................ '' Sec. 8.
To Lie on the Table ...................................... '' Sec. 19.
For the Previous Question ................................ '' Sec. 20.
An Amendment of an Amendment ............................. '' Sec. 23.
To Postpone Indefinitely ................................. '' Sec. 24.
Reconsider ............................................... '' Sec. 27.

An Amendment to Rules of Order, By-Laws or a Constitution shall require
previous notice and a two-thirds vote for its adoption [see Sec. 45].

24. To Postpone Indefinitely. This motion takes precedence of nothing
except the Principal Question [Sec. 6], and yields to any Privileged [Sec. 9],
Incidental [Sec. 8] or Subsidiary [Sec. 7] Motion, except to Amend. It cannot
be amended; it opens to debate the entire question which it is proposed
to postpone. Its effect is to entirely remove the question from before
the assembly for that session [Sec. 42].

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The Previous Question [Sec. 20], if ordered when this motion is pending,
applies only to it without affecting the main question.

Miscellaneous Motions.
[Sec.Sec. 25-27.]

25. Filling Blanks. In filling blanks the largest sum and the longest
time proposed shall be first put to the question. Sometimes the most
convenient way of amending a resolution is to create a blank by moving
to strike out a certain number or time. It is customary for any number
of members to propose numbers to fill a blank without the formality of a
motion, these different propositions not being regarded in the light of
amendments.

Nominations are treated in a similar manner, so that the second
nomination, instead of being an amendment to the first, is an
independent motion, which, if the first fails, is to be immediately
voted upon. Any number of nominations can be made, the Chairman
announcing each name as he hears it, and they

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should be voted upon in the order announced, until one receives a vote
sufficient for an election.

26. Renewal of a Motion. When any Principal Question [Sec. 6] or
Amendment has been once acted upon by the assembly, it cannot be taken
up again at the same session [Sec. 42] except by a motion to Reconsider [Sec.
27]. The motion to Adjourn can be renewed if there has been progress in
debate, or any business transacted.