 When a question is under is under debate, no motion shall be received, except: 1. To adjourn. 2. To lay on the table. 3. For the previous question. 4. To postpone to a day certain. 5. To commit. 6. To amend. 7. To postpone indefinitely.  Municipal Manual of the City of Detroit - Page 78by Detroit (Mich.) City Clerk - 1886Full view - About this book
 | Salem (Mass.). - Municipal charters and ordinances - 1849 - 92 pages
...SEC. 20. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but 1. To adjourn ; 2. To lay on the table ; 3. For the previous question ; 4. To...postpone to a day certain ; 5. To commit ; 6. To amend ; or 7. To postpone indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which... | |
 | California. Legislature. Assembly - California - 1854 - 904 pages
...have precedence in the order in which, they are named : 1. To adjourn. 2. To lie on the table. 3. To the previous question. 4. To postpone to a day certain....commit. 6. To amend. 7. To postpone indefinitely. RULE XLIII Any member may rise to explain a matter personal to him, with permission of the Chair, but shall... | |
 | California. Legislature. Assembly - 1854 - 920 pages
...have precedence in the order in •which they are named : 1. To adjourn. 2. To lie on the table. 3. To the previous question. 4. To postpone to a day certain. 5. To commit. 6. To ameud. 7. To postpone indefinitely. RULE XLIII Any member may rise to explain a matter personal to... | |
 | California. Legislature. Senate - California - 1858 - 800 pages
...precedence in the following order : 1. To adjourn. 2. For a call of the Senate. 3. To lay on the table. 4. To postpone to a day certain. 5. To commit. 6. To amend. 7. To postpone indefinitely. VHI. The president shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the chair, who... | |
 | California. Legislature. Senate - California - 1859 - 976 pages
...precedence in the following order : 1. To adjourn. 2. For a call of the Senate. 3. To lay on the table. 4. To postpone to a day certain. 5. To commit. 6. To amend. 7. To postpone indefinitely. VIII. The President shall have the right to name any member to perform the duties of the Chair, who... | |
 | Lynn (Mass.). City Council - 1865 - 248 pages
...19. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but: — 1. To adjourn; 2. To lay on the table; 3. For the previous question ; 4. To...postpone to a day certain ; 5. To commit; 6. To amend; or, 7. To postpone indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1865 - 258 pages
...question is under dehate, no motion shall be received, except — 1.— To acijourn ; 2.— To lay on the table ; 3. — For the previous question ;...— To postpone to a day certain ; 5. — To commit to a standing committee ; 6. — To commit to a select committee ; 7. — To amend ; 8.— To postpone... | |
 | Robert Allen Campbell - United States - 1866 - 390 pages
...under debate, no other motion can be allowed, except THE PRIVILEGED QUESTIONS. 1. To adjourn. 2. To lay on the table. 3. For the previous question. 4. To postpone to a day certain. 5. To commit or amend. 6. To postpone indefinitely. Which several motions shall have precedence in the order in... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1866 - 248 pages
...motion shall order during be received, except— debate. ' ' 1. To adjourn ; 2. To lay on the table ; 8. For the previous question ; 4. To postpone to a day certain ; 5. To commit to a standing committee ; 6. To commit to a select committee ; 7. To amend; 8. To postpone indefinitely... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. House of Representatives - Legislative journals - 1867 - 946 pages
...the following, and they shall have precedence in the order in which they stand arranged, to wit: 1. To adjourn; 2. To lie on the table; 3. For the previous...commit; 6. To amend ; 7. To postpone indefinitely; and no motion to postpone to a •day certain, to commit, or to postpone indefinitely, being decided,... | |
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