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21.—If the motion "That the Vestry do resolve itself into Committee
" be carried, the place of meeting shall be cleared of all persons
other than Vestrymen and officers.
22.—The motion to proceed to the next business shall not be
moved a second time in the course of the debate on the same subject.
If the motion be lost, the debate shall be resumed at the point at
which it was interrupted.
If the motion be carried, the subject under discussion shall be
considered as dropped.
23.—The motion " That the question be now put" shall not be
moved until the debate has lasted half-an-hour, and shall not be
carried unless there be a majority in its favour of at least two-thirds of
the Vestrymen present.
If the motion be carried, the Chairman shall, subject to any right
of reply, forthwith put the question.
If an amendment be under discussion, the motion shall only apply
to that amendment.
If the motion be lost, it shall not again be moved within half-anhour.
24.—All notices of motion shall be in writing, and shall be delivered
to the Vestry Clerk at least three clear days before the day of the meeting
of the Vestry at which such motions are to be considered.
25.—In the absence of a Vestryman who has given notice of
motion, such motion shall not be proceeded with unless he has in writing
authorized another Vestryman to move it.
26.—Every Vestryman moving an amendment shall state its terms
before speaking in its support or in opposition to the motion.
Every amendment shall be relevant to the motion before the Chair,
and shall if required be reduced into writing.
When one amendment is moved, no other shall be entertained
until the first is disposed of. The question shall be so put, that if one
amendment be negatived another may be moved: if an amendment be
affirmed, it shall become a substantive motion, and be subject to the
same regulations as the motion it has displaced, including the right ot
reply on the part of tlie mover of the amendment so affirmed.
No Vestryman who has spoken during the debate shall move an
Amendment to the motion beft re the Chair; nor shall the mover or
seconder of an amendment move or second any other amendment on
the same substantive motion.