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6 that the question be postponed to," etc. In the case of resolutions the following forms are used: "I move to adopt the following resolution, 'Resolved, That,' " etc.; or "I move the adoption of the following resolution, 'Resolved, That,' " etc.; or "I offer the following resolution, 'Resolved, That,' " etc.

For convenience, motions are divided into main, subsidiary, privileged, and incidental. All except main motions and one other (to take from the table) are sometimes referred to as Secondary motions, since they may be made while other motions are pending, a fact not true of main motions and the motion to take from the table. Main motions are those which introduce a subject matter to the assembly. They are debatable and amendable.

Subsidiary motions are those which are made while another motion is pending, for the purpose of properly disposing of the other motion. The subsidiary motion supersedes the other motion for the time being, and must be acted upon before action can be taken on the other motion. Privileged motions have nothing to do with the pending question, but are of such importance that they are allowed to interrupt the consideration of other questions. They are undebatable because of this high rank. Privileged and subsidiary motions have a definite order of precedence among themselves as shown on Chart I, page 166. Incidental motions are those which arise out of a pending question and must be decided before that question;