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2. No debate shall ever take place in the Society but on motion 

 duly made and seconded and afterwards stated by the presiding 

 member. 



3. When a member speaks he shall stand up, addressing himself 

 to the presiding member; and. avoiding desultory remarks, he shall 

 confine himself strictly to the merits of the question under considera- 

 tion. 



4. No member while speaking shall be interrupted, unless by the 

 presiding member, when he shall think fit to call him to order or to 

 admonish him to a closer adherence to the question under discussion. 



5. When a member speaking is called to order he shall instantly 

 sit down or appeal from the call to the Society, who shall determine 

 without debate. 



6. No member shall speak more than twice to the same question 

 without previously asking and obtaining leave of the Society. 



7. Whilst any question or motion is under debate, no other motion 

 shall be admitted, unless to divide the question, to amend, to postpone, 

 to adjourn, or to take the pending question. 



8. No motion to reconsider a former vote can be made or seconded 

 except by a member who voted in the majority. Nor shall any such 

 motion be entertained unless it be made forthwith, or at the next stated 

 meeting after the action which it proposes to reconsider. 



9. A motion for adjournment shall at all times be determined with- 

 out debate. 



10. The presiding member shall have no vote, unless in the case of 

 a tie or equality of votes among the other members, or where the act 

 of incorporation or the laws require more than a bare majority of the 

 members present, or where the vote is taken by ballot. 



11. Where a ballot is not required by the laws, the votes, if re- 

 quested by three of the members present, shall be taken by ayes and 

 noes, and shall be recorded among the proceedings of the meeting. 



12. Every meeting of the Society and of the council shall be 

 advertised in at least two of the daily newspapers of the city on the 

 day previous to the time of meeting. 



13. Any of the foregoing rules of order may, for the more con- 

 venient despatch of business at any meeting, be suspended by a vote 

 of two-thirds of the members present. 



