GENERAL RULES.
I. Two Days' notice shall be given of any Meeting of Council to each Member by the Clerk of Councils; but should circumstances occur to render a Meeting on any day appointed for the same inconvenient, the Council may be adjourned to such early day as the Governor shall appoint, by a notice in writing, to be transmitted to each Member by the Clerk one day prior to the period which had been appointed; and in cases of urgency, the Governor may dispense with the necessity of the two days' notice.
II. The Hour of meeting, except under special circumstances, shall be at Noon; and if any Member shall move that the Council do adjourn, and if such motion be seconded, it shall be put to the vote.
III. No Member shall absent himself from Council, without communicating to the Governor his inability to attend.
IV. As soon as Five Members, exclusive of the Governor, shall be present after the hour appointed for the Meeting of Council, the Governor shall take the Chair, and will direct the Clerk to read the Minutes of the last Meeting, which, having been approved or corrected if necessary, are to be confirmed by the Governor.
V. Should a Quorum of Members not be present at the expiration of Fifteen Minutes from the time for which the Council shall have been summoned on any particular day, the Meeting shall stand adjourned to Noon on the next following day, not being a Sunday or a Public Holiday—notice of the said adjournment to be sent by the Clerk to the Members.
VI. Any Member desiring the Minutes to be corrected, shall propose such correction immediately after the Minutes are read, and such correction shall be forthwith admitted or rejected by the Council.
VII. A Book called “The Order Book” shall be kept by the Clerk, and therein shall be inserted a notice of all original Propositions, intended to be submitted by any Member through the Governor to the Council, in the order of priority of time at which the same shall have been transmitted. Measures proceeding originally from the Governor, need not be inserted in the Order Book.
VIII. With the exception of Questions of Privilege, which shall take precedence of all others, all business shall be taken in the order in which it appears in the Order Book; on motion made by permission of the Governor, and carried,—preference be given to any particular subject.
IX. The Governor shall preserve order, and decide on all disputed points of order.
X. Every Motion or Amendment, except for adjournment, must be in writing, and must be seconded before it can be put to the vote.
XI. No Member shall be allowed to read any speech, but may obtain permission to introduce documentary matter.
XII. Every Member in discussing any question shall address the Governor; and should he wish to allude to the speech or opinion of any other Member, should avoid employing his name. Official Members may be designated by their appointments.
XIII. If Two or more Members wish to speak at the same time, the Governor shall call on the one entitled in his opinion to pre-audience.
XIV. On any question being put, every Member present is required to give his vote in the distinct terms "Aye" or "No," beginning with the junior,—the Clerk minuting the vote of each member; after which the Governor shall declare the number of votes for and against the question.
XV. Any Member may protest in writing against any decision of the majority of the Council, provided he give notice of his intention immediately after such decision, and that such written Protest be delivered to the Clerk within Seven Days after such decision. It shall be competent to the majority of the Council to expunge any passage deemed offensive in such protest.
XVI. The Members of Council shall have freedom of speech, and shall not at any time be questioned by Government for anything they have said therein.
XVII. In the general discussion, no Member shall be at liberty to speak more than once, except in explanation, or on the Clauses of an Ordinance in Committee.
XVIII. Imputations of improper motives shall be considered disorderly, and upon motion carried, entered upon the Minutes.
PROGRESS OF ORDINANCES.
XIX. On moving the First Reading of every Ordinance, the grounds and reasons upon which it is founded shall be stated, either by the Governor, or by any Official Member called upon by him for the purpose; but no discussion shall take place thereon.
XX. At the First Reading of every Ordinance, the Clerk shall read the Title, and, immediately after, some day shall be appointed for the Second Reading. Except in cases of emergency, Ten days shall elapse between the first and second reading of an Ordinance.
XXI. The Draft of every Ordinance presented to the Council shall, after the first reading, unless otherwise ordered, be published in the next issue of the Government Gazette, with a notice fixing the date up to which observations thereon will be received by the Clerk of Councils; and a printed Copy of such Draft shall be furnished to each Member with convenient despatch.
XXII. An Adjournment of the Discussion of any question may be moved at any time, and if seconded, may be adopted or not by the majority.
XXIII. The Substance of every Amendment not in Committee shall be forwarded by the intended mover Three days before the second reading to the Clerk, and may, with the consent of the Governor, be introduced into the Ordinance. Amendments in Committee shall be similarly dealt with, save that they may be made during the discussion.
XXIV. No question can be put to the vote which is substantially the same as one on which the judgment of the Council has already been expressed.
XXV. Upon the motion for the second reading of an Ordinance, its general merits and principle shall be then discussed, and if the motion be carried, the Title only of the Ordinance shall be read, and thereupon the Council shall go into Committee immediately on the Clauses of such Ordinance, or shall appoint a future day for that purpose.
XXVI. It shall be competent for the Council, with the consent of the Governor, to appoint a Special Committee for the purpose of examining into and reporting to the Council on the Clauses of any proposed Ordinance. On the Ordinance being committed or re-committed, the Committee shall discuss its several provisions, and any proposed amendments; and adjourn such discussions from time to time, as occasion may require.
XXVII. In discussion in Committee, any Member may propose an amendment, but no amendments can be proposed upon an amendment under discussion.
XXVIII. After an Ordinance has been approved in Committee, the question to be put shall be, "That the Ordinance do pass?" and if the question be carried in the affirmative, the Clerk shall read the Title only of the Ordinance.
XXIX. When any Ordinance shall be proposed whereby vested rights and interests of property will be unavoidably affected, due notice shall be given to all parties concerned by Notification in the Government Gazette, One Month before the first reading of such Ordinance; and such Notification shall appear at least Three times in the said Gazette; and before going into Committee on the said Ordinance, the same shall be published Three times in the said Gazette.
XXX. In cases of emergency, or where no amendments whatever, or only amendments of an unimportant nature, shall be proposed to be made to an Ordinance, it may be moved that the Standing Rules relative to the reading and commitment of the Ordinance be suspended; and if adopted by Two-thirds of the Members present, and sanctioned by the Governor, it may be carried through its several stages at one sitting.
CLERK OF COUNCILS.
XXXI. The Clerk shall read all matters brought before the Council. He shall keep a Journal, in which shall be entered, in the order in which they occur, the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council.
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GENERAL RULES.
I. Two Days' notice shall be given of any Meeting of Council to each Member by the Clerk of Councils; but should circumstances occur to render a Meeting on any day appointed for the same inconvenient, the Council may be adjourned to such early day as the Governor shall appoint, by a notice in writing, to be transmitted to each Member by the Clerk one day prior to the period which had been appointed; and in cases of urgency, the Governor may dispense with the necessity of the two days' notice.
II. The Hour of meeting, except under special circumstances, shall be at Noon; and if any Member shall move that the Council do adjourn, and if such notion be seconded, it shall be put to the vote.
III. No Member shall absent himself from Council, without communicating to the Governor his inability to attend.
IV. As soon as Five Members, exclusive of the Governor, shall be present after the hour appointed for the Meeting of Council, the Governor shall take the Chair. and will direct the Clerk to read the Minutes of the last Meeting, which, having been approved or corrected if necessary, are to be confirmed by the Governor.
V. Should a Quorum of Members not be present at the expiration of Fifteen Minutes from the time for which the Council shall have been summoned on any par- ticular day, the Meeting shall stand adjourned to Noon on the next following day. not being a Sunday or a Public Holiday-notice of the said adjournment to be sent by the Clerk to the Members.
VI. Any Member desiring the Minutes to be corrected, shall propose such cor- rection immediately after the Minutes are read, and such correction shall be forth- with admitted or rejected by the Council.
VII A Book called “The Order Book” shall be kept by the Clerk, and therein shall be inserted a notice of all original Propositions, intended to be submitted by any Member through the Governor to the Council, in the order of priority of time at which the same shall have been transmitted. Measures proceeding originally from the Governor, need not be inserted in the Order Book.
VIII. With the exception of Questions of Privilege, which shall take precedence of all others, all business shall be taken in the order in which it appears in the Order Book; on motion made by permission of the Governor, and carried,--preference be given to any particular subject.
IX. The Governor shall preserve order, and decide on all disputed points of order.
X. Every Motion or Amendment, except for adjournment, must be in writing, and must be seconded before it can be put to the vote.
XI. No Member shall be allowed to read any speech, but may obtain permis- sion to introduce documentary matter.
XII. Every Member in discussing any question shall address the Governor; and should he wish to allude to the speech or opinion of any other Member, should avoid employing his name. Official Members may be designated by their appoint-
ments.
XIII. If Two or more Members wish to speak at the same time, the Governor shall call on the one entitled in his opinion to pre-audience.
XIV. On any question being put, every Member present is required to give his vote in the distinct terms "Aye" or "No," beginning with the junior,-the Clerk minuting the vote of each member; after which the Governor shall declare the number of votes for and against the question.
XV. Any Member may protest in writing against any decision of the majority of the Council, provided he give notice of his intention immediately after such deci- sion, and that such written Protest be delivered to the Clerk within Seven Days after such decision. It shall be competent to the majority of the Council to expunge any passage deemed offensive in such protest.
XVI. The Members of Council shall have freedom of speech, and shall not at any time be questioned by Government for anything they have said therein.
XVII. In the general discussion, no Member shall be at liberty to speak more than once, except in explanation, or on the Clauses of an Ordinance in Committee.
XVIII. Imputations of improper motives shall be considered disorderly, and upon motion carried, entered
upon the Minutes.
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PROGRESS OF ORDINANCES.
XIX. On moving the First Reading of every Ordinance, the grounds and reasons upon which it is founded shall be stated, either by the Governor, or by any Official Member called upon by him for the purpose; but no discussion shall take place thereon.
XX. At the First Reading of every Ordinance, the Clerk shall read the Title, and, immediately after, some day shall be appointed for the Second Reading. Except in cases of emergency, Ten days shall elapse between the first and second reading of an Ordinance.
XXI. The Draft of every Ordinance presented to the Council shall, after the first reading, unless otherwise ordered, be published in the next issue of the Gorern- ment Gazette, with a notice fixing the date up to which observations thereon will be received by the Clerk of Councils; and a printed Copy of such Draft shall be furnished to each Member with convenient despatch.
XXII. An Adjournment of the Discussion of any question may be moved at any time, and if seconded, may be adopted or not by the majority.
XXIII. The Substance of every Amendment not in Committee shall be for- warded by the intended mover Three days before the second reading to the Clerk, and may, with the consent of the Governor, be introduced into the Ordinance. Amendments in Committee shall be similarly dealt with, save that they may be made during the discussion.
XXIV. No question can be put to the vote which is substantially the same as one on which the judgment of the Council has already been expressed.
XXV. Upon the motion for the second reading of an Ordinance, its general merits and principle shall be then discussed, and if the motion be carried, the Title only of the Ordinange shall be read, and thereupon the Council shall go into Com- mittee immediately on the Clauses of such Ordinance, or shall appoint a future day for that purpose.
XXVI. It shall be competent for the Council, with the consent of the Governor, to appoint a Special Committee for the purpose of examining into and reporting to the Council on the Clauses of any proposed Ordinance. On the Ordinance being committed or re-committed, the Committee shall discuss its several provisions, and any proposed amendments; and adjourn such discussions from time to time, as occasion may require.
XXVII. In discussion in Committee, any Member may propose an amendment, but no amendments can be proposed upon an amendment under discussion.
XXVIII. After an Ordinance has been approved in Committee, the question to be put shall be, "That the Ordinance do pass?" and if the question be carried in the affirmative, the Clerk shall read the Title only of the Ordinance.
XXIX. When any Ordinance shall be proposed whereby vested rights and interests of property will be unavoidably affected, due notice shall be given to all parties concerned by Notification in the Government Gazette, One Month before the first reading of such Ordinance; and such Notification shall appear at least Three times in the said Gazette; and before going into Committee on the said Ordinance, the same shall be published Three times in the said Gazette.
XXX. In cases of emergency, or where no amendments whatever, or only amendments of an unimportant nature, shall be proposed to be made to an Ordinance, it may be moved that the Standing Rules relative to the reading and commitment of the Ordinance be suspended; and if adopted by Two-thirds of the Members present, and sanctioned by the Governor, it may be carried through its several stages at one sitting.
CLERK OF COUNCILS.
XXXI. The Clerk shall read all matters brought before the Council. He shall keep a Journal, in which shall be entered, in the order in which they occur, the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Council.
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