San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-09-05
HARRISON AND MORTON CLUB
Rules of Procedure Adopted for
the Regulation of the Club.

Rules of Procedure Adopted for
the Regulation of the Club.
The following are the rules of pro-
cedure that have been adopted by the
city:
RULES.
No. l.-At meetings of the club the
president shall, of his own motion,
take the chair call the club to order
and announce the order of proceeding,
and, unless ordered otherwise by q
two-third vote, the order shall be.
No. 2.-Recordiug and approving Of
the minutes of last meeting.
No. 3.-Reception of new members
into the club by their signing the
roll.
No. diminished business.
No. 5.-Reception and disposal Of
reports from standing committees.
No. 6.-Reception and disposition Of
reports of special and irregular COM
committees.
No. New business that may be-
brought before the club, by motion or
resolution, orally made, but which the
chairman or any three members of the
club may demand, shall be put in
writing, and in case an oral motion or
resolution is disposed of, the secretary
shall note the same with the sub
stance of the said motion or resolu-
ton.
No. S.-All motions shall be duly
seconded prior to being placed
before the club, and when
a movion or resolution is be-
fore the club, the first opposition
motion in order shall be a motion to re-
iect; second, to amend or substitute;
third, to lay on the table; fourth, to-
postpone to day certain; fifth, to in
definitely postpone, and these motions
shall have precedence in their order
and each motion, except the motion
to lay on the table, shall be open to
discussion, in five minutes speeches
from members-one speech each, only
be allowed-eXcept the mover of the
proposition who shall have five
minutes to open and five minutes to
close, and in motions TO lay on the
table the mover of the proposition,
that is sought to be tabled, shall be
allowed a speech of five minutes.
No. 9.-The previous question may
be called at any time upon pending
matter, but such motions shall only
| be sustained by majority vote.
| No. 10.-The chairman shall have
| the power, and it is made his duty to-
| call any member to order who in de-
bate uses personalities, goes outside
| the scope of the subject or who may
be guilty of any other improper con-
duct, and any member may do the
same. and when called to order, the
offending member shall cease his con-
| duct and take his reat and shall only
proceed with the consent of the chair
man of the club.
| No. 1.-THE club may hear an adj
dress or addresses from members of
the CLUB or other republicans at any
stage of the meeting on the general
political questions of the day.
No. 12-That twelve mem ers shall
constitute quorum to do all the BUSH
ness of the club, except for the re-
moval of officers or expulsion of MEM
bers in which case the quorum is ex-
tended to thirty members.
No. 13.-That no officer shall be re-
moved from office until consideration
of the question shall have been de-
ferred for one week.
No. 14.-In all matters not provided
for herein the club and its officers
shall be governed by the generally
received and approved rules and reg
ulations of the common laws OF par
liamentary, congressional and legisla-
tive bodies in this country.
No. 15.-The secretary shall keep on
hand for the use of officers and MEM
bers copies of the said parliamentary
rules. A. }. EVANS,
For the Committee on Procedure.
Read and adopted at a meeting of
the Harrison and Morton club held in
the Alamo pavilion Monday, August
9th, 1855. w. ii. HUSTON,
President.