The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1913-01-30

Board of Supervisors, and during the
session either regular or special the fol
lowing rules of order shall be observed:
Order of Business.
/. Roll Call.
2. Reading, correcting and approx
ing of minutes of previous days ses-
sion.
3. Unfinished business.
4. Communications presented by
members of the Board or Clerk.
5. Presentation and references of
Claims.
6. Reports of Standing Committees.
Z. Reports of Special Committees.
8. Presentation of Petitions and Re
monstrances.
|. The Chairman shall preserve or
der and decorum and shall decide all
questions of order subject to an appeal
to the Board. 1t shall have the right
to name any member to perform the
duties of the Chair, but such substitution
shall not extend beyond the next ad-
journment.
II. The Chairman shall in all cases
have the right to vote and when the
Board shall be equally divided, includ-
ing his vote the question shall be lost.
III. Every member previous to his
speaking shall arise from his seat and
address the Chair.
lV. When two or more members rise
at the same time, the Chairman shall
determine who shall speak first.
Y. A member called to order shall
Immediately sit down unless permitted
to explain.
VI. Every member who shall be
present when the question is stated from
the Chair shall vote thereon unless ex-
cused by the Board, or unless he may
be directly interested in the question,
IN which case he shall, if he choose, be
excused from voting.
No member shall be permitted to vote
on any question unless present, when,
upon division, his name is called in
regular order or unless he appears in
the Board before the decision of the
Chair shall have been declared.
VII. After a motion is stated by the
Chairman it shall be in possession of
the Board, but. may be withdrawn at
any time before decision or amend
ment.
VIII. When a question is under de-
bate, no motion shall be received unless
for the previous question, to postpone
it indefinitely to adjourn it to certain
day, to lay it on the table, to amend
it, or to adjourn the Board.
TX. A motion to adjourn the Board
shall always be in order.
x. In all cases when an order. a reso-
luton or motion, shall be entered on the
minutes of the Board, the name of the
member moving the same shall also be
entered upon the minutes of the Board.
A. The ayes. and noes shall be
taken at all times at the request of any
one member before the decision of the
Chair is announced,
XII. No motion for reconsideration
shall be in order, unless on the same
day of the session or the session dav
following that on which the decision
proposed to be considered took place,
nor unless one of the majority moves
such reconsideration. A motion for re-
consideration being put and lost, shall
not be renewed, nor shall any subject
be a second time reconsidered without
the unanimous consent of the Board.
Alll. No standing rule or order of
the Board shall be rescinded or suspend
ed or changed, nor any additional rule
or order added thereto, unless it be by
unanimous consent of the Board.
XIV. Every member previous to pre-
senting paper of any kind shall prop
| erly fold and endorse it with the sub
stance thereof, date of presentation and
MS name thereon; and be endorsed ):
and the Clerk or Chairman shall read
the endorsement, after which it shall be
referred to its proper committee or 9TH
erwise disposed Of, as the Board may
direct.
XIV. All committees to whom claims
are referred to be audited shall, when
they wish to report on claim, sign the
same and hand the same to the Chair
man OF the committee, who shall upon
being recognized by the Chairman of
the Board, arise, read the report of the
committee and hand same over to the
Chairman of the Board, who shall ask
the consideration of the Board upon the
report of the committee; if they act
favorable, the claim shall be allowed as
reported by the committee; but if not
then such other disposition as the Board
may see fit shall be resorted to.
| XVI. No resolution shall be enter
tanned by this Board until it shall have
been reduced to writing, with the en-
dorsement of the member presenting it
and it has been handed to the Clerk