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VI. Matters Not Subject to Amendment

I. Motion to adjourn. 2. Amendment to an amendment. 3. An appeal from the decision of the Chair. 4. A call to order. 5. Motion for leave to continue speaking after having been pronounced out of 6. Motion to lay on the table. 7. Objections to the consideration of a question. 8. Motion for the order of the day. 9. Motion to indefinitely postpone. 10. Call for the previous question.

II. Motion to reconsider. 12. Motion that the committee rise. 13. Motion that a question be discussed. 14. Motion to suspend the rules. 15. Motion to take from the table. 16. Motion to take up a question out of the proper order. 17. Motion for leave to withdraw a motion.

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