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The third reading of a bill may be by its title, the President anuouncing the question to be on the final passage of the bill ; but no bill shall be read a third time and finally passed in the same meeting in which it originated or was received. And no bill reported by Committee after the first Thursday in March shall be considered, except by unanimous consent.
VOTING AND REFUSAL TO VOTE.
1. Unless personally interested or excused. 2. Doors to be closed if lack of quorum.
If quorum is present, and members refuse to vote in contempt.
XXVI. Every member who shall be present when a question is put shall vote on the same, unless
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personally interested, or excused at the time the question is about to be put. When less than a quo- rum vote on any subject under consideration, it shall be the duty of the President forthwith to order the doors of the Chamber to be closed, and that the roll of the members be called by the Clerk. If it is ascer- tained that a quorum is present, either by answering to their names or by their presence in the Chamber, the yeas and nays shall be ordered by the President, and if any member present refuse to vote, such a re- fusal shall be deemed a contempt of Council, and the person so offending shall be liable to censure or reprimand, as the Council shall judge proper.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
President to leave Chair, and appoint another. Rules of Councils to be observed. Previous question, or yeas and nays, cannot be calted.
XXVII. Council may resolve itself into a Com- mittee of the Whole, when, the President having appointed a Chairman, shall leave the Chair, and shall possess the same privilege as any other mem- ber. The rules and proceedings observed in Common Council shall be observed as far as they are practi- cable, in Committee of the Whole; but a motion for the previous question, or for adjournment, cannot be made, or the yeas and nays called therein.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS.
As to why report is not made. To be in writing.
XXVIII. Every member of a committee shall at- tend the call of a chairman, who shall be the first named on the committee. When the committees shall be called over for reports, the chairman, or in his absence any member of the committee, shall, if required, assigu the reason why the committee have not reported. All reports shall be in writing, and signed by all the members agreeing thereto.
SMULL'S LEGISLATIVE HAND BOOK. To govern, if not inconsistent.
XXIX. The rules of parliamentary practice com- prised in Smull's Legislative Hand Book shall govern Common Council in all cases to which they are appli- cable, and in which they are not inconsistent with the Standing Rules and Orders of Common Council, and with the Joint Rules of Select and Common Councils.
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HOURS OF MEETING. First and third Thursdays.
XXX. The stated meetings shall be held on the first and third Thursday, at three o'clock P.M., at which time the roll shall be called, and adjourned at 6o'clock P.M.
SMOKING PROHIBITED.
XXXI. No smoking of tobacco shall be allowed during the session.
ALTERING AND DISPENSING WITH RULES. Two-third votes of the members present required.
XXXII. No rule of Council shall be altered or dis- pensed with, but by consent of two-thirds of the members present, and these rules shall apply to all Special as well as Stated Meetings.
USE OF THE CHAMBER. To be used by Council only.
XXXIII. That the Chamber of Common Council shall not be used for any other than Council pur- poses.
CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTIONS.
To be printed for information, etc.
XXXIV. No resolution shall be considered unless by consent of two-thirds of the members present, until the same shall have first been printed, and copies placed on the desks of members.
PERSONS ADMISSIBLE TO THE FLOOR.
XXXV. No person shall be admitted on the floor of Common Council during the sessions without special permission of the President, except the members and officers of the two branches of Councils, ex-members of Common Council, the Mayor, Heads of Depart- ments or Bureaus, Members of the Legislature and reporters who may desire to report the proceedings of Common Council for publication, under the direction of the President.
OPENING OF STREETS.
XXXVI. No ordinance shall be considered for the opening of two or more streets where the estimated land and grade damages to the City shall exceed in the aggregate twenty thousand (20,000) dollars and any single street exceeding an estimate of ten thousand (10,000) dollars, shall be considered by ordinance separately and aloue.
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JOINT RULES OF THE SELECT AND COMMON COUNCILS. as Revised May 21, 1896.
RULES.
Amendments, concurring in.
24
.€ to be printed. 33
Amending bills on third reading. 33
to be voted on 34
general.
35
Adopting rules.
6
BILLS, in place
14
first reading
14
= passing 14-29
first and second reading. 33
to be read at length. 30 14
to contain but one subject.
30
passing one Chamber to be referred. 16
17
vetoed by the Mayor.
Clerks in charge ..
39
= appropriations, special and additional 26
COMMITTEES, on organization. 7,8
= joint standing 13
of conference. 18, 25
reports of. 15
of the whole. .21, 22, 23
to wait on Mayor 8
Conference Committees. 18-25
Credentials of members. 3
Drawing seats. 5
Election of officers 4 Indefinite titles 20 Joint rules. 41
Joint conventions .. 12
Journals and Appendixes. 40 Loan bills. 27-28
Meetings. regular
special IO-11
Oath of office
3
Ordinances not to be revived by title 32
Organization I-8
Pages 39
Passing bills 29
Petitions. 19
Permanent loan bills. 28
Quorum of Committees I3
IO
9
to have three readings.
on third reading 37
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RULES.
Reconsideration of votes
13
Reports to be in writing.
15
Rules, adopting. 6
amending.
41
Sergeant-at-Arms.
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Special meetings.
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Stenographers
38-39
Temporary loan bills
27
Transfers. 26
Veto of Mayor
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ORGANIZATION OF COUNCILS. On first Monday of April, at 10 A. M.
RULE 1. Members of the Select and Comnion Coun- cils elected in February, together with the members holding over, shall meet for organization in their respective Chambers, at 10 o'clock A. M., on the first Monday in April succeeding their election.
IN CASE THE PRESIDENT RETIRES. Chief Clerks organize.
RULE 2. In case of the retirement of the President of either branch of the former Councils, the Chief Clerks shall organize their respective Chambers.
CREDENTIALS-OATH OF OFFICE.
Election of President. Members to sign oath.
RULE 3. In either case the Clerk shall call the roll of members holding over from the previous year ; the credentials of members-elect, commencing at First Ward, will then be received and read. When they are all read, the members-elect will take the oath or affirmation of office administered by a Judge of the Courts or other official qualified to do so. The elec- tion of a President shall be the first business in order, to whom the oldest minority member present shall administer the oath. Each member shall affix his signature to the oath written in a book kept for that purpose
ELECTION OF OFFICERS.
President, Chief and Ass't Clerks, Serg't-at-Arms.
RULE, 4. The nomination and election of a Presi- dent by each Chamber shall be followed by the elec- tion of a Chief Clerk by each Chamber, Assistant Clerks, and Sergeant-at-Arms. In the event of more than one nominee for each office, two tellers shall be appointed by the President to conduct the election,
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When the election is finished, the President shall announce the result, and declare the proper parties elected, who shall be immediately sworn in by the President.
DRAWING SEATS.
Slips with names to be drawn from a box, and members select seats.
RULE 5. Members shall be allotted seats by drawing for the same. The Clerk shall prepare slips, contain- ing the names of members, and place them separately in a box, from which they shall be drawn by the President ; members select their seats as their names are announced.
ADOPTING RULES. Former rules.
RULE 6. The Joint Rules and Regulations of the former Councils shall, if adopted by the new Couli- cils, be by joint resolution.
INFORMING THE CHAMBERS. One branch to inform the other.
RULE 7. On the organization of one branch of Councils a committee of three shall be appointed to wait upon the other branch and inform them that they have organized and are ready to proceed to business.
INFORMING THE MAYOR-COMMITTEE TO WAIT ON. Three members from each Chamber.
RULE 8. By concurrent resolution a joint committee of three members from each Chamber shall, upon the organization, be appointed to wait on the Mayor, and inform him that Councils are organized and ready to receive any communications he may have to make.
REGULAR MEETINGS. First and third Thursdays. Other stated meetings. Concurrent resolution for adjournment of both branches.
RULE 9. Both branches of Councils shall meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month. Either branch shall have authority, by its own action, to fix upon days for other stated meetings. For the adjourn- ment of both branches of Councils for the summer recess, or any other time, the adoption of a concur- rent resolution shall be necessary.
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SPECIAL MEETINGS, HOW CALLED. By either President, or on request of six members of Select Council and twelve of Common Council. In President's absence, Clerk calts.
RULE 10. The President of either branch may call special meetings of the Council over which he pre- sides, whenever, in his opinion, public business requires it. The President of Select Council shall call such meetings on the written request of six members, and the President of Common Council on the written request of twelve members; when special meetings are so called, he shall direct the Clerk to insert in the notices to members the busi- ness to be considered. In the absence of the Presi- dent from the City, or in case of his disability or refusal to call a meeting, the Chief Clerk shall, under the same regulation, call a special meeting, on the written request of the requisite number.
BUSINESS AT SPECIAL MEETINGS. No other business to be considered.
RULE II. At special meetings, no other business than that for which it was called shall be taken up, unless by a two-thirds vote of the members present.
JOINT CONVENTIONS, OR MEETINGS. No other business, excepting that jointly agreed on. President of Select Council presides.
RULE 12. In joint meetings or conventions, of Councils, no business shall be transacted excepting such as has been previously agreed upon by concur- rent resolution. The President of Select Council shall preside at such meetings or conventions.
JOINT STANDING COMMITTEES-QUORUM. Twelve members from each Chamber to constitute same. President ex-officio of all committees. Nine members for a quorum.
RULE 13. The Joint Standing Committees shall con- sist of twelve members from each Chamber; nine members shall constitute a quorum for the trans- action of business. The Presidents shall be ex-officio members of all committees, and entitled to speak and vote therein.
BILLS READ IN PLACE AND TITLES. Written, type-written, or printed. Reporting of bill its first reading. To be first printed as to subjects.
RULE 14. All bills read in place shall be written in
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ink, type-written, or printed, before being referred to a Joint Committee for consideration. The report- ing of a bill by a committee shall be the first reading of the bill. Before a bill can be further considered, it shall be printed for the use of the members. Bills so reported shall not contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in the title.
REPORTS TO BE WRITTEN, TYPE-WRITTEN, OR PRINTED. To be made by a majority.
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RULE 15. Reports of all Joint Committees shall be in writing, type-written, or printed, and shall be signed by a majority of the committee, and be made to the Chamber of which the Chairman is a member.
BILLS PASSED BY ONE CHAMBER AND REFERRED. If by Common Council to members of Committee of Select Council. Same as to Common Council.
RULE 16. When a bill has passed Common Council, and a motion in Select Council to refer prevails, it shall be referred to the members of the Committee of Select Council. When a bill has passed Select Coun- cil, and a motion to Common Council to refer pre- vails, it shall then be referred to the members of the Committee of Common Council.
AMENDING BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Cannot be amended, except by unanimous consent or by Committee of the Whole.
Amendments of one Chamber may be amended by the other.
RULE 17. Bills on third reading cannot be amended, except by unanimous consent, or by going into the Committee of the Whole, for the purpose of general or special amendment. In order to do this, a motion to that effect must be made and agreed to, and this motion should be so made as to state the purposes intended. Either Chamber may amend amendments made by the other.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES. To meet on or before the next stated meeting of Chambers. Three members from each Chamber who voted in ma- jority on points of difference.
No control over any part of bill, excepting where dif- ferences exist. Reports lo be adopted by yeas and nays of a majority elected.
RULE 18. When one Chamber shall request a con- ference on any bill or measure, and appoint a com- mittee for that purpose, and the other Chamber shall
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also appoint a like committee to confer, such confer- ence shall be held on or before the next succeeding stated meeting day of the two Chambers, at such place as may be designated by their Chairman; the committee shall be composed of three members who voted in the majority on the point or points of differ- ence ; but shall have no control over any part of the bill or measure except those upon which a difference exists between the two Chambers.
Reports of Committees of Conference shall be adopted in either branch by a yea and nay vote of a majority of the members elected thereto, the adop- tion of such report shall be the final passage of the bill or measure. (See Rule 25.)
PETITIONS, RESOLUTIONS AND BILLS TO BE ENDORSED. The President shall decline to receive, unless ordered.
RULE 19. Every petition and communication pre- sented, resolution offered and bill read in place, shall have the name of the member presenting the same and date endorsed thereon by him; the President shall decline to receive it unless so endorsed.
INDEFINITE TITLES. The purport of bills to be definite.
RULE 20. The purport or subject of each bill and resolution, or bill reported on first reading by a com- mittee. shall be expressed in its title, and general and indefinite titles are prohibited.
COMMITTEE OF THE.WHOLE. Its work to perfect bills. Proceedings not to be entered on Journal. President retires from Chair when in Committee of the Whole.
RULE 21. If either branch of Councils shall resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole to consider a bill or resolution, it must be to perfect the same. The proceedings in Committee of the Whole are not to be entered on the Journals. The President shall retire from the Chair when a motion is carried to go into the Committee of the Whole, and appoint a member to act as Chairman.
PROCEEDINGS IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE. If no amendments, report bill back to Chamber. If amended, action to be had on same. If but one section, and is not adopted, bill falls. On adoption of report viva voce vote. On passage, yeas and nays to be called.
RULE 22. The consideration of the first section of a bill or resolution shall be first in order, and if no
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ameudments are made to the section or sections, or resolution, the committee will so report, and the measure will be again before the Chamber for con- sideration. If, however, an amendment or amend- ments are agreed to, the report is to be made, and actiou must be had on them. If the measure has but one section and the committee does not agree to that section, and so reports, the question will be on the adoption of the report, and if adopted the bill will fall. On the adoption of a report of the Committee of the Whole a viva voce vote shall be sufficient, but on the passage of the bill or measure reported or acted on, a majority of all those elected, taken by a yea and nay vote, shall be required.
COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE FAILING TO FINISH.
May ask leave to sit again. If refused-conditions.
RULE 23 Should the committee fail to finish its business before the hour of adjournment, they shall ask leave to sit again ; and if the same be granted, they may meet on another day. If the committee shall be refused leave, the bill shall come imme- diately before Council, and any amendment which may have been made in Committee of the Whole shall not be considered as part of the bill until adopted by Councils.
CONCURRENCE IN AMENDMENTS.
When amendments are read, the question will be to concur or non-concur.
RULE 24. If a bill which has passed Common Coun- cil receives any amendment in Select Council it shall be returned to Common Council with the amendments, and Common Council informed that Select Council has passed the bill with the amend- ments, in which concurrence is requested. The same form shall apply to Both Chambers. After the amend- ments shall have been read, the question thereon will be to concur or non-concur. If concurred in by a majority of the members elected of either Chamber, the measure is passed finally.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES.
In case of refusal to concur in amendments. If either branch recede, it ends the question. Reports to be alike, if agreed to, passes bill.
RULE 25. In case of a refusal to concur, it remains for Select Council or Common Council, as the case may be, either to recede from its amendments, or to
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insist upon them and appoint a Committee of Con- ference. If Select Council or Common Council, as the case may be, recedes, that ends the question. If, on the contrary, they insist, the Committees of Confer- ence of both Chambers agree upon a time and place of meeting, and endeavor to come to an agreement upon the disputed points. In voting, they vote by committee ; and whatever action is taken shall be by a majority of each committee. A report shall then be made out by the Chairman of each committee, and must be the same in both cases, and shall be presented to each branch of Councils. If this report is agreed to in both Councils, by a majority of all those elected, it shall pass the measure finally. (See Rule 18.)
APPROPRIATIONS-SPECIAL, ADDITIONAL AND TRANSFERS. Must go to Finance Committee, and have two-thirds vote on passage.
RULE 26. No bill making a special or additional appropriation, or a transfer in any appropriation already made, shall be passed, except after reference to and report from the Cominittee on Finance, and then only by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected in each branch of Councils.
TEMPORARY LOAN BILL.
Not for more than $1,200,000, nor longer than four months.
RULE 27. It shall be lawful for Councils to autlior- ize, by ordinance, temporary loans of money when- ever they shall deem it necessary; Provided. That each temporary loan shall at no time exceed in the aggregate the sum of $1,200,000, and no such loan shall be for a longer period than four months. And such ordinance shall be introduced at a stated meet- ing of the Common Council, and shall require, on its final passage, a vo e of two-thirds of the whole num- ber present of the members of Common Council ; it shall then be transmitted to Select Council for their consideration, and at the next stated meeting there- after the Select Council may consider the same, and it shall, in like manner, requre a vote of two-thirds of the whole number of the members of the Select Council. (Acts of April 21.1855, April 5, 1867, and May 23, 1874.)
PERMANENT LOAN BILL.
Requires four weeks' publication and two-thirds vote of members elected to pass. One week must elapse after its adoption by Common Council before Select Council can pass same.
RULE 28. A permanent loan bill shall only be intro- duced at a stated meeting of Common Council by
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direction of the Finance Committee, and shall be accompanied by a resolution directing the bill to be published in two city newspapers, daily, for four weeks : after the expiration of the four weeks the bill may be acted upon by Common Council, but shall only be passed by a vote of two thirds of the members elected thereto ; at least one week after its passage by Common Council, the loan bill may be acted upon by Select Council, and shall require the vote of two-thirds of all members elected thereto to insure its final passage.
Manner of borrowing.
No money shall hereafter be borrowed ou the faith and credit of said city unless the ordinance or other authority authorizing the same shall have been intro- duced at one stated meeting of the Common Council, and the draft thereof published in at least two of the newspapers of the City daily, four weeks before the final consideration and passage thereof by the said Common Council ; and at any stated ineetings of the Select Council, held at least one week after the final consideration of any such ordinance by the Common Council, the Select Council may consider and act upon such ordinance, but the Select Council shall not origi- nate any ordinance or other authority for borrowing money ; and no loan shall be authorized without a vote of two-thirds of the whole number of members of each Council ; Provided, That the specific purpose or purposes for which the said loan is authorized, shall be distinctly set out in the said ordinance, and that the moneys received for said loan shall not be used for any purposes other than those so stated. (From the Act of May 23. 1874.)
Debt limit.
Whenever the debt of this city shall be equal to seven per centum upon the assessed value of the taxable property, as fixed by the last preceding assessed valuation therein, it shall be unlawful to increase the same, and all such increase shall be void, and any obligation issued for such increase,.or any part thereof, shall be of no binding force upon the municipality ; and each of the officers thereof wilfully authorizing such increase or executing any obligation therefor, shall be guilty of a misde- meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and un- dergo an imprisonment not exceeding one year, or either, at the discretion of the court trying the same ; Provided, That if the city's debt which now ex- ceeds seven per centum of such assessed valuation, may, under authority of law to be hereafter enacted,
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increase the same three per centum in the aggre- gate, at any one time, upon such valuation. (Extracts from Act of April 20, 1874.)
PASSING BILLS-A MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ELECTED REQUIRED.
Not to be considered, unless first referred to a committee and printed, and to contain but one subject.
RULE 29. No ordinance shall be passed through Councils except by bill; aud no bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either branch as to change its original purpose. No bill shall be considered unless referred to a committee, returned therefrom and printed for the use of men- bers; and no bill shall be passed containing more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title.
BILLS-HOW THEY ARE PASSED, ETC.
1. To be read at length.
2. Not to become laws on same day of introduction or report.
3. A majority of those elected to pass.
4. Every legislative act to be by bill or resolution.
RULE 30. Every bill shall be read at length in each brauch ; no bill shall become a law upon the same day on which it was introduced or reported. On its final passage the vote shall be taken by yeas and nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the same be entered on the Journal, and a majority of the members elected to each branch be recorded thereon as voting in its favor. Every legis- lative Act by bill shall be by resolution or ordinance, and every ordinance or resolution, except as herein- after provided, shall, before it takes effect, be pre- sented duly engrossed and certified to the Mayor for his approval.
COMMITTEE TO COMPARE BILLS. HOW THEY ARE TO BE SIGNED, ETC.
To be signed by Presidents of Select and Common Councils and attested by the Clerk of Chamber in which the same originated.
All bills presented to the Mayor for his approval shall be examined by a committee appointed for that purpose, attested by the Clerk of the Chamber in which the same originated, signed first by the President of Common Council, then by the President of Select Council. No bill shall be so altered or amended on its passage through either branch as to change its original purpose.
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RECONSIDERATION TO BE MADE ON OR BEFORE NEXT MEETING.
1. Any member voting in the negative to have right to move to reconsider, if made on or before the next stated meeting.
2. A majority elect required to reconsider.
3. No second motion to reconsider in order.
RULE 31. Any member voting in the negative on a bill failing to pass shall have a right to move a recon- sideration thereof, if made on or before the next stated meeting. It shall require the vote of a major- ity of the members-elect in each Chamber by yeas and nays to adopt a motion to reconsider. No second motion to reconsider shall be entertained, and the motion to reconsider shall have precedence over all other motions excepting a motion to adjourn.
ORDINANCES, NOT TO BE REVIVED BY TITLE.
RULE 32. No ordinance shall be revived or amended, or the provisions thereof extended or conferred by reference to its title only, or the date of its approval or passage; but so much thereof as is revived, amended, extended or conferred, shall be re-enacted and published at length.
FIRST AND SECOND READING, AND AMENDMENTS.
1. First reading to be on report of committee.
2. Second reading to be at length.
3. Amendments to be printed, and can be amended by respective Chambers.
RULE 33. Every bill, after it shall have been reported from the committee, shall be considered as its first reading ; on second reading it shall be read at length in each branch. All amendments shall be printed for the use of the members, and laid on their table prior to action thereon. Each Chamber may amend amend- ments made in the other.
ACTION ON AMENDMENTS TO BE' VOTED ON BY YEAS AND NAYS.
To be by vote of a majority of, or two-thirds of members.
RULE 34. No amendment to a bill by one branch shall be concurred in by the other except by the vote of a majority or two-thirds of the members elected thereto, as the case requires, and shall be recorded upon the Journals thereof.
BILLS, RESOLUTIONS AND AMENDMENTS.
To be presented to the respective Chambers.
RULE 35. All bills, resolutions and amendments of either Chamber, in which the concurrence of both is
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necessary, shall be presented to the other by the Clerk of the Chamber in which it or they originated.
MESSAGING BY CLERKS. Announcement to be made by Sergeant-at-Arms.
RULE 36. When the Clerk of one Chamber shall wait on the other Chamber, notice thereof shall be given by the Sergeant-at-Arms to the President, who shall announce the same.
THE MAYOR SIGNING OR VETOING BILLS, ETC. If not returned to branch in which they originated within ten days, or at next meeting of Councils, after ten days have expired, shall become effective.
If passed over veto within five days by three fifths of all members elected, tikcwise becomes effective.
RULE 37. The Mayor shall sign all bills, if he ap- proves them, or return the same to the branch of Councils wherein such bills originated within ten days, or at the next meeting of Councils after the ten days have expired, if he does not approve it, with the reasons therefor, and if, thereupon each branch of Councils pass the same within five days of such veto by a vote of three-fifths of all the members elected to each branch, it shall become effective as an ordinance as though the Mayor had signed the same; it shall equally become effective as an oridinance if he should neglect to return the same within such ten days.
EMPLOYING STENOGRAPHERS. Councils to first give consent.
RULE 38. No Committee of Councils, or members, or officers thereof, shall employ any stenographer or phonographer without permission of Councils being first by joint resolution obtained.
CLERKS TO HAVE CHARGE.
Assistant Clerks and all other officers or employees to be under control of Chief Clerks, excepting during ses- sions of Councils.
RULE 39. The Assistant Clerks, Sergeants-at-Arms, Pages and Doorkeepers, and all other person em- ployed by Councils, shall be under the control and direction of the Chief Clerks at all times, excepting during the sessions of Councils, when all the officers named shall be under the direction of the President.
JOURNALS, APPENDIXES AND NOTICES.
Copies to be furnished to members at least one day prior to stated meetings. Also deliver notices.
RULE 40. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall supply the members of Councils with copies of the Journals and
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Appendixes by leaving or mailing the same at their residences or places of business at least one day prior to a stated meeting of either branch. They shall also be responsible for the delivery of all notices of meet- ings, whether of the Chambers or committees, when the same are called by the Clerks.
JOINT RULES-ALTERING AND AMENDING.
Two-thirds of members elected necessary to dispense with any joint rule.
RULE 41. No joint rule shall be altered or amended except by concurrent resolution and by a vote of two- thirds of the members elected to each Chamber.
CHANGES MADE AFTER MANUAL WAS IN TYPE.
On page 17, under heading Printing and Supplies (Select Council), the name Nolan should be Vare.
On page 18, under heading Street Cleaning (Select Council), the name Vare should be Nolan.
On page 22, first paragraph, the words Printing and Supplies should be Street Cleaning, and in last para- graph the words Street Cleaning should be Printing and Supplies.
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