Rule 8.—Any two members may call for a division of a question, when the same will admit of it.
Rule 9.—The President, or any member, may call a member to order while speaking, when the debate must be suspended, and the member take his seat until the question of order is decided.
Rule 10.—The President shall preserve order and decorum; may speak to points of order in preference to other members; and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Society by any member, on which appeal no person shall speak but the President and the member called to order.
Rule 11.—No motion or proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be admitted under color of an amendment.
Rule 12.—No addition, alteration, or amendment to the Constitution, By-Laws, etc., shall be acted upon, except in accordance with the Constitution.
Rule 13.—No nomination shall be considered as made until seconded.
Rule 14.—The President shall sign all proceedings of the meetings.
Rule 15.—No member shall vote by proxy.
Rule 16.—No motion shall be withdrawn by the mover unless the second withdraw his second.
Rule 17.—No extract from any book shall be read consuming more than five minutes.