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2228 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, W.A. SEPTEMBER 23, 1927.(b) Any report of a committee or any portionthereof may be amended by the Board in any matterif it may think fit, or may be referred back to thecommittee for further consideration.(e) The recommendations of any committee, when'adopted by the Board, shall be resolutions of theBoard.Precedence of Chairman.25. When the Chairman rises in his place duringthe progress of a debate, any member when speakingor offering to speak shall immediately resume his seat,and every member shall preserve strict silence, so thatthe Chairman may be heard without interruption, butthe member who was speaking may resume when theChairman takes his seat.Notice of MotionAbsence of Mover.20. 1.11 the absence of a member who has placed anotice of motion on the business paper for any meeting,any other member may at such meeting movethe same, or such motion may be deferred until nextordinary meeting of the Board.Withdrawal of Motions.27. Except as elsewhere provided, no motion, afterbeing placed on the business paper, shall be withdrawnwithout the consent of the Board.Motions to be Seconded.28. No motion shall be debated unless or until ithas been seconded.Motions not to be Withdrawn without consent.29. When a motion has been proposed and secondedit shall become subject to the control of the Board,and shall not be withdrawn without the consent ofthe Board.Amendment may be moved.30. When a motion has been proposed and seconded,any member shall be at liberty to move an amendmentthereon, but no such amendment shall be debatedunless or until it has been seconded.Motions and Amendments to be in Writing.31. No motion or amendment shall be debatedunless or until it has been reduced to writing, if theChairman so directs.32. A motion or amendment not seconded cannotbe discussed by any member except the mover, norput by the Chairman.33. In submitting a motion or amendment theChairman shall put the question first in the affirmativeand then in the negative.Further Amendment may be moved on amendedQuestion.34. If an amendment has been carried, the questionas amended thereby shall become itself the questionbefore the Board, whereupon any further amendmentupon such question may be moved.Mow subsequent Amendments may be moved.35. If an amendment, whether upon an originalquestion or amended as aforesaid, has been negatived,then a further amendment may be moved to the questionto which such first-mentioned amendment wasmoved, and so on until there are no further amendmentsand the question is decided by the final vote inthe affirmative or negative: Provided that not morethan one question and one proposed amendmentthereof shall be before the Board at any one time.Motions for Adjournment.30. No discussion shall be permitted upon anymotion for adjournment of the Board. If upon thequestion being put on any such motion the same isnegatived, time subject then under consideration ornext on the business paper shall he discussed, and it:shall not be competent for any member to again movea motion for adjournment until half an hour haselapsed from the time of moving the one that hasbeen negatived.Mover of Adjournment, Mien entitled to priority.37. On resuming any discussion which has beenadjourned, the mover of such adjournment shall beentitled, if he has not already spoken on the subjectunder discussion, to speak first.Notice of Question to be given.38. Sufficient notice of every question shall hegiven to the Chairman or member expected to reply,and, if necessary, reference to other persons or todocuments.Questions to be put without argument.39. Every question shall be put categorically awlwithout argument.Replies and Objections.40. No discussion shall ensue upon any reply orrefusal to reply to any questions except by permissionof the Board.Mode of addressing Board.41. Members shall, on all occasions when at a meeting,:eh:tress the Chairman and speak to each other bytheir official designation, as Chaiftnmrdm or Secretary,etc., as the case may he, and, with the exception of theChairman, shall rise in their place and stand whilespeaking (except when prevented from doing so bybodily infirmity).Speaker not to he interrupted if in Order.42. No member shall be interrupted while speaking,except for the purpose of calling him to order, ashereinafter provided for in pursuance. of By-law.Limitation as to number of Speeches.-Cl. The mover of an original motion shall have theright of general reply to all observations which havebeen made in reference to such motion, and to anyamendment thereon, as well as the right to speak uponevery such amendment. Every member. other than themover of an original motion, shall have the right tospeak urn-e upon such motion and once upon everyamendment moved thereon. No member shall, withoutthe consent of the Board, speak more than once uponany one question, or for longer than ten minutes at anyone time, unless when misrepresented or misunderstood,in which case he may be permitted to explain withoutadding- further observations than may be necessary forthe purpose of such explanation.Determination of Questions.44. (a) All questions shall, if not otherwise decidedby law, be determined thus: Upon a questionbeing put the Chairman shall call for a show of handsfor and against; the question, and shall declare whetherthe question has been affirmed by the majority of memberspresent or otherwise. The decision of the Chairmanshall be final, unless such decision be immediatelychallenged and any member rise and demand a division.(b) Where any member dissents lie may request thathis name be recorded in the minutes as opposed to themotion, and it shall lie so lecoraed.Divisions.45. Upon a division being so called for, the questionshall first lie put in the affirmative and then in thenegative, and the Chairman and all members presentshall vote by a show of hands, and time names and votesof the (lb a 111.11all and members present shall be recordedin the minutes by the Secretary.uni.1111f111 may repeat Question.40. The Chairman shall be at liberty to put anyquestion as often as may be necessary to enable hiiii.to form his opinion as to the result of the voting anddeclare same.Acts of Disorder.47. Any member who at any mneeting of the Boardor any Committee emmunits a breacim of any By-law, orwho moves or attempts to move any motion or amendmentembodying any nuitter Ifeyona the legal jurisdictionof the Board or Committee, or who in any otherway raises or attempts to raise any question, or addressesor attempts to address the Board or Committeeupon_ any subject which the Board or Committee shallhave no legal right to entertain or discuss, or uses anylanguage which, according to the common usage ofgentlemen, would be disorderly, or makes use of anyexpression inconsistent with good older and decorum,or who says or does anything calculated to bring theBoard or Couunittee into contempt, shall be guilty ofan act of disorder.