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Call for Orders of the Day. It is the duty of the presiding officer to see that the business is taken up in its proper order, and if at any time this duty is neglected a member may rise and say, "Mr. Chairman, I call for the orders of the day." This means "I demand that the order of business adopted by the assembly be complied with." This call requires no second, cannot be debated or amended; and may be made even while another has the floor, or after a motion has been made, provided it has not been stated by the chair. If a question is pending, it is not in order to call for the orders of the day unless the hour appointed by a special order or program for taking up another subject has arrived, and in that case the call is in order even though another has the floor and is speaking. A question postponed to a certain time Rh