CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

176 STATUTES of En

IV. CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

A.

Agenda.

19. The ^business at any meeting shall be transacted

in

the follow- ing order, and not otherwise, except by direction of the Senate:

(a) Reading, amendment, and conffrmation of

Minutes.

^Business arising out of the Minutes.

(b) Election of Warden-and Clerk.

(c) Election of l\4embers of the Council.

(d) _Questions.

(e) Business from the Council

(f)

Motions on the Notice-paper.

(g) Other business.

20. Bxcept by permission of two-thirds of the members present, no member shall make any motion initiating

for

discussion

a

subject which has not been duly inserted on the Notice-paper

for

that meet- ing.

21. Except subject

to

the preceding Order, no business shall be entered on

at

an adjourned meeting which rvas

not

on

the

Notice- paper for the rneeting of which

it

is an adjoulnment.

B. Rules of Debate.

22. Whenever the Warden rises duling a debate any member then speaking or offering to speak shall sit down and the Warden shall be heard without interruption.

23.

If

the Warden desiles to take palt in a debate, he shall vacate the chair for the time.

ù4.

\very

member desü'ing

to

speak shall rise

iu

his place and address himself to the Warden.

25. When two

or

more membels rise

to

speak the Warden shall call upon the member who fü'st rose in his plaõe.

26.

A

motiou may be made that any member. who has risen " be now heald," and such_motion shall be proposed, seconded, and put rvithout discussion or debate.

27..Any member may rise at any tirne to speak

"to

older."

* _Arnended by the Senate 23rd Novenber, 1949.

182 STÀNDING oRDERS oF THE SENATE

28. A mernber may speak upon any quêstion before the Senate or upon any amendment proposed thereto, or upon a motion or. amend- rnent

to

be proposed

by

himself,

or

upon a point

of

order,

but

not upon the motion that the questrion be now put, or that a member be

¡row heard.

29. By-

the

member

may

explain

matters

of

a

pe

be no question before

the Senate,

but

ted.

.

30. No rnember may speak twice to a question before

the

Senate except-

in

explanation

or reply; but a

member

who has

merely formâlly seconded a motion

or

amendment shall

not

be _{deemed to} have spoken.

31. A rnernber who has spoken

to

a question may again be heard to explain himself in regard to some material part of his speech, but shall:.uot intloduce any new matter.

32.

A

reply shall be allowed

to

a member who has made ,a sub- stantive rnotion, but not

to

any member who has moved an amend- ment.

33. No member may speak to any question after it has been put by the Warden and the show of hands has been taken thereon.

34. No membel shall reflect upon any vote of the Senate except for the purpose of moving that ^such vote be rescinded.

35.

In

the ^absence of a rnember who has given notice of a rnotion any member present rnay move such motion

36.

A notion

may be amended

by

the mover

with

leave

of

^the

Senate.

_ _ 37.

Any

rnember: proposing

an

amendment may

be

requir-ed to deliver

it

in writing to the Warden.

38. Any motion

ol

amendment not seconded shall not be further discussed, and no entry thereof shall be made on tJle Minutes.

39.

A

rnember who has made a motion or amendment may with- dlaw the same by leave of the ^Senate, glanted without any negative voice.

40. No motion or arnendment shall be proposed which is the same

in ^substance as any question which during the same meeting has been resolved in the afirmative or the negative.

41. The Sen4te rnay order a complicated question to be divided.

42. \Uhen amendments have been made

the main

question 4s

amended shall be put.

43.

When amendments have been proposed

but not

made, the question shall be put as originally ^proposed.

44. A question may be suspended-

(u) By a rnotion ^" That the Senate proceed to the next business."

(b) By the motion :" That the Senate do now adjourn."

45. A debate may be closed by the motion ^" That the question be now put," being proposed, seconáed, and carried, and thä question shall be put forthwith without further amendment or debate. -

STANDING ORDERS Or. TIIE SENATE ¹⁸⁸

C,

Divisions.

46. So soon as a debate uporì a question shall be concluded ^the Warden shall put the ^question to the Senate.

47. A question being put shall be decided in the fir'st instance by a show of ^hands.

48. The Warden shall ^state whether in his opinion the ^"Ayes

"

_or'

the " Noes " _have it, but any member may call for a division.

49. When

a

division

is

called

the

Warden shall again

put

^the

question, and shall dilect the ^'lAVq.

"

_{to the}

_light

_{and the} " Noes

"

to

tle

left, and shall appoint ^a teller for each-palty,

50. The vote of the Warden shall be taken before the other ^votes, without ^{his being} requiled to ^leave the chaù',

51. Every mernber present when

a

division

is

takeu must ^votc except as heleinafter ^provided.

52. No member shall be entitled to vote

in

any division unless he be plesent when the question is put'

53. No member shall

be

entitled

to

vote upon any question in rvhich he has a dir.ect pecuniary interest, and the vote of any mernber so interestecl shall be äisallowôcl

if

the Warden's attention be called to

it

at the time.

54. In case of an equality of votes

the

^g

vote, ^{and any reasons stated} by him shall

55. An ently of the lists

of divisions

^k

in

the ^Minutes.

56. In case of confusion ol- er.tot concerning the numbers Ieported, unless the ^same can be othe¡wise corrected, the ^Senate shall ^p¡oceed to another division.

57. While the Senate

is

dividing, rnernbels can speak only

to

a

point of older.

D.

Elections.

58. The annual election of Warden and of Clerk shall take ^place at the ordinary rneeting

in

November.

o58a. Whenever arì extraoldinary vacancy shall occul

in

the office

of

Warden,

the

Senate,

at its next

^plevious

nornination being required, shall

elec

^Warden,

ancl the nrernbei so èlectecl shall

ho

^ovember

meeting.

59. N,Iembels of the Council sli.rll be clected at the fir'st meetiug helcl after the vacancy shall have beconre known to the Waiden.

60. The members of the Senate shall be informed by circular when

aly

vacancy occurs

in the ofice of

Walden, Clerk,

or

Member of Council, and such circular shall state the date up to which ^nornina- tions vgill be received.

61. Every nomination shall be signed by at least two membels of the Senate.

62. No person shall be proposed for olection whose name has not appearecl on the Notice-paper.

o Passecl by Senate, 28th March, ^1894.

I84

srr{.NDrNG oRDERS

or

rrrE sENA.TE

.

^{63. Any} person_nominated as a candidate

for

any office inay by letrer. request the

clerk to

cancel his nornination, and the receipt o'f such letter shall be held to cancel such nomination.

'

_{64. rn all elections}

if

no mo'e tha'therequired _{number of} ^persons be nominated, the Warden shall declare

theñ

elected.

+65.

If m

number

of

persons be nominated voting

pa-pe

and every member present shall

vote for

the

ndidates.

66. when the voting pape's have been distributecl the doors shall be closed

until

such time aì the papers shall have

bee'

coilected.

67. The Warden shall appoint fi.om the members pr.esent as many scrutinee¡s as he shall think proper, and shall assign triem their.duties.

nted by the scrutineers, ancl the number idate shall be reported-to the ^.Warden, sult of the election.

t68a.

The

Warden shall,- zubject

to the

Standing Orders, deter_

mine ûnally on questions

of

detáil concerning the eiêction.

E. _Questions.

69. _Questions touchin_g the afiair.s

of

the University may be put to the warclen or to the Representative of the

councili.

thä senate.

no ii*':xu"ll"Tå';ï î#:i#;*xf ^,'Jå:l

in

Standing Orders,

o, wliich is in

his opinion

irj

71, The Warden or. Representative

of the

Council

to

whom a questio_n is put, may without reason assigned decline to answer at all or until notice thereof has been duly given.

'!2. py permission of the Senate- any rnember. may

put

a question in the absence of the.rnember who has-given notice óf

it.

73. Py permission of the Senate a member may amend

in

wr.iting a question of which he has given notice and put

ii

as amended.

_74.-In putting any

question

no

ar.gument

or

opinion shall be offered nor- shall a¡ry facts be stated exðept so

far ai

may be neces- sary to explain such question.

25.

I"

^answering any question the matter to which

it

^refer.s shall not be debated.

76, Replies_t_o questions, of which notice has been given, shall be

in writirlg,

ald

having been read, shall be handed to t]re Cler.k, and recorded in the Minutes,

- ^!7,

^Questions

^not

^on

^the

Notice-paper. shall

not

be recorded in the Minutes, nor shall the answers thereto.

F.

Committee of the Whole Senate.

78.

A

Co¡nmittee of the whole Senate

is

appointed

by

a resolu- tion " That thr: senate do

'ou'

^{resolve itself int^o-a} comrniitee of the whole."

+ Passed by Ser.rate, 28th March, 18g4. I ^{passed by Senate, 26th} ]uly, ^1g22.

STANDING ORDERS OF THE SENATE ¹⁸⁵ 79. The Warden shall be Chailman of such Committee unless he be unwilling to act,

in

which ^case any other member may be voted to the chair.

80. When the matters referred

to

the Committee have been dis- posed of the Senate resumes, and the report of the Committee

is

at once proposed to the Senate

for

adoption.

81. When the matters ^so referred have not been disposed

of,

the Senate having resumed and having received

a

report

of the

Com- mittee to the efiect that the matters have not been

fully

disposed of, may appoint a future day for the Committee to sit again.

B2.

A

member may speak more than once

to

each question.

&3. ,A. motion need not be seconded.

V.

Select Committees.

84. Select Committees, unless

it

be otherwise ordered, shall con- sist

of

ffve members,

who

shall elect

their

own Chairman,

anil

of whom three shall be a quorum.

85. The Chairman shall have

both a

deliberative and

a

casting vote.

86.

At

the time of the appointment of the Committee the Senate shall instruct the Committee ^as to the matters to be reported on by them, and their report shall be confined

to

such matters.

87. The Chailman shall present the report

of

the Committee to the Senate, and

it

shall be forthwith discussed or postponed for future consideration.