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Robert's Rules of Order - Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies by Henry M. Robert
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which the words were inserted.

In stating the question on an Amendment the Chairman should read (1) the
passage to be amended; (2) the words to be struck out, if any; (3) the
words to be inserted, if any; and (4) the whole passage as it will stand
if

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the amendment is adopted. [For amending reports of committees, and
propositions containing several paragraphs, see § 44.]

The numbers prefixed to paragraphs are only marginal indications, and
should be corrected, if necessary, by the clerk, without any motion to
amend.

The following motions cannot be amended:

To Adjourn (when unqualified) ............................ See § 11.
For the Orders of the Day ................................ '' § 12.
All Incidental Questions ................................. '' § 8.
To Lie on the Table ...................................... '' § 19.
For the Previous Question ................................ '' § 20.
An Amendment of an Amendment ............................. '' § 23.
To Postpone Indefinitely ................................. '' § 24.
Reconsider ............................................... '' § 27.

An Amendment to Rules of Order, By-Laws or a Constitution shall require
previous notice and a two-thirds vote for its adoption [see § 45].

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