 | Minnesota - 1891 - 778 pages
...follows: [When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on th« table, to postpone Indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or to amend; which WT>ral motions shall have precedence In the orderthey stand arranged, and tuemotion... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rules - 1895 - 786 pages
...adjourn, it shall be to a day certain, To take a recess, To proceed to the consideration of exec tit ire business, To lay on the table, To postpone indefinitely,...shall have precedence as they stand arranged; and tlie motions relating to adjournment, to take a recess, to proceed to the consideration of executive... | |
 | United States - Ships - 1895 - 360 pages
...or any member. VII. When a question is before the Board no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a certain day, to commit, to amend ; which several motions shall have precedence in the order they here... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1896 - 582 pages
...shall not be withdrawn without leave. [Jefferson's Manual, sec. xx. RULE XXII. PRECEDENCE OF MOTIONS. When a question is pending, no motion shall be received...To postpone to a day certain. To commit. To amend. recess, to proceed to the consideration of executive business, to lay on the table, shall be decided... | |
 | Day Otis Kellogg - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 684 pages
...motions is as follows: To adjourn, to adjourn to a day certain, or that when the Senate adjourns it be to a day certain, to take a recess, to proceed...to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend. It will be seen that there is no motion for the previous question; hence there is no method of closing... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 688 pages
...recess, to proceed to the consideration of executive business, to lay 892 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend. It will be seen that there is no motion for the previous question; hence there is no method of closing... | |
 | Providence (R.I.) - 1898 - 1312 pages
...amendment. SIXTH. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, unless "to adjourn," "to lay on the table," "to postpone indefinitely,"...amend," which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are here arranged. SEVENTH. No motion or proposition of a subject different... | |
 | Minnesota - 1899 - 876 pages
...rule is now as follows: [When a question Is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone Indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or to amend; which several motions shall have precedence' In the order they stand arranged, and the... | |
 | John Gilchrist McCormick - North Carolina - 1900 - 394 pages
...will suffice. The order of motionsf adopted varied from that of many other bodies. It was to adjourn, to lay on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend. The motion for the previous question, which is in some manuals, was omitted. Some manuals also have... | |
 | Asher Crosby Hinds - Parliamentary practice - 1901 - 792 pages
...preference as follows: When a question is pending, no motion xltall la received out — To adjourn. To take a recess. To proceed to the consideration...To postpone to a day certain. To commit. To amend. Whieh several motions shall have precedence as they stand arranged; and the motions relating to adjournment,... | |
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... to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to amend; which several motions shall have precedence in the order they stand arranged, and the motion for adjournment shall always be in order, and be decided without debate. 
