debatable questions.

13. Orders of the Day. A call for the Orders of the Day takes
precedence of every other motion, excepting to Reconsider [§ 27], and
the three preceding, to which latter three it yields, and is not
debatable, nor can it be amended. It does not require to be seconded.

When one or more subjects have been assigned to a particular day or
hour, they become the Orders of the Day for that day or hour, and they
cannot be considered before that time, except by a two-thirds vote [§
39]. And when that day or hour arrives, if called up, they take
precedence of all but the three

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preceding questions [§§ 10, 11, 12]. Instead of considering them, the
assembly may appoint another time for their consideration. If not taken
up on the day specified, the order falls to the ground.

When the Orders of the Day are taken up, it is necessary to take up the
separate questions in their exact order, the one first assigned to the
day or hour, taking precedence of one afterwards assigned to the same
day or hour. (A motion to take up a particular part of the Orders of
the Day, or a certain question, is not a privileged motion). Any of the
subjects, when taken up, instead of being then considered, can be
assigned to some other time.

The Form of this question, as put by the Chair when the proper time
arrives, or on the call of a member, is, "Shall the Order of the Day be
taken up?" or, "Will the assembly now proceed with the Orders of the