GOVERNMENT AND LAW. 



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PARLIAMENTARY LAW CON- 

 DENSED. 



Letters refer to Rules below. 



Modifying or amending. 



8. To amend or to substitute, or to 



divide the question K 



To refer to committee. 



7. To commit, (or recommit) ... D 



Deferring action. 



6. To postpone to a fixed time . . C 



4. To lay on the table AEG 



Suppressing or extending debate. 



5. For the previous question .... A E M 

 To limit, or close, debate .... AM 

 To extend limits of debate ... A 



Suppressing the question. 



Objection to consideration of 



question A II M N 



9. To postpone indefinitely .... D E 

 4. To lay upon the table AEG 



To bring up a question the second time. 

 To reconsider debatable ques- 

 tion DEFI 



To reconsider undebatable ques- 

 tion A E F I 



Concerning Orders, Rules, etc. 

 3. For the orders of the day . . . . A-E H N 

 To make subject a special order. M 



To amend the rules M 



To suspend the rules A E F M 



To take up a question out of its 



proper order A E 



To take from the table AEG 



Questions touching priority of 



business A 



Questions of privilege. 



Asking leave to continue speak- 

 ing after indecorum A 



Appeal from chair's decision 



touching indecorum A E H L 



Appeal from chair's decision 



generally EHL 



Question upon reading of papers A E 



Withdrawal of a motion .... A E 



Closing a meeting. 



2. To adjourn (in committees, to 

 rise), or to take a recess, 



without limitation A E F 



1. To fix time to which to adjourn B 



Order of Precedence. The motions above 

 numbered 1 to 9 take precedence over all others 

 in the order given, and any one of them, ex- 

 cept to amend or substitute, is in order while 

 a motion of a lower rank is pending. 



RULE A. Undebatable, but remarks may 

 be tacitly allowed. 



RULE B. Undebatable if another question 

 is before the assembly. 



RULE C. Limited debate allowed on pro- 

 priety of postponement only. 



RULE D. Opens the main question to de- 

 bate. Motions not so marked do not allow of 

 reference to main question. 



RULE E. Cannot be amended. Motion to 

 adjourn can be amended when there is no 

 other business before the house. 

 RULE F. Cannot be reconsidered. 

 RULE G. An affirmative vote cannot be 

 reconsidered. 



RULE H. In order when another has the 

 floor. 



RULE I. A motion to reconsider may be 

 moved and entered when another has the floor, 

 but the business then before the house may 

 not be set aside. This motion can only be en- 

 tertained when made by one who voted orig- 

 nally with the prevailing side. When called 

 up it takes precedence of all others which may 

 come up, excepting only motions relating to 

 adjournment. 



RULE K. A motion to amend an amend- 

 ment cannot be amended. 



RULE L. When an appeal from the chair's 

 decision results in a tie vote, the chair is sus- 

 tained. 



RULE M. Requires a two-thirds vote unless 

 special rules have been enacted. 



RULE N. Does not require to be seconded. 



General Rules. No motion is open for 

 discussion until it has been slated by the chair. 



The maker of a motion cannot modify it or 

 withdraw it after it has been stated by the 

 chair, except by general consent. 



Only one reconsideration of a question is 

 permitted. 



A motion to adjourn, to lay on the table, or 

 to take from the table, cannot be renewed un- 

 less some other motion has been made in the 

 interval. 



On motion to strike out the words, " Shall 

 the words stand part of the motion? " unless a 

 majority sustains the words* they are struck 

 out. 



On motion for previous question, the form 

 to be observed is, "Shall the main question 

 be now put? " This, if carried, ends debate. 



On an appeal from the chair's decision, 

 " Shall the decision be sustained as the ruling 

 of the house? " the chair is generally sus- 

 tained. 



On motion for orders of the day, " Will the 

 house now proceed to the orders of the day? " 

 This, if carried, supersedes intervening mo- 

 tions. 



When an objection is raised to considering 

 questions, " Shall the question be considered? " 

 objections maybe made by any member before 

 debate ha^ commenced, but not subsequently. 



