Tilson's Manual

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John Q. Tilson
John Q. Tilson

Tilson's Manual, or A manual of parliamentary procedure, is a parliamentary authority written by John Q. Tilson.

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 and then provides numerous reasons to . He details the reaons why the practice of seconding motions should be dropped.[1]

Cited in Mason's Legislative Manual.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Tilson, John Q. (1948). A Manual Of Parliamentary Procedure. Yale University Press, 47-54. 
  2. ^ National Conference of State Legislatures (2000). Mason's Manual of Legislative Procedure