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VARIOUS LISTS OF MOTIONS
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Amend or Rescind, etc., a Standing Rule, Program, or Order of Business, or a Resolution previously adopted, without notice being given at the previous meeting or in the call for this meeting.

Extend the Time appointed for Adjournment or for Taking a Recess.

Previous Question.

Close, Limit, or Extend Limits of Debate.

Suspend the Rules.

Take up a Question Out of its Proper Order.

Make a Special Order.

Refuse to Proceed to the Orders of the Day.

Discharge an Order of the Day before it is pending.

Sustain an Objection to the Consideration of a Question.

Close Nominations or the Polls.

Limit names to be voted for at an Election.

Expel from Membership; requires also previous notice and trial unless for an offense committed in the assembly.

Depose from office that is not held for a definite period unless previous notice has been given.

Discharge a Committee, unless previous notice has been given.

Reconsider in Committee when one of the majority is absent and has not been notified of the proposed reconsideration.