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The Governor shall preserve order, and decide on all disputed points of
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 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 num- ber 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.
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 clapse 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 during the discussion of an Ordinance, which is substantially the same as one on which the judgment of the Council has already been expressed,-unless for the purpose of correcting an error, and with the consent of the Governor.
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 com- mitted 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.
XXXII. All existing and future Records and l'apers, and all Papers heretofore, or hereafter to be laid before the Council, shall be deposited with the Clerk, who shall be responsible for the safe custody thereof, and shall have all such Papers ready to be produced before the Council, whenever the same may be required by any Member; and such Papers, and the Order and Journal Books, shall be at all reasonable times open to the inspection and perusal of any Member.
PETITIONS.
XXXIII. Petitions may be presented to the Governor by any Member, imme- diately after the Chair is taken; and every Member presenting a Petition, shall satisfy himself that the Petition is respectful and deserving of presentation.
XXXIV. Any Member may move that such Petition be read, but in so doing he shall state the purport of the Petition, with his reasons for wishing it read, and the the motion being seconded, the question may be put-" Whether the Petition shall be read ?"
PRIVATE RIGHTS.
XXXV. In any case where individual rights or interests of property may be peculiarly affected by any proposed Ordinance, all Parties interested may, on motion made, seconded, and carried, be heard before the Council when in Committee on such Ordinance, either in person, or by their Advocate.
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