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76 it can be laid on the table or postponed until after the close of the interrupting question, by a majority vote.

Special Orders made at different times for specified hours. When special orders that have been made at different times come into conflict, the one that was first made takes precedence of all special orders made afterwards, though the latter were made for an earlier hour. No special order can be made so as to interfere with one previously made. By reconsidering the vote making the first special order, they can be arranged in the order desired. Suppose, after a special order has been made for 3, one is made for 2 , and still later one is made for 4 ; if the 2  order is pending at 3 , the order for 3 , having been made first, interrupts it and continues, if not previously disposed of, beyond 4 , regardless of the special order for that hour. When it, the 3 order, is disposed of, the special order for 2  is resumed even if it is after 4 o'clock, because the 2  order was made before the 4  order. The only exception to this rule is in the case of the hour fixed for recess or adjournment. When that hour arrives the chair announces it and declares the assembly adjourned, or in recess, even though there is a special order pending that was made before the hour for recess or adjournment was fixed. When the chair announces the hour, any one