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(h) The presiding officer shall decide whether any question is carried by affirmative or a <br />negative vote ; but if the presiding officer is in doubt, and the "ayes" and "nays" or a division <br />be called for , the presiding officer shall call for a roll call v ote. <br />(i) When a question is under debate, no motion shall be received, but to adjourn, for the <br />previous question (which motion shall be decided without debate), to lay on the table, to <br />postpone to a day certain , to refer, to amend , or to postpone indefinitely, which several <br />motions shall have preference in the order in which they are here arranged. <br />(j) The motion to adjourn and the motion to fix a time to which the Council shall adjourn shall <br />always be in order, the latter motion taking precedence over the former. <br />(k) The motion to lay an amendment on the table shall not affect the subject which it is <br />proposed to amend. <br />(1) A "call for question" motion shall be proper after each member present has had the <br />opportunity to address the specific issue under debate. Said motion shall not require a <br />second and upon such a motion all debate shall cease. The presiding officer shall then repeat <br />the "call for question" motion pending before the Council and ask for a voice vote on said <br />issue. <br />(m) The motion to postpone to a date certain can be amended by altering the time. <br />(n) The motion to commit may be amended by altering the committee or by giving instructions. <br />( o) A motion to amend and a motion to amend that amendment shall be in order, and it shall <br />also be in order to offer a further amendment by way of substitute, to which one (1) <br />amendment may be offered , but neither may be withdrawn before amendment or decision is <br />had thereon. <br />(p) No motion or proposition postponed indefinitely shall be taken up again at the same or next <br />succeeding meeting. <br />( q) A question shall be divided on the demand of any member if it includes two (2) or more <br />distinct propositions. <br />(r) A motion to strike out and insert shall be indivisible, but a motion to strike out being lost <br />shall neither preclude amendment, nor motion to strike out and insert, and no motion or <br />proposition on a subject different from that under consideration shall be submitted under <br />color of amendment. <br />(s) Motion to reconsider: When a motion has been made and carried or lost, it shall be in order <br />for any member of the majority at the same or the next regular meeting, to move for the <br />reconsideration thereof. Such a motion upon being made may be seconded by any Council <br />Member and may be made at any time. It shall be debatable and requires a majority vote to <br />prevail. No such motion shall be introduced at a subsequent meeting unless the member <br />intending to make the same shall have given written notice of such intention at the meeting <br />at which the vote which he or she desires to have reconsidered was taken. <br />(t) When a resolution is offered or a report or other matter presented, the presiding officer may <br />take the reception thereof for granted, unless objection be made, when a formal motion shall <br />be required.