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this time. As has been stated before (page 233), all the Articles are voted 

 on as a whole. Until the final vote on the Constitution as a whole is 

 taken, further amendments may be adopted. 



Article IV — Parliamentary rules 



Roberts' Rules of Order shall be authority in all questions not covered 

 by the Constitution and By-Laws. 



Article V — Amendments 



These By-Laws may be amended in the same way that the Constitution 

 may be. 



At the first regular meeting after the adoption of the 



Model for Constitution and By-Laws, the meeting is called to order 



conducting by the chairman pro tem. Rising, she says: " The 



a regular meeting will please come to order; the secretary will 



meeting read the minutes of the previous meeting." 



She takes her seat while the mnnutes are being read, 

 then says: " You have heard the reading of the minutes. Are there 

 any corrections ? ' ' After a brief pause, she continues : "If there are none, 

 the minutes stand approved." 



The chairman then announces that the next business in order will be 

 the election of officers. 



The first office to fill is that of President. Nominations for the office 

 of President are now in order. The Constitution provides that nomina- 

 tions shall be from the floor. A member rises, and, addressing the chair- 

 man, says, perhaps: 



" I nominate Mrs. Brown for President " (Mrs. Brown being the present 

 presiding chairman pro tem). Another member nominates some one 

 else. The chairman then says: 



" Are there any other nominations? if not, nominations are closed." 



The chairman, not desiring to preside over her own 



Procedure election, asks some other member to take the chair 



when chair- and conduct the election. She herself vacates the chair. 



man is Her substitute as chairman pro tem appoints tellers, 



nominated and asks them to distribute ballots. When the tellers 



for office collect the ballots, the Chair asks: 



" Have all voted who desire to do so? If they have, 

 the polls are closed." 



The tellers retire to count the ballots and some one moves to take a 

 recess until the tellers report the result of the counting. The chairman 

 of the tellers, when they are ready to report, hands their report in writing 



