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 PART II.

Organization, Meetings, and Legal Rights of Assemblies.

Art. XII. Organization and Meetings.

69. An Occasional or Mass Meeting.


 * (a) Organization 275


 * (b) Adoption of Resolutions 277


 * (c) Committee to Draft Resolutions 280


 * (d) Semi-Permanent Mass Meeting 283

70. A Permanent Society


 * (a) First Meeting 284


 * (b) Second Meeting 286


 * (c) Regular Meeting 291

71. Meeting of a Convention.


 * (a) An Organized Convention 292


 * (b) A Convention not yet Organized 296

69. An Occasional or Mass Meeting. (a) Organisation. Before calling a meeting that is not one of an organized society, the following Preliminary Steps should be taken: Those who are responsible for the call should consult together and agree upon the place and time of the meeting, how the notice shall be given, who shall call the meeting to order and nominate the chairman, who shall be nominated for chairman, and who shall explain the object of the meeting. It is also good policy sometimes to have a set of resolutions drafted in advance to submit to the meeting. It is not customary to call mass meetings to order promptly at the appointed time, but to wait ten or