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§ 62] (e) Appeal. While on all questions of order, and of interpretation of the rules, and of priority of business, it is the duty of the Chairman to first decide the question, it is the privilege of any member to “appeal from the decision.” If the appeal is seconded, the Chairman states his decision, and that it has been appealed from, and then states the question thus: “Shall the decision of the Chair stand as the judgment of the assembly [or society, convention, etc.]?”

The Chairman can then, without leaving the chair, state the reasons for his decision, after which it is open to debate (no member speaking more than once), excepting in the following cases, when it is undebatable: (1) When it relates to transgressions of the rules of speaking, or to some indecorum, or to the priority of business; and (2) when the previous question was pending at the time the question of order was raised. After the vote is taken, the Chairman states that the decision of the Chair is sustained, or reversed, as the case may be.

(a) Reading of Papers and (b) Withdrawal of a Motion. If a speaker wishes to read a paper, or a member to withdraw his motion after it has been stated