Felt’s Parliamentary Procedure/To Fill Blanks
TO FILL BLANKS.
133. Sometimes resolutions are introduced, or reports of committees made, in which blanks are left to be filled by the assembly. It is not necessary to make a motion to fill them (although such a motion is not prohibited), but any number of persons may suggest the number with which to fill them.
This motion or suggestion does not require to be seconded, because it is the right of any member to suggest one name, date, place, or sum for the consideration of the assembly, whether anyone else coincides with him or not.
The second, or any number following, is not to be considered as an amendment, for the reason that the rule applied to amendments—first come, first served—does not apply in filling blanks, but the filling of the blank should be decided by putting to vote, beginning with that number or time which is likely to unite the fewest members in its support, and if this is rejected the next number or time, and so on until one receives votes sufficient to adopt it. After the blank has been filled, the resolution or report is ready for adoption, rejection or modification by the assembly, and may be amended like any other proposition.
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