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reasons stated by him may, if he so desire and shall order it,
be entered in the minutes.

Councillors present to vote.

44. Any Councillor present and not voting, not being
    disabled by law from so doing, shall be guilty of an offence
    against this by-law.

Further Amendment.

45. No second or subsequent amendment, whether upon
    an original proposition or upon an amendment, shall be
    taken into consideration until the previous amendment is
    disposed of.

Amendment carried.

46. If an amendment be carried, the question as amended
    shall itself become the question, whereupon any further
    amendment may be moved.

Amendment negatived.

47. If an amendment be negatived, then a second may be
    moved to the question to which the first-mentioned amend-
    ment was moved; but only one amendment shall be
    submitted to the Council for discussion at a time.

Question suspended.

48. A question may be suspended—
    (1.) By the motion, “That the Council do now
    adjourn;”
    (2.) By the motion, “That the Council proceed to the
    next business.”

Right of Reply.

49. The mover of any original proposition, but not of any
    amendment, shall have a right to reply, immediately after
    which the question shall be put from the Chair.

Motions for Adjournment.

50. No discussion shall be allowed on any motion for the
    adjournment of the Council, but if, on the question being put,
    the motion be negatived, the subject then under considera-
    tion or the next on the notice paper, or any other that may
    be allowed precedence, shall be proceeded with before any
    subsequent motion for adjournment can be made.

Protests.

51. 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 sent signed by the protesting
    Councillor, so that it shall be received by the Clerk three
    days at least before the next ordinary meeting of the
    Council, and shall at once be entered by the Clerk, and
    signed by him in a book to be kept for that purpose in the
    Clerk’s office, 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.

Lapsed Questions.

52. If a debate be interrupted by reason of a quorum of
    the Council not being present, such debate may be resumed
    at the point where it was so interrupted, upon motion made,
    and leave granted by the Council.

COMMITTEES.

Committee of the Whole

53. The Council may, on motion, agree to resolve itself
    into Committee of the Whole.

Order of Debate in Committee.

54. In Committee of the Whole, the particular rules con-
    cerning the seconding of motions or amendments, or re-
    striction of speaking, shall not apply; but the general rules
    for maintaining order in debate are to be observed.

Proceedings of Committees.

55. Minutes of all the proceedings of Committees, as well
    as of their reports, numbered in consecutive order, shall be
    entered in the Committee’s minute-book, and, being signed
    by the Chairman of the Committee, shall be presented to
    the Council at the next meeting thereof; and the Clerk,
    when practicable, shall attend all meetings of Committees.

Mode of Convention.

56. The Clerk shall convene every Committee within ten
    days of its first appointment, or at any other time there-
    after, by order of the Council, or on the written order of the
    Chairman of the Committee or of any two members of the
    Committee.

Select Committee.

57. Every member proposing a Select Committee shall be
    one of the Committee without being named by the Council.

Rules of Parliament to apply.

58. The special rules and regulations of the House of
    Representatives with respect to Select Committees shall
    apply, so far as suitable, to the circumstances of the Council.

PETITIONS.

Presentation of Petitions.

59. 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 disre-
    spectful to the Council, and that the contents do not violate
    any by-law, or any provision thereof.

Councillor to sign Petitions.

60. Every Councillor presenting a petition to the Council
    shall write his name at the beginning thereof.

Petitions to be in Writing.

61. 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.

How signed.

62. Every petition shall be signed by the persons whose
    names are appended thereto by their names or marks, and
    by no one else, except in cases of incapacity or sickness.

No Documents to be attached.

63. No letters, affidavits, or other documents shall be at-
    tached to any petition.

How Petition presented.

64. Every Councillor presenting a petition to the Council
    shall confine himself to a statement of the persons from
    whom it comes, of the signatures attached to it, and the
    material allegations contained in it, and to the reading of
    the prayer thereof.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Adjournment.

65. Whenever the Council shall stand adjourned for want
    of a quorum, the hour at which such adjournment is made,
    and the names of the members present, shall be inserted in
    the minute-book of the Council, and the minute-book signed
    by the Clerk.

Notice not required for Orders of the Day.

66. The ordinary business of the Council shall be laid
    before it by the Chairman without notice being required.

Accounts and Papers to be considered Public.

67. Every account and paper laid upon the table shall be
    considered public unless otherwise ordered.

Misconduct or Incapacity of Officers.

68. In all cases of misconduct or incapacity on the part
    of officers, the Chairman shall have power to suspend any
    officer until the next meeting of the Council, when the
    matter shall be then duly reported.

Appointments.

69. No appointment to any permanent salaried office at
    the disposal of the Council shall take place until seven
    clear days’ public notice shall have been given by advertise-
    ment in one or more newspapers circulating in the county
    inviting application from qualified candidates for the same.

Salaries.

70. The salary or allowance attached to all offices and
    places at the disposal of the Council shall in all cases be
    fixed before they proceed to appoint any person to fill the
    same, and before the insertion of the advertisement inviting
    application as aforesaid, and shall be specified in such
    advertisement.

Sureties.

71. No Councillor or officer of the Council, and no Assessor
    or Auditor of the county, shall be received as a surety for
    any officer appointed by the Council, or any work to be done
    for the Council.

Securities.

72. In all cases of security given for faithful performance
    of any duty or contract, the expense of preparing such se-
    curity shall be borne by the person assured.

Common Seal.

73. The common seal of the County Council shall be
    kept in a box having two locks, of one of which locks the
    Chairman shall have a key, and of the other of which locks
    the key shall be kept by the Clerk; and the corporate seal
    shall not be affixed to any document unless the Chairman
    and one other member of the Council, or, in the absence of
    the Chairman, unless two Councillors, be present,