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§ 155 favor of sustaining the chair say aye. . . . Those opposed no. .. . The noes have it. The chair is overruled. The assembly decides the amendment not in order, and it is not in order (or)—the ayes have it. The chair is sustained. The assembly decides the amendment to be in order, and it is in order. (Business proceeds accordingly).

* Note.—The student will notice that while a point of order is not debatable (unless debate is requested by the chair) an appeal from a decision of the chair on a point of order is debatable.

155. The resolution, Resolved, That this assembly approve the action of the board of education in assigning doctors to duty in the public schools, is before the assembly.

Mr. Ryan (obtaining the floor): I move to amend by striking out the word approve and inserting the word disapprove.

The Chairman: The amendment offered does not change the question before the assembly. The question to be decided by the original resolution, or by the resolution, if so amended, is whether the assembly approves or does not approve of