Motion to Adjourn - Must be seconded;* cannot be amended; cannot be reconsidered; must not refer to main question; requires a majority vote; is not in order when another has the floor; if carried, postpones all further proceedings; time of next meeting can be changed after adjournment, if previously fixed.

Motion to Amend - Must be seconded; can be debated; allows reference to main question; yields to all motions except to indefinitely postpone; may be amended only once; not in order when another member has the floor; may be referred to a committee; may strike out words, add words, insert words, or substitute words; requires a majority vote; can be reconsidered after vote.

Motion to Amend an Amendment - Same rules, except that it cannot be amended.

Motion to Amend the Rules - Must be seconded; is debatable; does not allow reference to main question then under discussion; not in order when another is speaking; may be amended; requires a majority vote, unless special rules otherwise provide; †may be reconsidered after vote.

Motion to Appeal from Speaker's Decision - When relating to indecorum - Must be seconded; allows no reference to main question; is not debatable; cannot be amended; is in order at any time; requires a majority vote; may be reconsidered after vote. In other cases - In order at any time; must be seconded; does not allow reference to main question; is debatable; cannot be amended; requires a majority vote; can be reconsidered.

Motion to Call to Order - In order at any time when indecorum suggests it; needs no seconding; undebatable; allows of no reference to main question; cannot be amended; requires only a majority vote; vote can be reconsidered.

Motion to Refer to a. Committee - Not in order when a member is speaking; must be seconded: is debatable; opens the main question to debate; may be amended; requires only a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered; may include instructions to the committee.

Motion to Recommit - Assembly may refuse committee report, when motion to recommit will be in order; must be seconded; opens the main question to debate; may be debated, may be amended; majority vote decides; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion to Extend Time for Debate - Not in order when a member has the floor; must be seconded; is undebatable; does not allow reference to main question; may be amended; requires only a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion to Limit Debate - Not in order when a member is speaking, must be seconded; is undebatable, does not allow reference to main question; may be amended; requires a majority vote, which may be reconsidered.

* True parliamentary law presumes that every motion is seconded, and saves time by not asking for the second.

† Two-thirds votes are only required under special rules - not general ones.

Motion to Close Debate - Not in order when member has the floor; must be seconded; may be amended; does not allow reference to main question; not debatable; requires a majority vote; vote can be reconsidered.

Motion to Reconsider an Undebatable Question - May be moved and recorded while a member has the floor, but business in hand must not be interrupted by it; must be made same day the original vote was taken, and by member who voted with the majority; must be seconded; cannot be debated; does not allow reference to main question; cannot be amended; majority vote is sufficient; vote cannot be reconsidered.

Motion to Refer a Question - (See Motion to Commit; same rules apply.)

Motion for Committee to Rise - Not in order while member is speaking; must be seconded; not debatable; does not allow reference to main question; cannot be amended; requires only a majority vote; vote cannot be reconsidered.

"Shall the Question be Discussed?" -

Question must first be introduced; objection to discuss it must then be made, before debate; motion to discuss is in order at any time; needs no seconding; cannot be debated; cannot be amended; does not allow reference to main question; requires a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion to Make Subject a Special Order - Not in order when floor is occupied; must be seconded; can be debated; may be amended; does not allow reference to main question; requires a majority vote; vote can be reconsidered.

Motion to Substitute - Same rules as in Motion to Amend, to which the reader is referred.

Motion to Suspend the Rules - Not in order when a member is speaking; must be seconded; cannot be amended; not debatable; does not allow reference to main question; requires a majority vote; vote cannot be. reconsidered.

Motion to Take from Table - Not in order when another has the floor; must be seconded; cannot be amended; does not allow reference to main question; is not debatable; requires only a majority vote; a vote in the affirmative cannot be reconsidered.

Motion to Take up Question out of its Proper Order - Not in order when the floor is occupied; must be seconded; cannot be amended; does not allow reference to main question; not debatable; requires a majority vote; can be reconsidered.

Motion to Withdraw a Motion - Not in order while a member is speaking; must be seconded; is not debatable; must not refer to main question; cannot be amended; requires only a majority vote; vote can be reconsidered.

Motions - Order of Precedence - (1) To fix time to adjourn; (2) To adjourn without day; (3) To take up the orders of the day; (4) To lie on the table; (5) For the previous question; (6) To postpone a measure or motion to a future time; (7) To refer a measure or motion to a committee; (8) To amend a motion or measure; (9) To postpone any question without specifying a certain time to take it up.

Motion for Leave to Speak after Breach of Indecorum - Not in order while the floor is occupied; must be seconded; does not allow reference to main question; cannot be debated; cannot be amended; requires only a majority vote; vote can be reconsidered.

Motion to Lie on the Table - Cannot be made until the floor is clear; must be seconded; does not allow reference to main question; cannot be debated or amended; only a majority vote required; affirmative vote cannot be reconsidered.

Objection to Consideration of a Ques-tion. - Must be made as soon as the question is introduced, although a member is speaking, and before it is debated; needs no seconding; is undebatable; cannot be amended; requires a majority vote, unless special rules prevent; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion for the Orders of the Day - Is in order although a member has the floor; need not be seconded; cannot be debated or amended; allows of no reference to main question; requires only a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion to Postpone to a Definite Time

- Not in order when a member has the floor; must be seconded; limited debate allowed only on the propriety of postponing; does not allow reference to main question; may be amended; requires only a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion to Postpone Indefinitely - Not in order while a member is speaking; must be seconded; cannot be amended; is debatable, and opens main question to discussion; requires only a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion for the Previous Question - Not in order while the floor is occupied; must be seconded; does not allow reference to the main question; cannot be amended; is unde-batable; requires a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered.

Motions Relating to Priority of Business - Are not in order while a member is speaking; must be seconded; are unde-batable; allow of no reference to main question; may be amended; require only a majority vote; vote can be reconsidered.

Questions of Privilege - Not in order while a member has the floor; motions must be seconded; are debatable; maybe amended; do not allow a reference to main question; only a majority vote required; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion to Read Papers - Not in order while member is speaking; must be seconded; cannot be amended; cannot be debated; does not allow reference to main question; is decided by a majority vote; vote may be reconsidered.

Motion to Reconsider a Debatable Question - May be moved and entered on record while a member is speaking, but must not interrupt business in hand; must be made the same day the original vote was taken, and by one who voted on the successful side; must be seconded; may be debated; cannot be amended; opens main question to debate; requires only a majority vote; vote cannot be reconsidered.