' OF MOTIONS AND THEIR PRECEDENCE.

RULE XXXI.

When a question is before the Senate no motion shall be
received except as herein specified, which motions shall have
precedence in the following order:

1. To adjourn.

2. To go into executive session.

3. To lay on the table.

4. To postpone indefinitely.

5. To postpone to a certain day.

6. To commit.

7. To recommit.

8. To strike out the enacting words.

9. To amend.

But the President shall not permit motions for dilatory pur-
poses, and when, in his judgment, such dilatory motions are
made, Rule 60 shall apply.

RULE XXXII.

A motion to adjourn shall always be in order, and shall be
decided without debate, but it cannot be received after another
question is actually put, or while the Senate is actually en-
gaged in voting by yeas and nays, or while another has the
floor.

RULE XXXIII.

All motions shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the
President or any Senator, and read by the Clerk, before the
same shall be debated, and after a motion is stated by the
President, or read by the Clerk, it shall be deemed in the pos-
session of the Senate, but may be withdrawn at any time be-
fore a decision or amendment, with the consent of the Senate.

RULE XXXIV.

Any member may call for the division of the question, which
shall then be divided, if it comprehend propositions in sub-
stance so distinct that, one being taken away, a substantive
proposition shall remain for the decision of the Chair.