other time for
meeting has been appointed, the chairman says, "The motion is carried;
--this assembly stands adjourned without day." [Another method by which
the meeting may be conducted is shown in Sec. 48.]

(d) Additional Officers. If more officers are

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required than a chairman and secretary, they can be appointed before
introducing the resolutions, in the manner described for those officers;
or the assembly can first form a temporary organization in the manner
already described, only adding "pro tem." to the title of the officers,
thus: "chairman pro tem." In this latter case, as soon as the
secretary pro tem. is elected, a committee is appointed to nominate the
permanent officers, as in the case of a convention [Sec. 47]. Frequently
the presiding officer is called the President, and sometimes there is a
large number of Vice Presidents appointed for mere complimentary
purposes. The Vice Presidents in large formal meetings, sit on the
platform beside the President, and in his absence, or when he vacates
the chair, the first on the list that is present should take the chair.

47. Meeting of a Convention or Assembly of Delegates. If the members
of the assembly have been elected or appointed as members, it becomes
necessary to know who are properly members of the assembly and entitled
to vote, before the permanent organization is effected. In this case a
temporary organization is made, as already described, by the election of
a chairman

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and secretary "pro tem.," when the chairman announces, "The next
business in order is the appointment of a committee on credentials." A
motion may then be made covering the entire case, thus: "I move that a
committee of three on the credentials of members be appointed by the
Chair, and that the committee report as soon as practicable;" or they
may include only one of these details, thus: "I move that a committee
be appointed on the credentials of members." In either case the Chair
proceeds as already described in the cases of committees on resolutions
[Sec. 46, (c)].

On the motion to accept the report of the committee, none can vote
except those reported by the committee as having proper credentials.
The committee, beside reporting a list of members with proper
credentials, may report doubtful or contested cases, with
re