Note Return to text — Chapter X · OF THE ORDER AND SUCCESSION OF QUESTIONS.
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161. A motion, when regularly made, seconded, and proposed from the chair, is then in the possession of the assembly, and cannot be withdrawn by the mover, or directly disposed of in any manner, but by a vote; hence, if the mover of a question wishes to modify it, or to substitute a different one in its place, he must obtain the leave of the assembly for that purpose; which leave can only be had, if objection is made, by a motion[Footnote 21] and question in the usual mode of proceeding.