ISBN: 9780217015509

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1914. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... dispensed with. If the assembly are ready to receive it at the time, they cry out, now, now, whereupon the chairman proceeds; if not then ready, some other time is mentioned, as to-morrow, or Monday, and that time is fixed by general consent. But when it is not the general sense of the assembly to receive the report at the time, it is better to agree upon and fix the time by a motion and question. Concluding Remarks. 312. Suggestions.--In bringing this treatise to a close, it will not be deemed out of place to make a suggestion or two for the benefit of those persons who may be called upon to act as presiding officers for the first time. 313. Presiding Officer Should be Attentive.--One of the most essential parts of the duty of a presiding officer is to give the closest attention to the proceedings of the assembly, and especially to what is said by every member who speaks. Without the first, confusion will be almost certain to occur, wasting the time, perhaps disturbing the harmony, of the assembly. The latter is not merely a decent manifestation of respect for those who have elevated him to an honorable station, but it tends greatly to encourage timid or diffident members, and to secure them a patient and attentive hearing; and it often enables the presiding officer, by a timely interference, to check offensive language in season to prevent scenes of tumult and disorder, such as have sometimes disgraced our legislative halls. 314. Observing Rules.--It should be constantly kept in mind by a presiding officer that in a deliberative assembly there can regularly be but one thing done or doing at the same time. This caution he will find particularly useful to him whenever a quarrel arises between two members in consequence of words spoken in debate. In such a ... Luther Stearns Cushing, Books, History, Manual Of Parliamentary Practice; Rules Of Proceeding And Debate In Deliberative Assemblies Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: John C. Winston company in 1914 in 252 pages; Subjects: Parliamentary practice; Law / General; Political Science / General; Political Science / Government / Legislative Branch; Political Science / History & Theory; Political Science / International Relations / General; Political Science / Political Process / General; Reference / General;<