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RULES OF PROCEDURE
May Be Made a Feature Of an
Evenings Programme.
State Lecturer Lowell Of New York
Submits List Of Parliamentary
Questions and Answers Which Grange
Members Will Find Instructive.

Questions and Answers Which Grange
Members Will Find Instructive.
No meeting of the grange can be
conducted correctly without some
knowledge Of parliamentary rules, and
as there is. we believe. a very consid-
cradle lack Of knowledge Of such rules
and in order that members may be
posted upon the more important parlia-
mentary questions that arise without
| having to take the trouble to look them
up for themselves State Lecturer Low
ell Of Fredonia. n. Y, has prepared
the following parlia questions.
with their answers, which we suggest
can be made an interesting feature for
an evenings programme. The lecturer
might assign these questions to mem
bers at a previous meeting or call
upon members without giving them
previous notice and ascertain how
many are capable of answering the
questions without consulting Cushing's
Manual or some other equally good
authority:
/. Is It in order to lay an amendment
| on the table7
No: II is done sometimes to kill a ques-
| ton before the house, to get some one to
vote who thinks he is getting rid OF the
amendment only. II you lay an amend
ment on the table. the main question goes
with II. II is not good parliamentary
form.
. May a member arise to q question of
privilege and speak on the question be-
fore the hsuse7
| No.
g. How many times may one person
speak on question and not be out of
| order!
II he moves the question, twice; II not.
once
T. When a question OF privilege is be-
fore the house and a motion Is made to
| take up the order of the day, what be-
comes OF the question of privilege7
II IL lost.
8. When a person wishes to make re-
marks on q motion of his own should II
be done before or after stating the mo-
| tionI
Always before.
Can you tell whether the following
questions are debatable or unbeatable
| or whether they require a majority or
two-thirds vote to be carried7
IA Motion TO close debate.
Requires a two-thrds vote. unbeatable.
(b) Objection TO the consideration OF
| question.
Requires a two-thirds vote, cannot be
| amended, Is unbeatable.
(c) Motion to limit debate.
Requires two-thirds vote. is undebata-
Bile, can be amended.
td) Motion TO extend the limit OF debate.
Requires a two-thirds vote. Is undebata-
| BILE. can be amended.
(e) Motion 10 take up the previous ques-
| tion.
Requires a two-thirds vote, cannot be
amended, Is unbeatable.
I. Can you tell what questions can be
amended and what cannot?
There are nineteen questions which can
not be amended. Here are some OF the
| most important ones: Motion to adjourn
| amendment to IN amendment, call to or
der. lay on table. take from the table.
withdrawal OF n notion objection 20 the
consideration Of a question.
g. How and when may a question be re-
| considered7
At the meeting when the motion was
passed or the next following. The mover
must be one who voted on the prevailing
side requires a two-thlrds vote
g. Can all questions be reconsidered7
No.
10. II an appeal Is taken from the deci-
Il
what Is the result? Why2
II Is lost, because II half the voters are
with the chair he makes a majority.
II. Can n presiding officer vote after
the votes have been counted7
In some cases by unanimous consent he
can east the deciding vote
L. Can you correctly dispose OF an
| amendment to an amendment?
First put the amendment to the amend
ment. II carried put the amendment as
amended. II carried put the original ques-
tion as amended II lost. put the questions
as they come. beginning always with the
amendments
Is What is a point OF order?
When person is speaking and states
something wrong sny one may arise and
say, IL arise to point OF order" The
| chairman shall say. State the point OF
order" The one rising shall then cite
wherein the speaker has made a wrong
statement and II the chair sustains the
point OF order tho speaker shall sit down:
Is not sustained and no appeal is
taken. the speaker may continue.
~ Question OF prlvilege-when mader
II may be made when speaker has the
noor. As soon as II is disposed OF the
assembly resumes the consideration OF
the question which was interrupted
Is Objection tO consideration Of cues.
uon-whon made7
When n question comes up which any
one thinks should not be discussed he
may object to It's consideration. Cannot
be amended. Is Endobgtable requires two
| thirds vote does no, require a second
and is In order when another has the
roor