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That this Board amend Rule 16 of the Board by adding to the second sentence, after the phrase "These motions shall" the phrase "be decided by a majority vote of those present and shall.."
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That this Board amend Rule 16 of the Board as follows (amendment underlined and bolded):
Rule 16. When a question is under debate before the Board or a committee of the Board, the presiding officer shall entertain no motion but:
1) to adjourn,
2) to lay on the table,
3) for the previous question,
4) to postpone to a day certain,
5) to refer to a committee,
6) to amend,
7) to postpone indefinitely, or
8) to recess.
These motions shall be decided by a majority vote of those present and shall take precedence in the order in which they are arranged, and the first two shall be decided without debate. On a motion for the previous question no more than five minutes shall be allowed for debate and no member shall speak except in opposition to the motion or for more than two minutes. All questions of order arising after a motion for the previous question shall be decided without debate, except on appeal, and on appeal no member shall speak more than two minutes or more than once. The adoption of the previous question shall put an end to all debate and bring the board to a direct vote upon pending amendments, if any, and then upon the main question.
(This amendment was severed from #206583 and returned to the Special Committee on Rules for further consideration.)