The only current authorized edition of the classic work on parliamentary procedure.

Includes index.

The deliberative assembly : its types and their rules -- The conduct of business in a deliberative assembly -- Description of motions in all classifications -- Meeting and session -- The main motion -- Subsidiary motions -- Privileged motions -- Incidental motions -- Motions that bring a question again before the assembly -- Renewal of motions : dilatory and improper motions -- Quorum : order of business and related concepts -- Assignment of the floor : debate -- Voting -- Nominations and elections -- Officers : minutes and officers' reports -- Boards and committees -- Mass meetings : organization of a permanent society -- Bylaws -- Conventions -- Disciplinary procedures -- Charts, tables, and lists.