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"When a question is divided, after tie question on the first part, the second is
open to debate mid amendment.
Priyiledged Questions.
When a question is under dehate, 510 motion shall be received, except, to
adjourn ; to lay on the table ; for the previous question to postpone to a certain
day; to com m it; to am end; to postpone indefinitely, These motions have prece­
dence in tin? order in -which they stand arranged, and are ealled privileged
questions,
A motion to adjourn is always in order a:id takes precedence of all other
motions, and ail order of the day takes the place of all questions except adjourn­
ment.
When a matter has been laid on the table it may tic; taken up at any time after­
ward and considered, hut not at the same meeting or session at which it was tabled.
Frequently this motion is made to finally dispose of the matter, and it always has
this effect when no motion afterward made to take it up. The proper motion
for proceeding with a matter that has heen ordered to lie on the table, is, that the
house do now proceed to consider that matter, although it would be proper to move
that the matter be taken up for consideration.
There are several questions which, being incidental to every one, will Lake the
place of everyone, prmledged or n ot; as, a question of order arising out of any
other question must he decided before that question.
A motion for indefinite postponement is generally resorted to In order to sup­
press a question or prevent its coming to vote.
Previous Question.
When any question is before the house any member may move that the ques­
tion (called the main question), be now put, or, as it is usually termed, may -move
the previous question. If it pass in the affirmative, llien the main question is to
be put immediately, and 110 further debate is permitted.
The previous question being moved and seconded, the question from the chair
should be, “ Shat! the main question be now put? 11 If the nnys prevail the main
question remains the question before the lionsr:, in the same stage of proceed­
ings as before the- previous question was moved.
Equivalent Questions.
Where questions are perfectly equivalent, so that the negative of the one
amounts to the affirmative of the other, and leaves 110 other alternative, the decision
of the. one necessarily concludes the other, Tims the negative of striking out amounts
to the affirmative of agreeing ; and, therefore, to put a question 011 agreeing after
that of striking out. would be to put the sr-i-rnc question in effect twice over.
Questions of Order.

It is the fluty of the chairman to decide: all questions of order whenever
rai.sed. Upon such questions no debate or discussion is in order, but if tbe decision