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§ 73
Precedence of Motions.
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ORDER OF MOTIONS AND THEIR PRECEDENCE TO ONE ANOTHER.

73. To fix the time to which to adjourn.
To adjourn.
Questions of privilege.
Orders of the day.
To lay on the table.
The previous question.
To postpone to a certain time.
To commit.
To amend.
To postpone indefinitely.
Appeals.
Objection to consideration.
Withdrawal of a motion.
Division of a question.
Suspension of the rules.
To fill blanks.
Reading of papers.
To reconsider.
To substitute.
Main, or principal motion.

Note.—The above is the order in which motions may be said to have precedence over one another. It is understood that motions com-