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Speeches. 2. A Member shall not speak more than once
upon the same motion or amendment, except in reply to
the original motion, and no Member shall speak longer
than ten minutes on any motion or amendment.
Adjournment of Debate. 3. No Member moving the adjournment
of a debate or the Vestry shall be allowed to speak for
more than five minutes; after the motion has been seconded
without a speech, and one Member has been heard for not
more than five minutes in opposition to the motion, the
question shall be at once put without farther debate.
Closure. 4. When nine Members shall rise in their
places and desire that the question shall be put, the Chairman
shall put the previous question, "That the Question
be now put." If the Vestry resolve in the affirmative,
then, if the question before the Vestry be the original
motion, or the first amendment, the Chairman shall call
upon the mover of the original motion to reply before
putting the question.
Division. 5. A division may be demanded by any five
Members, and after the division bell has been rung for one
minute, the Chairman shall cause the names of the Members
of the Vestry to be called over, and their votes taken. The
door of the Vestry Hall shall be closed during the division.
Opposed Business. 6. No opposed business shall be taken after
Ten o'clock p.m. Opposed business, for the purposes of
this Rule, means business to which three Members rise in
their places in opposition.
Money Payments, etc. 7. No motion for the payment of any sum of
money, or motion for an increase of salary, or a gratuity
to any person, shall be entertained at any Meeting of the