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IV. Motions Opening Main Questions to Debate

1. To strike out enacting clause of bill, or ordinance, [of course, not applicable in private societies, and used in State or Municipal Legislatures when it is desirable to force the fight on the measure at the second reading.] 2. To commit the question. 3. To refer. 4. To postpone indefinitely. 5. To reconsider a debatable question.