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Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 191, 8 March 1878, Page 7

rv-vrp 1 iji^*m«^-m--»«»»i 1 ■ - «i (j*e*£^3*- i ygsi , ** t *j? =^ :" *—-'- • - "- ■ r -yy. -.-,._*..--_, *. . _ r ~ JrU^^t^^yyf^^^ 6^ o^ .'" .l^&i'y.^Lv -A-"- W S £.?. fc!.™. T.iXi ■-'■_ V' -" i -■'■■■■■-■ '- ..'.•-- ,v. A.y.r.,.. *- „ . .. . 7 op. THE -■^tOLUTHA COUNTY COUNCIL. I \ --44. 4 BYE-LAW No. 1. .;- -Regulating; the Proceedings, Debates, and --*;. i. General Conduct of the Business of the ■j, 4 /^>uncil. y .''■■-- ' 7 : : Meetings. '"* - Aii l?;In addition to the meetings directed 7 .*;- by Counties Act " to be held in the ; ymonths of May and November in each -the. Council shall hold Ordinary j?oh ' the last Friday of each 77month. •__. 4- --4. General Conduct of Business. 2.- Jn all caßes not hereinafter provided for,the Chairman shall decide, taking for 7 his; guide a the forms and usages of the House of Representatives, as far as these *an«be applied to the proceedings of the ..- County Council. ' First Business. 3.: At every Ordinary Meeting of the '__;";_^oTmcil/ f _the 'first- biißiness shall be the reading of . the Minutes of the preceding meetings ; and no discussion shall be permitted thereon, except as to their accuracy as a report of such proceedings. Ordinary Meetings. . : . v 4.x The order of business of an Ordinary Meeting shall be as follows ; — , 44 T. Reading of inward and outward correspondence, and considering ■' ' "' ■' and ordering thereon. 2. Reception of Memorials and Peti- ....:;-- -•- tions. 3. Reception and consideration of Reports of Committees. 4. Ordinary business. 5. Passing of Accounts. 6. .Motions . of which previous notice haS. been given. 7? Reception of Notices of Motion. .And the order of business at a Special Meeting shall be the order in which such "■" business stands in the notice thereof. Notices of Motion. 5. All Notices of Motion shall be given to the County Clerk at the close of the meeting of Council, or not less than three clear days before the next Ordinary Meeting of the .Council ; and the County Clerk r shall enter the same in the Notice of Motion Book, in the order in which they are received. Motions on Petitions. 6. It-i shall be competent on the presentation of any document, to .move, without notice, that it be taken into con- " sideration. Order of Motions. 7. Except by leave of the Council, Motions shall be moved in the order in which, they .have been received and recorded by the County Clerk in. the Notice . of Motion Book, and if not so moved or postponed, shall be struck out. Absence of Mover. 8. No motion entered in the Notice of Motion Book shall be proceeded with in the absence of the Councillor who gave notice of the same, unless by some other Councillor producing vrritten authority from such absent Councillor to that effect. Councillor to Address the Chairman. 9. Any Councillor desirous of making a motion or amendment, or taking part in any discussion thereon, shall rise and address the Chairman, and shall not be interrupted unless called to order, when he shall sit down until the Councillor calling to order shall have been heard thereon, and the question of order disposed of, when the Councillor in possession pf the chair may proceed Avith his subject. Withdrawal of Motions. 10. No motion or amendment shall be -withdrawn without the leave of the Coun=ciL Motions must be Seconded. 11. No motion or amendment shall be discussed, or put to the vote of the Council, unless it be seconded. When Mover and Seconder shall be held to have spoken. , 12. A Councillor moving a motion shall be held ■to have spoken thereon ; but a Councillor merely seconding a motion shall hot be held to have spoken upon it. ; • •: 1-: 1 Chairman . to decide priority. V : 13. If two. or more Councillors rise to speak 1 at the same time, the Chairman sHall'.decide which is entitled to priority. ' : Ay< Chairman .to rise wlien speaking to the -„;. Question. 14. The Chairman shall rise in addressing the Council to discuss any question, 7 bnt' i^ot Avhen ruling on anypoint of order or : tHe" conduct of the debate, and shall * not leave the chair on such occasions. Councillors not to .speak more tlian once, ..-,;, : : ,t-» y?. .except in Committee. 15. No Councillor shall speak a second time on .the 'same question except when r> vthe Council" is in Committee of the whole, unless in reply, or to a point of order, or ;j> in w explanation wheh ! he has "been mis- ?/* rrfpresente<l*or misunderstood. ■'. ■ ■-- -•;. i -:=:<v?M^- ! v;:- •="*• .-,!■?-.:•:.-■ — ■..•■- _• ,- .Points of. Order. -.■■ - A; y; .-l&'The Chairman, when called upon to j depjdejonv^ tne , rt 7;"TOl^r?pr^ticC^hi^,he deems, applicable .'^jto'the'easeyandhis order *;or explanation in each caie'shall i_^"final. ? ' j ,J "'-'" "'* " <l, ' "rv _J*V*Kf-'?S ffl;? *-.».'_ Vfi-.- .-<-'• •*. y^