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92 they need not be then considered, as they may be assigned to some future time. A majority vote is competent to postpone even a special order. A motion to take up any particular order would not be a privileged motion; it must be for the orders generally if the be more than one. But when orders in general are taken up, each order in its turn may be disposed of temporarily by postponement until the desired order is reached; or if it is desired to consider any particular order not yet reached it may be done by a motion to “take up the question out of order,” which is virtually a suspension of the rules (130) and requires a two-thirds vote.  

93. Subsidiary motions (sometimes called preferred dependent motions), are applied to other motions for the purpose of disposing of that particular business, and therefore must be decided before the question giving rise to them can be acted upon.

To lay on the table.

The previous question.