Parliamentary Law, Usages and Practices
of the Senate.

MOTIONS.
(See Bales XXXI to XLIII.)

TO ADJOURN.

Undebatable; sometimes remarks tacitly allowed; takes
precedence of all 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 be-
fore 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 recon-
sidered.

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