 | 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,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - Parliamentary practice - 1903 - 734 pages
...be to a day certain. To take a recess. To proceed to the consideration of executice business. To loy on the table. To postpone indefinitely. To postpone to a day certain. To commit. To amend. Which seceral motions shall hane precedence as they stand aeranged; and the motions relating to adjournment,... | |
 | Confederate States of America. Congress - Confederate States of America - 1904 - 996 pages
...(except one to reconsider some other question passed upon) ahall be received but to adjourn, to lie on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend; which several motions shall have precedence in the order they stand arranged, and the motion... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 716 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... | |
 | Parliamentary practice - 1905 - 738 pages
...to preference <ts When, a queMimi i* pending, no motion ,<////// !><> rcct'/vcrf but — To adjourn. To take a recess. To proceed to the consideration of executive business. To lay on the table. To postpmie •indefinitely. To postpone to a day certain. To commit. To amend. Which several motions... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 712 pages
...recess, to proceed to the consideration, of executive business, to lay CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 259 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... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. General Assembly - Presbyterian Church - 1905 - 974 pages
...the judicatory. XIX. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, unless to adjourn, ath-school work"$" Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A( or to amend; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are herein arranged;... | |
 | Confederate States of America - 1905 - 624 pages
...the case may be) be placed on the Calendar?" But pending this question the motion to adjourn, to he on the table, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a day certain, and to commit, shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged. 3. The Calendar or... | |
 | United States - 1906 - 756 pages
...To adjourn, to it day certain, or t/iat w/ten the /Senate adjourns •t »Juill be to a day certa-m. To take a recess. To proceed to the consideration...certain. To commit. To amend. Which several motions si tall have precedence as they stand arranged; and the motion* relating to adjournment, to take a... | |
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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. 
