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Fourth - N~w Business. But if the body directs any matter to be special business of any future meetings, the s~me shall be announced ~y .the President of such future meeting ~mediately' a£ter the proceedings are read, and shall h~ve priority over all other business. Section ?. Every motion' or' p~opo~i~io~ shal~ b& reduced to w~iting if desired by the Presi- dent o£ the Council or by any member~ and shall be delivered in writin~ at the Clerk's table to he there read; smd the question shall be stated hy the Chair before the same shall be debated. Any motion or proposition may be with-I drawn By the mover at uny ti~e before a dec'J_sion, amendments' or other action of the body apon it, with leave of hisI Section S. When a question has been decided, it may be reconsidered on the me, ion of any mem- ber who voted with the prevailing s. ide. When a motion is made zo consider any action, it shall be finally disposedi of on the same day unless then formally postponed to a definite time, and i£ not so disposed same day, the action which was the suhjec~ of the momion shall be final, o£ or postponed on the Section R. After ~he Council shall have finally rejected as ordinance or resolution, another of substantially the same import shall not he placed on the docket by the Clerk or entertained hy the Council, un- less ~wo-thirds of the memberm elected petition £or same, before the expiration of three months, aiter which time such rejection shall have no effect thereon. Se~ction 10. The President shall preser~e order und decide all qaestions of order, but any memberl may appeal to the Con,ell from th~ decision of the President on any question of order. Section ll. No member shall spe~k more than twice on the same .subject, or longer than fifteen minutes at one time, without leave of ~he Council. Section I2. No proposition' to relinquish any claim due the City or to alter or repeal any ordi -, nance or rul& of the Council, or ~o enact amy new ordinance, or to establish any new rule, shall be acted on at the! same meeting at which it is made. No such proposition shall be made or decided a~ any other than a regular meet- ing, unless a special or adjourned meeting be appointed £or tha~ purpose'. Section 1S. No rule of the Council shall be suspended withoui the concarrence of two-thirds of its members elected. Section I4. No ordinunce or resolution appropriating money exceeding the sum of One Hundred Del lars shall be passed e~cept by a recorded affirmative vo~e of a majority o£ all the mem30ers elected to the Council,' nor shall any ordinance or resolution appropriating money exceeding the sum 'of One Thousand Dollars, imposing taxes or a~thorizing the borrowing of money, be passed on the day o~ its introduction; nor shall amy such or~uce or resolution he valid unless ~t least ~hree days intervene between its introduction and passage and provided further that no special appropriation no~' provided ~or in the annual budget shal~ be passed excep~ by a vote of B/S o£ the members elected to the City Council. Section- 15. When m member r~ses ~o speak, he shall respectfully address '~Nr. President" in his ~laee and facing th~ ~resident, he shall confine himself strictly ~o th~ question before the Council, and when he has f~nished he shall sit down. When two or ~ore members rise at the same time, the President shall name the person ~o speak, but in all cases, the member who shall firs~ rise and address the Chair shall speak first. Section I6. After a member has been entered on the minutes as present a~ any meeting, he shall *not l withoat leave of the body, absent himself from ~uch maeting for a longer period than ten minutes, until adjoura- ment~. Section lT. At the request of any member present, the ayes and ~ays on any question shall be recorded. SERC~EA~T AT AR~S Section 18. The Chief of Police shall act a~ Sergeant -az-Arms; he shall attend upon the Council1 during its sittings and shall execute its commands, together with such process issued by thei r authority, as shall, be directed to him by the President of the Council, have charge of the Council Chamber ~d shall prevent any inter-I ~ption of the business of the Council by disorder within or without. Section 19~ There shall he no standing Committees of the City Council, but the Council may meet in a committee of the ~fhole whenever it i~ .deemed desirable so to do, und the Presiden~ may from time to time ap - point such Special Committees as thought necessary, to whom may he ~eferred such m~tters as may be prope~, which shall conside~ the same and report thei r findings back ~o the City Council. The Committee of the Whole shall require a majority of the members ~o ~onstit~te a quorum. Section 20. All requests ~o address the Council may be suspended by avoze of two-thirds of the members elected to the Council. The rules of pmrliamentary practice comprised in Roberts Rules of Order shall govern the Council in all cases ~o which they are applicable and inwhich they are a~ inconsisten~ with the rules of the Council." 0 n motion adjourned. ~ ~0 ~ Approved -C~~ President.'