amended. Where the resolutions have been just read by the member
presenting them, the reading by the clerk is usually dispensed with
without the formality of a vote. By "suspending the rules" [§ 18], or
by general consent, a report can be at once adopted without following
any of the above routine.

45. Amendments of Rules of Order. These rules can be amended at any
regular meeting of the assembly, by a two-thirds vote of the members
present, provided the amendment was submitted in writing at the previous
regular meeting. And no amendment to Constitutions or By-Laws shall be
permitted, without at least equal notice and a two-thirds vote.*
[Constitutions, By-Laws and Rules of Order should always prohibit their
being amended by less than a two-thirds vote, and without previous
notice of the amendment being given. If the By-Laws should contain
rules that it may be desirable to occasionally suspend, then they should
state how they can be suspended, just as is done in these Rules of
Order, § 18. If there is no such rule it is impossible to suspend any
rule, if a single member objects.

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PART II.

ORGANIZATION AND CONDUCT OF BUSINESS.*
[The exact words used by the chairman or member, are in many cases in
quotations. It is not to be inferred that these are the only forms
permitted, but that these forms are proper and common. They are
inserted for the benefit of those unaccustomed to parliamentary forms,
and are sufficiently numerous for ordinary meetings.]