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 I.-GENERAL OBSERVATIONS

1. Public meetings and assemblies in Canada, p. 4. 2. All public bodice generally governed by the parliamentary law of Canada, p. 5. 3. Special rules necessary in certain cases, p. 6. 4. How regulations can be changed, p. 7 5. Suspension of rules, p. 7. 6. Meaning of "session," "sitting," "meeting," etc., p. 8. 7. Presiding officer, p. 9. 8. How chosen, p. 11. 9. Special statutory provisions provided in majority of cases for selection of such officer, p. 11. 10. Quorum, p. 12. 11. Order of business, p. 12. 12. Notices of motions, p. 13 13. Minutes of proceedings, p. 14. 14. Proposal of motions. p. 15 15. Putting of motions and amendments thereto, p. 16. 16. Taking sense of an assembly, p. 17. 17. Debate, p. 18. 18. "Previous question" explained, p. 18 19. Object of all rules: due deliberation, p. 22. 20. Relevancy of debate, p. 23. 21. Question one decided not renewable, as a rule, at same seasien, p. 23. 22. Reconsideration, p. 24 23. Committee of the whole, p. 27. 24. Importance of select committees, p. 29. 25. Reports of committees, p. 29. 26. Dilatory motions, viz.: To adjourn, p. 30. To lay on the table, p. 31. To postpone to a specified time, p. 38. To postpone indefinitely, p. 33. To commit, in American practice, p. 35. 27. General remarks on preceding motions, p. 36. 28. Importance of rules of order, p. 37.