As soon as she can acquire the floor, she begins a memorized speech.
"Honorable Lord President, the business of this Convention would, I hold, pass more efficiently with the aid of certain Rules of Order, detailed enough to meet all circumstances, yet brief enough that the unlettered may be trusted to follow them. I have drafted a proposal for such Rules and would read them now, and if supplies be provided, would gladly copy them with scrivener's for the benefit of all interested."
She begins perhaps the longest run-on sentence anyone present in the hall has ever heard. If anyone takes a scrivened copy, they will find the run-on sentence interrupted with helpful section headings.
Her Majesty the Queen being desirous of a Constitution as Foundation of the Laws of the Realm, having called to assembly a Convention to draft the same, the appointed Delegates in Convention assembled do hereby adopt the following Rules of Order;
I The Presidency
that Julien Camille Élie Cotonnet, appointed to such office by Her Majesty the Queen, be acknowledged as President of said Convention by these rules;II The Floor
that the President possess the sole right to Address the Convention;II.i Recognition
that the President may grant this right for a time upon whosoever he choose by Recognizing a Speaker, who shall possess the Floor until yielding it or the President revoke it;II.ii Standing for Recognition
that such Members, Messengers, or other Persons who wish to request the Recognition of the President stand, raise placard, or otherwise silently draw attention, being otherwise seated or unobtrusive;II.iii Reasonable Time
that the President limit the time each Person shall hold the Floor to that span he deems reasonable and not excessive;III The Record
that a Secretary be present at the Convention to take the Record of its Proceedings, being a skilled Scribe approved by the President;III.i Completeness of the Record
that the Convention conduct no Business in the absence of said Scribe, in order that the Record of its proceedings may be complete and without error or omission;III.ii Reading of the Record
that the summary Record of the previous session be read at the opening of each session, in order that necessary corrections be proposed;IV Compulsion of Attendance
that, Her Majesty the Queen having summoned the Convention and all its Members, the President have the right to compel the attendance of Members, individually and severally, or compel the attendance of the whole Membership, at his sole discretion;IV.i Quorum
that no business proceed without a Quorum of the Membership, the President judging whether such Quorum be present;V Sessions
that the President call each Session to order, and Adjourn or send into Recess the Body, by his word;VI Questions
that, no Question being before the Convention, a Member may put a Question to the Convention, yielding then the Floor;VI.i Debate
that, a Question being before the Convention, it be Debated by the Membership, each Member speaking when Recognized by the President;VI.ii Limits on Debate
that no Member speak twice in Debate on a Question, unless all other Members wishing to speak have already spoken, except that the President permit it;VII Voting
that Questions before the Convention be decided by Vote, which the President shall call for at the close of Debate, by his exclusive determination, and the results of which he shall determine and announce;VII.i ...by Acclamation
that Voting may be by Acclamation, if the President call for Ayes, and having heard the Ayes, the President may hold the Question acclaimed, or else call for Nays subsequently;VII.ii ...by Division
that Voting may be by Division, if the President call for Division, whereupon first the Ayes rise and be counted, and subsequently the Nays;VII.iii ...by Roll
that Voting may be by Roll, if the president call for the Roll, whereupon each Member be called upon to answer Aye, Nay, or to abstain, the votes of each Delegate being entered into the Record;VII.iv Majorities
that a Majority sufficient to Affirm be a simple Majority, the Ayes exceeding the Nays, except that the President order a greater or lesser Majority on a certain Vote;VIII Committees
that Debate of the Full Convention being unsuited for Minutiae, a Question may be Committed at the order of the President, who may order it directly or call for a Vote;VIII.i Committee Membership
that a Committee being formed, it be chosen by the President, first from those Volunteers who hold themselves forth to be chosen, and thereafter if the number not satisfy him from the entire Membership;VIII.ii Committee Meetings
that a Committee meet during the Adjournment of the whole Body, not meeting while the Convention meets;VIII.iii Committee Meeting Times
that the Morning be given to the meeting of the whole Body, and the Afternoon be given to Committees, except when the President lengthen the Session;VIII.iv Committee Procedure
that a Committee elect a Chair from itself, and set its own Rules, appealing to the President only in irreconcilable Disputes;VIII.v Committee Reports
that a Committee may give its Report to the Body and dissolve, or else give a Report of its Progress but continue to exist;IX Conclusion
that all submit to the will of Her Majesty the Queen, and Julien Camille Élie Cotonnet her appointed President, holding it above all else, and each do his duty piously and faithfully.
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