. Smith. 
 K T. Datue. 
 
 REPORT OF A STANDING COMMITTEE ON LIBRARY. 
 
 The Committee on Library beg leave to submit the 
 following report : 
 
 The present state of the library requires the early at 
 
94 OF WRITTEN BUSINESS. 
 
 tention of the company, both in reference to the condi- 
 tion of its volumes, and the nature of many of the works. 
 
 Many of the books are in a dilapidated condition. 
 Your committee is satisfied that the librarian has taken 
 the utmost care of the books intrusted to his charge, and, 
 with one exception, no book appears to have received 
 rough handling; but from the inferior quality of the 
 binding, and the flimsy nature of the paper, there are 
 one hundred and nine volumes which require to be re- 
 bound immediately. There is one other in such condi- 
 tion [Fletcher's History of Poland], that it is worthy of 
 no further expense, and your committee recommend that 
 it be replaced. They also recommend that the volumes 
 to be re-covered should be half bound in good calf, 
 which, by the binder's estimate annexed and marked A, 
 can be done for seventy-three dollars and fifty-two cents 
 ($73.52). 
 
 Of the twelve hundred and sixty-nine volumes of 
 which the library is composed, six hundred and one are 
 works of fiction — a proportion too great in itself, and more 
 strikingly so, when it is considered that only ninety -four 
 of these are the works of standard novelists. The depart- 
 ment of works of reference is too small, and some of those 
 most needed are lacking. The committee, therefore, 
 recommend that no more works of fiction be purchased 
 during the coming six months, but that the purchases be 
 confined to the other departments. In connection with 
 this, they recommend the purchase of the volumes on the 
 list appended, and marked B, which will cost one hun- 
 dred and seventeen dollars and forty cents ($117.40). 
 
 The committee further report that additional shelving 
 and a new blank book for catalogue will be required, at 
 the cost of eighteen dollars ($18.00). 
 
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 The sum required for the above purposes, exclusive of 
 the current purchases of the year to come, will amount 
 to two hundred and eight dollars and ninety-two cents 
 ($208.92). 
 
 All of which is respectfully submitted, 
 J. U. Rusling, | 
 
 A. N. Thompson, V Committee on, Library. 
 Fkajscib Betjce, I 
 
 A. 
 
 Estimate for Binding 109 Volumes, as per Specimen. 
 
 24 volumes 8vo, at 88 (half calf, marked edges) $2112 
 
 80 '■ 12mo, '• 62 '■ 49 60 
 
 5 " l»mo, " 56 " 2 80 
 
 $73 52 
 
 Bbattt & Stevenson, 
 
 Bindtre. 
 
 B. 
 
 Worcester's Qnarto Dictionary. Rassia, $10 50 
 
 The Reason Why, series, S volnmes. half calf, 12 80 
 
 Curtis's History of the Constitution, 2 volumes, half calf, 6 00 
 
 Cluskey's Political Tevt Book, " 4 00 
 
 Applet<in s Dictionary of Mechanics, 2 volumes, half morocco, 12 00 
 
 Ure's Dictionary of Arts. etc.. 2 ** half calf, 7 00 
 
 Icon oarap hie Encyclopaedia. 6 " half morocco, 40 00 
 
 Banvard's Romance of American History, half cal£ 1 25 
 
 Pope's La Plata, " 4 00 
 
 Dr. Livingston's South Africa, '• 4 00 
 
 Dr. BartlTs North and Central Africa, 8 volumes, " 10 50 
 
 Andersson's Lake Kgami, " 1 35 
 
 Atkinson b Siberia, « ,, 4 00 
 
 $117 40 
 
 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SWINE OF AN AGRICULTURAL 
 
 SOCIETY. 
 
 The committee to whom was referred the merits of 
 divers members of the hog family, at the present exhi- 
 bition, beg to report : 
 
 That, in pursuance of their duty, your committee pro- 
 ceeded to the quarter of the fair ground, assigned to the 
 interesting objects of their inquiry ; and, after having 
 duly perambulated the styes, and gently poked the in- 
 
96 OF WRITTEN BUSINESS. 
 
 mates in the ribs, measured the latitude of their flanks, 
 and the longitude of their snouts, examined minutely 
 their skins, and determined the precise geometrical cur- 
 vature of their several tails, they have come to these 
 conclusions : 
 
 1. That the hog is an animal whose compass of voice 
 is by no means out of proportion to the magnitude of his 
 frame ; but the prolongation of the vocal sounds indicates 
 to the minds of "your committee that the lungs of the 
 animal are capacious, and his larynx of the most en- 
 during nature. 
 
 2. That the fur of the hog, especially that on the ridge 
 of the back, is of a stiff and elastic nature, totally unfit- 
 ted to the production of hats, but is, nevertheless, a 
 genuine fur and not wool. They have arrived to this 
 conclusion, so different from that of other naturalists, 
 because they observe by the feel that it will not be felt, 
 and therefore is not a similar substance to the covering 
 of sheep's backs and African craniums. 
 
 3. The Berkshire hog, exhibited by Mr. John Barton, 
 seems to your committee to have the finest limbs, the 
 smallest eyes, the bluntest snout, the kinkiest tail, and 
 the greatest capacity for lard and laziness of the lot ; and 
 your committee recommend that his owner receive the 
 premium of ten dollars offered for the best Berkshire. 
 
 4. The Suffolk hog, exhibited by Andrew Doran, and 
 that owned by Peter Yan Schaick, are so nearly match- 
 ed in reaction and function, that your committee were 
 not able to decide as to their relative merits for a length 
 of time. The judicial conflict was tremendous, and long 
 continued. Now Van Schaick's hog was uppermost, 
 then Doran's — Yan Schaick rose at one moment, Doran 
 the next — and for a long while victory was doubtful 
 
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 between Doran and Yan Schaick — the hogs we mean. 
 At length, our chairman hit upon an expedient which 
 we are assured is used in some localities by juries when 
 engaged in doubtful murder cases, and is analogous 
 somewhat to the ordeal by battle in the Middle Ages. 
 First securing from his coadjutors a pledge of honor to 
 abide the result, he placed the smallest coin of the con- 
 federacy so as to rest equal upon the side of the ultimate 
 part of his forefinger and his thumb-nail, and naming 
 Doran head, and Van Schaick tail, flirted the cabalistic 
 coin in the air. It rose upwards, remained quiescent for 
 an instant, and then sank to the ground. Ocular inspec- 
 tion showed us that head was up, and therefore, after 
 being assured by the chairman that it was a fair flirt, we 
 awarded the premium of five dollars for the best Suffolk 
 to Doran's hog, to be paid to Doran's hog's owner. At 
 the same time we think that the Yan Schaick hog is 
 entitled to a certificate of honorable mention. 
 
 5. The next parties to be decided on were those of 
 the female persuasion, who laid claim to being the prop- 
 erest candidates for the honors of maternity. After 
 weighing the relative merits of three competitors, and 
 the competitors themselves, we unanimously awarded 
 the premium to that owned by Peter Yan Schaick, 
 which we not only pronounced the fattest and laziest, 
 but in every respect the greatest sow we ever saw. 
 
 6. The premium of three dollars for the best unnamed 
 pig of less than one year old was given to an animal 
 exhibited by William C. Adams. He is a pig of much 
 promise, and though apparently a relation of the great 
 land-pike family, by his mother's side, bids fair to emu- 
 late the inactivity and corpulence of his paternal pro* 
 genitor. 
 
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 OF W1UTTEN BUSINESS. 
 
 Tour committee cannot close this report without re- 
 ferring, with sentiments of just pride, to the enthusiastic 
 reception they met with at the throats of their four-leg- 
 ged friends. From the time of their arrival until their 
 departure the styes were in an uproar of delight ; and 
 after leaving, they discovered that the hospitable swine 
 had generousiy loaded them with numerous black and 
 active-like insects, that modestly hid themselves under 
 the inner garments of the committee, and only made 
 themselves known through the sense of feeling. 
 All of which is respectfully submitted, 
 
 J. Van Dekveeee, \ 
 
 John Beennan. V Committee. 
 
 Sam'l Mitchell, ) 
 
 V. Of Petitions. 
 
 Petitions are memorials of the wishes of a party be- 
 low addressed to one above, and may either pray for 
 a thing or against it. Iu the last case they are called 
 remonstrances. The persons usually approached in 
 this way in the United States, are the President, the 
 Congress, or the Governor or Legislature of the several 
 States. Occasionally, too, the courts receive petitions 
 on other than strictly legal business, as, for instance, the 
 granting of tavern licenses — but these last do not come 
 within our scope. 
 
 A petition always commences with the direction. If 
 to the President, it merely gives his name and title, as 
 " To Abraham Lincoln, Esq., President of the United 
 States ;" but should never, as is sometimes done, prefix 
 the term " Excellency," which is not the title of the Presi- 
 dent, nor that of the Governor of any State, except in 
 
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 Massachusetts. When to Congress or a legislature, the 
 petition commences with the legal name, that is, " To 
 the Legislature," or " To the General Assembly," as the 
 case may be. 
 
 The address is followed by the announcement, as — 
 " The petition of the undersigned, citizens of the 
 county of Henrico, State of Virginia, respectfully show- 
 eth, That," — and then goes on to recite the favor de-- 
 sired, or the grievance to be redressed, in a brief and 
 pointed manner. 
 
 The petition concludes with the set phrase : 
 " And your petitioners will ever pray," etc. 
 This, in an address to the President or Governor, 
 should be omitted. 
 
 "VI. Specimens of Petitions. 
 
 1. PETITION FOK THE FAEDON OF A CONVICT. 
 
 To Edwin D. Morgan, Esq., Governor of the State of 
 New York : 
 
 The petition of the undersigned, citizens of New 
 York, respectfully represents : 
 
 That on the fifth of November, 1856, John Jones, of 
 the City of New York, was convicted, before the Court 
 of Oyer and Terminer in said city, of the crime of man- 
 slaughter, and sentenced therefor to the State prison at 
 Sing Sing, where he now remains, for the term of ten 
 years and six months ; that the evidence upon which he 
 was convicted, as will be seen by the summary append- 
 ed, was not altogether conclusive ; that previous to that 
 time the said Jones had maintained the reputation of 
 being a peaceable and upright man ; and that his con- 
 duct while in prison, according to the letter of the war- 
 den, filed herewith, has been most exemplary. The said 
 
100 OF WRITTEN .JUSTNESS. 
 
 Jones has a family who need his support, and under the 
 impression that the well-being of society will not be in- 
 jured by his enlargement, and that the ends of justice, 
 under the circumstances of the case, have been suffi- 
 ciently answered, respectfully implore the executive 
 clemency in his behalf. 
 
 And your petitioners will ever pray, etc. 
 
 2. REMONSTRANCE AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF A LAW 
 
 To the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania ,. 
 
 The petition of the undersigned, citizens of the village 
 of Port Kennedy, respectfully sets forth, That they have 
 learned that a bill is now before the two Houses of As- 
 sembly, for the purpose of erecting the town aforesaid 
 into a corporate borough, and, believing such a measure 
 to be unnecessary and injurious, and against the will of 
 the inhabitants in the limits of the proposed borough, 
 respectfully, but energetically, remonstrate against its 
 passage by your honorable body. 
 
 And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever 
 pray, etc. 
 
POEMS AND POINTS OF OBDEE. 101 
 
 PART VII. 
 
 FORMS AND POINTS OF ORDER. 
 
 To show by example most of the points of order likely to 
 arise at the ordinary session of the usual organized associa- 
 tions, and the form of reports submitted, and the action 
 thereon, we present the following report, in semi-dramatic 
 form, of the proceedings of 
 
 The Washington County Historical Society. 
 
 Scene. — The Meeting-Room, of the Society. Present: James 
 Cabhakt, President ; "William N. Caktek, Secretary ; the 
 other officers, except the Corresponding Secretary, and mem- 
 bers, making eighteen in all. Clock strikes eight, and the 
 President takes the Chair. 
 
 President. The Society will come to order. The Secre- 
 tary will call the roll {Secretary calls the roU, and the mem- 
 bers present answer.) 
 
 Secbetaey. Present: Messrs. Benton, Bruce, Burns, Mr. 
 President, Carter, Garnett, Harriott, Ireton, Lewis, M'Ma- 
 hon, Neuhart, Saunders, J. N. Smith, G-. Smith, Turney, 
 Thompson, Wallace and Zeilin — eighteen members. 
 
 Pees. A quorum present The Secretary will read the 
 minutes of the last meeting. {Secretary reads the minutes) 
 
 Pbes. Tou have heard the minutes read. What order do 
 you take on them ? 
 
 Mb. Benton. I move they be adopted. 
 
 Mr. J. N. Smith. Mr. President — 
 
102 FOKMS AND POINTS OF OEDEB. 
 
 Pees. The gentleman on my right. 
 
 Mr. J. N. S. I observe an error in the minutes which I 
 desire to be corrected. On the vote for the resolution ap- 
 pointing a committee to consider and report on the various 
 proposed amendments to the Constitution, I am recorded in 
 the affirmative. It is not a matter of moment, and would 
 make no difference in the result, but it is proper to have 
 the minutes right. 
 
 Sec. Mr. President. 
 
 Pees. Mr. Secretary. 
 
 Sec. I certainly understood the gentleman to say " Aye," 
 and he made no objection when I read distinctly the lists of 
 those voting, with his own among the ayes. 
 
 Me. J. N. S. Now, look here, Bill Carter; do you mean to 
 say I don't know how I voted ? 
 
 Pees. The gentleman is out of order. He must address 
 the Chair, and he must not call a member by name. 
 
 Me. J. N. S. I really beg your pardon, Mr. President. 
 The remark was impulsive, and I meant no disrespect to the 
 Chair, or to the Secretary either. But I am positive as to 
 my vote, and I move that the minutes be corrected accord- 
 ingly 
 
 Pees. If there be no objection — 
 
 Me. Lewis. Mr. President, I rise to a point of order. 
 
 Pees. The gentleman will state his point of order. 
 
 Me. L. The motion of the gentleman has not been 
 seconded. 
 
 Pees. A strict construction of the rules requires a motion 
 which is the proposition of two, to be seconded. But cour- 
 tesy always presumes in bodies either legislative or gov- 
 erned by legislative rules, that some one has seconded every 
 motion, unless it be manifestly improper. So highly do I 
 esteem the right of a member to be heard, that, if objections 
 be made, the Chairman would willingly leave his place and 
 
FOBMS AND POINTS OP OKDKB. 103 
 
 second the motion of any member from the floor, if needed. 
 But the objection is not pertinent. Every member has a 
 right to have his acts in this body correctly recorded, and 
 the proposition is therefore a question of privilege. The 
 Chair rules that the point of order is not well taken. 
 
 Mb. L. I appeal from the decision of the Chair. 
 
 Membebs. " Oh ! come now, Lewie !" " Dry up !" 
 
 Pees. Members will take their seats and preserve quiet 
 These interruptions are disorderly. The Chair has decided 
 that the motion of a member to correct the minutes in a 
 matter personal to himself is a matter of privilege, and must 
 be entertained as a proposition for the consideration of the 
 Society. The member overruled appeals. The question is: 
 " Shall the decision of the Chair stand ?" So many as are in 
 favor will say "Aye!" {ayes respond.) Contrary, "No!" 
 (noes respond.) The ayes appear to have it — the ayes have 
 it — the decision of the Chair is sustained. 
 
 Mb. L. Division! 
 
 Pees. A division is called for. Members will be seated. 
 Those in the affirmative will rise, and remain standing until 
 counted, {members rise.) Eleven in the affirmative. Mem- 
 bers will be seated. Those in the negative will rise, {mem- 
 bers rise.) Three up. The decision of the Chair — ■ 
 
 Mb. L. Mr. President, I call for the yeas and nays. 
 
 Pees. The yeas and nays are demanded. Is the call sus- 
 tained? {members rise.) Four up. The call is sustained. 
 As his name is called, each member will vote yea or nay. 
 The question is: " Shall the decision of the Chaie be sus- 
 tained?" Mr. Secretary, call the roll {Secretary calls the 
 roll and notes the votes.) 
 
 Mb. Benton. Absentees! 
 
 Sec. Harriott — 
 
 Me. Habkiott. No. 
 
 Sec. J. N. Smith, Zeilin— 
 
104 FOBMS AND POINTS OF OEDEB. 
 
 Mb. Zeujn. Ay! 
 
 Sec. Affirmative: Messrs. Benton, Bruce, Carter, Garnett, 
 M'Mahon, G. Smith, Saunders, Turney, Wallace, Zeilin— 
 ten. Negative: Harriott, Ireton, Lewis, Neuhart, Thomp 
 son, Barns — six. 
 
 Pees, (taking the list.) Ten in the affirmative, and six in 
 the negative. The decision of the Chair is sustained. If 
 there be no objection — and the Chair hears none — the min- 
 utes mil be corrected. Any farther amendments? 
 
 Mb. Benton. Mr. President, I renew my motion. 
 
 Pbes. The question is on the approval of the minutes as 
 amended. Are you ready for the question ? So many as 
 are in favor of the motion mil say " Aye ! " Contrary, " No !" 
 Carried. The minutes stand approved. The first business 
 in order is Annual Beports of Officers. Treasurer. 
 
 Mb. Gabnett. Mr. President, I have — 
 
 Pees. The gentleman mil rise when he addresses the 
 Chair. 
 
 Mb. G. (rising.) I have here the report for the past year, 
 which I send to the Secretary, (messenger takes report to 
 Secretary's desk.) 
 
 Seo. (reads.) 
 To the President of the Washington County Historical Society. 
 
 Snt: The undersigned, Treasurer of the W. C. H. Society, 
 respectfully begs leave to report: 
 
 That, by the statement in duplicate annexed, it will be 
 seen that the sum received by him officially during the past 
 year amounted to one hundred and ninety dollars and eighty 
 cents, including five dollars and eighty cents balance on 
 hand at the close of the last annual report. Of this, one 
 hundred and fifty dollars was received as dues from mem- 
 bers, thirty dollars as initiation fees, and fifteen dollars as 
 a special donation. The expenditures, for taxes, cleaning, 
 light, fuel, library, museum and messenger, amounted to 
 
FOBMS AND POINTS OF OEDEK. 
 
 105 
 
 one hundred and thirteen dollars and seventy cents, leaving 
 a balance on hand of seventy-seven dollars and ten cents. 
 All of which is respectfully submitted. 
 
 James M. Gaknett, Treasurer. 
 
 W. C. H. Society in ace. "with J. M. Gabnett, Treasurer. 
 
 Dr. 
 
 1877. June 29. Paid L. Kean, Col 
 
 leotorfor Taxes $ 33 50 
 
 July 9. Bought Kerosene 
 
 and Wicks 1 20 
 
 Aug. 4. Paid Messenger. . . 1 50 
 
 „ ,. « Bm for B . kB 52 oo 
 
 Oct. 9. " Messenger . 1 00 
 " 15. " For Shelving 
 
 and Cases 9 00 
 
 Oct. 15. Fuel 4 00 
 
 1878. Jan. i. Paid Messenger. . . 150 
 April 3. " Mrs. Brown, 
 
 Cleaning 6 00 
 
 May 25. Paid Messenger. . 2 00 
 
 " " For Kerosene.... 2 00 
 
 113 70 
 
 May 26. To balance on hand 77 10 
 
 $190 80 
 
 E. E. 
 
 Or. 
 
 June 1. Cash on hand 6 80 
 
 June 29. By Cash for Duee.$130 00 
 
 " 30. " " 20 00 
 
 Aug. 10. Initiation Fee 10 00 
 
 Sept. 12. " .... 10 00 
 Dec. 19. Donation, Mr. 
 
 Carhart 15 00 
 
 $190 80 
 
 James M. Gabnett, Treasurer. 
 
 The undersigned, Auditing Committee of the Washington 
 County Historical Society, have examined the above account, 
 and compared it with the vouchers exhibited, and found it 
 to be correct. (Signed, in duplicate), 
 
 S. S. BAENS, 
 W. N. CARTER, 
 FRANCIS IRETON. 
 
 Pbes. What order do you take on the report ? If there 
 be no objections — and the Chair hears none — it will be ac- 
 cepted and placed on file. It is so ordered. Librarian. 
 
 Mk. Burns. Mr. President, the Secretary has a report of 
 mine. 
 
106 FORMS AND POINTS OF ORDER. 
 
 Pees. Let it be read 
 Sec. (reads.) 
 
 To the President of the W. C. H. Society. 
 
 Sib: I have the honor to submit my annual report. The 
 number of volumes now in the library under my charge are 
 five hundred and ninety-eight — twenty-four folio, including 
 four atlases; sixteen quarto, five hundred and thirty-six oc- 
 tavo, twenty-one duodecimo, and one 24mo. The number 
 of MSS. is one hundred and nine — ninety-six contained 
 in two of the octavo bound volumes, and the remainder in 
 a locked portfolio. The additions to the library during the 
 year have been twenty octavo volumes and one quarto, at 
 the cost of fifty-two dollars. The library is very much de- 
 ficient in its most essential requisite — i. e., local history. 
 There is an opportunity of curing this defect somewhat, by 
 the purchase of a portion of the library of a former Pres- 
 ident, the late Dr. Joy, which can be had at a reasonable 
 price. I strongly urge action in the matter. 
 
 The Librarian keeps the books in his custody at his own 
 house. "While he is always pleased to receive the visits of 
 members, who desire to borrow or examine, he submits re- 
 spectfully whether it would not be proper — the permanence 
 of the Society seeming to be assured — to take measures to 
 secure proper quarters for the books in a room open, under 
 proper regulations, to strangers as well as members. The 
 propriety of erecting a suitable hall is worthy of considera- 
 tion 
 
 AH of which is respectfully submitted 
 
 S. S. Barns, Librarian. 
 
 Mb. Satjndebs. Mr. President, I move that the report be 
 received, and referred to the Committee on Finance, with 
 instructions to report on that portion concerning the ereo- 
 *vjn of a hall. 
 
FORMS AND POINTS 01" ORDER 107 
 
 Mb. Tuenet. Mr. President — 
 
 Pees. The gentleman on the extreme left. 
 
 Mr. Turkey. May I ask where the money is to come from 
 to build a hall? 
 
 Mb. Saun. That, Mr. President, is just what I wish the 
 Finance Committee to find out. 
 
 Pkes. It has been moved to receive the report, and that 
 it be referred to the Committee on Finance. These are two 
 diverse propositions, and unless objection be made, the 
 Chair will divide them. The first question is, " Shall the re- 
 port be received ?" 
 
 Members. Receive! 
 
 Pkes. No objection being made, it is so ordered The 
 next question is of commitment. 
 
 Mb. Z. I rise for information, Mr. President Does not 
 a question of commitment take precedence ? 
 
 Pees. Till the report had been received, it was not in the 
 possession of the Society. The Society has heard the motion 
 to commit. Are you ready for the question ? 
 
 Mb. Bbuce. Does this empower the Committee to build a 
 hall? 
 
 Pres. No; merely to consider the matter, and report their 
 views. Are you ready for the question ? So many as are 
 in favor will say " Aye !" Contrary, " No !" Carried. Mr. 
 Curator. 
 
 Mr. Bruce. Mr. President, I beg leave to present my re- 
 port, which is on the table of the Secretary. 
 
 Sec. (reads.) 
 
 To the President oftheW.G.H. Society. 
 
 Sib: I beg leave to report that there has been an addition 
 of twenty-one objects of interest to the museum during the 
 past year — nine coins, eleven Indian implements and wea- 
 pons, including two handsome celts found in the county, 
 
108 FORMS AND POINTS OF OBDEB. 
 
 and the remainder specimens of minerals. The additional 
 cases and shelves purchased during the year are by no 
 means full, and no further expenditure is recommended. 
 The number of objects of curiosity and interest now in the 
 museum, are two thousand, seven hundred and nineteen. 
 Of those, over three hundred are duplicates. These last 
 might be exchanged advantageously, and I request power 
 from the Society to use them in order to increase the mu< 
 seum. 
 All of which is respectfully submitted. 
 
 Wit V. Bbtjce, Curator. 
 
 Pees. If no objections are made, the report will be re- 
 ceived and placed on file. 
 
 Mb. Beuce. Mr. President. 
 
 Pees. Mr. Curator. 
 
 Me. Bruce. "What about the power I have asked for? 
 
 Pees. The Committee on the Museum have that matter in 
 their hands, and can authorize you to make any exchanges 
 they and you may deem to be judicious and proper. The 
 next business in order is Reports of Standing Committees. 
 Are any ready to report? {short pause.) Reports of Special 
 Committees. Committee on Revision of the Constitution ? 
 
 Me. Z. The Committee beg leave — - 
 
 Pees. The gentleman will please to rise, and address the 
 Chair. 
 
 Mb. Z. (rising'.) Mr. President, the committee to whom 
 was referred the proposed revision of the Constitution re- 
 port progress, and ask leave to sit again. 
 
 Pees. The Committee verbally report progress, and ask 
 leave. "What order do the Society take on the report ? 
 
 Membees. Leave. 
 
 Pees. The report is accepted, and the Committee con« 
 tinned, Any other special committees, Mr, Secretary? 
 
FOBMS AND POINTS OP OEDEB. 109 
 
 Sec. No, sir. 
 
 Pres. The next business is Special Orders. The only 
 special order is the annual election for officers. Will the 
 Society proceed to the order of the day? 
 
 Mr. L. I call for the special order. 
 
 Pres. If no objections are made, -we mil proceed. By 
 the Constitution, the Society mil name two tellers. "Whom 
 does the House choose? 
 
 Mr. G. Smith. Mr. Lewis. 
 
 Mr. L. I ask to be excused. 
 
 Pkes. The gentleman named asks to be excused. Any 
 objections ? The gentleman is excused by unanimous con- 
 sent. Any others named ? 
 
 Mr. G. S. Mr. Ireton. 
 
 Mr. M'Maeon. Mr. Turney. 
 
 Pres. Any others? (a pause.) Tou have heard the names. 
 Shall these gentlemen act as your tellers? So many as are 
 in the affirmative will say "Aye!" Contrary, "No!" The 
 ayes have it. Mr. Harriott, be kind enough to take the 
 Chair, (leaves the Chair, which is taken by Mr. Harriott.) 
 
 Chairman. Nominations are in order. 
 
 Mr. G. S. I nominate Mr. Lewis as President 
 
 Mr. Z. I nominate Mr. Carhart. 
 
 Chairman. Any farther nominations ? 
 
 Mr. G. S. I nominate the present officers for re-election — 
 namely: Vice-President, Arthur Saunders; Recording Sec- 
 retary, William Carter; Corresponding Secretary, Dr. Sam- 
 uel Markham; Treasurer, James M. Garnett; Curator, 
 Wm. V. Bruce; Librarian, S. S. Burns. 
 
 Chairman. Any farther nominations ? 
 
 Mb. G. S. Mr. Chairman, the Constitution provides that 
 where there is no opposition to any nomination, the vote be 
 taken by voice. I move that the gentlemen last named be 
 the officers for the ensuing year. 
 
110 FOBMS AND POINTS OF OEDEB. 
 
 Chaieman. You have heard the motion. So many as are 
 in favor will say " Aye !" Contrary, " No !" The motion is 
 carried, and the gentlemen named are duly chosen for the 
 ensuing year. The tellers will take their seats and receive 
 the votes of members. (The tellers, provided with a ballot-box, 
 take their seats at a table. The members present their tickets in- 
 dividually, and as each votes, his name is written down and 
 called off, and his ticket deposited in the box.) 
 
 Chairman. Have all the members voted ? (a pause.) The 
 election is closed. The tellers will count the votes, and re- 
 port to the Chair. ( The tellers open the box. One teller takes 
 out a ticket, opens it, reads the name aloud, and hands it to the 
 other teller, who verifies it, and records it by a stroke opposite 
 the name on his list after writing its number on the back of the 
 ticket. When the tickets have all been opened, the tellers report): 
 
 For President, James Carhart has ten votes, Andrew 
 Lewis has six votes, and Blank one. 
 
 Chairman. James Carhart, having received a majority of 
 all the votes cast, is duly elected President for the ensuing 
 year. (Chairman descends, and the President resumes the 
 chair.) 
 
 Pees. Gentlemen, as the term of office does not end until 
 the close of this month, I reserve my thanks for this proof 
 of your confidence until the ne3± meeting. The next thing 
 in order is unfinished business. What have we, Mr. Sec- 
 retary? 
 
 Sec. A resolution in regard to the new diploma. 
 
 Pbes. That was laid on the table, I think. 
 
 Mb. M'M. Faith, then, Mr. President, I move to take it 
 up and get rid of it. 
 
 Pees. It is moved that Resolution No. — 
 
 Sec. One. 
 
 Pees. No. One be taken from the table. The Secretary 
 will read it. 
 
FORMS AND POINTS OF OEDEB. Ill 
 
 Sec. (reads.) 
 
 " Resolved, That the new form of diploma, as engraved, be 
 approved, and that the Secretary be directed to have one 
 hundred copies printed on parchment for the use of mem- 
 bers, and that the President be directed to draw an order 
 on the Treasurer for the amount required to defray the 
 expense." 
 
 Pkes. The resolution is open to amendment. 
 
 Mr. Ireton. Mr. President, I think that printing on parch- 
 ment is a needless expense. An institution of some note 
 and distinction may do that; but a local body should be 
 content with plainer material. I move to amend by striking 
 out the word "parchment," and inserting "paper." 
 
 Mb. G. S. Mr. President, so far as the parchment goes, I 
 am of the opinion of the gentleman; but I prefer to have 
 our diploma look creditably, and I move to amend the 
 amendment by inserting the word "vellum" before the 
 word " paper." 
 
 Mb. Tueney. I move to amend the amendment by striking 
 out " vellum," and inserting "stout printing." 
 
 Pees. The gentleman is out of order. The amendment 
 to an amendment cannot be amended. Read the resolution 
 as it stands. (The Secretary does so.) Now, the resolution as 
 amended. (Secretary reads.) Now the resolution with the 
 amendment as amended. (It is read.) The question now re- 
 curs on the amendment to the amendment. 
 
 Mr. Tornet. Mr. President. 
 
 Pees. The gentleman has the floor. 
 
 Mr. Turjjet. If I be in a measure debarred of a choice 
 from anything but two things, I shall take the best, and 
 so vote against the amendment to the amendment. Good 
 plain writing paper will answer our purpose as well as 
 parchment or vellum paper; and we have not such a full 
 treasury that we can afford to be extravagant. The Treas- 
 
112 FOBMS AND POINTS OF OEDEB. 
 
 urer's report shows that we have a balance to our credit of 
 only ninety dollars and ten cents, and of this, thirty will be 
 needed for the new cases required by the Curator. That 
 leaves us, in round numbers, only sixty dollars. It will 
 cost at least a hundred dollars to print a hundred copies — 
 
 Mr. Neuhabt. If de gentleman will permission give — 
 
 Mb. Turney. Well, with pleasure. 
 
 Mb. Neuhabt. Herr Praesident, de cost is over-estimate. 
 It is not to be so much more as forty cent by each copy, 
 unci it is not of necessity more than fifty copy to print. 
 
 Mb. Turney. Even then, Mr. President, that would be 
 twenty dollars, when three or four dollars would get the 
 thing on paper. 
 
 Mb. Lewis. Mr. President, the gentleman forgets that at 
 the next meeting the annual dues come in. There are thirty- 
 two members, and that makes one hundred and sixty dol- 
 lars more in the treasury. 
 
 Mb. Tcbney. Mr. President, the present gentleman does 
 not forget that interesting fact. But he remembers also 
 that we have the taxes on this building, which we pay by 
 agreement in lieu of rent ; the cost of lights and fuel, and to 
 obtain, if possible, the addition to our library which the 
 Librarian suggests in his report. It is with no spirit of 
 meanness that I suggest retrenchment. It is merely ordi- 
 nary prudence. I don't like this last amendment either. It 
 is neither one thing nor the other. I move to lay it on the 
 table. 
 
 Cbies of Members. That's it! lay it on the table. 
 
 Pres. It is moved to lay the amendment on the table. So 
 many as are in favor of the motion will say, " Aye ! " Contrary, 
 " No !" The motion is carried. 
 
 Mr. Ibeton. And now, Mr. President, I hope we shall take 
 the vote on my amendment. 
 
 Pres. What is the proposition of the gentleman ? 
 
FOEMS AND POINTS OP OKDEB. 113 
 
 Ms. Ireton. A square vote, Mr. President, on the matter 
 before the Society. 
 
 Pkes. There is nothing before the Society. The amend- 
 ment to the amendment being laid on the table, carries with 
 it the amendment and the original resolution. 
 
 Mb. Turney. Mr. President, I didn't suppose I was hang- 
 ing up the matter to dry in that way. 
 
 Pees. That is the effect of the vote. 
 
 Mb. Ireton. But surely we can reach it, if the Society 
 wishes it. 
 
 Mb. Burns. Mr. President, I rise to a point of order. 
 
 Pres. The gentleman will state his point of order. 
 
 Me. Bubns. The point, sir, -is this, that a motion to lay 
 upon the table, once adopted, cannot be reconsidered. 
 
 Pres. It has been so held. A motion to reconsider is in 
 order whenever a body desires to remedy what it may deem 
 to be hasty action. Some motions cannot be reconsidered, 
 not through an arbitrary rule, but from the nature of the 
 case — an adjournment, for instance. Amotion to adjourn can- 
 not be reconsidered because, the body having once adjourned, 
 is no longer in session, and not being in session, can determine 
 no motion. But there is a rule well understood, which is 
 to take the direct way to do a thing when there are two 
 modes. It is unfinished business which is in order, and the 
 resolution can be taken from the table by a motion. If so 
 taken, it is before the body. If not taken, the body has ex- 
 pressed its will not to consider it. Under such a state of 
 affairs a motion for reconsideration is not in order. 
 
 Mb. Turney, and )-,.«- t> -j j. 
 Mb. Burns. } Mr. President. 
 
 Pres. Mr. Turney. 
 
 Mb. Turney. I move that the resolution be taken from the 
 table. 
 Members. Take it up ! 
 
114 FORMS AND POINTS OP OEDEE. 
 
 Pees. Any objection ? The Chair hears none. It is so 
 ordered. The matter is now before the Society again, ex- 
 actly as it stood before the motion to lay on the table pre- 
 vailed. "What is the farther pleasure of the Society ? 
 
 Mb. Burns. Mr. President, I think this matter had better 
 lay over awhile, and let members think over it. We ought 
 to consult with the absent members, even though I am aware 
 they should have been here at an annual election about a 
 matter that somewhat affects our credit. There is no press- 
 ing need of haste, and I move to postpone the consideration 
 of the resolution until our next meeting. 
 
 Me. Saun. Mr. President, we had better postpone it until 
 the meeting after. The next brings our annual supper, and 
 we shall have a little internal improvement to discuss. 
 
 Mb. Burns. Mr. President, I withdraw my motion, if no 
 objections be made, and substitute a motion to postpone 
 until the stated meeting in June. 
 
 Members. Question ! 
 
 Pees. Are you ready for the question ? It is moved to 
 postpone the business before the Society to the stated meet- 
 ing in June. So many as are in favor will say, " Aye !" 
 Contrary, "No!" Carried. 
 
 Me. Tubney. Mr. President, a committee would do it 
 better. I move to recommit the matter. The committee 
 can ascertain the feeling more surely. What is everybody's 
 business, is nobody's business. 
 
 Pees. Having been postponed, the question cannot be 
 committed. It is not in the possession of the Society. 
 Besides, we are not competent to do business. A natural 
 quorum of this society is seventeen, and as three members 
 have gone out, there are only fifteen present. 
 
 Me. Tuenet. We can find them, Mr. President, and bring 
 them in. 
 
 Sec Mr. President, you forget that, two meetings ago, an 
 
FOBMS AND POINTS OF OBDEB. 115 
 
 amendment was adopted to the Constitution, -making an ar- 
 tificial quorum of ten. 
 
 Pres. I remember the proposition, \>u\ not its adoption, 
 Hand me the Constitution. 
 
 Sec. It is not engrossed there; but it is on the minutes. 
 
 Pkes. Let me see them. 
 
 Sec. This is the new minute book, and they close out the 
 old one, which is not here. They were adopted, and then 
 all further amendments were given to a special committee. 
 
 Pkes. My impression is the other way, and in the absence 
 of official information, I decide this Society to be without a 
 quorum, and no business but adjournment is in order. 
 
 Me. Burns. Mr. President, the Secretary is right, and our 
 quorum is full I am under the necessity of appealing from 
 the decision of the Chair. Am I in order? 
 
 Pbes. It is a peculiar question. An appeal is a matter of 
 right, but if the facts turn out as I think they will, an action 
 without a quorum will be void. The members present 
 must take the responsibility. Shall the decision of the Chair 
 stand ? Those in favor will say, " Aye !" Contrary, " No !" 
 The Chair is unable to determine by the sound. Those in 
 favor will rise, and remain standing until counted : one, two, 
 three — it is not necessary to take the negative. The deci- 
 sion of the Chair is reversed. 
 
 Ms. M'Mahon. And here, Mr. President, come the miss- 
 ing members, like late boys at a frolic. (A roar of laughter 
 greets the returned sheep.) 
 
 Pbes. Order, gentlemen! The Society will be seated. 
 Any more unfinished business ? New business is next in 
 order. 
 
 Mr. Turney. I have to propose the name of Dr. John 
 Littell, for membership. 
 
 Pres. The nomination is referred to the Committee on 
 Membership, under the rules. 
 
116 FOBMB AttD JOINTS 01" OBDEB. 
 
 Pbes. The gentlemen will take their seats. The Chair had 
 turned its head away to cough, when they rose, and the 
 house will have to decide who is entitled to the floor. Was 
 Mr. J. N. Smith first up ? Those in the affirmative will say, 
 "Aye!" Contrary, " No !" The noes appear to have it — the 
 noes have it. As there are but two contestants, and the 
 Society have decided that one was not up, the other nec- 
 essarily has the floor. 
 
 Mb. L. I am about to make a motion which I hope will 
 have the unanimous support of this Society. Tou all re- 
 member our first President, the late Reverend Mr. Joy, and 
 still deplore his loss. Tou all know how much he was in- 
 terested in the study of the history of this County, and of 
 this State. Some of the ablest papers in the archives of the 
 Society are from his pen — it is not an affront to any one 
 here to say — the ablest. During his life, he accumulated a 
 number of curious and rare books and papers referring to 
 the early history of this County, among them autograph 
 letters of some of the early settlers, that throw much light 
 on most questions concerning the settlement of the place. 
 His widow has these. She is in very straitened circum- 
 stances. She asks no charity ; but she cannot afford to give 
 these books and manuscripts away, and offers them for a 
 hundred and fifty dollars. They are worth, in my judgment, 
 a deal more. We should buy them by all means. I move 
 that the Committee on the Library be instructed to negoti- 
 ate with Mrs. Joy for the purchase of the books and manu- 
 scripts of the late Rev. Mr. Joy, referring to our local history, 
 and I send the resolution to the Secretary's desk 
 
 Pkes. The Secretary will read the resolution. ( The Secretary 
 reads the resolution.) 
 
 Mr. Tubney. Here is a very heavy expenditure, and r&- 
 
FORMS AND POINTS OF OKDEB. 117 
 
 quires some caution. I move that the resolution be referred 
 to the Committee on Finance, 'with instructions to report on 
 its expediency at the next meeting. 
 
 Me. L. Mr. President, I object to the commitment, and 
 hope that it mil not prevail We all know the value of the 
 volumes in question — every member knows they are richly 
 worth three hundred dollars. The present price is a vL~tual 
 gift by the widow of half their value. She can obtain more 
 than she asks by sending them to the State Capitol, where 
 the State Society would take them at once. The only hesi- 
 tation I feel is at the smallness of the amount. I am will- 
 ing to aid the Society in the matter. I have not much 
 means, but I will subscribe ten dollars townrds a spocial 
 fund for the purpose, and if each member will do half as 
 much, there need be no drain on the Society treasury. But 
 the books and papers are needs — they are not parchment 
 diplomas, nor costly anniversary suppers, and they should be 
 supplied while we have the power. 
 
 Mb. Z. I move to amend the resolution by — 
 
 Pkes. The gentleman is out of order. No motion for 
 amendment can be entertained until the motion for commit- 
 ment is disposed of. 
 
 Mil Saun. Mr. President, every one knows the merit of 
 this question, for this matter has been talked of among 
 members for a week or more, and it is getting late. I call 
 for the previous question. 
 
 Pkes. Shall the main question be now put ? 
 
 Mk. Z. Gag-law. 
 
 Pkes. The gentleman is decidedly out of order, and will 
 take his seat. 
 
 Mb. Z. Mr. President, I say that is gag-law, to choke off 
 debate. 
 
 Pbes. Order! It is disorderly to use words like that. 
 Does the gentleman appeal from the decision of the Chair ? 
 
118 FOEMS AND POINTS OF OBDEB. 
 
 {a pause.) Shall the main question be now put? So many as 
 are in favor of the motion will say, " Aye !" Contrary, " No I" 
 
 Me. Z. Yeas and nays. 
 
 Pees. Is the call for the yeas and nays sustained? Only 
 three members up. It is not sustained The question 
 occurs on the original motion. 
 
 Mb. Beuce. I ask that it be read. 
 
 Mb. Z. I object. 
 
 Mhmbees. Let us hear it again? 
 
 Mr. Z. I withdraw the objection. 
 
 Pees. The Secretary will read the resolution. (Secretary 
 reads the resolution.) 
 
 Pbe3. The question is on the adoption of the resolution. 
 So many as are in favor will, when their names are called, 
 answer, " Aye !" those of the contrary opinion, "No." 
 
 Me. Bbtjce. Have the yeas and nays been ordered, Mr. 
 President ? 
 
 Pkes. On a resolution requiring the expenditure of money, 
 the yeas and nays are always to be taken by a provision of our 
 Constitution. Mr. Secretary, call the roll. (Secretary calls 
 the roll and notes the result.) 
 
 Sec. Affirmative, Messrs. Barns, Benton, Bruce, Burns, 
 Carter, Garnett, Harriott, Ireton, Lewis, M'Mahon, Neuhart, 
 J. N. Smith, Thompson and Wallace — fourteen. Negative, 
 Messrs. Turney and Zeilin — two. 
 
 Mb. L. Absenteea 
 
 Sec. Mr. President. 
 
 Pees. Aye. 
 
 Sec. Mr. Saunders. 
 
 Me. Saun. No. 
 
 Sec Mr. G. Smith. 
 
 Me. G. S. Aye. 
 
 Sec Affirmative, Messrs. Barns, Benton, Bruce, Burns,Car- 
 ter, Garnett, Harriott, Ireton, Lewis, M'Mahon, Neuhart, J.N. 
 
FOKMS AM> POINTS OP OEDEB. 119 
 
 Smith, G. Smith, Thompson and Wallace — sixteen; and neg- 
 ative, Messrs. Saunders, Turney and Zeilin — three. 
 
 Pres. A resolution appropriating money requires a ma- 
 jority of the whole Society, seventeen votes. There being 
 but sixteen votes in the affirmative, the resolution is lost. 
 
 Mr. Saun. And now I move a reconsideration. 
 
 M-r- L. And I move to lay that motion on the table. 
 
 Mb. Bbuce. "What is the effect of the last resolution if 
 successful ? Does it not kill the matter ? 
 
 Pkes. In Congress it would. Here we follow the rules of 
 our State Legislature, where a different practice prevails. 
 If successful, the subject can be taken up at any time. The 
 question is on the motion to lay on the table. So many as 
 are in favor will say, "Aye!" Contrary, "No!" Carried 
 
 Mb. Bbuce. I offer the following resolution. (Secretary 
 reads resolution.) 
 
 " Besolved, that when we adjourn, we adjourn to this 
 night, one week, at seven and a half o'clock.'' 
 
 Mr. Bruce. It is my intention, Mr. President, to get a full 
 meeting on that night, and take this matter from the table. 
 
 Mb. Tuiket. I move to amend by striking out the word 
 "when" after the word " resolved," and the words following 
 the first word " adjourn," and inserting the word " now " after 
 the word "we." The resolution will then read — "Besolved, 
 That we now adjourn." 
 
 Pees. The Society has heard the question. So many as 
 are in favor will say, "Aye !" Contrary, " No !" The noes 
 appear to have it — the noes have it. It is lost. 
 
 Ms. Turkey. I move that we strike out the words "when 
 we adjourn," following the word " that," and all the words 
 following the second word " adjourn.'' 
 
 Members. Out of order ! 
 
 Mb. Burns. Mr. President, I rise to a point of information. 
 Is not this the same question over again ? 
 
120 FORMS AND POINTS OF ORDER. 
 
 Pees. It is a separate and distinct proposition. The first 
 was to strike out and insert. This is to strike out merely. 
 The question is, " Shall these words stand ?" So many as are 
 in favor will say, "Aye!" Contrary, "No!" The noes 
 appear to have it — the noes have it ; it is lost. 
 
 Memsees. Question. 
 
 Pees. There is no question before the Society. The re- 
 jection of the amendment by striking out was tantamount 
 to endorsing it as it stands, and the resolution has been 
 adopted. 
 
 Me. L. I move we adjourn. 
 
 Pees. It is moved that we now adjourn. Those in favor 
 will say, "Aye!" Contrary, " No !" Carried. This meeting 
 stands adjourned until this night, one week, at seven and a 
 half o'clock. 
 
FOfiJiia AND POINTS OP OEDEE. 121 
 
 PART VTIL 
 
 RECAPITULATION OF CERTAIN POINTS. 
 
 In order to impress certain points more strongly on the 
 mind, we present in a condensed form the rules in regard 
 to matters likely to confuse the reader. 
 
 L Motions in Order During Debate. 
 
 These in their order of precedence are : 
 
 1. To adjourn. 
 
 2. To lay on the table. 
 
 3. To postpone indefinitely. 
 
 4. To postpone to a day certain. 
 
 5. To commit. 
 
 6. To amend. 
 
 As to their conflict, consult Section XIV. of Part V. 
 
 H. Motions in their Order of Precedence. 
 
 1. To fix time [and place, if desired] of adjournment 
 
 2. To adjourn. 
 
 3. For the order of the day. 
 
 4. To lay on the table. 
 
 5. For the previous question. 
 
 6. To postpone indefinitely. 
 
 7. To postpone to a time certain. 
 
 8. To commit. 
 
 9. To amend. 
 
122 FOEMS AND POINTS OF OEDEE. 
 
 1 1 1- Motions in Obdeb when a Member has the Floor 
 
 1. Call to order. 
 
 2. Appeal from decision of the Chair. 
 
 3. Objection to considering a question. 
 
 [Not in order if debat* have already begun on the sub- 
 ject] 
 
 4. That the question be discussed. 
 
 5. For the order of the day. 
 
 IV. Motions Opening Ma« Question to Debate. 
 
 1. To strike out enacting clause of bill, or ordinance, [of 
 course, not applicable in private Societies, and used in State 
 or Municipal Legislatures when it is desirable to force the 
 fight on the measure at the second reading. ] 
 
 2. To commit the question. 
 
 3. To refer. 
 
 4. To postpone indefinitely. 
 
 5. To reconsider a debatable question. 
 
 V. Successful Motions that can not be Reconsidebed. 
 
 1. Adjournment. 
 
 2. To take from the table. 
 
 3. To reconsider. 
 
 4 That the committee rise. 
 
 5. To suspend the rules. 
 
 VI. Matters not subject to Amendment. 
 
 1. Motion to adjourn. 
 
 2. Amendment to an amendment. 
 
 3. An appeal from the decision of the Chair. 
 
 4. A call to order. 
 
 6. Motion for leave to continue speaking after having 
 been pronounced out of order. 
 
 6. Motion to lay on the table. 
 
FORMS AND POINTS OP ORDER. 123 
 
 7. Objection to the consideration of a question, 
 
 8. Motion for the order of the day. 
 
 9. Motion to indefinitely postpone. 
 
 10. Call for the previous question. 
 
 11. Motion to reconsider. 
 
 12. Motion that the Committee rise. 
 
 13. Motion that a question be discussed. 
 14 Motion to suspend the rules. 
 
 15. Motion to take from the table. 
 
 16. Motion to take up a question out of the proper order. 
 
 17. Motion for leave to withdraw a motion 
 
 VEL Non-Debatable Matters. 
 
 1. A motion to adjourn. But a motion to fix the time 
 to which the Society shall adjourn, when it does adjourn, 
 is debatable. 
 
 2. An appeal from the decision of the Chair, when as a 
 question of decorum in debate, or to the priority of busi- 
 ness. And no appeal can be made the subject of debate 
 while the previous question is pending. 
 
 3. A call to order is not debatable. 
 
 4 Motion to extend the limit of debate. 
 
 5. Motion to have leave to continue speaking after having 
 beers, pronounced out of order. 
 
 6. Motion to lay on the table. 
 
 7. Motion to limit debate. 
 
 8. Objection to the consideration of a question proposed 
 
 9. Motion for the order of the day. 
 
 10. Motion for the previous question. 
 
 11. Questions in regard to priority of business. 
 
 12. Call for the reading of papers. 
 
 13. To reconsider an undebatable question. 
 14 Motion that the committee rise. 
 
 15. Motion to allow the question to be discussed. 
 
124 POEMS AND POINTS OP ORDER 
 
 16. Motion to suspend the rules.. 
 
 17. Motion to take from the table. 
 
 18. Motion to take up a question out of proper order. 
 
 19. Leave to withdraw a motion. 
 
 VIII. FOEMS OF PUTTING CERTAIN QUESTIONS. 
 
 la putting the question on an appeal, the Chair does not 
 ask if the decision of the Chair be overruled, but — " Shall the 
 decision of the Chair be sustained ?" or, " Shall the decision of 
 the Chair stand?" If there be a tie vote, the decision of the 
 Chair is overruled, because of the lack of a majority. 
 
 In putting the question on striking out certain words, it 
 is put — " Shall these words [naming them] stand as part of the 
 resolution ?" If there be a tie vote, they are struck out, 
 because a majority have not pronounced in their favor. 
 
 On a demand for the order of the day, the question is 
 put—" Will the Society [council, club, whatever it is] now 
 proceed to tlw order [or orders] of the day?" 
 
 On a demand for the Previous Question, the form is — 
 "Shall the Main Question be now put ?" 
 
 On an objection to the consideration of a question, if 
 made at the time of the introduction of the subject, the form 
 is — ■" Shall the question be considered ?" 
 
 On putting the yeas and nays — " As many as are in favor 
 of the motion [or resolutions] will when their names are called 
 answer, Aye. Those of the contrary opinion, No. Mr. Secretary, 
 call the roll." 
 
 On a call for the yeas and nays — " As many as are in favor 
 of calling the yeas and nays, will, when their names are called, 
 say, Aye. Mr. Secretary, call the roll." "When the requisite 
 number have answered the Secretary suspends calling, reports 
 result to Chair, who says — [naming the number,] " In the 
 affirmative. The yeas and nays are ordered." Or, if there be 
 no objection, he may say — " Those in favor cf calling the yea* 
 
FOBMS AND POINTS OF OBDEB. 125 
 
 tend nays, will rise and remain standing till counted." He 
 then counts them audibly, and announces the number and 
 result. But if any member cries " vote !" or otherwise 
 dissents, the roll must be called for the ayes only. 
 
 IX. Two-Thirds Vote. 
 
 There is no such thing naturally as the necessity of a two- 
 thirds vote. By the rules of order, a majority suffices to 
 order the previous question, to limit the time of speeches, 
 to limit the debate — which last is virtually ordering the 
 previous question at a fixed hour — or to consider a question 
 when objected to ; while to suspend the rules, or amend 
 them, or to make a special order, or to move for the dis- 
 cussion of a non-debatable question, or to take up a question 
 out of its order — the three last amounting to a suspension 
 of the rules — requires unanimous consent. 
 
 But while this is the practice in legislative bodies, in 
 ordinary organizations, where celerity in the dispatch of 
 business is not of great importance, where the previous 
 question is looked upon as a device to prevent the minority 
 from expressing an opinion, and where a suspension of the 
 rules is more frequently necessary, the following special rule 
 is sometimes adopted : 
 
 It shall require a two-thirds vote of the members present 
 at any meeting to call the previous question, to limit debate, 
 to fix a specified hour for closing debate, to consider a 
 question when objected to on its introduction, to make a 
 special order, to suspend, or to amend the rules, to order 
 the discussion of a subject non-debatable under the rules, 
 or to take up a question out of its order. 
 
 This may be placed in the Constitution or by-laws of the 
 Society, when it will become paramount law, to which the 
 rules of order opposed to it must yield. 
 
 The safest mode, however, will be found to adhere to the 
 parliamentary rules. 
 
126 FORMS AND POINTS OF OEDEB. 
 
 X. Mattee-of-Cotjrse Questions. 
 
 To expedite business, that to which no one objects, when 
 stated by the Chair, is considered ordered. Thus, the re- 
 ception of a report, calling for division, reception of commu- 
 nication, withdrawal of a motion before the house, leave to 
 continue speech in order after being pronounced out of 
 order, etc., are permitted without a vote, if no objection be 
 made. So in making a motion, which strictly (when not a 
 question of order, an objection to the consideration of a 
 question, or a call for the order of the day) requires to be 
 seconded, it is always taken for granted that it has been, 
 unless some one should violate courtesy so far as to inquire. 
 In that case, it must be seconded, or it falls to the ground. 
 
 It is considered unfair to insist upon the seconding of a 
 motion, because it violates the natural right of a member to 
 get a proposition in good faith before the house ; but, if his 
 motion be made for dilatory purposes, or to annoy and 
 weary out the majority, or be in effect, though not in shape, 
 offensive to the house, it is eminently proper that he should 
 have at least one member to back him in his attempt ; and 
 it is no discourtesy to cut off his discourtesy by demanding 
 the seconder. 
 
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 Der Ooot Lookln' Shoow. 
 Mr. Schmidt's Mistake. 
 Home Again. 
 Dot Surprise Party. 
 Der Wreck of der Hesberus. 
 Isaac Rosenthal on the 
 
 Chinese Question. 
 Hans Breltmann's Party. 
 Shoo Files. 
 
 A Dutchman's Answer. 
 How Jake Schneider Went 
 
 Blind. 
 I Vaah so Glad I Yaah Here. 
 The Dutchman and the 
 
 Yankee. 
 How the Dutchman Silled 
 
 the Woodchuck. 
 
 Der Nighd Peblnd Gri&d- 
 
 mas. 
 The Dutchman's Snake. 
 Yoppy's Varder nnd Hees 
 
 Drabbles. 
 Dhroe Shkaders. 
 Katrlna Likes Me Poody 
 
 VelL 
 Hans in a Fix. 
 Leedle Yawcob Strauss. 
 How a Dutchman was Done. 
 Dot Lambs vot Mary Haf 
 
 Got. 
 The Yankee and the Dutch- 
 man's Dog. 
 Zwei Lager. 
 Schnelder'BKlde. 
 The Dutchman and the 
 
 Small-pox. 
 Tlamondts on der Pr&ln. 
 A Dutchman's Testimony 
 
 in a Steamboat Case. 
 Hans Breltmann and the 
 
 Turners. 
 
 FREN CH DIALECT. 
 The Frenchman's Dilemma; 
 
 or, Number Five Collect 
 
 Street. 
 The Frenchman's Revenge. 
 Koozell and the Organ 
 
 Grinder. 
 How a Frenchman Enter- 
 tained John Bull. 
 Mr. Rogers and Monsieur 
 
 Deuise. 
 The Frenchman and the 
 
 Landlord. 
 The Frenchman and the 
 
 Sheep's Trotters. 
 
 A Frenchman's Account of 
 the Fall 
 
 I Van t to Fly. 
 
 The Generous Frenchman. 
 
 The Frenchman and the 
 Flea Powder. 
 
 The- Frenchman and the 
 Rate. 
 
 Monsieur Tonson. 
 
 Yat You Please. 
 
 The Frenchman and the 
 Mosquitoes. 
 
 The Frenchman's Patent 
 Screw. 
 
 The Frenchman^ Mistake. 
 
 Monsieur Mocquard Be- 
 tween Two Fires. 
 
 YANKEE DIALECT. 
 Mrs. Bean's Courtship. 
 Hez and the Landlord. 
 Squire BKllngs' PickereL 
 Deacon Thrush In Meetings 
 The Yankee Fireside. 
 Peter Sorghum In Love. 
 Mrs. Smart Learns how to> 
 
 Skate. 
 Capt. Hurricane Jones on 
 
 the Miracles. 
 The Dutchman and the* 
 
 Yankee. 
 The Yankee Landlord. 
 The Bewitched Clock. 
 The Yankee and the Dutch. 
 
 man's Dog. 
 Aunt Hetty on Matrimony. 
 The Courtln'. 
 Ehenezer on a Bust, 
 gut Lovlngood'B Shirt. 
 
 This Collection contains all the best dialect pieces that are Incidentally scattered 
 through alarge number of volumes of "Recitations and Headings," besides new and 
 
 excellent sketehes never before published. 170 pages, paper cover 30 cti. 
 
 Bound In boards, cloth back 50 cti. 
 
 Dick's Irish Dialect Recitations. A carefully compiled Collec- 
 tion of B^relrish Stories, Comic, Poetical and Prose Recitations, Humorous Letters 
 and Funny Recltals,aILtold with the Irresistible Humor of the Irish dialect. Containing 
 
 Biddy's Troubles 
 
 Birth of St. Patrick. The. 
 
 Bridget O'HoolegohVs Let- 
 ter. 
 
 Conner. 
 
 Dermot O'Dowd. 
 
 Dick Macnamara's Matri- 
 monial Adventures. 
 
 Dying Confeh&lun of Paddy 
 
 Father MoDoy. 
 Father Phil Blake's Collec- 
 tion. 
 Father Roach. 
 Fight of Hell-Kettle, The. 
 Handy Andy's Little Mis- 
 
 How Dennis Took the 
 
 Fledge. 
 How Pat Saved his Bacon. 
 Irish Astronomy. 
 
 Paddy's Dream. 
 
 Pat and the Fox. 
 
 Pat and the Gridiron. 
 
 Pat and his Musket. 
 
 Pat and the Oysters* 
 
 Pat's Criticism. 
 
 Pat's Letter. 
 
 Pat O'Flanlgan'B Colt. 
 
 Patrick O'Rouke and the 
 
 Frogs. 
 Paudeen O'Rafferty'u Say 
 
 Irish Coquetry. 
 
 Irish Drummer, The. 
 
 Irish Letter, An. 
 
 Irish Philosopher, The. 
 
 Irish Traveler, The. 
 
 Irishman's Panorama, The. 
 
 Jimmy McBride's Letter. 
 
 Jimmy Butler and the OwL 
 
 King O'Toole and St. Kevin. 
 
 Kitty Malone. 
 
 Love In the Kitchen. 
 
 Micky Free and the Priest. 
 
 Miss Malony on the Chinese 
 Question. 
 
 Mr. O'Hoolaban's Mistake- 
 Paddy Blake's Echo. 
 
 Paddy Fagan's Pedigree. 
 
 Paddy McGrath and the 
 Bear. 
 
 Paddy O'Rafther. 
 
 Paddy the Piper. 
 
 This Collection contains, in addition to new and original pieces, all the very beet 
 Becltatkms In the Irish dialect that can be gathered from a whole library of "Recita- 
 tion" books. It is full of sparkling witticisms and It furnishes also a fund of entertain- 
 ing matter for perusal in leisure moments. 170 pages, paper cover 80 eta. 
 
 Bound in boards, clotbbacfc,,,,,,,. , , „ in „ nl 50et». 
 
 Peter Mulrooney and the 
 
 Black Filly. 
 Phaldrlg Crohoore. 
 Rory O'More'a Present to 
 
 the Priest. 
 St. Kevin. 
 
 Teddy OToole'a Six Bulls. 
 Wake of TlmO'Hara, The. 
 Widow Cum ralskey , The. 
 
Tambo's End-Men's minstrel Gags. Containing some of tho 
 
 best Jokes and Repartees of the most celebrated "burnt cork" performers of 'onr 
 day Tambo and Bones in all sorts and manner of scrapes Thfs Book is full of 
 Burat-Cork Drolleries, Funny Stories, Colored Conundrums, Gags and Witty Kepar- 
 teY^l theneweBtBlde-spllttlng conversations between Tambo, Bones, and the In- 
 "riociitor, and wiU be found useful alike to tho professional and amateur performed. 
 Contents ; 
 
 X Bird that can't be 
 
 Plucked 
 Annihilating Time 
 At Last 
 Bashful 
 Bet, The 
 Big Fortune, A 
 Black bertr lug 
 Black Swan, The 
 Bones and his little Game t 
 Bones and the Monkey 
 
 Tricks 
 Bones as a Fortune Teller 
 BoneB as a Legitimate Ac- 
 tor 
 Bones as a Pilot 
 Bones as a Prize Fighter 
 Bones as a ** Stugent " 
 Bones as a Traveler 
 Bones as a Victim to tho 
 
 Pen 
 Bones as aWalklst 
 Bones assists at the Per- 
 formance of a New Piece 
 Bones attends a Heance 
 Bones finds Himself Fa- 
 mous 
 Bones gets Dunned 
 Bones gets Stuck 
 Bones has a Small Game 
 
 with the ParBon 
 Bones' Horse Race 
 Bones la an Affair of Honor 
 Bones In Love 
 Bonos keeps a Boarding 
 
 House 
 Bones on the "War Path 
 Bonos on George Washing- 
 ton _ 
 Bones on the Light Fantas- 
 tic 
 
 Bones Opens a Spout Shop 
 
 Bones Plays O'Fella 
 
 Bones sees a Ghost 
 
 Bones Slopes with Sukey 
 Sly 
 
 Bones tells a "Fly" Story 
 
 Brother will como homo to- 
 night 
 
 Bones as a Carpet Bagger 
 
 Bones aB an Inksllnger 
 
 Bones ■» a New Character 
 
 Bones in Clover 
 
 Bonos 1 Love Scrape 
 
 "Cullud" Ball, The 
 
 Conundrums 
 
 Curious Boy 
 
 DanciugMad 
 
 Dat'a What {I'd Like to 
 Know 
 
 Definitions 
 
 De Mudder of Inwention 
 
 Difference, The 
 
 Don't Kiss every Puppy 
 
 "Far Away in Alabam' " 
 
 First White Man, The 
 
 Fishy Argument 
 
 Four-Eleven -Forty-Four 
 
 Four Meetings, The 
 
 From the Polks 
 
 Girl at the Sewing Ma- 
 chine 
 
 Hard Times 
 
 Hard to take a Hint 
 
 Heavy Spell, A 
 
 Highfalutln* 
 
 Horrible 1 
 
 How Bones became a Min- 
 strel 
 
 How Tambo took his Bit- 
 ters 
 
 How to do it 
 
 Everything new and rich. Paper covers 
 Bound in boards, with cloth back 
 
 Impulsive Oration 
 Inquisitive 
 JeailuBest of her Sect 
 Legal Fr jblem, A 
 Liberal Discount for Cash 
 Manager In a Fix, The 
 Mathematics 
 Merry Life, A 
 Momentous Question 
 Mosquitoes 
 Music 
 Notes 
 Ob Course 
 Our Shop Girls 
 Pomp and Ephy Green 
 Presidency on de Brain 
 Proposed Increase of Taxes 
 Railroad Catastrophe 
 Keality versus Romance 
 Hough on Tambo 
 Sassy Sam and Susie Long 
 School's In 
 
 Shakespeare with a Ven- 
 geance 
 Simple Sum In Arithmetic, 
 Sleighing In the Park 
 Sliding Down the Hill 
 Style 
 Sublime 
 
 Swearing by Proxy 
 Tambo's Traveling Agent 
 That Dear Old Home - 
 "The Pervlsions, JoBiar " 
 Thieves 
 Ton so rial 
 Toast, A 
 
 Uncle Eph's Lament 
 Waiting to See Him Off 
 You Bet 
 
 And 40 popular songs and 
 dances. 
 
 Stats. 
 
 fiUclB. 
 
 McEride's Comic Speeches and Recitations. Designed for 
 
 Schools, Literary and Social Circles. By H. Elliott McBrlde, Author of "McBrlde's 
 Humorous Dialogues," etc., etc. This Is one of the vary best series ef original 
 speeches, In Yankee, Darkey, Spread-Eagle and village styles, with a number of 
 diverting addresses and recitations, and funny stories, forming an excellent volume 
 of selections for supplying the humorous element of an exhibition. Contents : 
 
 A Burst of Indignation 
 Disce'se by a Colored Man I 
 A Trumpet Sarmon 
 Sarmon on Skllletvillers 
 Nancy Matilda Jones 
 Hezekiah'B Proposal 
 About the BlUlklnseB 
 Betsy and I are Out Once 
 
 More 
 A Stump Speech 
 About Katharine 
 Deborah Doolltcle's Speech 
 
 on Women's Bights 
 A Salutatory 
 A Mournful Story 
 
 Paper covers, illuminated 
 Board covers, Ulumtoatea 
 
 An Address to Schoolboys 
 
 Zacharlah Popp's Court- 
 ship and Marriage 
 
 A Sad Story 
 
 How to Make Hasty Pud- 
 ding 
 
 My Matilda Jane 
 
 Courtship, Marriage, Sep- 
 aration and Beunlon 
 
 Lecture by a Yankee 
 
 A Colored Man's Dlsco'se 
 on Different Subjects 
 
 A Girl's Address to Boys 
 
 McSwinger's Fate 
 
 Peter Peabody's Stump 
 Speech 
 
 Mr. Styx Bejolces on Ac- 
 count of a Kew Well 
 Spring 
 
 Victuals and Drink 
 
 Speech by Billy Hlggins on 
 the Destruction of Ills 
 Bambo Apple Tree 
 
 A Boy's Address to Young 
 Ladles 
 
 An Old Man's Address to 
 Young Wives 
 
 salu-ta-tat-u-a-rv 
 
 Valedictory. 
 
 SOcts, 
 fiOets. 
 
Beecher's Recitations and Readings. Humorous, Serious, 
 
 Dramatic. Designed for Public and Private Exhibitions. 
 
 Miss Moloney at the Den- 
 tist's 
 Lost and Found 
 Mygel Snyder's Barty 
 Map dale ii a 
 
 Jim W olfe and the Cats 
 The Woolen Doll 
 The Charity Dinner 
 Go- Morrow ; or, Lots Wife 
 The Wind and the lEoon 
 Dyln' Words of iBaac 
 Maude Mailer in Dutch 
 Hoses the Sassy 
 Tarn of the "Nancy Bell" 
 Paddy the Piper 
 Schneider Bees "Leah " 
 Caldwell of Springfield 
 Artemus Ward's Panorama 
 Tale of a Servant Girl 
 How* a Frenchman Enter- 
 tained John Ball 
 Tlamondts on der Praln 
 King Robert of Sicily 
 Gloverson the Mormon 
 De Pint wld Ole Pete 
 Pat and the Pig 
 The Widow Bedott's Letter 
 Paper covers. Price 
 Bound in boards, cloth back 
 
 The Cry of the Children 
 
 The Dutchman and the 
 Small-pox 
 
 Sculpin 
 
 Bn*s— Descriptive Becita- 
 • loa 
 
 A Reader Introduces Him- 
 self to an Audience 
 
 A Dutchman's Dolly Var- 
 den 
 
 " Rock of Ages » 
 
 Feeding the Black Fillies 
 
 The Hornet 
 
 The Glove and the Lions 
 
 I Vant to Fly 
 
 That Dog of Jim SmlleyY 
 
 The Faithful Soul 
 
 "My New Plttayatees" - 
 
 Mary Ann's Wedding 
 
 An Inquiring Yankee 
 
 The Three Bells 
 
 Love in a Balloon 
 
 Mrs. Brown on the Streets 
 
 Shoo Files 
 
 Discourse by the Rev. Mr. 
 Bosan 
 
 Without the Children 
 
 Contents : 
 
 Slgnor Blllsmethi's Dano- 
 ing Academy 
 
 Der Gout Lookln Shnow 
 
 The Jumping Frog 
 
 The Lost Chord 
 
 The Tale of a Leg 
 
 That West-side 'i»og 
 
 How Dennis Took the 
 Pledge 
 
 The Fisherman's Summons 
 
 Badger's Debut aa llamlet 
 
 Hezeklab Stole the Spoons 
 
 Paddy's Dream 
 
 Victuals and Drink 
 
 How Jake Schneider Went 
 Blind 
 
 Aurelia's Young Man 
 
 Mrs. Brown on Modern 
 Houses 
 
 Farm Yard Song 
 
 Murphy's Pork Barrel 
 
 The Prayer Seeker 
 
 An Extraordinary Phe- 
 nomenon 
 
 The Case of Young Bangs / 
 
 A Mule Ride in Florida - 
 
 Dhree Shkaders i 
 
 SOcts.' 
 
 - SOcts. 
 
 Dick's Ethiopian Scenes, Variety Sketches and Stomp 
 
 Containing the following Rich Collection of Negro Dialogues, Scenes, 
 
 Farces , End-Men's Jokes, Gags, Rollicking Stories, Excruciating Conundrums, Ques- ' 
 tions and Answers for Bones, Turn bo and Interlocutor, etc. Contents : 
 
 I'b Gwine to Jine de Ma- 
 sons 
 Jes> Nail dat Mink to de 
 
 Stable Do'— Oration 
 But the Villain still Pur- 
 sued Her— A Thrilling 
 
 Tale 
 Bones at a Free-and-Easy 
 Buncombe Speech 
 Shakespeare Improved 
 End Gag— Bones and Tam- 
 
 bo 
 A Han of Nerve — Comic 
 
 Sketch 
 End Gag— Bones and Tarn- 
 
 bo 
 TJncle Pete— Darkey Sketch 
 The Rival DarkeyB 
 The Stage-Struck Darkey 
 Add Ryman's Fourth of 
 
 July Oration 
 Absent-Mindedness — Bones 
 
 and Tambo 
 Don't Call a Man a Liar 
 The Mysterious Darkey 
 Rev. Uncle Jim's Sermon 
 The 'Possum-Run Debating 
 
 Socle ly 
 Tim Murphy's Irish Stew 
 Brudder Bones In Love— 
 
 Interlocutor and Bones 
 'Lizey ; or, The Old Gum 
 
 Game — Negro Scene 
 Brudder Bones' Duel 
 Brudder BoneB' Sweetheart 
 Brudder Bones in Hard 
 
 Luck 
 Two Left-Bones and Tambo 
 
 JS£1 
 
 Speech on Bolls 
 
 How Bones Cured a Smoky 
 Chimney 
 
 Sermon on Keards, HoBses, 
 Fiddlers, etc. 
 
 Hoggin' Lamp-Poets 
 
 Not Opposed to Matrimony 
 
 How Pat Sold a Dutchman 
 
 The Coopers— one Act Farce 
 
 Questions Easily Answered 
 —Bones and Tambo 
 
 Examination In Natural 
 History— Minstrel Dia- 
 logue 
 
 O' Quirk's Sinecure 
 
 The Widower's Speech 
 
 Bones at a Raffle 
 
 Uncle Pete's Sermon 
 
 Bones at a Soiree — Interlo- 
 cutor and Bones 
 
 Speech on Woman's Rights 
 
 Bones' Discovery 
 
 Mark Twain Introduces 
 Himself— Characteristic 
 Speech 
 
 Speech on HapplneRS 
 
 Burnt Corkers— Minstrel 
 Dialogue 
 
 The Nervous Woman 
 
 The Five Senses— Minstrel 
 Dialogue 
 
 The Dutchman's Experi- 
 ence 
 
 Essay on the Wheelbarrow 
 
 Bones at a Fic-Nlc 
 
 The Virginia Mummy— 
 Negro Farce 
 
 Brudder Bones In Clover » 
 
 Avtemus Ward's Advice to 
 Husbands 
 
 Where the Lion Roareth.l 
 and the Wang-Doodle 
 Monxneth 
 
 Romeo and Juliet In 1880 
 
 Artemns Ward's Panorama 
 
 Brudder Bones aa a Carpet- 
 Bagger— Interlocutor and 
 Bones 
 
 Major Jones' Fourth of July 
 Oration 
 
 Curiosities for a Museum — 
 Minstrel Dialogue 
 
 Burlesque Oration on Mat* 
 rimony 
 
 Brudder Bones on the Rag- 
 ing Can awl 
 
 TheSnackln'-Turtle Man- 
 Ethiopian Sketch 
 
 BoneB' Dream— Ethiopian 
 Sketch 
 
 Come and Hug Me 
 
 Widow O'Brien's Toast 
 
 Scenes at the Police Court 
 —Musical Minstrel Dia- 
 logue 
 
 Brudder Bones as a Log- 
 Roller 
 
 De Pint Wld Old Pete- 
 Negro Dialect Recitation 
 
 A Touching Appeal— Dutch 
 Dialect Recitation 
 
 Wounded in the Corners 
 
 Darkey Dialogue 
 
 End Gag— Interlocutor and 
 Bones 
 - . « . - SOets. 
 
 .... * feOcta. 
 
Kavanaugh's Hew Speeches and Dialogues for Young 
 
 Children. Containing easy pieces in plain language, readily understood 
 by little children, and expressly adapted for School Exhibitions and Christ- 
 mas and other juvenile celebrations. By Mrs. Russell Kavanaugh. This 
 is an entirely new series of Recitations and Dialogues by this author, and 
 full of pieces, in her well-known style of familiar simplicity, admirably 
 calculated to give the little ones additional opportunities to distinguish 
 themselves before an audience. It contains the following; , 
 
 Introduction,, , , 
 
 Opening Speech 
 
 , Speech for a School Exhibition 
 
 > The Parccs (The Fates) 
 
 •"Which Would You Bather Be 
 
 Speech fora Tiny Girl 
 
 An Old Story, for a Child 
 
 Speech for a Boy 
 
 A. Sudden Revulsion 
 
 Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus. A 
 
 Novel Christmas Festival. . . 
 May Celebration 
 
 Speech of Crowner 
 
 Speech of Sceptre-Bearer. . . 
 
 Speech of Fun 
 
 Speech of Frolic 
 
 Speech of Vanity 
 
 Speech of Modesty 
 
 Speech of Beauty 
 
 Speech of Jollity 
 
 Speech of Boot-Black 
 
 Speech of News-Boy 
 
 Speech of May-Queen 
 
 TheTableB Turned, for a Child 
 
 Speech for a Boy 
 
 Speech for a Small Boy 
 
 Speech for a Very Little Boy. . 
 The Farmer Boy and the City 
 
 Dude 
 
 The Small Boy 
 
 Transposed 
 
 The Sun and His Satellites. 
 
 Speech of the Sun 
 
 Speech of the Moon 
 
 Speech of Mercury 
 
 Speech of Mars , 
 
 Speech of Jupiter 
 
 Speech of Saturn 
 
 Speech of Venus 
 
 True Happiness 
 
 Genius and Application ... 
 Five Versus Twenty-five... 
 
 Saved from Suicide 
 
 Speech for a Very Small Child 
 
 Three Enigmas 
 
 Tickle his Hand with a Ten 
 
 Dollar Bill 
 
 Speech for a Small Boy 
 
 Beautiful BeUes, for several 
 
 Girls 
 
 Beautiful Dudes, for several 
 
 Boys 
 
 Four Little Rose-Buds 
 
 A Bouquet 
 
 Tal Tal 
 
 Speech for a Very Little Girl. 
 Speech for a Very Little Boy. 
 
 Blood Will Tell 
 
 A Warning , 
 
 A Race for Life 
 
 He is a Brick " 
 
 Speech fora Small Boy 
 
 Watching 
 
 Gold , 
 
 A Touching Incident 
 
 Buy a Broom, for several Girls 
 Confusion Worse Confounded. 
 A Relentless Tyrant, for a Child 
 
 My Brother Jean 
 
 The Gratitude of the World. 
 
 At the Skating Rmk 
 
 Dimes I Oh, Dimes I 
 
 A Fatal Bait, for a Child.... 
 The Decorated Donkey, for a 
 
 Child 
 
 Tight Times 
 
 The Reason Why 
 
 A Modern Flirtation 
 
 Country Meeting Talk 
 
 Speech 
 
 Deeds of Kindness 
 
 The Boy's Complaint 
 
 What Not to Do 
 
 Temperance Address 
 
 The Quarrelsome Boy 
 
 An Awful Fly, for a Little One 
 
 Content 
 
 The Winds of the Prairie . , 
 Santa Claus' Christmas Tree 
 
 Speech 
 
 The Creator 
 
 Where Did They Go 
 
 The Parting Lovers 
 
 Do Your Best , 
 
 Cherish Kindly Feelings... 
 
 Advice to Boys 
 
 I Wish I Was a Grown-up . 
 No Time Lfke the Present, 
 
 The Boys We Need 
 
 Summer Vacati on 
 
 MUSIC. 
 Three Bright Stars... 
 
 Beautiful Belles 
 
 Buy a Broom " 
 
 1' 
 i 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 1 
 
 1' 
 1 
 I 
 1 
 1 
 
 1 
 
 »mo., IUuminated Paper Cover 30 eta, Boards,, .„ _ 
 
 vQCK 
 
Howard's Recitations. Comic, Serious and Pathetic. Col- 
 lection of fresh Recitations in Prose and Poetry, suitable for Anniver- 
 saries, Exhibitions, Social Gatherings, and Evening Parties. Contents : 
 
 An Irishman's Letter Roguery Taught 
 
 Irish Letter Banty Tin 
 
 The Halibut tn Love 
 
 The Kerry Soap- Boiler 
 
 The Unbeliever 
 
 The Voices at the Throne 
 
 Dundreary Proposing 
 
 The fir eman 
 
 Paul Revere 's Ride 
 
 Annie and 'Willie's Prayer 
 
 A Frenchman on Macbeth 
 
 The New Church Organ 
 
 Katrln a Likes me Foody Yell 
 
 How to Save a Thousand 
 
 Pounds 
 How I Got Invited to Dinner 
 Patient Joe 
 
 Jimmy Butler and the Owl 
 The Menagerie 
 Old Qulazle 
 Infidel and Quaker 
 The La wyer and the Chlm- 
 
 ney-S weeper 
 Bill Mas on'B Bride 
 Judging hy Appearances 
 The Death's Head 
 Betsey and I are Ont 
 Betsey Destroys the Paper 
 Father Blake's Collection 
 Blank Terse in Rhyme 
 
 180 pages. Paper covers. Price 30 CtS* 
 
 Kiss Malony on the Chinese 
 Question 
 
 Kit Carson's Bide 
 
 Buck Fanshaw's Funeral 
 
 Knocked About 
 
 Puxiled Dutchman 
 
 Shamus O'Brien 
 
 Naughty Little Girl 
 
 Bells of Shandon 
 
 No Sect In Heaven 
 
 Rory O'Moore's present 
 
 »* Mother's Fool" 
 
 Queen Elizabeth— a Comic 
 Oration 
 
 The Starling 
 
 Lord Dundreary's Riddle 
 
 The Stuttering Lass 
 
 The Irish Traveler 
 
 The Remedy as Bad as the 
 iJisease 
 
 A Subject for Dissection 
 
 The Heathen Chinee 
 
 Mona's Waters 
 
 ▲ Showman on the Wood- 
 chuck 
 
 How Happy ril Be 
 
 A Frenchman's Account of 
 the Fall 
 
 Isabel' t. Grave 
 
 Parson and the Spaniel 
 
 16 mo. 
 
 Banty ' 
 
 Antony and Cleopatra 
 
 Deacon Heseklah 
 
 The Frenchman and the 
 Landlord 
 
 The Family Quarrel— A Dia- 
 logue on the Sixteenth 
 Amendment 
 
 The Guess 
 
 Atheist and Acorn 
 
 Brother "W stains 
 
 Hans in a Fix 
 
 To-M orrow 
 
 The Hlghgate Botcher 
 
 The Lucky Call 
 
 Chailen ging the Foreman 
 
 Country Schoolmaster 
 
 The Matrimonial Bugs and 
 the Travelers 
 
 Peter Sorghum In Love 
 
 Tim Tun* 
 
 Nick Van Stann 
 
 The Debating Society 
 
 Deacon Stokes 
 
 To Our Honored Dead 
 
 The Dying Soldier 
 
 The Yankee Fireside 
 
 The Suicidal Cat 
 
 The Sou's Wish 
 
 Bound in boards, cloth back 50 eta. 
 
 Spencer's Book of Comic Speeches and Humorous Recita- 
 tions A collection of Comic Speeches and Dialogues, Dramatic Scenes 
 and Characteristic Soliloquies and Stories Suitable for School Exhibitions. 
 Contents: 
 
 Comic Prologue and Intro- 
 duction 
 
 The Yankee Landlord 
 
 His Eye was Stern 
 
 The Goddess of Slang 
 
 Dick, the Apprentice 
 
 Courting In French Hollow 
 
 The Case Altered 
 
 Fox and the Ranger 
 
 The Declaration 
 
 The Warrantee Deed 
 
 A Night's Adventure 
 
 Julia— Co mic Love Seen? 
 
 Saying not Meaning 
 
 Negro Bnrlesqne for 8 males 
 
 The Nimmers 
 
 Gucom and the Back-log 
 
 Widow Bedott'B Mistake 
 
 How a Bashful Lover " Pop- 
 ped the Question" 
 
 Crossing Dixie 
 
 My Las? Shirt 
 
 The Three Black Crows 
 
 The Barber's Shop 
 
 Paddy O'Bafther 
 
 Decidedly Coo 
 
 Paper covers. Price 30 cts- 
 
 Bemad in boards, cloth back • 60 cts. 
 
 Frenchman and the Rats 
 The Jester Condemned to 
 
 Death 
 Kindred Quacks 
 Hans Breitmann's Party 
 The Generous Frenchman 
 Saint Jonathan 
 Stump Speech 
 The Rival Lodgers 
 The Frenchman and the 
 
 Mosquitoes 
 The Maiden's Mishap 
 The Removal 
 Talking Latin 
 Praying for Rain 
 Darkey Photographor 
 Paddy and his Musket 
 HezeMah Bedott 
 Uncle Reuben's Tale 
 Mr. Candle has been to a 
 
 Fab- 
 Chemist and hie Love 
 Disgusted Dutchman 
 The Frightened Traveler 
 Jewess and her Son 
 Clerical Wit— True Lies 
 
 The School House 
 
 Daniel versus Dlshclont 
 
 Spectacles 
 
 The Pig 
 
 A Stray Parrot 
 
 Dame Fredegonde 
 
 Toby Tosspot 
 
 Courtship and Matrimony 
 
 Rings and Seals 
 
 The Biter Bit 
 
 Pat and the Gridiron 
 
 Barmecide's Feast 
 
 The Country Pedagogue 
 
 The Middle-aged Man and 
 
 Two Widows 
 Saratoga Walter— Negro 
 
 Scene for S males 
 The Wrangling Pair— A Po- 
 
 etlcal Dialogue for Male 
 
 and Female 
 A Connubial Eclogue 
 The Italian from Cork 
 Oasper Schnapps' Exp.'oit 
 Epilogue— Suitable for Conv 
 
 elusion of ° 
 
 ment 
 
lEartine's Droll Dialogues and Laughable Recitations 
 
 A collection of Humorous Dialogues, Comic Recitations and Spirited 
 Btamp Speeches and Farces, adapted for School and other Celebrations, 
 Contents ; 
 
 The Darkey Debating. Sod- 
 ety, IHalogue for 2 mains 
 The Scandal Monger. Dia- 
 logue for a males and 2 fe- 
 males 
 Poor Richard's Sayings 
 Prologue to " The Appren- 
 tice " 
 Address In the character of 
 
 " Hope " A Prologue 
 Parody on the Declaration 
 
 of Independence 
 Bora bastes Furloso. A Bur- 
 lesque for 7 males 
 Characteristic Address 
 Examining de Bumps. Ethi- 
 opian Dialogue for 2 males 
 Election Stump Speech 
 A Matrimonial Tiff. Dla- 
 ogue for 1 male and 2 fe- 
 males 
 The Frenchman and the 
 Sheep's Trotters 
 
 188 pages. Paper Covers. Price 30 CtS. 
 
 Bound in Boards, cloth back 50 cts- 
 
 Hlnts to Amateur Aet&ii. 
 
 Humorous Poetical Address 
 
 The Bell and the Gong 
 
 Mrs. Dove's Boarding House 
 
 The Wllklns Family 
 
 The Lawyer's Stratagem 
 
 Eulogy on Laughing 
 
 Drawing a Long Bow. For 
 8 males and l female. 
 
 The Origin of "Woman's As- 
 cendency over Man 
 
 Veny Raynor'B Bear Story 
 
 The Game of Life 
 
 The Fortune Hunter. For 
 2 males and 8 females 
 
 The Parson and the Widow 
 
 Hezeklah Stubblns' Fourth 
 of July Oration 
 
 Make your Wills Farce for 
 7 male characters 
 
 Mr. Rogers and Monsieur 
 Denise 
 
 Job Trotter's Secret 
 
 The 'Poor Relation. Comla 
 Drama for 7 males 
 
 Vat you Please 
 
 The Babes In the Wood. Pot 
 s males and 4 females. 
 
 My Aunt, 
 
 Handy Andy's Mistakes. 
 
 The Cat Eater. 
 
 A Shocking Mistake. Dia- 
 logue for 8 males and 9 
 females 
 
 Wanted a Governess 
 
 Rival Broom Makers 
 
 Paudeen O'Rafferty's Say- 
 Voyage 
 
 Mr. Caudle's Wedding Din- 
 ner 
 
 Our Cousins. Negro Dia- 
 logue for2 male characters 
 
 Mr. Caudle made a Mason 
 
 Address of Sergeant Bnzfuz 
 
 The Wonderful Whalers 
 
 Sam Weller's Valentine 
 
 Wilson's Book of Recitations and Dialogues. Containing 
 
 a choice selection of Poetical and Prose Recitations. Designed as an As- 
 sistant to Teachers and Students in preparing Exhibitions. By Floyd B. 
 Wilson, Professor of Elocution, Contents ; 
 
 Instruction In Elocution 
 Dedication of Gettysburg 
 
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