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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35

ASSETS.
| | £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| To Deposit in W.P.I. and L. Office | 250 | 0 | 0 | | | |
| Balance in Bank | 66 | 5 | 4 | | | |
| | | | | 316 | 5 | 4 |
| Rents outstanding | | | | 89 | 6 | 8 |
| | | | | £405 | 12 | 0 |

LIABILITIES.
| | £ | s. | d. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| By Portion rent due to Masterton Trust... | 14 | 12 | 6 |
| Balance | 399 | 19 | 6 |
| | £405 | 12 | 0 |

Audited and found correct.

WM. SKEET
Auditor.

By-laws Nos. 1 to 5 of the Waihemo County Council.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1883.

THE following by-laws, made by the Waihemo County Council,
are published in accordance with "The Counties Act
1876 Amendment Act, 1882."

THOMAS DICK.

WAIHEMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

IN pursuance of powers vested in them by "The Counties
Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1882," the Waihemo County Council
ordain as follows:—

BY-LAW NO. 1,
Regulating the Proceedings, Debates, and General Conduct
of the Business of the Council.

1. In all cases hereinafter provided for, the Chairman shall
   decide, taking for his guide the rules, forms, and usages of the
   House of Representatives of the Colony of New Zealand, as far
   as the same can be applied to the proceedings of the County
   Council.

2. On the first day of the meeting of the new Council the Clerk
   shall read the notice convening the Council, also the names of
   Councillors returned to serve in such Council, and the Council
   shall immediately thereafter proceed in manner following to the
   choice of some proper person to be its Chairman.

3. A Councillor, addressing himself to the Clerk, may propose
   another Councillor then present to the Council for its Chairman,
   and move that such Councillor "do take the chair of this
   Council as Chairman."

4. Such motion being seconded, if no other Councillor be
   proposed, the Councillor so proposed shall be declared by the
   Clerk duly elected as Chairman without a question being put.

5. In the event of more than one Councillor being proposed
   as Chairman, a motion may be made and seconded regarding
   each such Councillor that he "do take the chair of this Council
   as Chairman," upon which a debate may take place. A question
   shall then be put by the Clerk that the Councillor first proposed
   "do take the chair," &c., which shall be resolved in the
   affirmative or negative like other questions: if in the negative,
   a question shall be put that the Councillor next proposed "do
   take the chair," &c., and so on until a Chairman is elected.

6. The Councillor elected shall, after having expressed his
   acknowledgments for the honour conferred upon him, take his
   seat in the Chair.

7. At the first sitting each day the Council shall be opened
   by the Chairman taking the Chair and requesting the Clerk to
   read the minutes of the preceding meeting.

8. After the minutes of the preceding meeting have been
   read and confirmed, the Council shall proceed to consider the
   business in the following order: (1) By receiving petitions and
   deputations, (2) by considering reports, (3) by the Chairman
   or Clerk reading the correspondence, (4) by passing accounts
   for payment, (5) by considering any business of which notice
   has been given at preceding meetings, and (6) by considering
   general business.

9. It shall be competent on the presentation of any docu-
   ment to move without notice that it be taken into considera-
   tion.

10. All resolutions and motions submitted to the Council for
    consideration shall be in writing.

11. All papers and documents laid upon the table of the
    Council shall be considered public, unless otherwise ordered by
    the Council.

12. The Council, by resolution to that effect, may at any time
    resolve itself into Committee of the Whole, and order the with-
    drawal of strangers during the time it remains in Committee.

13. Previous to the meeting of the Council being brought to
    a close, the Chairman shall ask for and receive any notices of
    motion or resolutions for next meeting.

14. Every Councillor desiring to speak shall rise in his place
    (uncovered) and address himself to the Chairman,

15. All motions shall be duly seconded before being proposed
    from the Chair (except in Committee of the Whole), and if not
    seconded shall be forthwith dropped, and no entry shall be
    made thereof in the minutes.

16. After a motion shall have been proposed from the Chair,
    it shall be deemed to be in possession of the Council, and shall
    not be withdrawn or altered without the consent of the
    Council.

17. A motion having been moved and seconded, and the
    question thereupon proposed from the Chair, any question of
    order or any matter of privilege which may arise shall supersede
    the consideration of the original question, and must be first
    disposed of.

18. While the Chairman is putting a question, no Councillor
    shall walk out of or across the hall; nor while a Councillor is
    speaking shall any Councillor hold discourse to interrupt him,
    nor pass between him and the Chair.

19. Whenever the Chairman rises during a debate, any
    Councillor then speaking, or offering to speak, shall sit down,
    and the Council shall be silent, so that the Chairman may be
    heard without interruption.

20. A member called to order by the Chairman shall sit
    down, unless permitted to explain.

21. If, in consequence of highly disorderly conduct, the
    Chairman shall call upon any Councillor by name, such Coun-
    cillor shall withdraw as soon as he has been heard in explana-
    tion; and, after such Councillor's withdrawal, the Council shall
    at once take the case into consideration.

22. In the case of a charge against a Councillor for any
    breach of the orders of the Council, or on account of any
    matter that has arisen in debate, the charge shall be stated
    and the question moved before the Councillor accused with-
    draws; he shall then be allowed the opportunity of explaining
    to the Council the motives of his conduct in the matter alleged
    against him, and, after having done so, he shall withdraw.

23. Any Councillor may, of right, require the question or
    matter in discussion to be read for his information at any time
    during the debate, but not so as to interrupt a Councillor
    speaking.

24. No Councillor shall speak twice (except in Committee of
    the whole Council) on the same question, unless in explanation
    on some material point of his speech on which he had been
    misrepresented or misunderstood, and without introducing any
    new matter; but the mover of any new question, not being an
    amendment, shall be allowed the liberty of reply; and after
    such reply it shall not be competent for any Councillor to
    speak to the subject in debate; and it shall be competent to a
    Councillor, when he seconds a motion or amendment without
    speaking to it, to address the Council on the subject of such
    motion or amendment at any subsequent period of the debate.

25. Whenever any matter of privilege arises it shall imme-
    diately be taken into consideration.

26. In like manner, in course of a debate, any Councillor who
    has not spoken on the original question may move (except when
    a Councillor is in possession of the Chair), "That this debate be
    now adjourned," but the Chairman shall confine the discussion
    as nearly as may be to the question of adjournment; and if
    such motion be carried its effect will be merely to defer the
    discussion of the Council on the original question; and if the
    motion for adjournment be negatived it shall not be competent
    to propose it again without some intermediate proceedings.

27. When the motion for the adjournment of a debate has
    been agreed to, the Council shall forthwith fix a time for the
    resumption of such debate.

28. The Councillor upon whose motion any debate shall be
    adjourned shall be entitled to preaudience upon resumption of
    the debate.

29. A question may be superseded by the previous question,
    viz., "That this question be now put" being proposed and
    negatived; if the previous question, "That this question be
    now put," be resolved in the affirmative the original question
    is to be put forthwith without amendment or debate.

30. The debate upon a question may be interrupted (1) by
    a matter of privilege suddenly arising, (2) by words of heat
    between Councillors, (3) by questions of order.

31. The Council may order a complicated question to be
    divided.

32. So soon as a debate upon a question is concluded the
    Chairman puts the question to the Council, and if the same be
    not heard will again state it to the Council.

33. A question being put is resolved in the affirmative or
    negative by the majority of voices, "Aye" or "No."

34. The Chairman states whether in his opinion the "Ayes"
    or "Noes" "have it," and unless his opinion is acquiesced in
    by the minority the question is determined by a division, and
    an entry of every such division shall be made by the Clerk in
    the minutes.

35. In case of an equality of votes the Chairman shall give a
    casting vote, and any reason stated by him may, if he so desire
    and order it, be entered in the minutes.

36. A question having been proposed may be amended (1)