66 ADJOURN.-It has been decided and acted upon that the motion to fix the day to which the house shall adjourn" takes precedence of a motion "to adjourn." Barclay, p. 5. A motion "to fix the hour to which the house shall adjourn does not take precedence of a motion to adjourn, and can only be made when resolutions are in order. Barclay, p. 6. A motion to adjourn cannot be received after another question is actually put, and while the house is actually engaged in voting. Barclay, p. 6. A motion to adjourn cannot be received after a bill has been read through the third time, but the vote on final passage must be taken. To fix time to which to.- If it is desired to have an adjourned meeting of the assembly, it is best some time before its close to move, "That when this house adjourns, it adjourns to meet at such a time," specifying the time. This motion can be amended by altering the time, but if made when another question is before the assembly, neither the motion nor the amendment can be debated. If made when no other business is before the assembly, it stands as any other main question, and can be debated. This motion can be made even while the assembly is voting on the motion to adjourn, but not when another member has the floor. Roberts, p. 169. To a particular time.—If previously it had been decided when they adjourned to adjourn to a particular time, then the chair states that the assembly stands adjourned to that time. If the motion to adjourn is qualified by specifying the time, as to adjourn to tomorrow evening," it cannot be made when any other question is before the assembly; like any other main motion, it can then be amended and debated. Roberts, p. 170. A motion simply to adjourn is in no instance debatable; but if, in order, it is moved to adjourn to a particular day, or for a particular time, the proposition will admit of debate. In this form it cannot be moved when anything else is pending; for, in this form, it is itself a principal proposition, and not a privileged question. Mell, par. 167. A motion to adjourn cannot take a member from the floor, cannot interrupt the verification of a vote, and cannot be entertained while an assembly is dividing. Reed's Rules, sec. 169. A motion to adjourn sine die is subject to a motion to commit, and is debatable. Legislative Manual, p. 262. AMENDMENT.— An amendment, though inconsistent with one already adopted, cannot be shut out for that reason, but must be put to a vote if insisted on. The inconsistency may be good ground for its rejection by the house, but is no ground for its suppression by the chair. Croswell, p. 46. The friends of a bill or section must have the privilege of selecting the most advantageous form for it before it is liable to be suppressed by a substitute. Warrington, p. 68. —Substitute.— An amendment may be moved to an amendment, but it is not admitted in another degree. But it is a well-settled practice of the house that there |