Tilson's Manual
1948 parliamentary authority text
Tilson's Manual, or A Manual of Parliamentary Procedure, is a parliamentary authority 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.[1]
Cited in Mason's Legislative Manual.[2]
References
External links
- TILSON, John Quillin, (1866 - 1958): Guide to Research Collections