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§ 25 keeps within the rules of the assembly, except to have entered on the minutes a motion to reconsider (135), by a call to order (32), by an objection to the consideration of the question (126), by a call for the orders of the day ( 89), or by a question of privilege requiring immediate action (87).  

25. After a motion has been made it should have the support of another member (to assure the assembly it has more than one supporter, and is worthy of consideration), who rises in his place and without waiting for recognition says: “I second the motion.” There are many reasons why a member should rise in seconding a motion. Among these reasons may be mentioned that it bars a non-member 