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October 9, 19lA.
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<br />before the Council shall take final action thereon.
<br /> Eighth. A Committee on Almshouse, consisting of five members, tkree from the Common Coun-
<br />cil and two from theBoard of Aldermen, to whom shall be referred all matters r~lating.to the
<br />Almshouse, and who shall make a monthly report of their proceedings to the Council.
<br /> Ninth. A Committee on Cemeteries, consisting of five members, three from the Common Coun-
<br />cil and two from the Board of Aldermen, to whom shall be referred all matters relating to the
<br />burial grounds.
<br /> Tenth. A Committee on Lights, consisting of five members, three from the Common Council
<br />and two from the Board of Aldermen~to whom shall be referred all matters relating to the light-
<br />ing and management of the public~lghts on the streets or in the public buildings ~of the city.
<br /> Eleventh. A Committee on Water and Sewerage, consisting of five members,'three from the
<br />Common Council and two from the Board of Aldermen, who shall have the direction and charge of
<br />laying all mains, lateral and ot?~r pipes in the streets, lanes and public alleys of the City,
<br />the location of fire plugs and public h~drants, and, in general, to supervise all matters per-
<br />raining to the water supply provided for by the Council, and general supervision of all matters
<br />relating to the sewerage o~ the City, and to them shall be referred all matters relating to the
<br />introduction off and supplying the City with water and all matters relating to sewerage.
<br /> Twelfth. A Committee on Ferries and Public Docks~ consisting of five members, three from
<br /> the Coma~on Council and two from the Board of Aldermen, who shall have charge of all public docks
<br /> and shall act in conjunction with a similar committee appointed by the Circuit Court of Norfolk
<br /> County, and they shall Jointly have the full management and control Of the Ferry, and shall make
<br /> a quarterly report of their proceedings to the Council.
<br /> Thirteenth. A Committee on Police, consisting of five members, three from the Common Coun-
<br /> cil and two from the Board of Aldermen, to whom shall be referred all matters within the Juris-
<br /> diction of the Council relating to the city poll.ce.
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<br /> Sec. BO. A quorum of any committee shall consist of a majority of the members of the com-
<br /> mittee, provided, the committee of the whole Council shall require a majority of the members of
<br /> each branch to constitute a quorum.
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<br /> Sec. Bt. When any member of a committee fails to attend three consecutive meetings of such
<br /> committee, such member shall thereupon cease to be a member thereof and shall be ineligible for
<br /> re-appomntment as a member of such committee during the life ~f.zthe then existing Council. It
<br /> shall be the duty of one of the remaining members of the committee to notify the President of
<br /> either branch of the existing vacancy.
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<br /> Eec. BB. That when it becomes necessary to appoint joint special commit~ee~, the .propor-
<br /> tions of such between the two branches shall be, as nea~ as practicable, the same as for joint
<br /> Standing Committees; but the cha:irmanshipe of all special committees shall lie with ~he body in
<br /> which the cause for said committee originated.
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<br /> Sec. B3. The rules of the Council may be suspended by a vote of two-thirds of the members
<br />present. The ~les of parliamentary practice comprised on Jefferson's Manual shall govern the
<br />Council in all cases lo which they are applicable and in which they a~e not incOnsi-st~mt~'~!th
<br />the ~uies of the Council.
<br /> (Signed) S. Cleburne Brow~e, B. of ~.
<br /> (Signed~ Joe. S. Moore~ Comm~on Council.
<br /> (Signed) C.H.~ Herbert, " "
<br /> (Signed) W.D. Morgan, " "
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<br />The report having been read, Sections 1 and B were adopted without objection.
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<br /> As concerned section Z, )Er. White moved to amend that after the words "No business shall be
<br />transacted at a special meeting" the phrase~ "except by unanimous eonsen~ be inserted.
<br /> M~v. Markham moved to amend that the section be adopted as presented. The amendment was
<br />adopted.
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<br /> Section 4 was adopted as presented; section B was adopted withou~ objection; section 6 was
<br />adopted as presented; sections 7, 8, ~, i0, !I~ and lB were adopted w~thout objection; section
<br />l~ was adopted as presented; and sections 1~, lB, 15, l?, 18, and 19 were adopted without cb~eo-
<br />t~on.
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<br /> With regard to. section BO, M~. ~oore move~ha~ after the
<br />"there shall be~ue member fro~each/braneh at such meet
<br /> Mr. Langhorne moved to
<br />vided" the followin-~"ea~h.braneh shall be ~ep~esented
<br /> The amendment by Mr. Langhorne was ~opted.
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<br />word
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<br />"provided," there be inserted
<br /> '~ after the word "pro-
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<br />the
<br />oil
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<br /> M~. MarkD~m then offered the following amendment to section gO: that immediately following
<br />words of the amen~lme~t just adopted a sentence should read~~ The Committee of the whole Court-
<br />shall require a majority of the members of each branch to ~onetitute a quorUm."
<br /> The amendment was adopted.
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<br />Then section EO was adopted as amended.
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<br /> As regards Section El, Mr. Moore moved to insert after the
<br />ings of ~uch oommittee~ the words "without a reasonable excuse
<br /> The motion was adOpted and then the section as amen8
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<br />~ae ac
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<br />"three consecutive meet-
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<br /> )Er. Markham next moved to adopt the following two sections without reference to their num-
<br />bers, expl$ining that he desired as previou~sly stated, to offer an amendmen~ to the majority re-
<br />po~% numbering said amendment as section B~.
<br /> The motion by N~. Markham was adopted.
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<br /> He then moved that section B~ be imserted to
<br />Oommittee shall be eligible to serve on any other
<br /> The motion was adopted.
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<br />read as follows:
<br />s~anding committee
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<br />"No member of the~Finance
<br />of the Cotu~cil~~
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