MOTIONS.
When a motion has been made, it is not to be put to the question, or
debated, until it is seconded.--_Scob._ 21.
$The Senate say, No motion shall be debated until the same shall be
seconded.--_Rule_ 6.$
It is then, and not till then, in possession of the House. It is to be
put into writing, if the House or Speaker require it, and must be read
to the House by the Speaker, as often as any member desires it for his
information.--2 _Hats._ 82.
$The rule of the Senate is, When a motion shall be made and seconded, it
shall be reduced to writing, if desired by the President or any member,
delivered in at the table, and read by the President before the same
shall be debated.--_Rule_ 7.$
It might be asked, whether a motion for adjournment, or for the orders of
the day, can be made by one member while another is speaking? It cannot.
When two members offer to speak, he who rose first is to be heard, and
it is a breach of order in another to interrupt him, unless by calling
him to order if he departs from it. And the question of order being
decided, he is still to be heard through. A call for adjournment, or for
the order of the day, or for the question, by gentlemen from their seats,
is not a motion. No motion can be made without arising and addressing
the chair. Such calls are themselves breaches of order, which, though
the member who has risen may respect as an expression of impatience of
the House against farther debate, yet, if he chooses, he has a right to
go on.