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§ 32 of the society are present at a special meeting, other business than that specified in the call may be legally transacted, if there is no objection.  

32. Every member of an assembly has the right to require in order, in accordance with parliamentary usage and its own rules. Therefore, when any rule of the assembly or of parliamentary law is violated, or when any member is not speaking to the question, or is guilty of indecorum in debate, or, in fact, whenever the procedure varies from the regular order, the means provided for adjusting such irregularity or correcting mistakes in the method of procedure is to rise to a point of order. The raising of the point suspends proceedings until the question of order is decided.

A question of order (provided it is made at once) takes precedence over all other business, except questions of privilege (87); delay in making the point renders it inad-