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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28.] The “HHail” is the Advertising Medium of the West Coast, from Wanganui to New Plymouth [ESTABLISHED 1875.]

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. ami 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. upon all days upon which such office is, by law, required to he kept open, and the Town Clerk or his assistant clerk shall attend at the said office at all times during office hours. 63. The Common Seal of the Corporation shall not be affixed to any document except in the presence of the Mayor and Town Clerk, or of two councillors specially authorised by resolution of the Council for that purpose. Part llL—Streets. 64. When any work is required by this part of these Bye-laws to he done to the satisfaction of the Borough Surveyor, or to ho otherwise approved of by him, such work shall be done in such manner as the Borough surveyor or other officer appointed by the council to superintend such matters shall, subject in all cases to the instructions of the Council, direct or appoint. 65. Seven clear days before commencing any such work, the person about to perform the same shall give written notice to the Council of his intention so to do, and shall at the time of giving such notice deposit at the town clerk’s office a proper specification with full details of the proposed work, and the material to be used in carrying out the same. 66. The council or the Borough Surveyor may at any time within such period of seven days cause to be served upon the person giving such notice as aforesaid, or to be left at the place where it is proposed to cany out such work, notice in writing requiring such person to furnish further information, or to alter or amend such specification with regard to the particulars in such last mentioned notice specified. 67. If no such notice to furnish further particulars or to alter or amend such specification be given, or in case any such notice shall be given if such specification be altered as required in such notice, any work carried out in accordance with such specification shall, so far as regards the particulars contained in such specification, be deemed to be done to tlie satisfaction of the Borough Surveyor, and in accordance with the provisions of these Bye-laws. 68. No person shall construct or begin to construct any portico, verandah, or other thing projecting into or over any street, contrary to the provisions of these Byelaws. 69. Every portico or verandah projecting into or over any part”of a street shall he supported by upright pillars or supports of wood or iron fixed on the outer line or kerbing of the footway in such places as shall in each case be approved of bj' the Borough Surveyor. 70. No such portico or verandah shall be of leas height than 8 feet clear from the top of the kerbing* or, if there be no kerbing, the place where the top of such kerbing would be, to the under side of the plate of such portico or verandah ; and no part of any such portico or verandah, or anything affixed thereto, except the supports, shall be lower than such plate. 71. Every such portico or verandah, in all other respects, and every other thing projecting into or over any part of a street, made or placed with the written consent of the Council, shall be constructed as to dimensions, position, materials, and every other particular, in such manner as shall in each case be approved of by the Borough Surveyor. 72. If auj* projection over or obstructing anj' street shall have been heretofore erected or placed with the written consent of the Council, or in accordance with any Act or Bye-law then in force, the Council may at any time cause such projection to be removed or altered in such maimer as they shall deem fit, without, however, doing any unnecessary damage thereby. 73. Before making any such removal or alteration, the Council shall give to the owner of any such projection, or the owner or occupier of the building against or in front of which such projection shall have been erected or placed, fourteen days’ written notice of their intention to make such removal or alteration. 74. The owner or occupier of any building against or in front of which any projection over or obstructing any street shall hereafter be built or placed otherwise than in accordance with these bye-laws, shall, within fourteen clays from the service upon him of written notice from the Council to remove or alter such projection, remove or alter the same in the manner in such notice specified. 75. Before any name is given to any new street, fourteen days’ written notice of the intended name thereof shall be given to the Council : and if there be any street in the Borough called or about to be called by such intended name, the Council shall, within fourteen days of receiving such notice, notify to the person giving the same that there is already a street in the Borough called or about to be called by the same name, describing the locality thereof. 76. No person shall set up any name to any street without having given such notice as aforesaid, or any name objected to as aforesaid, or shall wilfully destroy, pull down, obliterate, or deface any name of any street set up in accordance with the provisions of this Bye-law ; and the Council may cause any name set up contrary to the provisions of these By-laws to be obliterated, removed, or destoyed. 77. The owner or occupier of any land or buildings shall, within fourteen days from receiving written notice from the Council, construct, and shall at all times thereafter maintain in good order and condition, such gutters, spouts, and drains, as shall be specified in any such notice, so as to prevent rain-water from such land or buildings falling upon any street or footpath. 78. All drains across or under footways shall be constructed with metal or earthenware pipes, of such dimensions as the Borough Surveyor may direct, and shall be laid with a fall of 3 inches in the whole width of the footway, the level of the discharge mouth being the level of the water-channel. | 79. The kerb shall bo neatly cut with a circular hole of the same size as the outside diameter of the pipe, and relaid to line or level ; the footway opened up for the reception of the pipe shall be made good with the same material as that of which it is constructed. 80. No drain under a footway and discharging into the channel shall be laid or used for any other purpose than for carrying off surface water, whether from roofs or yards. 81. The owner or occupier of any land or building requiring access thereto for horses or vehicles, may, and within fourteen days after receiving written notice from the Council shall, make and shall thereafter maintain such crossing for horses and vehicles as is hereinafter mentioned, or shall be specified in such, and every such crossing shall bo made to the satisfaction of the Borough Surveyor. 82. No crossing shall be less than 9 nor more Ilian 12 feet long in the direction of the street, except crossings to private streets, unless the permission of the Council has been first obtained. 83. The crossing over the channel (if any) shall be such suitable bridge as shall leave a free passage for the water underneath the same, and shall be of such materials, form, length, size, strength, and fall, as shall be approved of by the Borough Surveyor, and the surface of such crossing, so far as the pathway extends, shall be made good by paving, macadamising, gravelling, or otherwise, as the Council may require, so that the necessary traffic by animals or vehicles over the same shall not cause any damage thereto,but that such crossingshallbe as sound and commodious for the passage of persons using the footway as the other portions of such footway adjoining such crossing. . . 84. The owner or occupier of any land or huildmg to or in front of which any crossing shall have been made, shall, within 3 days from the service upon him of written notice from the Council to repair such crossing, execute such repairs as shall in the opinion of the Council bo necessary, and as shall be specified in such notice, 85. No owner or occupier of any premises shall allow the discharge of any offensive matter whatever into any street or public place. t . 86. No person shall deposit any scaffolding, building material, rubbish, or obstructions of any kind in any street or public place without the written consent of the Council. 87. The Council may remove any scaffolding, building materials, rubbish, or obstructions of any kind deposited in any street or public place without their consent, and may recover from the person or persons depositing the same the expense of any removal by action of debt in any court of competent jurisdiction. 88. Every person, before beginning or making other preparations for any building, any portion of which when built will be within ten feet of any street or footway, shall deliver at the Town Clerk’s office notice in writing to the Council of such his intention. 89. Such notice shall describe the intended work, and specify the height, depth, extent, and position thereof; and shall also state whether or not it will be necessary for the execution thereof to construct any scaffolding or deposit building materials upon the street or footway, and if so, for how long. 90. The Council may, after having received any such

notice, grant to the person giving the same, a license for the erection of scaffolding and the deposition of building materials, and such license may be extended without fee by endorsement under the band of the Town Clerk. 91. A fee of 5s shall be paid for every such license, and every such license shall only remain in force for the period specified in such license or the last renewal thereof. 92. Any person erecting any scaffolding or depositing any building materials or rubbish upon any street or footway, shall, before doing so, put up such hoarding and fences as shall be approved of by the Borough Surveyor, so as to separate such scaffolding, building materials, or rubbish from the rest of the street or footway ; and shall so maintain the same and keep the same sufficient ly lighted to the satisfaction of the Borough Surveyor, between sunset and sunrise, whilst such scaffolding, building materials, or rubbish shall be so constructed or deposited. 93. Every person licensed to erect any scaffolding or deposit any building materials or rubbish shall forthwith, at the expiration of the time limited in any such license or in the last renewal thereof, remove such scaffolding, building materials, and rubbish, or obstruction, and shall make good the footway or street to the satisfaction of the Borough Surveyor. 94. No scaffolding or hoarding shall be erected, or building materials or rubbish deposited upon or over any street further than one-third of the width of such street from the inner edge of the footway. 95. The owner or occupier of any building or fence encroaching upon any street, shall, within fourteen days after the service upon him of written notice from the Council to that effect, remove such building or fence, or such part thereof as shall so encroach, with such precautions as to securing the remainder thereof as shall be approved of by the Borough Surveyor and as shall be specified in such notice. 96. No person being the owner of any horses, cattle, asses, mules, goats, or swine shall allow the same to be at large without proper guidance, or tethered in the streets or public places, or on any land not securely fenced off from the streets or public places in the Borough. 97. Any goats or swine found wandering at large or tethered in any street may be seized by any constable, and may, after being kept on view for 48 hours in some place within the Borough appropriated for that purpose, and after such seizure has been publicly notified, be sold for the benefit of the Borough fund or destroyed by any constable, if not previously claimed. 98. No person shall break in any horse or other animal in any public or private street, or public place within the Borough. 99. No person shall bathe in any river or stream or any part of the sea within the Borough within view of any street, between the hours of 6 o’clock in the morning and 8 o’clock at night, except in such baths or places as shall be provided or allowed by the Council. 100. No person shall do or permit or suffer any of the following acts, defaults or omissions in or upon any street, private street, or public •place within the Borough : (a) Throw or leave any nightsoil, dirt, paper, rubbish, cr other offensive matter, or matter of a similar nature ; (b) Place any obstruction upon any street line, whereby life or limb is likely to be endangered. (c) Allow the drippings from the eaves of any house or verandah in the occupation of such person, to fall upon any such street ; {d) Place any placard, bill, or other document, or writing, or painting on, or otherwise deface any building, gate, fence, post, or tree, without the consent of the occupier or owner thereof, or of the premises to which the same belongs ; (e) Throw or discharge any stone or missile to the damage or danger of any person or property, or discharge any catapult or shanghai ; CO Ride or drive any horse or vehicle furiously ; (g) Expose for sale any article whatever outside of any shop, window, or doorway ; ( h j) Hang under, upon, or from any portico, verandah, or awning, or the support thereof, any goods, wares, or merchandise, or any blind or lamp, except such blinds or lamps as shall be allowed ’’ by the council ; *(Z) Bide or drive any horse or vehicle round the corner of any street or public place at a faster pace than a slow trot, or faster than a walk on any pathway crossing. (J) Expose in any public street or thoroughfare, except in any fair or market lawfully appointed for that purpose, any horse or other animal for show, hire, or sale. (&) Wheel any trucks or wheelbarrows on the footpath or walking on the footpath when carrying planks, iron bars, ladders or other cumbersome articles. (Z) Leave upon any public street or thoroughfare any plough, harrow, cart, or other vehicle, without any horse or animal harnessed thereto, unless in consequence of some accident having occurred. ( m ) Turn loose any horse or cattle upon any public street, or allow any animal or animals to wander in any public street or thoroughfare within the Borough. (n) Having the charge of any stallion, bull, or entire animal, allowing the same to cover or attempt to cover within public view. (o) Ride, drive, or lead any horse or other animal or vehicle on a footway or bridge constructed for foot passengers only ; (p) Drive any entire horse or any savage or dangerous animal loose ; (g) Play any game to the annoyance of passengers ; ( r ) Erect any tent, booth, or stall, or make any fire without written authority from the council ; (s) Discharge any fireworks on or within fifty feet from the side of any street ; (Z) Go to sleep in any vehicle in his charge so as to leave any animal harnessed to the same without proper guidance ; ( u ) Leaving any such vehicle by going to such a distance as to be unable to control the animal harnessed to the same ; unless the wheels be securely locked or secured by brake. (v) Fail to keep any vehicle driven by him on the left or near side of the road when meeting, and on the right or off side when passing another vehicle, or fail to leave a reasonable portion of the road for any vehicle or person passing him ; (w) Impede the traffic or endanger the safety of passengers by having any iron, timber, boards or other article laid across any vehicle, going along any street or thoroughfare, so that either end should project more than two feet beyond the wheels or sides of such vehicle, unless by permission of the council. (x) Ride on any cart, dray, or wagon, being the person in charge thereof, without having or holding proper and sufficient reins ; (//) Tether any animal, or being the owner of any such animal, allow the same to be so tethered or graze or depasture, whether in the charge of any person or not ; (z) Cause any obstruction by allowing any vehicle or animal to remain across any street, or ( aa ) Leave any dead beast upon any street or thoroughfare. s (bb) Keep any disreputable house, or house of ill-fame, or having the control or management of the same, or being a reputed occupier, or an inmate of any such house. (cc) Draw or trail any sledge, timber, or other material upon any footway or carriage road. {(Id) Slaughter, for the purpose of sale, any cattle, swine, or sheep within the Borough except in slaughter-houses duly appointed. (ce) Leaving any hole, excavation, or dangerous formation in or near any street or public place without fencing or enclosing the same, and keeping the same properly lighted from sunset to sunrise ; iff) Neglect or omit to keep any area or entrance to any collar or other place opening into or upon any street or public place securely protected by a fence or cover or otherwise, or leave open any such entrance for more than a reasonable time ; (gg) Cause any obstruction by loitering or standing after having been requested by any constable to move on. NUISANCES. 101. The Council may make such provision as it shaltliink lit for the periodical removal from every dwell ling or other tenement, as aforesaid, within the Borough, at the expense of the owner or occupier thereof, of any night soil, dung, ashes, slops, filth, refuse, or rubbish of any kind. , . . 102. The Inspector of nuisances foi the time being appointed by the Council, or any other peison who may be employed by the Council for the purposes ot this bye-law, shall have power at all reasonable hours 1111 the day or night to enter into, or upon, any building 01 land

when lie has been misunderstood or misrepresented, again be heard to explain himself in regard to some material part of his speech, hut may not introduce any neto matter. 28. The mover of every original proposition, but not of any amendment, shall have a right to reply when called upon hy the Mayor or chairman, who shall first ask whether any other councillor desires to speak ; and immediately after such reply, the question shall be put by the Mayor or chairman, without any further discussion. 29. No councillor shall speak a second time on the same question, except by way of reply, in explanation, or upon a point of order. 30. No councillor shall digress from the subjectmatter of the question under discussion, or comment upon the words used by any other councillor in a previous debate, or reflect upon any former resolution of the Council except on a motion to rescind such former resolution. 31. Any councillor imputing improper motives to, or making personal reflections on, any other councillor, shall be deemed highly disorderly, and on being required by the Mayor or chairman, shall withdraw his expressions and make satisfactory apology to the Council. 32. Any councillor may require the enforcement of any of the provisions of this Bye-law by directing the attention of the Mayor or chairman to any infraction thereof. 33. The Mayor or chairman, when called on to decide on points of order or practice, shall state the provision, rule, or practice which he deems applicable to the case, without discussing or commenting on the same ; and his decision as to order or explanation in each case shall be final. 34. A question having been proposed may be amended hy leaving out certain words only, by leaving out certain words in order to insert other words, or by inserting or adding words. 35. No second or subsequent amendment, whether upon an original proposition or on an amendment, slial 1 be made or taken into consideration until the previous amendment is disposed of. 36. If an amendment be carried, the question or amendment as amended shall then become the question or amendment before the Council, and may be further amended as to any portion thereof coming after the part so amended. 37. If an amendment be negatived, then a second amendment may be moved to any portion of the question coming after the part proposed to be amended. 38. No discussion shall be allowed on any motion for adjournment of the Council. 39. If any motion for adjournment be put and negatived, the subject then under consideration, or the next or some other on the business paper,_ shall be discussed before any subsequent motion for adjournment be made. 40. If at any meeting of the Council the number of councillors present be reduced to less than a quorum, and the attention of the Mayor or chairman be called thereto, he may adjourn such meeting for any period not more than one week, notice whereof shall be forthwith given to each of the councillors. 41. If any meeting of the Council shall be adjourned, the business thereof shall be resumed at the adjourned meeting at the point where it was interrupted by the adjournment. 42. The Mayor or chairman shall, in taking a vote of the Council, put the question first in the affirmative and then in the negative, and the result thereof shall be recorded in the minutes. 43. Whenever a division shall be demanded by any councillor, the councillors voting in the affirmative shall say “ aye ” and those voting in the negative “ no,” and the result shall be declared by the Mayor or chairman. 44. The Council may by resolution order the whole of the councillors to be summoned to attend a special meeting at a time to be named in such order, of which the notice required in the case of a special meeting shall be given to each councillor. 45. Minutes shall be kept of the names of members present at all meetings of committees, and of the reports and resolutions of such committees, and shall be entered in the Committee’s Minute Book ; and the minutes of every meeting of any committee shall be signed by the chairman thereof and presented to the Council at the next meeting, and the Town Clerk shall, when practicable, attend all meetings of committees. 46. The Town Clerk shall convene every committee within ten days of its first appointment, or at any time thereafter by order of the Council, or on the written order of the chairman, or any two members of the committee. 47. No petition shall be presented after the Council shall have proceeded with the orders of the day. 48. It shall be incumbent on every councillor presenting a petition, to acquaint himself with the contents thereof, and to ascertain that it does not contain language disrespectful to the Council, and that the contents do not violate any of the provisions of any Bye-law. _ 49. Every councillor presenting a petition to the Council shall sign his name at the beginning thereof. _ 50. Every petition shall be in writing, and not printed or lithographed, and shall contain the prayer of the petitioners at the end thereof, and be signed by at least one person on every skin or sheet on which it is written. 51 Every petition shall be signed by the persons whose names are appended thereto, by their names or marks, except in cases of incapacity by sickness. 52. No letters, affidavits, or other documents shall be attached to any petition. 58. Every councillor presenting a petition to the Council shall confine himself to a statement of the persons from whom it comes, the number of signatures attached to it, and the material allegations contained in it, and to the reading of the prayer thereof. 64. Any Councillor may protest against any resolution of the Council, and notice of intention to protest shall in every case be given forthwith on the adoption of the resolution protested against, and the protest shall specify the reasons for protesting, and shall be entered three days at least before the next ordinary meeting of the Council by the protesting councillor, in a book to be kept for that purpose in the Town Clerk’s office, and signed by such councillor, and shall also be entered in the minutes of the meeting at which notice of the intention to protest shall have been given previously to the confirmation thereof, but such protest may be expunged from the minutes if declared by a majority of the Council to be not in accordance with truth or in its terms disrespectful to the Council. 55. Any one or more of the sections of this part of these Bye-laws may be suspended for a special purpose on motion upon notice, or by a unanimous vote of the Council. 56. No resolution or other proceeding of the Council shall be rendered invalid by reason only of an infraction i of any of the provisions of this part of these Bye-laws, or on the ground that any point of order has been wrongly decided by the Mayor or Chairman. 67. Any Councillor (a) Using any offensive or disorderly language at any meeting of the Council, and refusing to withdraw the same, and apologise therefor, to the Council when lawfully requested so to do ; or - (6) Having at any meeting of the Council been ruled out of order by the Mayor or Chairman, twice called to order by him, and refusing to obey such call ; or (c) Otherwise behaving in a disorderly manner at any such meeting ; or ( d ) Being present at any meeting of the Council when a division of the Council is taken upon any question and not voting, he not being disabled by law from so doing ; or (e) Neglecting to attend in compliance with an order for a call of the whole Council within half-an-hour of the appointed hour, without reasonable excuse to the satisfaction of a majority of the Council, shall be guilty of a breach of these Bye-laws. 58. No appointment to any permanent office at the disposal of the Council shall take place until seven cleai days’ public notice shall have been given by advertisement in one or more newspapers circulating in the Borough, inviting applications from qualified candidates for the same. 69. The salary or allowance attached to any office or place at the disposal of the Council to which any new appointment is about to be made, shall in all cases be fixed before making such appointment. 60. No councillor or officer of the Council and no auditor of the Borough, shall be received as surety for any officer appointed by the Council, or for any work to be done by the Council. 61. All plans and specifications for any public work shall be laid before the Council, or some committee by order of the Council, at least six days prior to same being considered and ordered upon, and be open for inspection by any ratepayer during that time. 62. The office hours during which the Town Clerk’s offi*e shall be kept open for the transaction of business shall be

BYE-LAWS OF TUK BOROUGH OF PATEA. THE following Bye-laws are published for public information in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Corporations Act 1876. In pursuance of “ The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” the Council of the Borough of Patea hereby makes the following Bye-laws for the good government of the Borough of Patea : Part I.—General Provisions. INTERPRETATION. 1. These Bye-lawsshall be usedinjconjunction with, and as if they were appended to, “ The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,” and the several expressions following shall have the several meanings herein assigned to each respectively, and the words used in these Bye-laws shall be held to have the same meaning as the corresponding words in the said Act.— “ The Borough” shall mean the Borough of Patea, being a Borough constituted under Section 17 of the “Municipal Corporations Act, 1876.” “The Council shall mean the Council of the Borough. “ Councillor ” shall mean a councillor of the Borough. “ Meeting” shall mean any meeting of the Council. “ Ordinary Meeting ’ shall mean any ordinary meeting of the Council held as provided bv Section 77 of “ The Municipal Corporations Act, 1876,”" and “Special Meeting” shall mean any special meeting of the Council held as provided by Section 81 of the said Act. “ Town Clerk” and “ Borough Surveyor ” shall mean the Town Clerk and Surveyor respectively for the time being of the Borough. “ Street,” “ footway,” “ right-of-way,” and “Private Street,” shall have the meanings assigned to them respectively by Section 23 of “ The Municipal Corporations Amendment Act, 1878.” “ Appointed Form” shall mean such form as may from time to time be appointed by the Council, or in default of and subject to an)’ such appointment as shall be provided or used by the Town Clerk. LICENSES. 2. The following provisions shall, unless otherwise specified, apply to all licenses granted by the Council under these Bye-laws. Before any such license shall be granted, an application in the appointed form, signed by the person applying for such license, and giving all such information as may bo required by or provided for in any such form, shall be delivered at the Town Clerk’s Office, and the fee payable in respect of such license shall be deposited with such application. Every such license shall be in the appointed form and signed by the Town Clerk, and shall remain in force until the 31st day of March next after the issue thereof, and may be renewed on application at the Town Clerk’s Office, and payment of the renewal fee, not later than the 15th day of February in each year. Every such license shall be registered in a book, to be kept by the Town Clerk in the appointed form. EXTENT, 3. These Bye-laws shall apply to the whole Borough, except where it is herein specified to the contrary. PENALTY. 4. Any person offending against any of the provisions of these Bye-laws, or committing any breach thereof, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £5 for every such offence. Part ll.—Regulation of Meetings, &c. 5. In all cases not herein provided for, the rules, forms, and usages of Parliament shall be followed so far as the same are applicable to the proceedings of the Council. 6. At every meeting the first business shall be the reading and confirmation of the minutes of the preceding meeting, and no discussion shall be permitted thereon except as to their accuracy as a record of the proceedings. 7. After the confirmation of the minutes, the order of business of any ordinary meeting shall be as follows : (а) Reading copies of letters sent by authority of the Council (б) Reading letters received, and considering and ordering thereon (c) Reception and reading of petitions and memorials (rZ) Presentations and reading of reports of Committees and other reports (e) Payments 00 Ordinary business (</) Orders of the day, including subjects continued from proceedings of former meetings (A) Extraordinary business (?) Other motions, of which previous notice has been given (y) Notices of motion 8. The business of any special meeting shall be taken in the order in which the same stands in the resolution or requisition in pursuance of which such meeting shall be called. 9. The order of business at any meeting may be altered by unanimous resolution of the Council. 10. All addresses to the Governor shall be presented by the Mayor and Town Clerk, unless otherwise ordered by the Council. 11. No motion for an address or petition shall be entertained unless the mover shall have furnished the Town Clerk with a copy thereof at least seven days previous to the meeting at which he desires it to be entertained. 12. No member shall make any motion initiating a subject for discussion, except in pursuance of notice of motion, 13. Notices of motion shall be dated and numbered and delivered by the intending mover to the Town Clerk. 14. If not required by law to be given at a meeting of the Council, notice of motion must be delivered as aforesaid at least three clear days prior to the meeting at which the motion is intended to be moved. 15. Notices of motion shall be recorded by the Town Clerk in a book to be kept for that purpose, in the order in which they shall be received by him. 16. Except by the unanimous leave of the Council, motions shall be moved in the order in which they have been so recorded ; and unless so moved or postponed, shall be struck out. 17. No motion upon notice shall be moved or proceeded with in the absence of the councillor who gave such notice, unless by some other councillor producing written authority from such first mentioned councillor to move such motion. 18. The councillors in meetings of Council shall designate each other by their official titles of mayor, chairman, or councillor, as the case may be. 19. Any councillor may of right demand the production of any of the documents of Council relating to the question under discussion. 20. Any Councillor desirous of making a motion or amendment, or taking part in any discussion thereon, shall rise and address the Mayor or Chairman, and shall not be interrupted unless called to order, when he shall immediately sit down, or otherwise obey such call to order, until the Councillor (if any) calling to order shall have been heard thereon, and the question of order disposed of, when the Councillor so called to order may, subject to the ruling of the Mayor or Chairman, proceed with the debate. 21. The Mayor or Chairman shall rise when addressing the Council to discuss any question, but need not leave the chair. 22. If two or more Councillors rise to speak at the same time, the Mayor or Chairman shall decide which is entitled to priority. 23. Any councillor desirous of proposing a motion or amendment, shall, before addressing the Council thereon, reduce such motion or amendment into writing, sign the same, and immediately deliver it to the Mayor or chairman, who shall state the same to the Council. 24. No councillor, except the mover, shall speak to any motion or amendment, nor shall any motion or amendment be discussed, or put to the vote of the Council, or recorded on the minutes, until it has been 25. No motion or amendment shall be withdrawn without leave of the Council. , 26. A councillor moving a motion, but not a councillor merely seconding one, shall be held to have spoken thereon. ... 27. A councillor who has spoken to a question may,