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Chair, and read aloud by the Clerk, before debate; and every
Motion shall be reduced to writing, if the Speaker or any
Member require it.

XX.

When a Motion is made and seconded, or when a Question
is under debate, the matter shall receive a determination by
the Question; or it may be postponed by a motion to adjourn,
to lie on the table, for the previous question, to postpone to a
day certain, to commit or amend, to postpone indefinitely—
which several motions shall have precedence in the order in
which they are arranged. A motion to strike out the enact-
ing words of a Bill, shall have precedence of a motion to
amend; and, if carried, shall be equivalent to its rejection;
and when a question is postponed indefinitely, the same shall
not be acted on again during the session.

XXI.

The Previous Question shall be in this form: "Shall the
Previous Question be now put ?" It may be called for on any
question; and when demanded by a majority of the members
present; it shall preclude all further amendment and debate
on the question or section of the bill under consideration.

XXII.

On a Motion for the Previous Question, on a Motion to Lie
on the Table, or a Motion to Adjourn, there shall be no De-
bate.

XXIII.

Every Question shall be entered on the Journal, and the
yeas and nays shall be taken when required by five Members
who shall have divided on the Question; and whenever the
yeas and nays are ordered to be taken, no question of ad-
journment shall be received or propounded by the Speaker,
until the yeas and nays are called, counted and reported.

XXIV.

Any Member may call for the Division of the Question,
which shall be divided, if it comprehend propositions in sub-
stance so distinct that, one being taken away, a substantative
proposition shall remain for the decision of the House.

XXV.

A Motion to Strike Out and Insert shall be deemed indi-
visible; but the matter proposed to be inserted may be di-