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RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE MINING BOARD OF GABRIEL’S DISTRICT.

1. Business to commence at the time appointed.

The Chairman shall take the chair at the hour appointed, and shall commence the business of the Board at each meeting as soon as the legal quorum (5) is present; but if at the expiration of thirty minutes after the appointed hour of meeting there be not a quorum, the Board shall stand adjourned to the next day at the same hour, and the names of the members present shall be recorded in the minutes.

2. Acting Chairman.

In the absence of the Chairman from any of the meetings of the Board, the members present shall appoint one from the members of the Board forming that meeting, and the member so appointed shall at such meeting hold and exercise the powers of Chairman.

3. Order of Business.

The first business at each meeting of the Board shall be to confirm the minutes of the preceding meeting, and no discussion shall take place thereon, except as to the accuracy thereof.

4. Order of Business.—Continued.

At all meetings, the reading of correspondence unconnected with the business of the meeting, the presentation of applications, and the bringing up of reports, shall have precedence of all motions in the order here mentioned.

5. Notices of Motions.

No motion shall be entertained at any meeting, unless notice in writing signed by the member proposing the same shall have been given at the previous sitting; or, in the event of the Board being out of session, unless such motion shall have been forwarded to the Clerk of the Board at least seven (7) clear days previous to the next meeting, and a copy of such notice shall be at once forwarded by the Clerk to each member of the Board.

6. Reports of Committees.

The reports of committees appointed by the Board shall be always brought up at the first meeting succeeding their appointment, unless some satisfactory reason be assigned for delay.

7. Orders of the Day.

The orders of the day shall include all business of which due notice has been given, and any which may have been left incomplete at the previous sitting.

8. Members who have given notice of motion must be present.

Any motion entered on the notice paper the mover of which may be absent, and no member being deputed to bring it forward when the business is called in order, shall be struck out.

9. Order of Debate.

In connection with a motion, one amendment only shall be discussed at a time, after all amendments have been put to the vote and lost, the original question shall be then put; upon an amendment being carried, it shall be acted upon as an original motion, and one other amendment may be proposed thereon, but no more; and the names of the members voting for and against the question shall be recorded and their votes entered on the minutes.

10. Members may call for Papers.

Any member may call for the production of any of the documents of the Board relating to the subject under discussion.

11. Breach of Order.

Any or each of the following acts, words or omissions, shall constitute and be a breach of order, punishable as a contempt, unless the offending member upon being called to order, do make a satisfactory apology to the Board:—

Addressing the Board in other than a standing posture without permission of the Chairman.

Interrupting another member while addressing the Board, except upon a point of order.

Presenting to the Board an application disrespectfully worded.

Refusing to cease speaking when interrupted by a call to order.

Making a verbal and unwritten motion.

Speaking more than once on the same motion or amendment, except through the Chairman in explanation, or in reply as the mover of the original motion; but members merely seconding a motion shall not be considered to have spoken upon it.

Interrupting the business of the Board by asking questions as to what has been transacted previously.

Using offensive language, imputing improper motives, or making personal reflections on a member.

12. Chairman to state the rule for point of order.

The Chairman, in deciding a point of order, shall state the rule applicable to the case, and his decision thereon shall be final.