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A practical compendium of parliamentary law lays out rules and procedures for deliberative assemblies, adapting legislative practice for ordinary societies. It defines and classifies motions—principal, subsidiary, incidental, and privileged—then explains their order of precedence, amendability, debatable scope, and interactions. It provides rules for introducing business, committees and reports, informal consideration, debate and decorum, voting methods and required majorities, and officers' duties and minutes. The second part offers step-by-step guidance on organizing meetings, drafting constitutions and bylaws, appointing committees, and managing routine business. A condensed table of rules and systematic cross-references are included to enable quick reference and practical application.

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Title: Robert's Rules of Order

Author: Henry M. Robert

Release date: November 13, 2004 [eBook #9097]
Most recently updated: September 8, 2022

Language: English

Credits: Randyl Kent Plampin

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ROBERT’S
RULES OF ORDER

For
Deliberative Assemblies


Part I.
Rules of Order.

A Compendium of Parliamentary Law, based upon the rules and practice of Congress.

Part II.
Organization and Conduct Of Business.

A simple explanation of the methods of organizing and conducting the business of societies, conventions, and other deliberative assemblies.

by Major Henry M. Robert,
Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.

Chicago:
S. C. Griggs & Company.
1876.


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

Printed by Burdick & Armitage, Milwaukee