Tilson's Manual, or A Manual of Parliamentary Procedure, is a
parliamentary authority A parliamentary authority is a book of rules for conducting business ( parliamentary procedure) in deliberative assemblies. Several different books have been used by legislative assemblies and by organizations' deliberative bodies.
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written by
John Q. Tilson and published in 1948.
Seconding motions
Chapter VI of ''Tilson's Manual'' is on
Seconding Motions. Tilson explores the history of seconding motions in the English Parliament and in early American Legislatives. He then details the reasons why the practice of seconding motions should be dropped.
Cited in ''
Mason's Legislative Manual''.
References
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External links
TILSON, John Quillin, (1866 - 1958): Guide to Research Collections
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