or out of a question that has just been pending and must be decided before any other business is taken up; or that relate to the business of the assembly. They have no definite rank because they are in order whenever they are incidental to the business of the assembly regardless of the rank of the pending motions. They are undebatable except an appeal under certain circumstances hereafter described, page 93. A list of the common incidental motions is given in Chart II, page 167.
Practice Work.
(1) State all the steps necessary for calling a meeting to order, nominating a chairman, and electing a chairman.
(2) Take the part of the chairman, call for nominations for secretary, and conduct the election.
(3) Give two forms that may be used in nominating a chairman.
(4) What is meant by the chair's recognizing a member, and a member's obtaining the floor? What is a motion?
(5) Give two correct forms for any motion that is not a resolution, and three for a resolution.
(6) What is the distinction between a main motion and a secondary one? Can a main motion be debated? Can it be amended?
(7) Which subsidiary motions are debatable?[1] Which may be amended?[1]
(8) Why are privileged motions undebatable? Why do they have so high a rank?
(9) How are privileged motions unlike most subsidiary ones? Why do incidental motions have no definite rank?
(10) Give the substance of the six elementary principles laid down in the Introduction page xiv.
