Everyone should be well posted regarding precedence of motion in
Parliamentary Law. You may be called upon to decide such questions at
any time. The worries of officiating in public will be reduced to a
minimum if you will learn the proper sequence of motions through the
following suggestions. It will require but a few minutes to do this.
The following is a list of motions given in the order in which they
take precedence. The motion which has precedence over all others is the
motion, To Fix the Time to Adjourn, and is Number 1. The motion which
takes precedence over all motions, except Number 1, is the motion, To
Adjourn, and is Number 2.