154 MARYLAND MANUAL.

Parliamentary Law, Usages and Practices
of the Senate.

MOTIONS.
(See Rules XXXI to XLIII).

TO ADJOURN.

Undebatable; sometimes remarks tacitly allowed; takes
precedence of all other motions; cannot be amended; cannot
be reconsidered; the hour at which every motion to adjourn
is made shall be entered upon the Journal. A motion to
adjourn being determined in the negative cannot be again put
until some legislative business intervenes.

The motion, to determine time to which to adjourn, takes
precedence of the motion to adjourn. The reason is, that
before the Senate adjourns, it is proper to fix the time to which
it should adjourn. The motion to fix the time is debatable
if no other motion is before the Senate, and it may be amended,
and can be reconsidered.

TO GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

Takes precedence of all other motions except a motion to
adjourn. Undebatable; cannot be amended; cannot be
reconsidered.

TO LAY ON THE TABLE.

When a question is under debate this motion takes prece-
dence of all other motions except to adjourn, and to go into
Executive Session; Undebatable; cannot be amended. An
affirmative vote on this question cannot be reconsidered.
Whatever adheres to the subject of this motion goes on the table
with it—as for example, a motion to amend is ordered to lie
on the table, the subject which it is proposed to amend goes
there with it. This does not apply to a motion to amend the