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Section 2-14. Duty of ~ayor as to order; appeal on ~stion of order. The ~yor shatl preserve order and decide all questions of order, but any member may appeal to the council from the decision of the mayor on any question of order. Section 2-15. Limitation on speeches by members. No member shall speak tom, er than fifteen~i~dtes at one tir~, without leave of the c~ancil. Section 2-19. Conduct of speakers~ recogr~tion of members desiring to speak. When a member wishes to speak he shall respectfully address the cb~ir and say !~M~. Mayor" or "~. Chs, irman". After being recogaized~ he shall speak, but he shall confine his remarks strictly to the question before the comncil. When two or more members ask to speak at the seme time, the mayor shall name the person to speak. Section 2-22. Sergeant at arms. ~ne chief of police or a line officer of the police division designated by him shall act as sergeant at arms. He shall attend upon the council du~ing its sittings and s_hall execute its contends, together with such process issued by their authority, as shall be cLirected to bLm by the mayor. He shall, u~der the direction of the mayor, have cha~ge of the coomcil chamber arid shall prevent any interruption of the business of the council by disorder within or ~thout. Section 2-23. No standing co~T~ttees; con~uittee of the whole; special co~m~ittees. There shall be no standing cormuittees of the city council, but the council may mee~ in a cm~m~ittee of the ~nole whenever it is deemed desirable so to do, and the mayor may from time to time appoint such special conm~ittees as may be thought necessary to whommay be referred such matters as may be proper, which shall consider the same and report their findings back to the city council. The co~v~ittee of ~he whole shall require a majority of the members to constitute a quorum. Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, at a meetir~'held August 20, 1968. Teste: City Clerk