The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-06-02

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Order of Business.
8. The order of business shall be
as follows:
Roll call.
Reading of minutes.
Reading of memorials and petitions.
Reports of standing committees.
Reports of special committees.
Introduction of ordinances.
Second reading of ordinances.
Third reading of ordinances.
Unfinished business.
New business.
Privileged Questions.
9. No motion shall be debatable
until the same shall be seconded and
shall be reduced to writing, except a
motion to adjourn, which need not be
reduced to writing.
When a question is under consider
alton no motion shall be received, but
the following privileged questions:
To adjourn.
For the previous question.
To lay on the table.
To postpone indefinitely.
To postpone to a certain time.
To refer.
To amend.
Which several questions shall have
; precedence in the order in which they
are arranged. A motion to adjourn
shall always be in order, except when
a member is speaking or after a ques-
ton has been put and the vote being
taken, or after a similar motion has
been made without other business in
tervening.
Not Debatable.
10. The following questions shall
not be debatable:
A motion to adjourn.
A motion to lay on the table.
A motion to suspend the rules.
All appeals or calls to order.
Reconsideration.
IL. A motion to reconsider can
only be made by a member voting
with the majority and shall be made
only at the meeting in which the mo-
ton was passed or at the next regu-
lar meeting of Council.
Change of Vote.
IL. No member shall be allowed to
have his vote recorded on any ques-
ton. unless he be present to answer to
his name, and nc member shall be
permitted to change his vote after the
result has been announced without
the unanimous consent of Council, I'M
less at the time he declares he voted
under a mistaken idea of the question.
Speaking on the Question.
10. Any member wishing to speak
upon any question must rise and adj
dress the chair and confine himself to
the subject under debate, and avoid
personalities and improper language.
He shall not speak on any question
already determined, and no question
shall be put or motion made while
he is speaking. When called to order
he shall at once take his seat until
the question of order is decided.
No member shall speak more than
twice at the same meeting upon any
question without the consent of a ma
iority of Council. No member shall
be interrupted while speaking except
by a call to order.
Committee of the Whole.
IA. Council may resolve itself into
a Committee of the Whole when the
President, having appointed a chair
man, shall leave the chair and shall
possess the same privileges as any
other member. The rules and pro-
ceedings observed in Council shall be
observed as far as practicable in the
Committee of the Whole, except that
a member may speak more than twice
on the subject; but a motion for the
previous question cannot be made.
Right to the Floor.
Is. No person except a member of
Common Council shall be permitted
to speak upon the floor of Council
unless upon the request of a majority
of the members present.
Yeas and Nays.
16. The year and nay vote shall be
taken upon the question of passage of
all motions, resolutions and ordinances
and a record thereof shall be made
and kept by the City Clerk.
If, after any question has been pre-
sented for vote, it shall appear that
one or more of the members have
failed to vote or have their votes re-
corded or have been recorded as pass
ing, upon the call of any two mem
bers, the Clerk shall call the roll and
said members not voting or having
been recorded as passing" shall, un-
less excused by a majority of the
members present, vote and be record
ed either "Yea" or may"
Suspension of Rules.
II. These rules may be suspended
by the vote of a majority of the men,
bers present, and may be amended by
notice in writing specifying such
amendment, at a regular meeting, and
adopted at a subsequent meeting by
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