Excerpt from Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the State Convention, Assembled May 4th, 1853, to Revise and Amend the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Vol. 2
The president. If the gentleman wishes it, the motion will be considered in the nature of an order, and will, agreeably to the rules, lie over until to-morrow.
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