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5. After any question (except of indefinite postponement) has been decided, 

 any member who voted in the majority may, at the same or next meeting, move 

 for a reconsideration thereof; but no discussion of the main question shall be 

 allowed unless reconsidered. 



6. No member shall speak more than once on the same subject, until all the 

 members wishing to speak have had an opportunity to do so, or more than twice 

 without permission from the chair. And no member, while speaking, shall name 

 another by his or her proper name, but shall use the appropriate designation be 

 longing to his or her standing in the Grange. 



7. The Master or any other member may call a brother or sister to order while 

 speaking; when the debate shall be suspended, and the brother or sister shall not 

 speak until the point of order be determined, unless to appeal from .the chair, 

 when he or she may use the words following, and no others: &quot;Master, I respect 

 fully appeal from the decision of the chair to the Grange.&quot; Whereupon the 

 Grange shall proceed to vote on the question: &quot;Will the Grange sustain the de 

 cision of the chair? &quot; 



8. When a brother or sister intends to speak on a question, he or she shall 

 rise in his or her place and respectfully address his or her remarks to the Worthy 

 Master, confining him or herself to the question, and avoid personality. Should 

 more than one member rise to speak at the same time, the Worthy Master shall 

 determine who is entitled to the floor. 



9. When a brother or sister has been called to order by the Worthy Master 

 for the manifestation of temper or improper feeling, he or she shall not be al 

 lowed to speak again on the subject under discussion in the Grange, at that 

 meeting, except to apologize. 



10. On a call of five members, a majority of the Grange may demand that the 

 previous question shall be put, which shall always be in this form: &quot; Shall the 

 main question now be put ?&quot; And until it is decided shall preclude all amend 

 ments to the main question and all further debate. 



11. All motions or resolutions offered in the Grange shall be reduced to writ 

 ing, if required. 



12. When standing or special committees are appointed, the individual first 

 named is considered the chairman, although each has a right to elect its own 

 chairman. Committees are required to meet and attend to the matters assigned 

 to them with regularity, and not by separate consultation, or in a loose and in 

 definite manner. 



13. The Worthy Master, by virtue of his office, may attend all meetings of 

 committees, take part in their deliberations (without voting, however), and urge 

 them to action. (In the appointment of committees, the Worthy Master, who 

 should ever preserve a courteous and conciliatory deportment to all, not over 

 looking the humblest member, has many opportunities for bringing humble merit 

 into notice, and of testing and making available the capabilities of those around 

 him. He should carefully avoid both petulancy and favoritism, and act with 

 strict impartiality.) 



14. In all cases, not herein provided, &quot; Cushing s Manual &quot; shall be our 

 parliamentary law. 



