Rights and Duties of Members
19.
No member shall speak on any
question before the Lodge or make any motion until he rises from
his seat and
respectfully addresses the W. M.; he shall confine himself to the subject under
debate while
speaking, and if he transgress the rules of the Lodge, the W. M. or
any brother may call him to order, when
he shall resume his seat until the
question of order is settled.
20.
While the W. M. is addressing the
Lodge or putting the question, or a brother is speaking, no brother
shall
entertain any private discourse, pass between the speaker and the chair, make
any motion or otherwise
interrupt the W. M. or disturb the speaker.
21.
No member shall speak more than once
upon the same question until every member present who
desires to speak may have
an opportunity, and no brother shall be permitted to speak more than twice
except
by unanimous consent of the Lodge, and if two or more members rise at the
same time the W. M. shall decide
which is entitled to the floor.
22.
No member shall use language that
shall have a tendency to wound the feelings of a brother or to
arraign the
motives of an advocate of any question, and when a brother is called to order
for words spoken,
the objectionable words shall be taken down by the Secretary,
if so required, and the brother held amendable,
at the discretion of the Lodge.