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RULE NO. 14 MOTIONS 1. No motion may be received and considered by the Council or a Committee until the same has been seconded. 2. No floor amendment to a bill or resolution shall be considered unless a written copy of the amended version has been presented to the County Clerk for preparation and distribution to each Council Member present. However, a floor amendment may be verbal if limited to correction of manifest clerical or typographical errors or errors in numbering, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and gender terms, provided that the correction will not alter the meaning or effect of the underlying bill or resolution. 3. After a motion is stated or read, it is deemed to be in the possession of the Council or Committee, and it shall be disposed of by vote of that body. However, any motion may be withdrawn by the movant without consent of the corresponding second at any time before a decision or amendment. 4. Whenever any question is under discussion, the precedence of motions thereto shall be to: (a) Lay on the table. (b) The previous question. (c) Postpone to a certain time. (d) Commit (or refer). (e) Amend. (f) Postpone indefinitely. (g) Close file on subject matter. The first two motions shall be decided without debate. 5. Previous Question. The object of a motion for the previous question is to cut off debate. However, when this motion is carried by two-thirds (2/3) majority, the introducer of the main subject under discussion shall be permitted to close the debate, after which the main question shall be put; provided, however, that the introducer may delegate to another such right to close. EXHIBIT "A"