of an affirmative vote on a call for the Orders of the Day,
is to remove the question under consideration from before the assembly,
the same as if it had been interrupted by an adjournment [Sec. 11].

The Effect of a negative vote is to dispense

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with the orders merely so far as they interfere with the consideration
of the question then before the assembly.

Incidental Motions.
[Sec.Sec. 14-18; see Sec. 8]

14. Appeal [Questions of Order]. A Question of Order takes precedence
of the question giving rise to it, and must be decided by the presiding
officer without debate. If a member objects to the decision, he says,
"I appeal from the decision of the Chair." If the Appeal is seconded,
the Chairman immediately states the question as follows: "Shall the
decision of the Chair stand as the judgement of the assembly?"* [The
word Assembly can be replaced by Society, Convention, Board, etc.,
according to the name of the organization.] This Appeal yields to
Privileged Questions [Sec. 9]. It cannot be amended; it cannot be debated
when it relates simply to indecorum [Sec. 36], or to transgressions of the
rules of speaking, or to the priority of business, or if it is made
while the previous question [Sec. 20] is pending. When debatable, no
member is allowed to speak but once, and whether debatable or not, the
presiding officer, without leaving the

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Chair, can state the reasons upon which he bases his decision. The
motions to Lie on the Table [Sec. 19], or for the Previous Question [Sec. 20],
can be applied to an Appeal, when it is debatable, and when adopted they
affect nothing but the Appeal. The vote on an Appeal may also be
reconsidered [Sec. 27]. An Appeal is not in order when another Appeal is
pending.

It is the duty of the presiding officer to enforce the rules and orders
of the assembly, without debate or delay. It is also the right of every
member, who notices a breach of a rule to insist upon its enforcement.
In such cases he shall rise from his seat, and say, "Mr. Chairman, I
rise to a point of order." The speaker should immediately take his
seat, and the Chairman requests the member to state his point of order,
which he does, and resumes his seat. The Chair decides the point, and
then, if no appeal is taken, permits the first member to resume his
speec