 | Boston (Mass.). City Council - 1857 - 1024 pages
...a question is under debate, no motion UonB. shall be received but to adjourn ; to lay on the taUe ; for the previous question ; to postpone to a day certain ; to commit ; to amend ; or to postpone indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence in the order... | |
 | Detroit (Mich.). City Council - 1857 - 960 pages
...debate, no motion shall be received except to adjourn, to lie on the table, for the previous qnistlon, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinltely.whioh motion, shall have precedence In the order in which they are arranged; all other... | |
 | California. Legislature. Assembly - 1858 - 780 pages
...also the hour at which the motion was made. XLIV. When a question is under debate or before the House, no motion shall be received but to adjourn ; to lie...indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are named, but the first three shall be decided without debate. And no motion... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1858 - 574 pages
...order, Uld be decided without debate. — Rule 11. When a question is under debate, no motion sh&ll be received but to adjourn, to lie on the table, for...indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged ; und no motion to postpone to & day certain, to commit, or to... | |
 | San Francisco (Calif.). Mechanics' Institute - 1858 - 356 pages
...question when the sense admits of it. SEC. 5. When a question is under debate, no motion or proposition shall be received, but to adjourn, to lie on the table, for the previous question, to postpone indefinitely, to postpone to a given day, to commit, to amend — which several motions shall take... | |
 | Georgia - 1858 - 408 pages
...at the table, and read, before the same shall be debated. 9th, When a question is before the Senate, no motion shall be received, but to adjourn; to lie on the table ; to postpone indefinitely; to postpone to a day certain; to commit to or amend; which several motions... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1858 - 638 pages
...to bear somewhat on this point. " When a question is under debate" — the word is very broad — " no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lie on the tablo, to postpone indefinitely, <fcc. The Chair thinks that the effect of voting to lay this motion... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1859 - 592 pages
...always be in order, and be dt-cidi'd wilhout dehate. — iiuie 11, Wheu a question is under dehate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lie...indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence in the order in which they are arranged ; and no motion to postpone to a day certain, to commit, or to... | |
 | Universalist Church of America. General Convention. Providence, 1858 - 1859 - 284 pages
...the Council, but may be withdrawn at any time before decision or amendment. § 3. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn,...table, for the previous question, to postpone to a certain day, to commit or amend, and to postpone indefinitely (which several motions shall have precedence... | |
 | 1860 - 94 pages
...except on leave of the House. 11. When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, unless to adjourn ; to lie on the table ; for the previous...question ; to postpone to a day certain ; to commit ; to amend, or to postpone indefinitely ; and these several motions shall have precedence in the order... | |
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When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received but to adjourn, to lie on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinitely ; which several motions, shall have precedence in the... 
