326 GENERAL TOPICS. 



5. No member shall interrupt another while he is speak- 

 ing, except to call to order. 



6. Any member may call for a division of the question, 

 when the sense will admit of it. 



7. When any three members call for the yeas and nays, 

 they shall be taken and recorded on the minutes. 



8. All resolutions shall, when required by the president 

 or any member, be submitted in writing, and signed by the 

 member offering the same. 



9. Cushing's " Manual of Parliamentary Practice " shall 

 be adopted as authority in all matters pertaining to parlia- 

 mentary order in the club. 



10. These Rules may be amended in the same manner 

 as the Constitution and By-laws. 



Order of Business. 



1. Calling the roll of officers and necessary filling of 

 vacancies. 



2. Reading of minutes of last meeting. 



3. Reports of committees. 



4. Unfinished business. 



5. New business. 



6. Reception of new members. 



7. Has any member any question to ask for information 

 in regard to his farm, stock, etc.? 



8. Reading of communications and essays. 



9. Discussion of regular topic. 



10. Assignment of subject for next discussion. 



CONSTITUTION OF VILLAGE-IMPROVEMENT 

 SOCIETIES. 



Article i. This society shall be called the Im- 

 provement Society. 



Art. 2. The object of this society shall be to improve 

 and ornament the streets and public grounds of the village 

 by planting and cultivating trees, establishing and protect- 

 ing grass-plats and borders in the avenues, and generally 

 doing whatever may tend to the improvement of the village 

 as a place of residence. 



