expressly provided for.

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Art. X. Officers and Committees.

50. Chairman or President. It is the duty of the chairman to call the
meeting to order at the appointed time, to preside at all the meetings,
to announce the business before the assembly in its proper order, to
state and put all questions properly brought before the assembly, to
preserve order and decorum, and to decide all questions of order
(subject to an appeal). When he "puts a question" to vote, and when
speaking upon an appeal, he should stand;* [In meetings of boards of
managers, committees and other small bodies, the chairman usually
retains his seat, and even members in speaking do not rise.] in all
other cases he can sit. In all cases where his vote would affect the
result, or where the vote is by ballot, he can vote. When a member
rises to speak, he

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should say, "Mr. Chairman," and the chairman should reply, "Mr. A;" he
should not interrupt a speaker as long as he is in order, but should
listen to his speech, which should be addressed to him and not to the
assembly. The chairman should be careful to abstain from the appearance
of partizanship, but he has the right to call another member to the
chair while he addresses the assembly on a question; when speaking to a
question of order he does not leave the chair.

51. The Clerk, Secretary or Recording Secretary, as he is variously