3. To submit all motions and propositions.
4. To put all questions and announce the result.
6. To restrain members within rules of order.
6. To receive all communications and announce them to the assembly.
7. To sign public documents.
8. To decide points of order, subject to an appeal to the assembly.
The chairman should fully understand all the rules of business, be kind and courteous to all, but prompt and firm, for on him, more than any other, the order and harmony of every meeting depends.
In the absence of the chairman, the vice-president takes the chair, and when there is no such officer, a temporary chairman must be elected.
The chairman may read while sitting, but should rise to state a question or take a vote.