according to the Pocket Manual, to
order the yeas and nays, which is doubtless best in the majority of
assemblies; but in all bodies in which the members are responsible to
their constituents, a much smaller number should have this power. In
Congress it requires but a one-fifth vote, and in some bodies a single
member can require a vote to be taken by yeas and nays. Any society
adopting this Manual, should make its rules govern them in all cases to
which they are applicable, and in which they are not inconsistent with
the By-Laws and Rules of Order of the society. Their own rules should
include all of the cases where it is desirable to vary from the rules in
the Manual, and especially should provide for a Quorum [Sec. 43], and an
Order of Business [Sec. 44], as suggested in these rules.]

The Manual is divided into two distinct parts, each complete in itself.
[The table at the end contains a large amount of information in a
tabular form, for easy reference in the midst of the business of a
meeting.]

Part I contains a set of Rules of Order systematically arranged, as
shown in the Table of Contents. Each one of the forty-five sections is
complete in itself, so that no one unfamiliar with the work can be
misled in examining any particular subject. Cross references are freely
used to save repeating

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from other sections, and by this means the reader, without using the
index, is referred to everything in the Rules of Order that has any
bearing upon the subject he is investigating. The references are by
sections, and for convenience the numbers of the sections are placed at
the top of each page. The motions are arranged under the usual classes,
in their order of rank, but in the index under the word motion will be
found an alphabetical list of all the motions generally used. In
reference to each motion there is stated:

(1) Of what motions it takes precedence (that is, what motions may,
be pending, and yet it be in order to make this motion).
(2) To what motions it yields (that is, what motions may be made
while this motion is pending).
(3) Whether it is debatable or not.
(4) Whether it can be amended or not.
(5) In case the motion can have no subsidiary motion applied to it,
the fact is stated [see Adjourn, Sec. 11, for an example: the
meaning is, that the particular motion to adjourn, for example,