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§ 101 ment until the questions upon which it is moved have been voted on, when the previous question is exhausted and has no further influence. Or, if several questions are before the assembly the previous question may (if this limitation is specified) be moved on the pending question only, when that is a debatable one, and if it is adopted, debate closes on the pending question only. After the pending question has been voted on the main question is again open to debate. If, however, it is not so specified in the motion and the previous question is ordered, nothing but an adjournment or one of the questions noted in Sec. 99—upon which debate is barred—can inter-