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196 cision of the chair may be promptly overruled by the assembly. In short, it may be said that while it is easy to state these rules in words, it is often difficult either to enforce them or to rule upon them in practice; therefore the chairman should have a good temper, much firmness, great tact, and, above all, common sense as well as ability to make good use of these gifts, because the larger the assembly the more complicated the business before it, the more imperative it is that the presiding officer be equal to the occasion.