TO THE CLERK'S MANUAL, OF RULES, FORMS AND LAWS FOR THE REGULATION OF BUSINESS IN THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OF STATE OF NEW YORK COMPILED BY EDWARD M. JOHNSON, CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY, 1872, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1881 & 1882. FROM ALL THE WORKS PRODUCED BY THE FIRST PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE OF 1882. APPENDIX. 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. 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 |