takes precedence of all others, and is in order even after the assembly has voted to adjourn, provided the Chairman has not announced the result of the vote. If made when another question is before thet assembly, it is undebatable [§ 35]; it can be amended by altering the time. If made when no other question is before the assembly, it stands as any other principal motion, and is debatable.[1] The Form of this motion is, “When this assembly adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time.”
11. To Adjourn. This motion (when unqualified) takes precedence of all others, except to “fix the time to which to adjourn,” to which it yields. It is not debatable, it cannot be amended or have any other subsidiary motion [§ 7] applied to it; nor can a vote on it be reconsidered. If qualified in any way, it loses its privileged character, and stands as any other principal motion. The motion to adjourn can be repeated if there has been any intervening business, though it be simply pro-
- ↑ In ordinary societies it is better to follow the common parliamentary law, and permit this question to be introduced as a principal question, when it can be debated and suppressed [§§ 58, 59] like other questions. In Congress it is never debatable, and has entirely superseded the unprivileged and inferior motion to ‘‘adjourn to a particular time.”
