(A) When a blank is to be filled, and different sums or times are proposed, the question shall be taken first on the largest sum or the longest time.
(B) When a question is under debate, the only motion in order shall be:
(1) To adjourn;
(2) The previous question;
(3) To lay on the table;
(4) To postpone indefinitely;
(5) To adjourn to a certain day;
(6) To refer;
(7) To amend; and
(8) To substitute; and such motion shall have precedence in the order herein arranged, the first three to be decided without debate.
(Prior Code, § 2-31)