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September 2nd, 1958. Section 9. After the Council shall have finally rejected an ordinance or resolution, another of substantially the same import shall not be placed on the docket by the Clerk or entertaine4 by the Council, unless two-thirds of the members elected petition for same, before the expiration of three months,after which time such rejection shall have no effect thereon. Section lO. The Presiden~ ~haI1 preserv~ ~rder and d~cide ali questions of order, but any member may appeal to the Council from the decision of'the President on any question of order. Section ll. No membe~ shall speak more than twice on the same subject, or longer than fifteen minutes ar one time, without leave o~ the Council. Section 12. No proposition to relinquish any claim due the City or to alter or repeal any ordinance or rule of the Council, or to enact any new ordinance, or to establis~ any new rule, shall be acted on at the same meeting at which it is made. No such proposition shall be made 'or d~cided at any other Than a reg-. ular meeting, unless a special or adjourned meeting be appointed for that purpose. Section 13. No rule of the ~Council shall be suspended without the concurrence of Two- thirds of its members elected. Section 14. No ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding the sum of One Hundred Dollars shall be passe~ except by a recorded a~rmative vote of a majority of all the members elected to the Council, nor shall any ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding the sun of One Thousand Dollars, imposing taxes or authorizing the borrowing of money, be passed on the day of its introduction; nor shall any such ordinance or resolution be valid unless a{ least three days in{e~vene between £t~ introduction and passage and provided further shat no ~pecial appropriation not provided for in the annual budget shall be passed excepz by a vote of 2/3 o~ the members elected ~o the City Council. Section 15. When a member rises to spe~k, he shall respectfully address "Mr. President" standing in his place and facing the President, he shall confine himsel~ strictly to the question before the Council, and when he has finished he shall sit down. When ~wo or more members rise at the same time, the President shall name t~ person to speak, but in all cases, the member who shall first rise and add'ess the Chair shall speak first. Section 16. After a member has been ente{ed On the minutes as present at any meeting, he shall not, without leave of the body, absent himself from such meeting for s longer period than ten minutes, ~ntil adjournment. Section 17. At the reques~ of any member present, the ayes and nays on any question shall be recorded. Sergean~ at Arms. Section 18. The Chief of Police shall act as Sergeant -at-Arms; he shall attend upon the Council durin~ its sittings and shall execute its commands, together with such process issued by their au - thority, as shall be directed to him by the Pre,dent of the Council have charge of the Council Chamber and shall preven~ any interruption of 'the business of the Council by disbrder within or without. Sectionlg. There shall be no standing Committees of the City Council, but the Council may meet mn a committee of the Whole whenever it is deemed desirable so to do, and the president may from time t~ time appoint such Special ~Committees as thought necessary: to whom may be ~eferred ~uch matters as may be pro- per, which shall c~n~ider the same and ~eport their findings hack to the Cf{y ~ouncil. The Committee of the Whole shall require ~majority of the members t o con - stitute a quorum. SeCtion 20. All requests to address the council may 'be suspended by a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to the Council. The rules of parl~a~ntary practice ~mpr~sed ~n Ro~be~te Ru~e~ shall govern the Council in all cases ~0 which they are applicable rules of the Council." 58-269- Motion of ~r. Seward to go into the election of a City Manager was adopted. Mr. Seward nominated A.P. Johnson,Jr., as City Manager. Vote being taken, Mr. Johnson was auanimously elected City Manager. 58-270- Motion of Mr. Walker to go into the election of a Cit~ Clerk was adopted. Mr. Walker nominated Miss Caroline Gott. Vote being taken, Miss Gott was unanimously elected City Clerk. 58-271- Motion of Mr. Weiseman to go into the election o£ a City Auditor was adopted. Mr. Walker nominated Richard D. Ottavio. Motion of Mr. Weiseman that nominations be closed, was adopted. Vote being taken, 'Mr. Ottavio was unanimously elected. 58-27g- On mo~iOn of Mr. Breedlove, the res~gnation.o~ the City Attorney was taken from the tabl~ and referred to a con£ere'nce of the Council to be held prior to the last meeting of the Council in September.