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69 Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn What is the purpose of the motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn? The purpose “is to set the time, and sometimes the place, for another meeting to continue business of the session, with no effect on when the present meeting will adjourn” (242). In other words, the purpose of the motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn is not to adjourn, but to provide the time (and place) to continue the present meeting. Is the motion to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn always a privileged motion? No. “A motion to fix the time to which to adjourn is privileged only when it is made while a question is pending” (242). What is the form for moving to Fix the Time to Which to Adjourn? The member states, “I move that, when we adjourn, we adjourn to meet next Monday at 7:00 p.m.” ...

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