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RULES OF ORDER.
[§ 35

is to refer the subject to the committee of the whole [§ 32], or to consider it informally [$ 33]. [For limiting or closing the debate see § 37.]

No member can speak the second time to a question until every member choosing to speak has spoken. But an amendment, or any other motion, being offered, makes the real question before the assembly a different one, and, in regard to the right to debate, is treated as a new question. Merely asking a question, or making a suggestion, is not considered as speaking. The maker of a motion, though he can vote against it, cannot speak against his own motion.

35. Undebatable Questions and those Opening the Main Question to Debate. The following questions shall be decided without debate, all others being debatable [see note at end of this section]:

To Fix the Time to which the Assembly shall Adjourn (when a privileged question, § 10).

To Adjourn [§ 11] (or in committee, to rise, which is used instead of to adjourn).

For the Orders of the Day [§ 13], and questions relating to the priority of business.

An Appeal [§ 14], when made while the Previous Question is pending, or when simply relating to in-