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26 NOTES. NOTES. 27 <br /> takes precedence of a motion to obstruct.or It is `frequently asked whether the "pre- <br /> d:A A it.motion to vious question" applies to a:Town Meeting ? <br /> `lay on the table may be de- It obviously does not, unless the Town has <br /> signed to obtain further' information, or to <br /> adopted it as rule. The doctrine is this <br /> accommodate a friend of the measure. who is stopping discussion is in derogation of.the <br /> absent, or mustleave immediately; a'motion freedom of debate,'and hence. the previous <br /> to amend is designed to make the' measure question does not exist at common law, and <br /> more acceptable; and so encourage its, pas- can be applied only where it has been adopted <br /> sage; a-motion to commit may be the most as a rule. <br /> expeditious mode of perfecting the'measure ; <br /> a motion to postpone to d time certain, -if' that <br /> time falls-within the probable duration of <br /> the meeting, may have for its object the ob- <br /> taining of further information which would <br /> sustain the measure and secure its passage. <br /> But a motion to postpone to the next meet- <br /> ing, that is; beyond the session, or to postpone <br /> indefanitelq, can have no other object than to <br /> defeat action, and so cannot, according to, <br /> f parliamentary principles, be put till all the <br /> pending motions are disposed of.. And- even <br /> if the motion to postpone indefinitely is first <br /> made, it may be superseded by any of the <br /> motions mentioned above, though subse- <br /> quently offered. An indefinite postponement" <br /> covers the whole subject, and so opens the <br /> door to the fullest debate. <br />