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RULES OF ORDER, 1968 RULES OF ORDER OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CORPORATION OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX BY-LAW NUMBER 1726 A BY-LAW TO PROVIDE RULES GOVERNING THE ORDER AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, THE CONDUCT OF ITS MEMBERS, AND CALLING OF MEETINGS. WHEREAS it is necessary and expedient that there should be rules governing the Order and Procedure of the Council and its committees; THEREFORE be it enacted by the Municipal Council of the Corpor- ation of the County of Essex and it is hereby enacted as follows: MEETINGS OF COUNCIL 1. The inaugural meeting of the new council in each year shall be held on the 2nd Tuesday of January at the hour of 7 p.m. oTclock. 2. After its inaugural meeting the Council shall meet at the call of the Warden. All meetings of the Council shall be held at the County Offices, unless ruled otherwise by a majority of the members of the County Council. 3. The Council shall always meet at the hour of 7 p.m. o~clock on each third Wednesday of each month, with the e~ception of the inaugural meeting of the County Council, unless o~herwise determined by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 4. The Warden, or the Presiding Officer so appointed in his absence, shall preside at all meetings, and may at any time summon a special meeting of the Council, and it shall be his duty to summon a special meeting whenever requested in writing to do so by a majority of the members of Council. 5. In the absence of the Warden or the Presiding Officer, so appointed, or if his office is vacant, a special meeting may be summoned by the Clerk upon a requisition signed by a majority of the members of the Council. OPENING PROCEEDINGS 6. As soon after the hour of meeting as there shall be a quorum present, the Warden shall take the chair and call the members to order. 7. In case the Warden does not attend within thirty minutes after the time appointed, the clerk shall call the members to order, and if a quorum be present, a Presiding Officer shall be chosen, who shall preside during the meeting or until the arrival of the Warden. 8. A quorum must in all cases be a majority of all the members of the council, including the Warden or Presiding Officer. 9. If there be no quorum present within half an hour after the time appointed for the meeting, the clerk shall take down the names of the members then present, and the council shall stand adjourned until the next day of meeting, subject to the provisions' of sections four and five of this by-law.