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6. The minutes of the last Meeting or Meetings of
the Vestry, shall be read, as the first business at each
ordinary and adjourned Vestry, and if correctly entered,
the same shall be signed as required by the Statute, but
no discussion shall be allowed upon the Minutes, except
as to their accuracy, and any objection on that ground
shall be decided by the Members present, who were also
present at the Meetings to which such Minutes refer.
7. At every Ordinary and Adjourned Meeting of the
Vestry, after the Minutes have been read and signed, then immediately
before the commencement of business, it shall be
competent for any Members to ask a question or questions
relative to Parochial affairs, of any Member or Officer of
the Vestry, of which forty-eight hours' notice at the least
shall have been given in writing to the Vestry Clerk, and
signed by the Member intending to ask the same, but no
discussion shall take place thereon, and such question
shall be printed.
8. A paper of business for each Vestry shall be
prepared by the Clerk, and sent to each Member three
clear days before the Meeting, and no other business shall
be considered at that Meeting except by a Resolution of
the Vestry; and a copy of the Business Paper shall be
posted up in a conspicuous place in the Vestry Hall.
9. No Motion or Amendment shall be put from the
Chair (except a Motion to adjourn, upon which there shall
be no discussion), unless the same be in writing, and
duly seconded.
10. Any Member having once spoken on a Motion or
Amendment, shall not again address the Vestry on the
same subject, or at the same stage of proceedings, except
in explanation, or the Mover of the original resolution
in reply ; and no Member shall speak longer than ten
minutes on any Motion or Amendment.