Tilson's Manual

Tilson's Manual

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. [cite book |title=A Manual Of Parliamentary Procedure |last=Tilson |first=John Q. |year=1948 |publisher=Yale University Press |Location=New Haven |pages=47-54]

Cited in Mason's Legislative Manual. [cite parl |title=MAS]

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