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110 111. When noticed has been given that a proposed amendment to the constitution or by-laws will be acted upon at another meeting, it should be taken up under the order of “new business,” and if the proposed amendment to be a constitution or by-law already in force, it should be treated as a principal or independent motion, instead of as a subsidiary motion, as in case of an amendment to a proposed by-law not yet in force. When there is a series of propositions to be amended, as the constitution or by-laws of a society, the hole should be read first to give the members a general idea of its scope, then they should be considered section by section, amending each section if necessary in its order, but any section should not be adopted until all amendments necessary have been made, since it might become necessary to further amend an adopted section and since constitutions, by-laws, resolutions, etc., usually have a preamble setting forth the objects of the society or reasons for the action; the preamble should be acted upon last, because amendments to the constitution, by-laws or resolutions may require a corre-