1876.

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Copyright, A.D. 1876,
by
H. M. Robert

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Printed by Burdick & Armitage, Milwaukee

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PREFACE.

There appears to be much needed a work on parliamentary law, based, in
its general principles, upon the rules and practice of Congress, and
adapted, in its details, to the use of ordinary societies. Such a work
should give, not only the methods of organizing and conducting the
meetings, the duties of the officers and the names of the ordinary
motions, but in addition, should state in a systematic manner, in
reference to each motion, its object and effect; whether it can be
amended or debated; if debatable, the extent to which it opens the main
question to debate; the circumstances under which it can be made, and
what other motions can be made while it is pending. This Manual has
been prepared with a view to supplying the above information in a
condensed and systematic manner, each rule being either complete in