a body, and what number shall be present in order that they may act as a
Board, is to be decided by the society that appoints the Board. If no
quorum is specified, then a majority constitutes a quorum.

44. Order of Business. It is customary for every society having a
permanent existence,

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to adopt an order of business for its meetings. When no rule has been
adopted, the following is the order:

(1) Reading the Minutes of the previous meeting [and their approval].
(2) Reports of Standing Committees.
(3) Reports of Select Committees.
(4) Unfinished Business.
(5) New Business.

Boards of Managers, Trustees, etc., come under the head of standing
committees. Questions that have been postponed from a previous
meeting, come under the head of unfinished business; and if a subject
has been made a "special order" for the day, it shall take precedence of
all business except reading the minutes. If it is desired to transact
business out of its order, it is necessary to suspend the rules [§ 18],
which can only be done by a two-thirds vote; but as each subject comes
up, a majority can at once lay it on the table [§ 19], and thus reach
any question which they desire to first dispose of.

The order of business, in considering any report or proposition
containing several paragraphs,* [No vote should be taken on the adoption