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33. Whenever the Warden or Presiding Officer is
<br />of the opinion that motion is contrary to the rules and
<br />privileges of the council, he shall apprize the members
<br />thereof immediately, before putting the question, and
<br />shall cite the rule or authority applicable to the case
<br />without argument or co mment. _
<br />vry imuiv OF A QUESTION
<br />34. When the question under consideration con-
<br />tains distinct propositions, upon the request of any
<br />member, the vote upon each proposition will be taken
<br />separately.
<br />DIVISIONS
<br />35. After the question is finally put by the
<br />Warden or Presiding Officer, no member shall speak to
<br />the question, nor shall any other motion be made until
<br />after the result of the vote has been declared, and the
<br />decision of the Warden or Presiding Officer as to
<br />whether the question has been finally put shall be
<br />conclusive.
<br />36. Members, having been previously sum-
<br />moned, shall immediately take their places when any
<br />division is called for.
<br />37. Upon a division of the council, the names of
<br />those who vote for and those who vote against the
<br />question shall be entered upon the minutes, as
<br />required by law.
<br />RECONSIDERATION
<br />38. After a motion is passed or report adopted,
<br />no motion for a reconsideration thereof shall be
<br />introduced during the same meeting, unless it is moved
<br />and seconded by two members from among those who
<br />voted with the majority that carried the main motion
<br />or report.
<br />39. No question shall be reconsidered more than
<br />once, nor shall a vote to reconsider be reconsidered.
<br />PROCEEDINGS IN COMMITTEE
<br />OF THE WHOLE
<br />40. Whenever it shall be moved and carried that
<br />the council shall go into committee of the whole, the
<br />Warden shall remain in the chair, upon a motion
<br />approved by the council, and he shall report the
<br />proceedings thereof.
<br />41. When a report or by -law is under discussion
<br />in committee of the whole, the chairman of the
<br />committee whose report is under consideration or the
<br />introducer of a by -law shall not be required to take
<br />the chair, unless requested to do so by a majority vote
<br />of the members present.
<br />42. The rules of the council shall be observed in
<br />committee of the whole, so far as may be applicable,
<br />except that no motion for the previous question or for
<br />adjournment be allowed. No member shall speak
<br />longer than ten minutes on any one question. In case
<br />of a division the vote of the members shall not be
<br />recorded, nor shah the number of times of speaking on
<br />any question be limited.
<br />43. Questions of order arising in committee of
<br />the whole shall be decided by the Warden or presiding
<br />Officer, subject to an appeal to the committee; and if
<br />any disorder should arise in the committee, the
<br />Council shall resume the session, without any question
<br />being put.
<br />44. On motion in committee of the whole to rise
<br />and report, the question shall be decided without
<br />debate.
<br />45. A motion in committee of the whole to rise
<br />without reporting or that the chairman leave the chair,
<br />shall always be in order, and shall take precedence
<br />over any other motion. On such motion debate shall
<br />be allowed, but no member shall speak more than
<br />once, and on an affirmative vote the subject referred
<br />to the committee shall be considered as disposed of in
<br />the negative, and the Warden or Presiding Officer shall
<br />resume the chair and proceed with the next order of
<br />business.
<br />READINGS OF BY -LAWS AND
<br />PROCEEDINGS THEREON
<br />46. Every by -law shall be introduced upon
<br />motion for lust reading thereof, and shall be read
<br />three times before it is finally passed.
<br />PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
<br />52. Every petition, remonstrance, or other
<br />written council mush app be fairly in t
<br />nor printed on paper or
<br />parchments, and signed by at least one person.
<br />b3. livery member presenting any peTiTimn,
<br />remonstrance, or other written application to the
<br />council , shall examine the same and be answerable
<br />that it does not contain any impertinent or improper
<br />matter, and that the same is respectful and temperate
<br />in its languae ; he shall also endorse thereon the name
<br />of the applicant, and sign his name thereto.
<br />54. All petitions or written communications on
<br />any subject within the cognizance of any standing
<br />committee shall be considered as referred to the
<br />Proper committee without any motion unless other-
<br />wise ordered; and no members shall speak upon, nor
<br />shall a debate be allowed upon, the presentation of a
<br />petition or other communication to the council; but a
<br />member may move that in referring a petition or other
<br />communication certain instructions may be given by
<br />the council, or that the petition or communication
<br />shall be referred to a select committee, and if the
<br />petition or communication complains of some present
<br />personal gievance, requiring immediate remedy, the
<br />matter contained therein may be brought into im-
<br />mediate discussion and disposed of forthwith.
<br />APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL
<br />AND STANDING COMMITTEES
<br />55. (a) All special committees shall be appoint-
<br />ed on motion of a member duly seconded and carried
<br />by a majority of the council, and any member of the
<br />council may be placed on a committee notwith-
<br />standing the absence of such member at the time of
<br />his being named on such committee, and the member
<br />first named in such motion shall be the chairman of
<br />such committee and the Warden or Presiding Officer
<br />shall be, ex officio, a member of all committees, and
<br />may vote on all questions before the committee, and
<br />he shall be counted in the formation of a quorum.
<br />(b) The County delegates and representa-
<br />tives to the respective, boards and institutions, on
<br />which the County of Essex are entitled to representa-
<br />tion by law and by the by -la of the said respective
<br />boards and institutions, shall be recommended to the
<br />open Council by the Striking Committee of the
<br />Country Council at the first regular meeting of the
<br />Council in each year, except those appointments that
<br />are required by statute to be made in the preceding
<br />year at the December Session of the County Council.
<br />(c) The term of appointment of members
<br />or persons to the several committees of the County
<br />Council, and the respective boards, institutions and
<br />commissions, on which the County of Essex are
<br />entieled to representation by law and by the by -laws
<br />of the said boards, institutions and commissions shall
<br />not be for a period of more than five consecutive
<br />years, to which the said person has been appointed by
<br />the County Council, either by resolution or by by -law.
<br />56. The Standing Committees of the Council
<br />shall be appointed by the Striking Committee and
<br />recommended for approval at the fast duly called
<br />regular session of the Council in each you; the first
<br />named member in each Committee shall be the
<br />Chairman.
<br />57. The following shall be the Standing Com-
<br />mittee of the Essex County Council:
<br />No. 1 — General Committee
<br />No. 2 — Road Committee
<br />No. 3 — Sun Parlor Home Committee
<br />No. 4 — Planning & Industrial Promotion Committee
<br />No. 5 — Social & Family Services Committee
<br />58. Every Standing Committee of the Council
<br />shall consist of members of the Council and a majority
<br />of the members of the Committee, which shall include
<br />the Warden, and any other members requested to be
<br />present by the Chairman and/or the Warden shall be
<br />counted to constitute a quorum.
<br />59. Special meetings of Standing Committees
<br />may be called by the chairman whenever be shall
<br />consider it necessary to do so, and it shall be the duty
<br />of the chairman, or, in the case of his illness or
<br />absence from the municipality, it shall be the duty of
<br />motion, and shall be put forthwith without debate in
<br />",
<br />47. When a by -law is read in the council, t e
<br />and the date on the
<br />rt
<br />the form: "That the main question be now put and
<br />if this motion is AWed in the affirmative, then the
<br />without amendment
<br />clerk sbak certify the readings
<br />back I� After by -laws have passed, the clerk shall
<br />be re, le for their correctness should they be
<br />main motion is ediately
<br />for the
<br />or debate, but if r oresaid motion previous
<br />is resolves in the negative, then the main
<br />amendv...
<br />48. in proceedings in committee of the whole,
<br />question
<br />motion is superseded and a new subject or motion
<br />upon by -laws, t h e title, then the preamble, and then
<br />in its proper order,
<br />must be submitted to the council.
<br />every clause shall be considered
<br />of the by -law has been printed and
<br />�c
<br />unless a copy
<br />to the members for their consideration before
<br />PRIVILEGES
<br />mailed
<br />the session; any clause or part thereof may be
<br />vote of the members present
<br />31. Whenever any matter of privilege arises, it
<br />shall be immediately taken into consideration.
<br />amended, by a majority
<br />during the reading of the by -law clause by clause, in
<br />if requested , by a member;
<br />the committee of a whole,
<br />such amended clause, if approved by a majority vote,
<br />AMENDMENTS IN GENERAL
<br />shall be made and noted in the by -law at the time of
<br />thereof, in open Council before being
<br />32. (a) An amendment modifying the intension
<br />the final reading
<br />by the open Session.
<br />of a motion shall be in order, but an amendment
<br />approved
<br />in committee of the whole
<br />m
<br />relating to a different subject shall not be in order.
<br />Only one amendment shall be allowed to an amend -
<br />49. The proceedin gs
<br />shall be The by the Warden or Presiding Officer to
<br />the committee rises, and shall
<br />ment, and any amendment more than one must be to
<br />the council, as soon as
<br />and upon motion for the
<br />the main question.
<br />be received forthwith,
<br />of the council in the report of the
<br />(b) The paragraphs to be amended shall
<br />first be read as it stands, then the words proposed to
<br />concurrence
<br />committee, it shall be in order for any member to
<br />the report be referred back
<br />be struck out, and those to be inserted, and finally the
<br />move an amendment that
<br />paragraphs as it would stand if so amended.
<br />to the committee.
<br />has the council,
<br />(c) Amendments shall be put in the reverse
<br />Every
<br />50. Every by -law which passed
<br />shall immediately after being signed by the Warden
<br />order to that in which they are moved.
<br />amendment submitted shall be reduced to writing, and
<br />and the Clerk, and scaled with the seal of the
<br />by the clerk for security and
<br />it shall be decided or withdrawn before the main
<br />corporation, be deposited
<br />question is put to the vote.
<br />safekeeping.
<br />51. Copies of a ll by-laws adopted by the council
<br />shall be typewritten, paged and bound in suitable
<br />MOTIONS RULED OUT OF ORDER
<br />volumes and shall be indexed.
<br />33. Whenever the Warden or Presiding Officer is
<br />of the opinion that motion is contrary to the rules and
<br />privileges of the council, he shall apprize the members
<br />thereof immediately, before putting the question, and
<br />shall cite the rule or authority applicable to the case
<br />without argument or co mment. _
<br />vry imuiv OF A QUESTION
<br />34. When the question under consideration con-
<br />tains distinct propositions, upon the request of any
<br />member, the vote upon each proposition will be taken
<br />separately.
<br />DIVISIONS
<br />35. After the question is finally put by the
<br />Warden or Presiding Officer, no member shall speak to
<br />the question, nor shall any other motion be made until
<br />after the result of the vote has been declared, and the
<br />decision of the Warden or Presiding Officer as to
<br />whether the question has been finally put shall be
<br />conclusive.
<br />36. Members, having been previously sum-
<br />moned, shall immediately take their places when any
<br />division is called for.
<br />37. Upon a division of the council, the names of
<br />those who vote for and those who vote against the
<br />question shall be entered upon the minutes, as
<br />required by law.
<br />RECONSIDERATION
<br />38. After a motion is passed or report adopted,
<br />no motion for a reconsideration thereof shall be
<br />introduced during the same meeting, unless it is moved
<br />and seconded by two members from among those who
<br />voted with the majority that carried the main motion
<br />or report.
<br />39. No question shall be reconsidered more than
<br />once, nor shall a vote to reconsider be reconsidered.
<br />PROCEEDINGS IN COMMITTEE
<br />OF THE WHOLE
<br />40. Whenever it shall be moved and carried that
<br />the council shall go into committee of the whole, the
<br />Warden shall remain in the chair, upon a motion
<br />approved by the council, and he shall report the
<br />proceedings thereof.
<br />41. When a report or by -law is under discussion
<br />in committee of the whole, the chairman of the
<br />committee whose report is under consideration or the
<br />introducer of a by -law shall not be required to take
<br />the chair, unless requested to do so by a majority vote
<br />of the members present.
<br />42. The rules of the council shall be observed in
<br />committee of the whole, so far as may be applicable,
<br />except that no motion for the previous question or for
<br />adjournment be allowed. No member shall speak
<br />longer than ten minutes on any one question. In case
<br />of a division the vote of the members shall not be
<br />recorded, nor shah the number of times of speaking on
<br />any question be limited.
<br />43. Questions of order arising in committee of
<br />the whole shall be decided by the Warden or presiding
<br />Officer, subject to an appeal to the committee; and if
<br />any disorder should arise in the committee, the
<br />Council shall resume the session, without any question
<br />being put.
<br />44. On motion in committee of the whole to rise
<br />and report, the question shall be decided without
<br />debate.
<br />45. A motion in committee of the whole to rise
<br />without reporting or that the chairman leave the chair,
<br />shall always be in order, and shall take precedence
<br />over any other motion. On such motion debate shall
<br />be allowed, but no member shall speak more than
<br />once, and on an affirmative vote the subject referred
<br />to the committee shall be considered as disposed of in
<br />the negative, and the Warden or Presiding Officer shall
<br />resume the chair and proceed with the next order of
<br />business.
<br />READINGS OF BY -LAWS AND
<br />PROCEEDINGS THEREON
<br />46. Every by -law shall be introduced upon
<br />motion for lust reading thereof, and shall be read
<br />three times before it is finally passed.
<br />PETITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS
<br />52. Every petition, remonstrance, or other
<br />written council mush app be fairly in t
<br />nor printed on paper or
<br />parchments, and signed by at least one person.
<br />b3. livery member presenting any peTiTimn,
<br />remonstrance, or other written application to the
<br />council , shall examine the same and be answerable
<br />that it does not contain any impertinent or improper
<br />matter, and that the same is respectful and temperate
<br />in its languae ; he shall also endorse thereon the name
<br />of the applicant, and sign his name thereto.
<br />54. All petitions or written communications on
<br />any subject within the cognizance of any standing
<br />committee shall be considered as referred to the
<br />Proper committee without any motion unless other-
<br />wise ordered; and no members shall speak upon, nor
<br />shall a debate be allowed upon, the presentation of a
<br />petition or other communication to the council; but a
<br />member may move that in referring a petition or other
<br />communication certain instructions may be given by
<br />the council, or that the petition or communication
<br />shall be referred to a select committee, and if the
<br />petition or communication complains of some present
<br />personal gievance, requiring immediate remedy, the
<br />matter contained therein may be brought into im-
<br />mediate discussion and disposed of forthwith.
<br />APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL
<br />AND STANDING COMMITTEES
<br />55. (a) All special committees shall be appoint-
<br />ed on motion of a member duly seconded and carried
<br />by a majority of the council, and any member of the
<br />council may be placed on a committee notwith-
<br />standing the absence of such member at the time of
<br />his being named on such committee, and the member
<br />first named in such motion shall be the chairman of
<br />such committee and the Warden or Presiding Officer
<br />shall be, ex officio, a member of all committees, and
<br />may vote on all questions before the committee, and
<br />he shall be counted in the formation of a quorum.
<br />(b) The County delegates and representa-
<br />tives to the respective, boards and institutions, on
<br />which the County of Essex are entitled to representa-
<br />tion by law and by the by -la of the said respective
<br />boards and institutions, shall be recommended to the
<br />open Council by the Striking Committee of the
<br />Country Council at the first regular meeting of the
<br />Council in each year, except those appointments that
<br />are required by statute to be made in the preceding
<br />year at the December Session of the County Council.
<br />(c) The term of appointment of members
<br />or persons to the several committees of the County
<br />Council, and the respective boards, institutions and
<br />commissions, on which the County of Essex are
<br />entieled to representation by law and by the by -laws
<br />of the said boards, institutions and commissions shall
<br />not be for a period of more than five consecutive
<br />years, to which the said person has been appointed by
<br />the County Council, either by resolution or by by -law.
<br />56. The Standing Committees of the Council
<br />shall be appointed by the Striking Committee and
<br />recommended for approval at the fast duly called
<br />regular session of the Council in each you; the first
<br />named member in each Committee shall be the
<br />Chairman.
<br />57. The following shall be the Standing Com-
<br />mittee of the Essex County Council:
<br />No. 1 — General Committee
<br />No. 2 — Road Committee
<br />No. 3 — Sun Parlor Home Committee
<br />No. 4 — Planning & Industrial Promotion Committee
<br />No. 5 — Social & Family Services Committee
<br />58. Every Standing Committee of the Council
<br />shall consist of members of the Council and a majority
<br />of the members of the Committee, which shall include
<br />the Warden, and any other members requested to be
<br />present by the Chairman and/or the Warden shall be
<br />counted to constitute a quorum.
<br />59. Special meetings of Standing Committees
<br />may be called by the chairman whenever be shall
<br />consider it necessary to do so, and it shall be the duty
<br />of the chairman, or, in the case of his illness or
<br />absence from the municipality, it shall be the duty of
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