weeks after being imposed, he shall be fined ten cents, and for each succeeding week, if he still persists in not paying, fifteen cents.

SEC. 13. Should any member refuse to conform to the rules of debate, etc., he shall suffer a penalty of twenty cents.

SEC. 14. For such acts of negligence and violations of the rules and regulations of this society as are not noticed in the above sections, the chair, with the consent of the society, may impose a fine not less than ten cents, and not exceeding one dollar.

ARTICLE XI.

The society may at any time fine the President, while presiding, for any neglect of duty, ten cents.

ARTICLE XII.—APPEALS.

Any member shall have the right, when fined, to appeal from the decision of the chair to the meeting; and if his appeal be seconded by another member, both distinctly asserting in courteous language that they believe the decision or the chair to be erroneous, the society will take into consideration the question, and unless the society sustain the position of the chair, the fine shall be remitted.

ARTICLE XIII.-RESIGNATION.

No member shall resign unless his resignation be submitted in writing two weeks previous to the time of resignation. No such resignation shall be received by the society until all arrearages are paid.

ARTICLE XIV.-SUSPENSION AND EXPULSION.

SEC. 1. Any member who shall refuse to conform to the constitution, by laws, rules and regulations of this society, or be guilty of repeated disorderly conduct, shall be subject to suspension or expulsion.

SEC. 2. When the motion for the expulsion of a member shall have been made, it shall be announced at two regular meetings previous to action being taken, when the accused shall be permitted to show reasons why he should not be expelled. If, however, three-fourths of the members present vote in favor of the motion, it shall be carried; and under no circumstances can it be reconsidered.

SEC. 3.-Members expelled cannot be proposed again for membership within three months.

ARTICLE XV.-TRIAL.

Any member charged with indecent language, or gross immoral conduct, shall be tried by a committee of five; and one of the committee believing him guilty, shall, before the whole society, prosecute the case. After the prosecutor has made his speech, the prosecuted shall rise, and if he choose make his de. fence. The prosecution shall then close the argument, and the society shall determine, viva voce, whether he shall be censured, suspended, or expelled.

ARTICLE XVI.-COMMITTEES.

SEC. 1.-There shall always be one standing committee, and special committees may be appointed by the President.

SEC. 2.-All questions brought forward by the Query Committee shall be presented by the chairman of the committee to the society, and the vote shall be taken, for reception or rejection, without debate. The reports of all other committees are free for debate, etc.

SEC. 3.-All reports of committees shall be presented in writing, and signed by the members offering the same. A majority of a committee constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business. Each member shall be fined for the non-performance of his duty; and when a committee is fined for non-performance of duty, each member shall bear an equal share of the fine.

SEC. 4.-The chairman of the Query Committee shall, immediately before the expiration of his term of office, present to and read before the society his monthly report.

ARTICLE XVII.-BADGE.

Each member of this society shall wear a suitable badge, which the society shall see fit to adopt.

ARTICLE XVIII.-LIBRARY.

The society being, as it were, in its nascent state, has not the funds at command now to appropriate to that highly commendable undertaking of purchasing a library of one or two thousand volumes. However, there shall be a library.

Bules of Order.

RULE 1. No question shall be stated unless moved by two members, nor be open for consideration until stated by the chair. When a question is before the society, no motion shall be received, except to lay on the table, the previous question, to postpone, to refer, or to amend; and they shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged.

RULE 2. When a member intends to speak on a question, he shall rise in his place, and respectfully address his remarks to the President, confine himself to the question, and avoid personality. Should more than one member rise to speak at the same time, the President shall determine who is entitled to the floor. RULE 3.-Every member shall have the privilege of speaking three times on any question under consideration, but not oftener, unless by the consent of the society (determined by vote); and no member shall speak more than once, until every member wishing to speak shall have spoken.

RULE 4.-The President, while presiding, shall state every question coming before the society; and immediately before putting it to vote shall ask: "Are you ready for the question?" Should no member rise to speak, he shall rise to put the question; and after he has risen no member shall speak upon it, unless by permission of the society.

RULE 5.-The affirmative and negative of the question having been both put and answered, the President declares the number of legal votes cast, and whether the affirmative or negative have it.

RULE 6. All questions, unless otherwise fixed by law, shall be determined by a majority of votes.

RULE 7.-After any question, except one of indefinite postponement, has been decided, any member may move a reconsideration thereof, if done in two weeks after the decision. A motion for reconsideration the second time, of the same question, shall not be in order at any time.

RULE 8.-Any two members may call for a division of a question, when the same will admit of it.

RULE 9.-The President, or any member, may call a member to order while speaking, when the debate must be suspended, and the member takes his seat until the question of order is decided.

RULE 10.-The President shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in preference to other members; and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the society by any member, in which appeal no person shall speak but the President and the member called to order.

RULE 11.-No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of an amendment.

RULE 12.-No addition, alteration or amendment to the constitution, bylaws, etc., shall be acted upon until it shall have laid upon the table two weeks.

RULE 13.-No nomination shall be considered as made until seconded.
RULE 14.—The President shall sign all the proceedings of the meetings.
RULE 15.-No member shall vote by proxy.

RULE 16.-No motion shall be withdrawn by the mover unless the second withdrew his second.

RULE 17.-No extract from any book shall be read consuming more than five minutes.

RULE 18.-No motion for adjournment shall be in order until after nine o'clock.

RULE 19.-Every motion shall be reduced to writing, should the officers of the society desire it.

RULE 20.-An amendment to an amendment is in order, but not to amend an amendment to an amendment of a main question.

RULE 21. The previous question shall be put in this form, if seconded by a majority of the members present: "Shall the main question be put?" If decided in the affirmative, the main question is to be put immediately, and all further debate or amendment must be suspended.

RULE 22.-Members not voting shall be considered as voting in the affirmative, unless excused by the society.

RULE 23-Any member offering a protest against any of the proceedings of

this society may have the same, if in respectful language, entered in full upon the minutes.

RULE 24.-No subject laid on the table shall be taken up again on the same evening.

RULE 25.-No member shall speak on any motion (except the mover thereof) more than twice, nor more than once until all wishing to speak shall have spoken; neither shall he make or debate an amendment, having spoken twice on the original motion, without permission of the society.

RULE 26.-No motion shall be debatable until seconded.
RULE 27. Points of order are debatable to the society.

RULE 28.-Appeals and motions to reconsider or adjourn are not debatable. RULE 29.-When a very important motion or amendment shall be made and seconded, the mover thereof may be called upon to reduce the same to writing, and hand it in at the table, from which it shall be read thrice, open to the society for debate.

RULE 30.-The mover of a motion shall be at liberty to accept any amendment thereto; but if an amendment be offered and not accepted, yet duly seconded, the society shall pass upon it before voting upon the original motion.

RULE 31.-Every officer, on leaving his office, shall give to his successor all papers, documents, books and money belonging to the society.

RULE 32.-No smoking, and no refreshments, except water, shall be allowed in the society's hall.

RULE 33.-When a motion to adjourn is carried, no member shall leave his seat until the President has left his chair.

RULE 34.-No alteration can be made in these rules of order without a fourfifth vote of the society, and two weeks' notice; neither can they be suspended but by a like vote, and then for the evening only.

Order of Debate.

SEC. 1.-The President, or in his absence the Vice-President, shall take the chair at the hour named in the 2d section of Article I. of the by-laws. In the absence of those officers a President pro tem. shall be chosen by the society.

SEC. 2. The debate shall transpire immediately after the oration. After the business of the society embraced in the "Order of Business" down to "Debate" shall have been transacted, and then the regular disputants found absent, the President shall open the debate for irregulars by stating the subject. Should the members finish speaking before the disputants shall have arrived, miscellaneous business will be in order. Should the disputants then arrive, the subject will be debated again. After the leaders have spoken, any member may join in the debate, but shall confine himself exclusively to the question under

consideration. The article on fines will be rigidly enforced in case of the violation of any of the rules of order or debate.

SEC. 3.-The President shall be privileged to debate upon all subjects, on calling the Vice-President to the chair.

SEC. 4. After the meeting has been called to order each member shall take a seat, which he shall be required to occupy during the evening, and shall not interrupt the proceedings by reading or conversation, except in accordance with rule of Order No. 9, without permission of the President.

SEC. 5.-When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to lay on the table, to postpone, to commit, or to amend.

SEC. 6. No member, once fairly in possession of the floor, can be refused a hearing. A call to order does not prevent a speaker from finishing his speech. If the society act disorderly, and persist in disorder, the President shall have a right to leave the chair, and justly abandon the assembly to its own guidance and discretion. A speaker, for some special purpose, may voluntarily yield the floor in favor of another, and as soon as the object of interruption is gained he shall be entitled to go on with his speech; but it will be a matter of favor or concession, not of right.

SEC. 7. All the members are respectfully requested to study the question for coming debate, and prepare themselves to discuss it.

SEC. 8.-No addition, alteration, or amendment to this order of debate can be made; neither can any part of it be repealed without a four-fifth vote of the society, and two weeks' notice.

Bules of Debate.

RULE 1.-The following shall be the exercises for the promotion of the objects of this society. On the first meeting in every month the society shall choose one member who shall deliver an oration before the society on the last meeting in the month.

RULE 2. On the evening for debating, the President shall first state the subject, and the sides shall then speak alternately, if desiring; the leader of the affirmative always opening the debate, and the leader of the negative always answering. The negative side only shall close the debate.

RULE 3.—In any debate no member shall speak more than three times without permission from the society, nor more than once, until every member wishing to speak shall have spoken. No member shall occupy the floor more than thirty minutes.

RULE 4.—The society shall decide all debates, according to the merits of the arguments used by either side.

RULE 5.-These rules may be altered or amended by a four-fifth vote of the society, written notice of the intended alteration or amendment having been given two weeks previous.